You can see that on this footage from TV at the time, where his right foot is the first one down and at least two feet out of bounds when he comes down. Not “might have been” or “appeared to be” as is written by the gutless, but clearly out of bounds. On second and four from Nebraska 17 yard line, PSU quarterback Todd Blackledge hit Mike McCloskey for a 15-yard gain that was clearly out of bounds. Unfortunately the season came down to a single, horrible play against #8 Penn State on September 25th. 1982 Nebraska - Oklahoma: A Near Death Experience Funny how it’s yet another story about me nearly getting killed. There was a helluva lot of fun, and I have a full story about that game. Backup quarterback Bruce Mathison to preserve a 23-19 win.ġ982 featured an incredible win over the dirtbags from Oklahoma in Lincoln. Gill went out with an injury in the second quarter and Nebraska was behind in the fourth quarter. They started the season smashing Iowa 42-7. They were an incredible team, look at the names!ĭave Rimington, Dean Steinkuhler, Roger Craig, Turner Gill, Mike Rozier, Steve Damkroger, Kevin Seibel, Tom Rathman, Mark Schellen, Scott Strasburger, Jamie and Toby Williams. The 1982 Nebraska Cornhusker football team seems to have been lost in the past.
Funny how being up against a wall helps you make decisions. I was looking for myself, dammit, and I finally found myself when I was told there was a limit to the credit hours I could have and still get financial aid. I spent 1980-1987 at UNL, smashing a four-year degree into seven. Perhaps they expected a story about one team, one season, one year. Since we’re Nebraska, we take that as “win a national title”. SBNation is doing a bit this week where they’ve asked us Sports Web Site Guys to write about our best teams to never win a title.
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