100 Club: The top 100 Husker touchdowns

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Introducing the 100 Club

By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2012 11:50 pm

Of course, not all touchdowns are created equal. Some linger in the mind longer than others. In Nebraska there are those touchdowns in which Husker fans can tell you exactly where they were, the company they kept, and who spilled the cheese dip when the six points were had.

Johnny tearing them loose from their shoes. Schlesinger barreling past Hurricanes. Tommie breaking one, two, three, four, five, six, all those tackles, laughing as he strolled in the final 5 yards. Those touchdowns, we assure, will be on the list we are about to present over the next, oh, basically 100 days. But so will some touchdowns you likely won’t recognize – like that one against Iowa in 1893, or that time a Nebraska defensive back scored one off Red Grange.

What is this list? The most memorable Husker touchdowns for every yard on the field, from 1 to 100.

LINK

This is a GREAT idea for a series of blog articles. Top 100 Husker TDs in 100 days. Nice work Brian. If I knew who you are on this board I'd give you a bunch of +1s. :thumbs :

edit/ Please, anyone feel free to jump in and post these runs if you see Brian post a blog article on them. No way I'll be able to stick with it for all 100 runs. My intent was to post the blog blurb by Christopherson, and then also post a youtube video for each run. But I can't find vids on some of them. Funny that. You'd think they'd all be on the youtube.

 

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100 Club: The day Crouch went goal line to goal line
The distance: 95 yards

The star: Eric Crouch

The date: Sept. 29, 2001

The outcome: Huskers 36, Missouri 3

We will not name names.

We will not name the Tiger who wore No. 79. That is the man who had a shot at Eric Crouch 4 yards deep in the end zone.

He was about to claim a safety for Missouri, the Nebraska quarterback in his grasp. Then, suddenly, the quarterback turned to air.

Crouch was gone.

LINK

 

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100 Club: Niles to go
The distance: 100 yards

The star: Niles Paul

The date: Oct. 23, 2010

The outcome: Huskers 51, Oklahoma State 41

The story: He had heard jeers the week before. Now Niles Paul was leaving the noise behind him, finding a crease, accelerating, then putting a Cowboy on his rump with a cutback move.

LINK

 

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100 Club: Jet-fueled
The distance: 98 yards

The star: Johnny Rodgers

The date: Sept. 25, 1971

The outcome: Huskers 34, Texas A&M 7

The story: That poor Aggie. There he was, a man on an island, the last man between the end zone and a guy named Johnny Rodgers.

LINK

 

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100 club: A jolt from Joe

The distance: 99 yards

The star: Joe Walker

The date: Aug. 29, 1998

The outcome: Huskers 56, Louisiana Tech 27

The story: For the first time in 25 years, Tom Osborne wasn't leading a Nebraska football team out of the tunnel.

It was Frank Solich's team now. How do you make life easier for a man on his first big day on the job? You do what Joe Walker did, fielding a kickoff at his own 1, and then proceeding to run until he had the band playing the fight song.LINK

at 00:32 mark

 

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100 club: Roger runs wild against the Noles
The distance: 94 yards

The star: Roger Craig

The date: Sept. 19, 1981

The outcome: Huskers 34, Florida State 14

The story: The Huskers had been humbled just the week before, having laid an egg in Iowa City, losing 10-7 to an unranked Hawkeyes team to start the season.

The heat was on. And now an up-and-coming Florida State program rode into Lincoln, confident after having upset Nebraska in Lincoln the year before.

But the Seminoles had a problem on their hands this time. That problem's name was Roger Craig.

LINK

 

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100 club: The beginning of The Triplets
The distance: 93 yards

The star: Mike Rozier

The date: Oct. 17, 1981

The outcome: Huskers 49, Kansas State 3

The story: Soon enough they would be known as The Triplets, the three-headed monster that set about destroying defenses on a weekly basis. But let’s find them before “The Scoring Explosion” nickname.

