NEWS ARCHIVE
July 2003
• Tommie Frazier calls Eric Crouch's move a cop-out.
• NU is unranked in the coaches' poll.
• Mike Brown strives to turn the Bears into Super Bowl material.
• Football and baseball standout D.T. McDowell of Tucker, Ga., accepts a football scholarship.
• Keyuo Craver is living up to expectations in New Orleans, but Steve Craver fails to qualify academically.
• Correll Buckhalter is on the rebound after sitting out 2002 with an injured knee.
• Blankman tosses and turns as the season draws near.
• Steve Pederson says he wants to see progress in 2003, not a particular win total.
• The LJS looks at the what the game's long-range physical toll on a player can be.
• All key players who are fighting injuries should be ready to go on Aug. 6, Frank Solich says.
• Tom Osborne says he can relate to Eric Crouch's decision.
• Reporters pick NU third in the Big 12 North. Richie Incognito is the only all-conference selection.
• Ahman Green has proved to be a good fit with the Packers.
• NFL rosters include 42 ex-Huskers. Five summers ago, Eric Warfield never dreamed he'd be one of them.
• OL Seth Olsen of Millard North commits to NU.
• Jammal Lord is on the Davey O'Brien Award watch list.
• Chris Kelsay signs with the Bills.
• Eric Crouch should have "given it more of a chance," Brett Favre says. Crouch says it was switch positions or be cut. More on his exit from Green Bay and from football: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• A full-fledged playoff appears dead for now, and the non-BCS schools form a coalition.
• Several ex-Huskers are set to join the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame.
• Frank Solich criticizes Bill Snyder's decision not to attend Big 12 media days.
• The Des Moines paper assesses the NU coaches' task of turning things around.
• Students jump off the ticket bandwagon.
• Even at the summer workouts, an air of secrecy prevails.
• Cortney Grixby and two other blue-chippers being pursued by NU aren't ready to decide.
• NU steps up its recruiting efforts in Florida.
• Mike Brown stays with the Bears.
• Season parking passes are available.
• Joe Dailey gets acclimated in Lincoln as fall camp draws near.
• Eric Crouch hopes returning kicks will buy him time to learn the quarterback position with Green Bay.
• Southern Miss isn't downplaying the magnitude of its home game against NU.
• A look at Bo Pelini's younger days shows that he thrives on competition and challenges.
• Jemayel Phillips sheds some pounds.
• Steve Pederson pushes to cut operating expenses and says a facility upgrade is coming soon.
• An Okie State defensive end is suspended after a felony arrest.
• About 1,500 student tickets remain available.
• NU is honored for its graduation rate.
• Bidding tops $3,000 on a 1995 national championship ring.
• Junior Tagoa'i pleads no contest.
• Barney Cotton has
firm roots in the passing game.
• Tom Osborne will speak at a July 26 fund-rasier for Jerry Murtaugh's GOAL foundation.
• Frank Solich says he isn't paying attention to the preseason magazines' bleak predictions for NU.
• A new addition to fans' pregame warmups: The Husker Nation Pavilion.
• Bo Pelini and the Stoops brothers team up at a football camp in Youngstown, Ohio.
• NU slips to fourth in the OWH's Big 12 all-sports standings.
• Thunder Collins is arrested in an Oregon assault case.