NEWS ARCHIVE
October 2006
• Christmas item of the day: Championship season DVDs.
• Get a piece of Husker history with this Devaney-Rodgers-Tagge print.
• Tight end Justin Tomerlin is dismissed from the team.
• The NU-A&M game will be televised. Time & network TBA.
• Roy Long recalls Husker football as it was played half a century ago, and the Lincoln paper goes back even farther to one of NU's most lopsided wins.
• Raising a Husker: Stewart Bradley.
• Omaha Westside running back Collins Okafor commits to the class of 2008.*
• A health scare places football in perspective for ex-Husker Andy Means.
• TV watching enabled Bo Ruud to sniff out Texas' goal-line gadget play.
• Brandon Jackson indends to hang onto his prime role in the backfield.
• John Blake works at turning Florida* into fertile recruiting ground for the Huskers.
• Harvey Perlman says skybox alcohol enforcement* is OK as is. Commentary.
• ABC selects the NU-Missouri game for telecast. Time TBA.
• Terry Bowden says the third-down pass was the wrong call. More day-after reflections on the NU-Texas game: 1,* 2, 3 
• Buffalo falls to Ohio in a matchup of Turner Gill's and Frank Solich's teams.
• Richie Incognito has landed on his feet* with the St. Louis Rams.
• Raising a Husker: long snapper T.J. O'Leary.
• NU's special-teams "missiles" are players with heart.*
• Jimmy Burrow recalls his circuitous 1970s journey to Nebraska.
• Writing about sportsmanship, a K.C. columnist contrasts the 1998 NU-Texas game with last weekend's brawl in Florida.
• Maurice Purify makes a big impact in spite of his backup role.
• Perseverence pays off for the Blackshirts who weathered the coaching change.*
• Jeff checks in with his Kansas State Scarlet Commentary.
• Husker Dan reviews the Kansas State game.
• The Oklahoma State game will have a 2:30 p.m. start and an ABC telecast.
• Tom Osborne is pleased with the Nebraska running game.
• Bill Callahan is immersed in his job.
• Collins Okafor* from Omaha Westside gets scholarship offer.
• Rickey Thenarse not suprised he is contributing as a true freshman.
• Kurt Mann continues his recovery and wants to contribute.*
• Andy Kadavy stays focused despite losing sight in one eye.
• Jeff checks in with his Iowa State Scarlet
Commentary.
• On or off the playing field, Andre Jones doesn't give up.
• Primetime Player: Glenn takes breaks where he can get them.
• Husker Dan reviews Iowa State and has some football terminology.
• Lawrence Phillips is convicted of assault and could face a long prison term.
• The league office upholds the disputed officiating calls in the ISU game.
• CFN Texas game ticket winners are Blake Zack of Sterling, VA and Mike Synovec of Lincoln, NE. The Missouri game deadline is Oct. 20th.
• The preliminary word on Greg Austin's injury is encouraging.
• Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14. Coverage on the game page. Pregame coverage here. Order the game on DVD.
• Kurt Mann's illness* was "really serious," OL coach Dennis Wagner says.
• MidwestCoastBias.com offers podcast reviews on current and future opponents.
• NU's starting safeties discuss some ins and outs of their positions.
• Did you know that former Husker placekicker Paul Rogers started out as a wingback?
• Services are Saturday for former Husker Max Kitzelman,* age 74.
• Husker Dan and Jeff check in with their Kansas game commentaries.
• Cornerbacks learn to endure the heat of pressure and criticism.
• Frantz Hardy* showcases his ability to outrun the competition, which earned him the Bluecreek desktop download of the week.
• Steve Octavien is set to return to action* this week.
• The nonconference schedule duped us all, Steven Sipple writes.