After Polk went to the NFL, Burrow got the opportunity to start in 2001. Twice, he was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. In the epic 2001 game against Oklahoma, Burrow had 17 tackles. His ...

Running off at the typewriter. … “Don’t take the wrong job.” It took just this one off-the-cuff, five-word crack to make national headlines, ignite the entire state of Nebraska and turn Husker Nation ...

In 1972, Nebraska’s offensive output was almost perfectly split – 2,426 yards on the ground and 2,431 through the air. When Osborne took over as head coach in 1973, he picked quarterback Dave Humm to ...