NEWS ARCHIVE
October 2002
• The Loon decides to give politics a whirl.
• Charges are filed as A&M investigates the postgame assault on an NU fan.
• Services in Texas are held in memory of Jake Young.
• Frank Solich passes muster in a poll.
• No bowl wouldn't necessarily mean less revenue.
• NU recruit Josh Mueller copes with injury.
• Darin Erstad comments on his dual championships.
• Family and friends gather to remember Jake Young.
• An update on former Husker RB Kent McCloughan, a longtime scout for the Raiders.
• Chris Kelsay snags a top academic honor.
• The Loon returns from Vegas with some unusual odds.
• Jake Young's remains are identified in Bali, and services are planned for the two-time All-American.
• Some donors consider abandoning ship.
• Bill Byrne says he has heard no calls for a coaching change from "boosters of substance." And one major booster explains why he's not on the warpath.
• A glimpse of the sports world of 1961, the last time Oklahoma State beat NU.
• The remedy some fans are demanding would cost a bundle.
• Lateral movement, not great speed, helped make Clete Pillen a standout linebacker in the '70s.
• Maybe John Cook and Frank Solich both did the right thing, says columnist Terry Douglass.
• DeJuan Groce is a CNNSI midseason All-American.
• Jake Young's family and friends start to give up hope.
• Thunder Collins still hasn't spoken to the coaches about his decision to quit.
• John Parrella is a key player in the Oakland Raiders' rebuilt defense.
• QB Tom Zbikowski pays an unofficial visit to Lincoln.
• Thunder Collins says family and financial considerations forced him to quit the team. Here's his statement, a chronology, and more stories: 1, 2, 3.
• Thunder Collins apparently has quit the team.
• See the ad a Husker fan placed in the Lincoln paper.
• Doug DuBose is arrested in Connecticut.
• NU's strength program strives to stay ahead.
• ESPN's Dan Patrick says Eric Crouch will be back.
• How NU fans handle adversity will define them, a K.C. writer says.
• Tom Osborne finds that sports and politics do mix.
• The Loon's mailbag runneth over.
• A columnist calls for Eric Crouch's return to the Rams -- as quarterback.
• Harry Tolly recalls the monumental 1959 upset over Oklahoma in Lincoln.
• Randy Stella fits in with the Mavs.
• Eric Crouch leaves the door open to a return to pro football, but only as a quarterback. Canada is one possibility. 
• Crouch's words don't sway one of his St. Louis critics.
• The Loon rolls out some significant figures.
• Bill Byrne gives the staff a vote of confidence.