Favorite Cornhusker

[bbenson67]

Favorite to me doesn't necessarily mean the most talented but more what their contribution at the time meant historically to the program. I'm older and have been watching the Huskers since the Gotham Bowl in 1962.

Given that the Game of the Century was the most important game Nebraska played in the Devaney era and arguably ever, since the outcome would shape the future of the program for the next 30+ years, my pick is Jeff Kinney. Seeing him blasting through the Oklahoma defense time after time with his tear away jersey in tatters and carrying the future of the Husker program on his back was one of the most inspiring performances in Husker history.

My number 2 pick is The Jet. Clearly the most talented player I've ever seen.

 

[LoudHogRider]

Dana Brinson and DeJuan Groce. Nothing like a punt return to raise the blue hairs out of their seats and light the stadium on fire.

Also a big fan of Rich Glover. Not a huge guy IRL (we’ve smoke cigars together), but like @bbenson67 mentioned, he showed up big in the Game of the Century by stonewalling Tom Breheney, the Oklahoma center.

I’ll also sheepishly admit that I remain to this day a fan of Jack Mildren, the OU QB in that game. His mastery of that wishbone offense was a thing of beauty. I’m glad we had the ball last in that game, and Johnny the Jet’s return won the day.

 

[bbenson67]

Dana Brinson and DeJuan Groce. Nothing like a punt return to raise the blue hairs out of their seats and light the stadium on fire.

Also a big fan of Rich Glover. Not a huge guy IRL (we’ve smoke cigars together), but like @bbenson67 mentioned, he showed up big in the Game of the Century by stonewalling Tom Breheney, the Oklahoma center.

I’ll also sheepishly admit that I remain to this day a fan of Jack Mildren, the OU QB in that game. His mastery of that wishbone offense was a thing of beauty. I’m glad we had the ball last in that game, and Johnny the Jet’s return won the day.

Mildren was an artist at QB in the wishbone. Interesting side note on one of the final timeouts before Nebraska scored the winning TD. Devaney told Tagge just don't score too quickly because we don't want to give Mildren the ball with much time left. Respect.

 

[kyle23]

 

[Tonkasker]

If I had to make a top 10 it would be mostly stars with these four included

Courtney Grixby
Josh Davis
Dejon Gomes
Quentin Castille

 

[Royp1656]

A fee for you:

Frankie London
DeJuan Groce
Clinton Childs
Fabian Washington
Mike Brown

+1 on Mike Brown, surprised he wasn’t mentioned more.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Ahman Green

 

[doublewing]

Dana Brinson and DeJuan Groce. Nothing like a punt return to raise the blue hairs out of their seats and light the stadium on fire.

Also a big fan of Rich Glover. Not a huge guy IRL (we’ve smoke cigars together), but like @bbenson67 mentioned, he showed up big in the Game of the Century by stonewalling Tom Breheney, the Oklahoma center.

I’ll also sheepishly admit that I remain to this day a fan of Jack Mildren, the OU QB in that game. His mastery of that wishbone offense was a thing of beauty. I’m glad we had the ball last in that game, and Johnny the Jet’s return won the day.

Funny that you mention Brinson. I sometimes revisit old NU games on youtube and dialed up the ASU game from '88. I attended that when I was in HS and revisited it as it was a fun night game.

Brinson returns a punt that had a wall he could have driven a semi through. That and they almost blocked the punt. For all the talk about the NU running offense and the blackshirts during TO's era, special teams were right up there and don't get enough credit.

 

[Ext. 55]

Roger Craig deserves a shout out here…often gets lost in the shuffle. Mike Minter is another all time great that people forget.

 

[Huskerforlife]

Lawrence Phillips

 

[Huskers633]

My favorite players from when I first started paying attention were Corey Dixon and Calvin Jones. I was probably around 7 or 8. As I got a little older my favorites were DeJuan Groce, Joe Walker, Mike Minter, and Mike Brown.

 

[Herbie]

I’ve always really like DeJaun Gomes. He just oozed swag and he’s half the reason that secondary played so loose.

 

[Jim14510]

I was a big Steve Taylor fan.

 

[doublewing]

I was a big Steve Taylor fan.

I remember him being recruited. Both he and Jamelle Holieway were highly rated CA QB's out of the same class. NU got Taylor and OU Holieway and both were great college players.

Taylor also had a very good CFL career. Had the spread/RPO style offense been in place in the 80's, he would have been much better suited for that and an NFL prospect.

 

[Jim14510]

I remember him being recruited. Both he and Jamelle Holieway were highly rated CA QB's out of the same class. NU got Taylor and OU Holieway and both were great college players.

Taylor also had a very good CFL career. Had the spread/RPO style offense been in place in the 80's, he would have been much better suited for that and an NFL prospect.

He was the first Nebraska QB that could somewhat throw. I don't really remember the 83 season.

 

[ChocaEgg]

+1 on Mike Brown, surprised he wasn’t mentioned more.

Mike and Ralph were fantastic. Definitely some of my faves

 

[Dawgsauce]

I'm gonna go with @HuskerGarrett . Once you get past his numerous issue, he's an alright guy.

 

[ChocaEgg]

I'm gonna go with @HuskerGarrett . Once you get past his numerous issue, he's an alright guy.

 

[bbenson67]

Dana Brinson and DeJuan Groce. Nothing like a punt return to raise the blue hairs out of their seats and light the stadium on fire.

Also a big fan of Rich Glover. Not a huge guy IRL (we’ve smoke cigars together), but like @bbenson67 mentioned, he showed up big in the Game of the Century by stonewalling Tom Breheney, the Oklahoma center.

I’ll also sheepishly admit that I remain to this day a fan of Jack Mildren, the OU QB in that game. His mastery of that wishbone offense was a thing of beauty. I’m glad we had the ball last in that game, and Johnny the Jet’s return won the day.

One more anecdote and this concerns Rich Glover. Do you remember when he was being interviewed after the Game of the Century by the side line reporter? The ABC sports babe was gushing over all his tackles and asked him jokingly if he ever thought about taking up wrestling? He looked at her for a moment and said, no I'll stick to football. The look on her face was priceless.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

One more anecdote and this concerns Rich Glover. Do you remember when he was being interviewed after the Game of the Century by the side line reporter? The ABC sports babe was gushing over all his tackles and asked him jokingly if he ever thought about taking up wrestling? He looked at her for a moment and said, no I'll stick to football. The look on her face was priceless.

did it seem like she wanted him to “gush” and give her a Pearl necklace later that evening?