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Is It Time for the Black Shirt Tradition To Die?

Jon Johnston Oct 20 2009, 7:40a

Bo Pelini handed out the black shirts on Friday night before the Texas Tech game. Should he have handed them out at all? Or should the tradition be left to die?

Black Out? No! - 20 Reasons To Not Wear Black To A Nebraska Football Game

Jon Johnston Sep 17 2008, 4:54p

You've seen 'em, I've seen 'em, the emails, posts, requests for a "Black Out" game. They show up every year like urban legend emails, despite constant rebuttal. It's a bad idea for everyone to...

When Will The Blackshirts Be Handed Out?

Jon Johnston Sep 15 2008, 6:00a

Will Bo Pelini be handing out Blackshirts over the bye week? The Cornhusker defense held New Mexico to 339 total yards offense, 114 yards rushing and 225 yards passing. The defense didn't give up...

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Bo Pelini, On handing out the Blackshirts "I haven’t decided (when I’m going to do it). I’m looki...

posted by Jon Johnston, Aug 27, 2008

Bo Pelini, On handing out the Blackshirts
"I haven’t decided (when I’m going to do it). I’m looking for them to be earned. There’s a chance I’m going to wait for a long time (to hand them out). That’s something that we, as a staff, will talk about. What’s a Blackshirt mean if it’s just a symbol that you haven’t earned? Isn’t that the point? I think everyone wants to rush this thing. It’s the same way as when I was here the first time. I don’t see the point to it if you just hand them out to hand them out."

— Bo Pelini, Tuesday Press Conference

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