Great new Husker Football Book coming out soon

[NoPlaceLikeNebraskaPKoch]

this'll be my last post for a week until I return from my Vegas wedding. Wish me luck! Here's Kicker Tom Seiler talking about Milt Tenopir, one of the greatest OLine coaches ever to walk the planet:

"I remember I got benched my senior year and I got put on scout team… and kind of pouted. And Coach Tenopir came up to me and says something like, “Is that what you’re going to do now? Are you going to be a big pu&&y?” And I remember that was on a Monday or Tuesday, and that kind of snapped me out of it. I really appreciated him doing that, because I was so down… That really lit a fire under my a$$ and it really pissed me off, and I decided to bust my a$$ and win the job back. I’m thankful for him. He was always really nice to me and I’m thankful he was a hard a$$ to me that time."

 

[Husker_x]

You have my attention!

 

[NoPlaceLikeNebraskaPKoch]

I'm sneaking one more snippet from my book No Place Like Nebraska in before leaving town. Shhh....Don't anybody tell my fiancee'. LOL This one is in honor of Tommie Frazier, who by now should have received news of his College Hall of Fame induction later this year. This is former DLineman Larry Townsend:

LT: It was one of those things where he wasn’t really that vocal, he just did everything with his play. But man, if you needed the big play you knew he was going to do it. His karma for sports was the best I’ve ever seen. (laughs) It’s like if he was falling down and he threw up a pass, it would probably get caught.

Q: Like that one to Ahman Green against Colorado?

LT: Yeah, and the thing about it was that he did it all the time. He did it so easily. You kind of just got spoiled when he was back there, the dude was that good.

I’ll never forget, after we played Miami and saw what Warren Sapp did I said to myself, ‘I want to do what he did. It’s amazing what he did.’ And I remember I broke through the O-line once in a scrimmage and I was like a half yard from Tommie, and some sweat appeared -I blinked my eye- and looked back and he had cut twice. By the time I had come to a stop he was down the field ten yards! I said, ‘Oh, my God. How are you supposed to catch that dude?’ He could run sideways and backwards as fast as he could run forward. He could do all that stuff. It was just amazing.

Q: Like catching mercury, huh?

LT: It was like catching water, trying to catch Tommie.

 

[Eric the Red]

I'm sneaking one more snippet from my book No Place Like Nebraska in before leaving town. Shhh....Don't anybody tell my fiancee'. LOL This one is in honor of Tommie Frazier, who by now should have received news of his College Hall of Fame induction later this year. This is former DLineman Larry Townsend:
LT: It was one of those things where he wasn’t really that vocal, he just did everything with his play. But man, if you needed the big play you knew he was going to do it. His karma for sports was the best I’ve ever seen. (laughs) It’s like if he was falling down and he threw up a pass, it would probably get caught.

Q: Like that one to Ahman Green against Colorado?

LT: Yeah, and the thing about it was that he did it all the time. He did it so easily. You kind of just got spoiled when he was back there, the dude was that good.

I’ll never forget, after we played Miami and saw what Warren Sapp did I said to myself, ‘I want to do what he did. It’s amazing what he did.’ And I remember I broke through the O-line once in a scrimmage and I was like a half yard from Tommie, and some sweat appeared -I blinked my eye- and looked back and he had cut twice. By the time I had come to a stop he was down the field ten yards! I said, ‘Oh, my God. How are you supposed to catch that dude?’ He could run sideways and backwards as fast as he could run forward. He could do all that stuff. It was just amazing.

Q: Like catching mercury, huh?

LT: It was like catching water, trying to catch Tommie.

Frazier has mentioned that play against Coorado as one of his favorite memories.

Paul, I'm curious about what you did in the strength and training department. Obviously you assisted players with weight training, but any specifics?

 

[NoPlaceLikeNebraskaPKoch]

Hi Eric, I started as an assistant to famed reconditioning specialist Bryan Bailey at the Devaney Sports Center weightroom back in '87 and then proceeded to work with Husker Football as an assistant strength and conditioning specialist thereafter during the Steve Taylor/Broderick Thomas/Jake Young era and ended up earning my degree therafter. Then I was on Full-time staff overseeing all Olympic Sports training from '91 on, working with football guys over the summertime while enjoying the Eric Piatkowskis, Darin Erstads, Karen Jennings', Rulon Gardner's, Stephanie Thaters, and the like. My last game as a staffer was the Fiesta Bowl asswhooping before heading out to California and the entertainment industry. It was a great run at a great time and I wouldnt trade it for the world. My book us my way of bringing all the Husker Football people from that era together once more for everyone to see. You'll enjoy my insider's access.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Well kudos to you. I'm definitely gettin a copy of your book.

