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Rodgers still bullish on Huskers
Nebraska legend visits Gulfport
By JIM MASHEK
jwmashek@sunherald.com
GULFPORT - College football has seen some dynamic players come and go, but one of the game's most electric performers dropped in on the Gulfport Gridiron Club on Monday night.
Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers won the Heisman Trophy in 1972, and he's quick to point out that this year's Cornhuskers have a long way to go, even if they're 4-0 and on the cusp of the national rankings.
Nebraska's four victories have come against the likes of Maine, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh and Iowa State. The Cornhuskers play host to Texas Tech on Saturday.
"We're 4-0, but it's very questionable," Rodgers said. "We haven't played anybody yet. [SIZE=14pt]Wake Forest had a chance to beat us at the end and drove the length of the field. They had a bad snap on a field-goal try, on third down, and had a chance to kick again. They missed[/SIZE].
"We feel that winning isn't really everything at Nebraska. We rate it right up there with oxygen.
"It's pretty important."
Rodgers was a wingback and kick returner who helped the Cornhuskers win back-to-back national championships in 1970 and '71. He had a monster game against Oklahoma in the "Greatest Game Ever Played," in 1971, when Nebraska outlasted the Sooners 35-31. He closed his college career in the 1973 Orange Bowl against Notre Dame, a game Gridiron Club member Dr. Bill Seidensticker, who graduated from Notre Dame, heard a lot about on Monday.
Rodgers ran for three touchdowns, caught a scoring pass and threw for another, sitting out the fourth quarter of the Cornhuskers' 40-6 rout of the Irish.
"I told Johnny, the next year we won the national championship," Seidensticker said.
Rodgers played golf on the Coast on Monday and took a tour of the devastation Hurricane Katrina wrought on U.S. 90.
"The thing that's important right now is teamwork," Rodgers said. "Something like this brings people down, but it also brings them together."
Rodgers left Nebraska and played in the CFL for four seasons, winning a Grey Cup with the Montreal Alouettes. A freak injury in training camp with the San Diego Chargers short-circuited his NFL career.
It might have been anticlimactic, anyway, after his exploits at Nebraska.
"A lot is expected at Nebraska," Rodgers said. "We don't just want to win; we want to dominate. We always take 25,000 people on the road, wherever we go. We want players to come to Nebraska and get their degree, and if they do well, it should be a natural transition to the pros."
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Jim Mashek can be reached at 896-2333 or jwmashek@sunherald.com
Rodgers still bullish on Huskers
Nebraska legend visits Gulfport
By JIM MASHEK
jwmashek@sunherald.com
GULFPORT - College football has seen some dynamic players come and go, but one of the game's most electric performers dropped in on the Gulfport Gridiron Club on Monday night.
Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers won the Heisman Trophy in 1972, and he's quick to point out that this year's Cornhuskers have a long way to go, even if they're 4-0 and on the cusp of the national rankings.
Nebraska's four victories have come against the likes of Maine, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh and Iowa State. The Cornhuskers play host to Texas Tech on Saturday.
"We're 4-0, but it's very questionable," Rodgers said. "We haven't played anybody yet. [SIZE=14pt]Wake Forest had a chance to beat us at the end and drove the length of the field. They had a bad snap on a field-goal try, on third down, and had a chance to kick again. They missed[/SIZE].
"We feel that winning isn't really everything at Nebraska. We rate it right up there with oxygen.
"It's pretty important."
Rodgers was a wingback and kick returner who helped the Cornhuskers win back-to-back national championships in 1970 and '71. He had a monster game against Oklahoma in the "Greatest Game Ever Played," in 1971, when Nebraska outlasted the Sooners 35-31. He closed his college career in the 1973 Orange Bowl against Notre Dame, a game Gridiron Club member Dr. Bill Seidensticker, who graduated from Notre Dame, heard a lot about on Monday.
Rodgers ran for three touchdowns, caught a scoring pass and threw for another, sitting out the fourth quarter of the Cornhuskers' 40-6 rout of the Irish.
"I told Johnny, the next year we won the national championship," Seidensticker said.
Rodgers played golf on the Coast on Monday and took a tour of the devastation Hurricane Katrina wrought on U.S. 90.
"The thing that's important right now is teamwork," Rodgers said. "Something like this brings people down, but it also brings them together."
Rodgers left Nebraska and played in the CFL for four seasons, winning a Grey Cup with the Montreal Alouettes. A freak injury in training camp with the San Diego Chargers short-circuited his NFL career.
It might have been anticlimactic, anyway, after his exploits at Nebraska.
"A lot is expected at Nebraska," Rodgers said. "We don't just want to win; we want to dominate. We always take 25,000 people on the road, wherever we go. We want players to come to Nebraska and get their degree, and if they do well, it should be a natural transition to the pros."
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Jim Mashek can be reached at 896-2333 or jwmashek@sunherald.com
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