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Huskers Receiver Purify Suspended for Season Opener
Husker Extra is reporting that Husker wide receiver Maurice Purify will be suspended for one game - Nebraska's opener against Nevada. Bill Callahan's complete statement: "I met with Maurice Purify th...
Corns Of the Big 12: Iowa State
For years Iowa State has been living off football players who weren't asked to play for the University of Nebraska. It's one of the reasons why Nebraska has a huge home advantage when playing in Linco...
Maurice Purify - Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Maurice Purify is set to settle his court issues tomorrow. He has two major incidents and he's going to settle all charges tomorrow in a plea arrangement after which Bill Callahan gets his turn to set...
FireMarkMay's Summer Heat Roundtable
As we progress into the hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer, the FireMarkMay blog is starting a little whimsical roundtable, trying to set off a few pre-4th of July fireworks.Give the more zealous portio...
The Home Budget Committee - Tough As Nails When It Comes To TV
It's that time of year. Time to start thinking about whether or not I need to change my TV package to maximize college football coverage. It's a serious problem and there's a lot to think about. Our h...
Review: Pigskin Pulpit - A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches
'Pigskin Pulpit' is a historical look at Texas high school football coaches from the origin of the sport in the 1890's to modern day. It tells the story of Texas high school football by relating the t...
Maurice Purify - Paying the Price for Stupid
Maurice Purify - arrested for suspicion of drunk driving after it looked like his pretrial diversion would get him out of earlier trouble, and now he's been suspended indefinitely from the Husker foot...
Penn State - To Understand '94, Go Back to '82
Brian at the Michigan blog mgoblog found my 1997 Nebraska-Michigan split national title post and wonders why I'd bring up 1997 all over again. Well, I just turned 45 years old - an old man in the demo...
Now Is Not The Time for Tom Osborne
Apparently Tom Shatel cranked out a column a few days ago pointing out how Oklahoma brought Barry Switzer back into the program to resolve the rifts that had developed between Sooner fans. Husker Mike...
'97 National Championship - A Gift to Osborne or a Gift to Michigan?
The 1997 National Championship was split between Michigan and Nebraska after the teams went 12-0 and 13-0 respectively. I bring it up because it still irks me the way the split was handled. The two t...
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