 

[okaive]

Hard copy here. Don't and never will own a kindle or any other e-reader.

Can't wait to buy it

 

[HuskerUnity]

The book is chock-full of interviews, HuskerNationNick.

It'll be in a format where you'll feel as if you are sitting right there alongside us in a bar drinking a few beers and just talking about all the behind-the-scenes stuff that made the victories so sweet, the practices so entertaining, the friendships so strong, the lessons learned so applicable, and the Husker fans & brand so special during that time.

Here are just a few names:Matt Turman, Boyd Epley,Brenden Stai, Zach Weigert, Dr. Jack Stark, Gerry Gdowski, George Darlington, Adam Treu, Joel Wilks, Tony Samuel, Trainer Doak Ostergard, Trev Alberts, Matt Vrzal, Kevin Raemakers, Barron Miles, Rob Zatechka, Tony Veland, Clinton Childs, Trainer George Sullivan, Tom Osborne, Cory Schlesinger, Milt Tenopir, Terry Connealy, Chris Dishman, Aaron Taylor, Jared Tomich, Charlie McBride, Ed Stewart, Jason Peter, Darin Erstad, Dan Young, Christian Peter, Aaron Graham, Calvin Jones, Ahman Green, Radio Man Kent Pavelka & many many more. If you don't own this book you're not a real Husker fan. Period! LOL

You should have found Mark Gilman to interview. I was a P.E major and became good friends with him during that time, as we were in all the same classes. As you know he was lifter of the year one year, and he was a real character. A very funny outgoing guy. He was 6'3 190 coming out of h.s, and ended up being a major factor in the Huskers winning the Orange bowl. He caught the first touchdown pass to put us on the board from Berringer. I would love to reconnect with him. I was a skinny guy back then and he wrote me out a workout plan, that I used to bulk up over the years. He was always doing Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions , which always cracked us up. Aww...the glory days. To be a student and have a buddy on that great team

 

[Count 'Bility]

The book is chock-full of interviews, HuskerNationNick.

It'll be in a format where you'll feel as if you are sitting right there alongside us in a bar drinking a few beers and just talking about all the behind-the-scenes stuff that made the victories so sweet, the practices so entertaining, the friendships so strong, the lessons learned so applicable, and the Husker fans & brand so special during that time.

Here are just a few names:Matt Turman, Boyd Epley,Brenden Stai, Zach Weigert, Dr. Jack Stark, Gerry Gdowski, George Darlington, Adam Treu, Joel Wilks, Tony Samuel, Trainer Doak Ostergard, Trev Alberts, Matt Vrzal, Kevin Raemakers, Barron Miles, Rob Zatechka, Tony Veland, Clinton Childs, Trainer George Sullivan, Tom Osborne, Cory Schlesinger, Milt Tenopir, Terry Connealy, Chris Dishman, Aaron Taylor, Jared Tomich, Charlie McBride, Ed Stewart, Jason Peter, Darin Erstad, Dan Young, Christian Peter, Aaron Graham, Calvin Jones, Ahman Green, Radio Man Kent Pavelka & many many more. If you don't own this book you're not a real Husker fan. Period! LOL

You should have found Mark Gilman to interview. I was a P.E major and became good friends with him during that time, as we were in all the same classes. As you know he was lifter of the year one year, and he was a real character. A very funny outgoing guy. He was 6'3 190 coming out of h.s, and ended up being a major factor in the Huskers winning the Orange bowl. He caught the first touchdown pass to put us on the board from Berringer. I would love to reconnect with him. I was a skinny guy back then and he wrote me out a workout plan, that I used to bulk up over the years. He was always doing Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions , which always cracked us up. Aww...the glory days. To be a student and have a buddy on that great team

Mark Gilman was my insurance agent for a couple years here in Hastings. He also spent a lot of time up at the Y in weight room when I was doing the same during that same period. A character to say the least yet very fun to be around.

 

[HuskerUnity]

The book is chock-full of interviews, HuskerNationNick.

