Final article about the rise and fall of Husker Football since 1962.
And what of Nebraska’s strength program, an institution so well-respected that even California kids like Brenden Stai grew up with Husker weightlifting posters on their high school gym walls. The all-everything recruit Curt Dukes shined a light on the Huskers struggles in a 2004 interview with the Omaha World-Herald. “I got weaker out there. Coming out of high school, I was really excited. I thought, 'I'm going to Nebraska. I'm going to be a lot faster and quicker and stronger.
The fall of the Huskers is often attributed to their style of offense. After the Huskers lost to Iowa State in 2002, fatally knocking them from their still-record-long perch in the AP poll, Sports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel wrote: “The old-fashioned, option-based system that’s been their As College Football News.com writer Pete Fiutak asserted: “The option didn't go away because it didn't work; the option went away because it was hard to get the top-shelf quarterbacks to run it.” That was certainly true of the Huskers, who regularly struck out with their top quarterback targets during Solich’s tenure.
journalist Sam McKewon phrased it in 2007: “Against any reasonably good defense, offense had run its course.” Nebraska’ program eroded with its staff. But another aspect that coincided with Nebraska’s internal parts decaying was the emergence of their conference foes. Less than three minutes into the 2001 contest, Colorado had a two-touchdown lead. Eighteen minutes in, the Buffs’ lead grew to 32. The Nebraska offense eventually woke up to score 36, but it was for naught. Colorado averaged 7.3 yards per carry against a defense that ranked 6th in the nation in total yards, 13th nationally against the rush. And Nebraska surrendered the most points any Husker outfit ever has in giving up 62. It was nothing less than shocking..
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