Go back to 1981. See Turner Gill, Mike Rozier and Irving Fryar. Just kids then. Sophomores. Still honing their craft.LINK

100 club: The beginning of The Triplets

There are a couple of great career highlight youtubes for Rozier. But I don't see the K-State 93 yd TD.

 

[knapplc]

Already a thread about it HERE.

 

[Joe_5700]

Already a thread about it HERE.

I was trying to find this thread as well. Not very original Christopherson...

 

[knapplc]

BC's list so far:

100 - Niles Paul vs. Oklahoma State, 2010

99 - Joe Walker vs. Louisiana Tech, 1998

98 - Johnny Rodgers kickoff return vs. Texas A&M, 1971

97 -

96 -

95 - Eric Crouch vs. Missouri, 2001

Our list (from 100-95):

100 - Niles Paul vs. Oklahoma State, 2010

99 - Joe Walker vs. Louisiana Tech, 1998

98 - Johnny Rodgers kickoff return vs. Texas A&M, 1971

97 -

96 -

95 - Eric Crouch vs. Missouri, 2001

Look familiar?

In BC's defense, there are only so many of these runs to choose from. Maybe he's validating our choices - or we validate his, either way - but the fact is that once he completes his list, better than half of them are going to be the same as ours.

One note - the reason we're having so much trouble coming up with a 97- and 96-yard TD for our list: According to Christopherson, there aren't any in Husker lore. So we're not bad researchers, we just don't have anything to work with.

 

[NUance]

Already a thread about it HERE.

I was trying to find this thread as well. Not very original Christopherson...

Oh come on. That's probably a little bit harsh. I mean, it's not like our original HB thread was the first time this sort of thing was done. I think it's a great idea for Brian to publish this type of list for off-season reading.

Oh well. Maybe it's just me. I actually LIKE it when our local sportswriters take a snippet of info from this board and run with it. And it does happen every once in a while.

 

[knapplc]

Lies! Our thread was the first time this had ever been done by anyone, anywhere, at any level of football! NUance, what are you talking about!?!??!



BC has the same problem we have - it's four months until football starts (three months until Fall Camp) and there's nothing to talk about. Nothing. This is a good time-killer.

What Christopherson is doing that is cool, and something we can't do, is going back and talking to players involved in the plays. I like the insight. I'm not sure I can hang through all 100, though. That's a lot of reading.

 

[Joe_5700]

Already a thread about it HERE.

I was trying to find this thread as well. Not very original Christopherson...

Oh come on. That's probably a little bit harsh. I mean, it's not like our original HB thread was the first time this sort of thing was done. I think it's a great idea for Brian to publish this type of list for off-season reading.

Oh well. Maybe it's just me. I actually LIKE it when our local sportswriters take a snippet of info from this board and run with it. And it does happen every once in a while.

I have every right to be harsh. I was the one who proposed the idea in the first place in 2011! Seriously though, I get it and it is cool to see him being influenced by this board.

 

[NUance]

Already a thread about it HERE.

I was trying to find this thread as well. Not very original Christopherson...

Oh come on. That's probably a little bit harsh. I mean, it's not like our original HB thread was the first time this sort of thing was done. I think it's a great idea for Brian to publish this type of list for off-season reading.

Oh well. Maybe it's just me. I actually LIKE it when our local sportswriters take a snippet of info from this board and run with it. And it does happen every once in a while.

I have every right to be harsh. I was the one who proposed the idea in the first place in 2011! Seriously though, I get it and it is cool to see him being influenced by this board.

I think that same list has been done on Huskerpedia a time or time. Maybe even done on this board before. I could be wrong though. It could be just a peyote button induced hallucination memory. I hate it when that happens.

/edit: I noticed your avitar, Joe. Was it you who suggested the nickname Snuffleupagus? Good stuff! :lol:

 

[knapplc]

Should we merge this thread with the "Yards to Glory" thread or leave them separate? I stickied our version, but I may be rethinking that. Not sure it needs to be stickied.