It'll be in a format where you'll feel as if you are sitting right there alongside us in a bar drinking a few beers and just talking about all the behind-the-scenes stuff that made the victories so sweet, the practices so entertaining, the friendships so strong, the lessons learned so applicable, and the Husker fans & brand so special during that time.

Here are just a few names:Matt Turman, Boyd Epley,Brenden Stai, Zach Weigert, Dr. Jack Stark, Gerry Gdowski, George Darlington, Adam Treu, Joel Wilks, Tony Samuel, Trainer Doak Ostergard, Trev Alberts, Matt Vrzal, Kevin Raemakers, Barron Miles, Rob Zatechka, Tony Veland, Clinton Childs, Trainer George Sullivan, Tom Osborne, Cory Schlesinger, Milt Tenopir, Terry Connealy, Chris Dishman, Aaron Taylor, Jared Tomich, Charlie McBride, Ed Stewart, Jason Peter, Darin Erstad, Dan Young, Christian Peter, Aaron Graham, Calvin Jones, Ahman Green, Radio Man Kent Pavelka & many many more. If you don't own this book you're not a real Husker fan. Period! LOL

You should have found Mark Gilman to interview. I was a P.E major and became good friends with him during that time, as we were in all the same classes. As you know he was lifter of the year one year, and he was a real character. A very funny outgoing guy. He was 6'3 190 coming out of h.s, and ended up being a major factor in the Huskers winning the Orange bowl. He caught the first touchdown pass to put us on the board from Berringer. I would love to reconnect with him. I was a skinny guy back then and he wrote me out a workout plan, that I used to bulk up over the years. He was always doing Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions , which always cracked us up. Aww...the glory days. To be a student and have a buddy on that great team

Mark Gilman was my insurance agent for a couple years here in Hastings. He also spent a lot of time up at the Y in weight room when I was doing the same during that same period. A character to say the least yet very fun to be around.

Do you know where he is now? I should find him on facebook. We had a class where we had to do very sport you could imagine, including gymnastics. It was funny watching him at 240 pounds have to do the all that stuff. We even had to do a running hand spring off the the vault . We also had LB Doug Coleman in class, and one day , I cant remember what sport it was, but ultra competitive Mark ruffed up Doug, and just walked away, like thats what you get defensive boy.

we were taught by the kids who took the class the year before us. Guess who our badminton teacher was? Olympic Gold medalist Rulon Gardner

 

[Count 'Bility]

I dont. He was my agent in the 2003-04 time period. I remember getting a new agent for that company sometime in '04, maybe even '05, and never did hear where he went to.

 

[NoPlaceLikeNebraskaPKoch]

Hey guys, Mark Gilman IS IN the book. One of the last interviews, he did not let me down. It was a good one and you will be amused by the info he shared as well as some of the perspective and hilariousness that only Mark could relay. Happy to know that you picked a name that I've included. By the way, he's back in Kalispell, MT these days. More info will be in the book..pretty cool stuff. What a great guy and a great tight end!

 

[hskrfan4life]

I'm in!

 

[NoPlaceLikeNebraskaPKoch]

Here's a new snippet from LB Ed Stewart, who's now with the Big12 Conference:

"I really had an affinity for going out on the road. You had the travel squad, which was only about 70 guys, going into a stadium and it was just you against the world. And at Oklahoma, I believe it was ‘92 or ’93, we were on the road and it was a competitive game early on, and Oklahoma was playing pretty well and we weren’t getting off to a great start, and I remember stepping in front of a Cale Gundy pass -it was one of the Gundys- and picking it off and running it back fifty yards for my only touchdown, I think. That play stands out. It was a game-changer. It was making a play and making the crowd… being able to silence a crowd of 80,000 people is always pretty cool."

And on one of the first games he ever played in:

"I was a redshirt freshman and we were playing Washington at home the third game of the season, and I remember leading up to that game hearing Coach Steele telling me, ”Ed, you be ready to play. We’re going to get you in the game early.” And you hear that from coaches all the time, right? So it’s the ballgame -and I’ll never forget, we’re playing there in Memorial Stadium, Lincoln- and it’s the first, second or third time that Washington had the ball and Coach Steele yells out, “Eddie!” So I go running out on the field and I remember breaking the defensive huddle, and I remember Mike Petko being arm’s distance or more away from me making a check, and I remember looking at him and just holding my arms up, because the crowd was so loud and so hyped, I couldn’t hear a word he was trying to say to me. (laughs) I don’t think that was the first game I got into, but that is the lasting memory I have from early on, of being out there and really feeling the intensity of what was going on."

