It’s good to have football historians with a blog in our midst. Guys like Husker Mike, who remembers well.

Harken back to January 1, 1994. A roundly criticized and mocked Nebraska squad takes the field in the opponent’s home state, with nobody giving them a chance to win. Nobody except fans wearing red, that is. A tremendous gritty, gutty performance with the defense dominating the opponent, and the offense making just enough plays. Nebraska gets a field goal with just over a minute remaining. But the kickoff goes out of bounds, and then the defense gives up a big play aided by a personal foul call to put the opponent into field goal range. Even the refs putting a second back on the clock for a final field goal. And in the end, Nebraska comes up just short.

HM points out that the Cornhuskers went on quite a tear following that game with Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Let’s hope we see the same kind of response from the Pelini-led Huskers.