How have you been spending your weekends? The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers spends weekends working on the football field. Why, just Saturday they went into overtime in a game with the KU Jayhawks, and won by a touchdown, final score 39-32.
What to do while waiting for next game? Check out these titles available from the University of Nebraska Press:
A Coach, a Team, and a Turning Point in College Football
By James W. Johnson
Chronicles Stanford’s miraculous 1940 season, from the surprise hiring of coach Clark Shaughnessy and his marshalling of the previously untapped talents of left-handed quarterback Frankie Albert, runners Hugh Gallarneau and Pete Kmetovic, and fullback Norm Standlee, to his reintroduction of the T-formation and its profound and enduring effect on football.
Forever Red
Confessions of a Cornhusker Football Fan
By Steve Smith
"Forever Red is a perfect blend of humor and insightful commentary. . . . [It] ultimately reminds us of how and why we are Husker football fans at a time in the program’s history when it may be needed most."—Lincoln Journal Star.
The Game of the Century
Nebraska vs. Oklahoma in College Football’s Ultimate Battle
By Michael Corcoran
“In setting the stage for this epic confrontation, Michael Corcoran . . . Details football’s growth in popularity in middle America.”—New York Times Book Review
And for your added pleasure, here is a link to the Official Husker Sports Site.
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