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Big Ten Countdown 24 - Red Grange Becomes A Legend, Iowa's #24 Nile Kinnick
If you visit Nebraska-oriented web sites looking for information about the Huskers playing against the University of Illinois' Red Grange, you'll find articles about how the Nebraska defense shut him down in 1925, limiting him to 41 yards in a 14-0 Husker win. Fact is, Nebraska faced Grange...
Big Ten Countdown 50: Michigan State Joins, The Old Brass Spittoon, Dick Butkus And Nebraska Has A Winning Season
Today we celebrate 50 days until Nebraska joins the Big Ten. What's interesting about the number 50? Well, Michigan State College officially joined the Big Ten in 1949. Or 1950. Or 1953, depending on which web site you're reading. So, which is it? From a New York Times article dated May 20st,...
RBR Reading Room: Game of My Life
Being at a great Alabama football game gives you a sense of being part of something so much larger. At first you experience being a part of an event along with everyone else there with you and, later, a part of history. Yet as unifying as that shared experience may be for the thousands in the...
Bowl Season: Rooting for the Big Ten Or Sticking with The Big 12 One Last Time?
Things seem rather weird right now. Nebraska is done with the Big 12 football, yet has several months to go before we're officially members of the Big Ten. We still have to get through winter and sprint sports before that happens. Reality is, it's a long ways away yet. The world could explode...
Corn Nation College Pick 'Em Week 11 Winners and Leaders
Here's your weekly update on the Corn Nation Pick 'Em Game. zoomerjoe won this week with a 13-2 record, getting 106 points, and winning the tie breaker score over jfisch18, with the same record, and the same points. Grayhound remains in first place on the year, with RunTheBall in second. Here...
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