Nebraska...not feeling Frosty anymore

[geo weidl]

Geo... Who attends your tailgate?

Stan does.

[geo weidl]

Jeff, Sean and drok will be there, possibly Liney? Doc and Jon have attended as well. Met OP once, not sure what his travel plans are this year. And yes Stan does attend, that's when we beat up on him.

[entropy]

I am sure Stan would love it if I showed up.....lol

[geo weidl]

I am sure Stan would love it if I showed up.....lol

Let's just say it will be interesting.

[lineygoblue]

Ent .. you and Stan would get along great.

Stan is one of the good guys.

[UMStan White]

Actually ENT I'm looking forward to meeting you.

[Jeff Buchanan]

ENT ..... be there ..... I want to see your rig. Between your's and Doug Dillon's we should be a crowd pleaser. Any of us that Drok lists above will be glad to give AA tips, directions and inside info on the lot we use. We're a good bunch to hang with and gladly welcome opponents - as long as you don't mind a dip in the Porta-potti.

[entropy]

I probably won't be brining the rig. It's a long drive and that thing drives like a grain truck.

[drok]

Then you're not welcome ;)

[entropy]

Editor's note: Immediately after Tom Osborne and the TeamMates mentoring program are featured from 6:30-7:00 p.m. CT Monday night on the Big Ten Network, BTN will replay Nebraska's thrilling five-set volleyball win at Minnesota from Saturday night.

Randy York

The Big Ten Network may be the golden goose for the 12 teams it features every week, but one of the best things about the trailblazing network is its social conscience. When we interviewed Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman last summer, he was bullish on programming that reflects the values the conference holds dearest, and that was the impetus for launching a new series called BTN LiveBig, which celebrates service and volunteerism with a television series.

Monday night's BTNLiveBig begins at 6:30 p.m. CT and features a man who has devoted most of his adult life to community service and volunteerism - Nebraska Hall-of-Fame football coach and now NU Athletic Director Tom Osborne. The third installment in this eight-episode series focuses on TeamMates, a program that provides a mentor for more than 5,000 youth across Nebraska, Iowa and California.

The program started 20 years ago when Nancy Osborne, Tom's wife, was moved emotionally while watching an episode of 60 Minutes that showed how a commencement speaker from the same Brooklyn neighborhood in which he grew up was surprised to see how kids had lost their hope and purpose. So he started a program that told kids essentially this: Study hard, keep your grades up, stay out of trouble, and he would pay for their college education. Nancy asked Tom if Nebraska could do something similar.

Osborne Asked for Volunteers, and 22 Hands Went Up

Osborne asked his 1991 team if any might be interested in being a mentor. Twenty-two hands went up, and the TeamMates Mentoring Program was born. Interestingly, in his interview with the Big Ten Network in his Lincoln office, Osborne acknowledged his two most pivotal wins in a stellar 25-year head coaching career were the 1978 upset of No. 1 Oklahoma after losing to the Sooners in his first five tries and the come-from-behind win over Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl to win his first national championship as head coach.

Even more interestingly, he said his fondest memories weren't the wins or the championships. His fondest memories were the players, the relationships and the chemistry they shared, and TeamMates undoubtedly became a part of that bond Osborne cherished. "Having done something for someone who can't do anything for you in return is a reward in itself," Osborne said, adding that it was fulfilling for him and Nancy to "have some small impact on a fairly large number of kids, who, in turn, have an impact on other kids, so that's important."

In the BTN LiveBig episode, the network interviews Nebraska walk-on Richard Bolin, who was one of those 22 hands that went up to launch TeamMates. The network then tied that bond to 2011, interviewing another popular Husker walk-on, Jim Ebke, a senior linebacker, special teams star and TeamMates mentor. Ebke talks about the importance of being a leader and a role model, and the show ends with Osborne talking about the powerful ripple effect of serving others.

