Roy Helu/Rick Berns

[NUance]

15 hours ago, Left NU for Clemson said:

might be I think Rick Berns might be part Japanese. Can someone fact check that?

 

No.  Maybe you're thinking of Rick Shaw. 

[Gage County]

Berns set the single game rushing record when he was a junior. He had an injury mid way through his senior year and IM Hipp started in his place. Hipp broke Bern's record. Never take a day off. Ever.

 

15 hours ago, Left NU for Clemson said:

Anyway, I've been a diehard fan since,1970-71, since I was 7 years old. This year, I gave up. I finally figured out that folks, from Nebraska weren't even supportive of me! I just chose them from California when I was a kid. Always liked Osborne, etc. But, then I met more and more Nebraskans and I really didn't care for their personalities. Not friendly. Not necessarily wholesome as I thought, either. So, I moved on to Clemson. 

The first two Husker fans I met treated me like a baby and called me names. To be fair, they were my parents.

 

But Clemson? 

https://rubbingtherock.com/2019/08/01/clemson-football-tiger-twitter-fan-base-named-no-3-worst-cfb/

[I AM FOOT FOOT]

15 hours ago, Left NU for Clemson said:

Anyway, I've been a diehard fan since,1970-71, since I was 7 years old. This year, I gave up. I finally figured out that folks, from Nebraska weren't even supportive of me! I just chose them from California when I was a kid. Always liked Osborne, etc. But, then I met more and more Nebraskans and I really didn't care for their personalities. Not friendly. Not necessarily wholesome as I thought, either. So, I moved on to Clemson. 

You could have written this on a post it note and left it under someone's windshield wiper , saved everyone some time. 

[HUSKER 37]

17 hours ago, Left NU for Clemson said:

might be I think Rick Berns might be part Japanese. Can someone fact check that?

He had a Korean accent..

 

 

 

I'd forgotten he was our IB in the first Husker game I ever attended with my Dad and older sister..The game after Osborne finally beat Switzer.

[grandpasknee]

Berns was not a speedster, but he mostly punished each and every tackler that came after him.  A brute of a back.  I see Roy about every weekend.  Hard to believe he was such a beast on the field.  Looks like a normal everyday guy...with guns...and a great personality.

[gobiggergoredder]

On 12/15/2019 at 1:41 AM, The Dude said:

 

Solid first post.

How did he did he resurrect an 11 year old George Burns post?

 

inside job or zombie thread?  We may never know.

[dubsker]

I was in East stadium student section the day he ran for 300 and man, I was not displeased with my experience.

[Jason Sitoke]

23 hours ago, gobiggergoredder said:

How did he did he resurrect an 11 year old George Burns post?

 

inside job or zombie thread?  We may never know.

 

[NUinID]

Rick Berns was probably my favorite RB at Nebraska when I was a kid.  I actually got a #35 jersey in like 1982.  People would ask me if it was Steve Damkrogers jersey and I would say no, Rick Berns.  

 

I think Rick's mother was Filipino.  That is why he has a little Asian look to him.