Big Red at the White House | Feb. 1, 1972
Richard Nixon hosts the 1971 college football national champions
Richard Nixon hosts the 1971 college football national champions
White House photos
AUDIO OF THE HUSKERS’ VISIT is contained in the same trove of White House tapes that contributed to Nixon's downfall in the Watergate scandal. Recorder hum and other noise make the quality dicey, but here are a few of the clearer segments:
Presidential proclamation
Nixon on O-line play
Nixon on virtue of sports
Nixon & Devaney on next season, juco athletes
Nixon sizing up players