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John Mabry: A beautiful day for football
Saturday, Oct 21, 2006 - 10:12:40 pm CDT
As the Husker players left the field Saturday, their fans were cheering, and then screaming, "Go Big Red! Go Big Red!"
The show of respect normally reserved for visitors who leave Tom Osborne Field as losers was instead turned into a substantial chorus directed at the home team.
"It's not surprising," said Husker quarterback Zac Taylor. "We knew that they were still proud of us."
It was the capper to a heck of a football game. The Huskers made it so with a spirited second-half effort.
Senior defensive end Adam Carriker said the locker room was not a place to be caught hanging your head, not after an adrenalinefest like that one, not with a potential NU-UT rematch on the horizon.
"There was a player in our locker room who said he had the most fun he's ever had in his life today," Carriker said, politely declining to identify the excited Husker. "And he said even if he knew he was going to play the game again and lose, he'd play it again because he had so much fun in the snow, playing the national champs, playing in front of a home crowd.
"My comment was, 'Well, we don't know the outcome, but we're going to get to play them again (for the Big 12 title)."
I went outside the Osborne Complex to see if any of the other players might spill the beans on who the player was that was so inspired by Saturday's atmosphere.
The only player I could find was junior cornerback Andre Jones.
Turns out I had found the right man.
Jones had the time of his life Saturday. Not that the loss didn't hurt. That's not the point. The point is that this is why the guy came to Nebraska. It's a little bigger deal than college football at Kentucky, where he started his collegiate career.
I know Jones took some heat for predicting a win against USC, but he is genuine in his enthusiasm for football, and I think it's great, win or lose. Not to mention that Jones is starting to play a pretty mean corner.
The Fort Walton Beach, Fla., native said the blowing snow was what really got him going Saturday.
"I've never seen it before," he said.
But he does plan to see the Longhorns again.
"I can't wait," he said.
Sounds like a guarantee to me, and good for him.
John Mabry: A beautiful day for football
Saturday, Oct 21, 2006 - 10:12:40 pm CDT
As the Husker players left the field Saturday, their fans were cheering, and then screaming, "Go Big Red! Go Big Red!"
The show of respect normally reserved for visitors who leave Tom Osborne Field as losers was instead turned into a substantial chorus directed at the home team.
"It's not surprising," said Husker quarterback Zac Taylor. "We knew that they were still proud of us."
It was the capper to a heck of a football game. The Huskers made it so with a spirited second-half effort.
Senior defensive end Adam Carriker said the locker room was not a place to be caught hanging your head, not after an adrenalinefest like that one, not with a potential NU-UT rematch on the horizon.
"There was a player in our locker room who said he had the most fun he's ever had in his life today," Carriker said, politely declining to identify the excited Husker. "And he said even if he knew he was going to play the game again and lose, he'd play it again because he had so much fun in the snow, playing the national champs, playing in front of a home crowd.
"My comment was, 'Well, we don't know the outcome, but we're going to get to play them again (for the Big 12 title)."
I went outside the Osborne Complex to see if any of the other players might spill the beans on who the player was that was so inspired by Saturday's atmosphere.
The only player I could find was junior cornerback Andre Jones.
Turns out I had found the right man.
Jones had the time of his life Saturday. Not that the loss didn't hurt. That's not the point. The point is that this is why the guy came to Nebraska. It's a little bigger deal than college football at Kentucky, where he started his collegiate career.
I know Jones took some heat for predicting a win against USC, but he is genuine in his enthusiasm for football, and I think it's great, win or lose. Not to mention that Jones is starting to play a pretty mean corner.
The Fort Walton Beach, Fla., native said the blowing snow was what really got him going Saturday.
"I've never seen it before," he said.
But he does plan to see the Longhorns again.
"I can't wait," he said.
Sounds like a guarantee to me, and good for him.