TeamMates Program Helped Mold Shields into a Man

A Husker not mentioned in the Big Ten Network feature caught the eye of Jim Delany nine days ago when the Big Ten Commissioner listened to Will Shields describe the impact Nebraska football had on his journey to the College Football Hall of Fame. A big part of that journey, Shields related, was his experience as a mentor for TeamMates ... a ripple effect, you might say, of epic proportions.

Shields, of course, also became the NFL Man of the Year, not only for what he did on the field, but mostly for what he did serving others off the field. Put those two critical components together, and can anyone imagine Will Shields not gaining rather quick entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

[UMStan White]

I'll be sure to watch! :-)

[entropy]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20111016/BIGRED/710169852/1001#juco-players-road-to-lincoln-becomes-path-to-success

Nice story on Nebraska juco's

[entropy]

in honor of our game in Minn this week...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXKS3z3To9w"]1983 Nebraska Minnesota.flv - YouTube[/ame]

[entropy]

Randy York

Yes, I was in the Metrodome in Minneapolis on Sept. 17, 1983, when Nebraska scored 21 points in the first quarter, 21 in the second quarter, 21 in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth quarter to beat Minnesota, 84-13.

For a proud Golden Gopher program that won three national championships in the mid-1930s, two in the '40s and a sixth in 1960, the lopsided loss was the worst defeat in the school's first 100 years of college football. And it was all so ... well ... avoidable. It didn't have to be that bad. Fans should remember the Big Ten Conference travel roster limit was 60 players, and all 60 Huskers that could suit up had played by the third quarter.

I remember talking to Nebraska broadcasting legend Lyell Bremser, who admitted it was a tough game to call because Minnesota kept blitzing every down, practically begging the Huskers to turn routine dive plays into eye-popping gains.

Sure, the Huskers put on a fireworks display in the first quarter. Mark Schellen zipped 27 yards to start the touchdown parade. Then Turner Gill connected with Irving Fryar on TD passes of 68 and 70 yards before fans could get comfortable in their seats.

No one ever mentions it, but on that odd, mismatched night, Nebraska rushed for 595 yards, passed for 195 yards and accumulated 196 return yards for a grand total of 986 yards (with only 22 minutes and 35 seconds of offensive possession time).

The Triplets: Earth, Wind and Fryar

No wonder the 1983 Minnesota game introduced Fryar as the third member of Nebraska's legendary Scoring Explosion.

Barry Switzer called Mike Rozier, Turner Gill and Irving Fryar The Triplets, and some preferred to call them Earth, Wind and Fryar while they were becoming the highest scoring team in college football history. Heisman Trophy winner Rozier was Earth, Gill was Wind and Fryar was Fire that night, catching two passes for 138 yards (none in the last three quarters) and rushing for 92 yards on just three carries.

Rozier gained 196 yards on 15 carries and scored three touchdowns. Gill rushed for 100 yards on four carries and scored once. Nebraska was basic vanilla all night, and when Jeff Smith and Paul Miles got winded in the third quarter, Rozier had to go back in for a dive play, and you guessed it ... Minnesota blitzed and Rozier went straight up the middle for 71 yards.

That play, in particular, sent a well-known Minneapolis columnist into an absolute tizzy.

Nearly three decades later, a still perplexed Tom Osborne referred to the columnist without naming him on his monthly radio show on the Husker Sports Network last week. Osborne remembers getting raked over the coals for something that probably never should have happened, but did, because the Gophers decided to take themselves out of play after play all night long.

Devaney, Osborne 14-0 Against Minnesota

To this day, I believe that Minneapolis columnist ripped the idea of a juggernaut more than he reprimanded a team, a school or a state. Bob Devaney, you must understand, had gone 8-0 against the Gophers, winning by an average margin of 19 points. Osborne then went 6-0 against Minnesota, winning by an average margin of 50 points. For some, those widened gaps created by an offensive powerhouse were unfathomable. Apparently, poison darts in the pre-Internet days seemed like the right way to send the villains back to Lincoln ... even if it was all so ... well ... dad-gum avoidable.

[Hannibal]

Wouldn't shock me to see this Saturday's game end with a similar score.