And let "The Countdown" begin....

[gamecocks]

Good Call on Calvin Jones. My alltime favorite Husker.

[Ohio Pete]

Good Call on Calvin Jones. My alltime favorite Husker.

Great talent. A physical specimen. Too bad injuries and off-the-field issues stalled his career

[Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red]

Another curve! I was expecting Joel Makovicka (sp?) (he was #45 right?)

 

Yes, you're right and I absolutely thought about him. But I thought that was too obvious and that a guy who was amazing in the classroom deserved as much attention as guy who could hit like this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VykWmBkhBzc

 

Long live the Makovica's!!!!!!

Take that... Dat!

[TheCropDuster]

43 Days!!!

 

 

 

#43 Lonnie Stiner

 

All-American (1926)

Team Captain (1926)

First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference (1926)

Head Football Coach Oregon State (1933-48)

Oregon Sports Hall of Fame Coach (1981)

Nebraska's fourth All-American following Vic Halligan, Guy Chamberlin and Ed Weir, Lonnie Stiner captured All-America honors as a tackle in 1926. Stiner gave the Cornhuskers an All-American presence at tackle for the third consecutive season after Weir captured the honor in both 1924 and 1925.

 

A two-year letterman for the Huskers in 1925 and 1926 under Coach Ernest E. Bearg, Stiner helped Nebraska to a 6-2 overall record that included a 5-1 mark and second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference in 1926. The Hastings, Neb., native also served as the Huskers' team captain during his senior season in Lincoln when he captured first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors.

 

In his first season as head coach, he led Oregon State to one of its greatest upsets in school history with a scoreless tie to USC on Oct. 21, 1933. The Trojans owned a 25-game winning streak and were back-to-back national champions before the Beavers put a blemish on their record. Stiner also led the Beavers to a 20-16 victory over a previously unbeaten Duke team in the 1942 Rose Bowl. Because of war travel restrictions, OSU actually beat the Blue Devils in Durham, N.C. It is the only Rose Bowl ever played outside of Pasadena, Calif., and it followed Nebraska's first-ever Rose Bowl bid by just one season. Interesting....didn't know that.

[cmb23]

 

#43 Lonnie Stiner

 

My how times....and media guide photos have changed....

 

#5 Bernard Thomas

[PIMPZILLA]

 

#43 Lonnie Stiner

 

My how times....and media guide photos have changed....

 

#5 Bernard Thomas

 

I don't think they've changed at all......hell, i'm pretty sure they're wearing the same tie......

[TheCropDuster]

42 Days!!!

 

 

 

#42 Jerry Murtaugh

 

Signed Free Agent Contract with New England Patriots

1971 Hula Bowl and Coaches All America Game

1970 First-Team All-American (AP, Football News, Walter Camp)

1970 Second-Team All-American (Central Press Captains, UPI)

1970 Big 8 Player-of-the-Year (UPI)

1970 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP,UPI)

1970 Nebraska Lineman Player-of-the-Week (USC, Kansas State)

1969 Sun Bowl Outstanding Lineman

1969 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP, UPI)

1969 Nebraska Lineman-of-the-Week (USC)

1968 Honorable Mention All-Big 8 (AP)

 

As of 2007 Murtaugh is ranked forth in the Husker record book for most tackles in a season in with 132. Murtaugh now ranks second in career tackles as he was knocked off by Barrett Ruud.

[TheCropDuster]

sorry that's its late, for all that are still counting...

 

41 Days!!!

 

 

 

#41 Dane Todd

 

2005 ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American

CoSIDA Academic All-District VII (2004, 2005)

Two-Time First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2004, 2005)

Four-Time Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

2005 Wuerffel Award Finalist

Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

 

The Lincoln native earned major academic honors for the second consecutive year in 2006. Todd was named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America second team, pushing Nebraska’s nation-leading total of academic All-Americans to 86. A year ago, he joined teammate Kurt Mann as a first-team selection. Todd completed his undergraduate work last May with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in biological sciences, and he was one of four Husker seniors to play in 2006 with their degrees in hand.

[TheCropDuster]

40 Days!!!

 

#40 Cory Schlesinger

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schlesinger was a two-year starter for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. As a junior, he was the 1993 Husker Co-Lifter-of-the-Year with linebacker Donta Jones. During that season he finished as the team’s fifth-leading rusher with 48 carries for 193 yards and one touchdown.

 

He earned All-Big Eight Conference honorable mention honors in 1994 in a coaches poll and a Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight pick the same year with a 3.44 grade point average in industrial technology. Schlesinger will forever be endeared by Nebraska Cornhuskers fans for scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns in the 1995 Orange Bowl in a 24-17 win over the Miami Hurricanes as a senior to secure Nebraska's first national title under then-head coach Tom Osborne.

[Nalow]

40 Days!!!

 

#40 Cory Schlesinger

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schlesinger was a two-year starter for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. As a junior, he was the 1993 Husker Co-Lifter-of-the-Year with linebacker Donta Jones. During that season he finished as the team’s fifth-leading rusher with 48 carries for 193 yards and one touchdown.

 

He earned All-Big Eight Conference honorable mention honors in 1994 in a coaches poll and a Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight pick the same year with a 3.44 grade point average in industrial technology. Schlesinger will forever be endeared by Nebraska Cornhuskers fans for scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns in the 1995 Orange Bowl in a 24-17 win over the Miami Hurricanes as a senior to secure Nebraska's first national title under then-head coach Tom Osborne.

 

I can watch that play over and over and over and over... It never loses it's luster.

[Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red]

Nice. A little love for the fullbacks.

[papersun87]

40 Days!!!

 

#40 Cory Schlesinger

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schlesinger was a two-year starter for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. As a junior, he was the 1993 Husker Co-Lifter-of-the-Year with linebacker Donta Jones. During that season he finished as the team’s fifth-leading rusher with 48 carries for 193 yards and one touchdown.

 

He earned All-Big Eight Conference honorable mention honors in 1994 in a coaches poll and a Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight pick the same year with a 3.44 grade point average in industrial technology. Schlesinger will forever be endeared by Nebraska Cornhuskers fans for scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns in the 1995 Orange Bowl in a 24-17 win over the Miami Hurricanes as a senior to secure Nebraska's first national title under then-head coach Tom Osborne.

Aaahhh . . . I was seven years old when I watched him score those touchdowns. He was my HERO.

[skersOVRsc]

Big and mean never goes out of style.

[TheCropDuster]

39 Days!!!

 

seriously, not alot of #39's so I'll go with the current #39:

 

 

 

#39 Dan Glassman

 

Honors & Awards

 

Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll (2006)

 

2007 Outlook

Dan Glassman is part of a deep pool of Nebraska tight ends who will look to give the Huskers an added dimension in their offensive attack. The 6-4, 245-pound Glassman enters fall as a reserve behind three tight ends with extensive playing experience, but hopes to continue to work his way into the playing rotation. An Omaha native, Glassman redshirted in his first season with the Huskers. Glassman is off to a strong start in the classroom, with a 3.120 grade-point average as a pre-chiropractic major.

[bennychico11]

39 days!!!!!