He doesn’t remember all of the details. But he recalls that it was a home game. The sun was shining. The opposing team was driving down the field. The ball was snapped, the quarterback was just starting his five-step drop into the pocket, and …
“I hear Coach (Bo) Pelini say, ‘Ah, crap, that’s going to be a touchdown’ — literally before the quarterback even finished his drop, long before he started his throwing motion,” former Nebraska linebacker Steve Safranek said this week. “And Bo just turns around and walks away. He doesn’t even watch the play. Three seconds later, the ball is thrown down the middle of the field. Touchdown.”