 

[NoPlaceLikeNebraskaPKoch]

The book is chock-full of interviews, HuskerNationNick.

It'll be in a format where you'll feel as if you are sitting right there alongside us in a bar drinking a few beers and just talking about all the behind-the-scenes stuff that made the victories so sweet, the practices so entertaining, the friendships so strong, the lessons learned so applicable, and the Husker fans & brand so special during that time.

Here are just a few names:Matt Turman, Boyd Epley,Brenden Stai, Zach Weigert, Dr. Jack Stark, Gerry Gdowski, George Darlington, Adam Treu, Joel Wilks, Tony Samuel, Trainer Doak Ostergard, Trev Alberts, Matt Vrzal, Kevin Raemakers, Barron Miles, Rob Zatechka, Tony Veland, Clinton Childs, Trainer George Sullivan, Tom Osborne, Cory Schlesinger, Milt Tenopir, Terry Connealy, Chris Dishman, Aaron Taylor, Jared Tomich, Charlie McBride, Ed Stewart, Jason Peter, Darin Erstad, Dan Young, Christian Peter, Aaron Graham, Calvin Jones, Ahman Green, Radio Man Kent Pavelka & many many more. If you don't own this book you're not a real Husker fan. Period! LOL

You should have found Mark Gilman to interview. I was a P.E major and became good friends with him during that time, as we were in all the same classes. As you know he was lifter of the year one year, and he was a real character. A very funny outgoing guy. He was 6'3 190 coming out of h.s, and ended up being a major factor in the Huskers winning the Orange bowl. He caught the first touchdown pass to put us on the board from Berringer. I would love to reconnect with him. I was a skinny guy back then and he wrote me out a workout plan, that I used to bulk up over the years. He was always doing Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions , which always cracked us up. Aww...the glory days. To be a student and have a buddy on that great team

Mark Gilman was my insurance agent for a couple years here in Hastings. He also spent a lot of time up at the Y in weight room when I was doing the same during that same period. A character to say the least yet very fun to be around.

Do you know where he is now? I should find him on facebook. We had a class where we had to do very sport you could imagine, including gymnastics. It was funny watching him at 240 pounds have to do the all that stuff. We even had to do a running hand spring off the the vault . We also had LB Doug Coleman in class, and one day , I cant remember what sport it was, but ultra competitive Mark ruffed up Doug, and just walked away, like thats what you get defensive boy.

we were taught by the kids who took the class the year before us. Guess who our badminton teacher was? Olympic Gold medalist Rulon Gardner

Here is a little snippet from my upcoming "NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA" book for you Mark Gilman fans. This is a little ditty about his recruitment:

"MG: This is an interesting story. As you know, schools would assign certain areas of the country to certain coaches to phone and recruit. Well, Dan Young was at that time a kickers coach and did some special teams coaching and also helped on the offensive line. He was quite a character and was assigned to certain states, and one of those states was the state of Montana. And what he would do, recruiting in the state like Montana, he would just create a contact in these rural states like Montana, North Dakota, etc., and the contact he had here was a head coach in Great Falls, Montana by -I believe- the name is Joe Johnson (who’s still coaching, by the way). He’s a well-respected coach who has an unbelievable won/loss record and a lot of state championships.

As I understand it, Coach Young would just call once a year at the beginning part of the recruiting process and say, “Hey, are there any kids in Montana who can play for Nebraska? At this level?” And this is how I understand it, but Coach Johnson gave him my name and another name of a guy who lived in Great Falls who ended up going to the University of Colorado. Which is funny, because I went on the recruiting trip with this kid -whose name was John Knudson- and on the plane trip to Lincoln he told me that he was going to come to Nebraska with me. Well, come Monday morning I read in the paper that he signed with Colorado, and what I did, I called him up and said, ‘What gives?’ And he said what happened was, when he got home the next day Colorado promised him a starting position and no redshirt year…

Q: Oh, man!

MG: …whereas at Nebraska, Coach Osborne was too honest for that and said, “Hey, you know what? You’re going to come in and you’re going to compete. You’re going to earn your job.”

Anyway, he went to Colorado all four years. He started out with the starting position and he lost the starting postion all four years… and we kicked the crap out of him. (laughs) So that’s how I was recruited."