“I really wanted to go to UCLA, but my mom told me there were too many earth
quakes out there.”
-NU long jumper Chris Wright, on why he came to Nebraska
“For the most part, people stayed with us. And these are good people who wanted
to be here.”
- NU Head Football Coach Frank Solich
I “We are going to grind our asses because we have something to prove.”
-NU Men's Gymnastics Coach Francis Allen, on focusing on the NCAA Championships
individually despite not qualifying as a team
“Seeing how it’s sunny outside, maybe we should go out and settle this whole
thing right now.”
— President Bill Clinton, on the Michigan and Nebraska football teams ’visit to the White House
to be recognized for winning the national championship
“I want to be quarterback. That’s it.”
— Bobby Newcombe, one of three Huskers who competed for the starting quarterback position
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he Huskers will lose only two players - Lisa Reitsma and Renee Saunders
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JENNY BENSON, an NU soccer player, cries after the Huskers lost their Big 12 title to Texas A&M in San Antonio last November. The Huskers reached the
second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK SCOTT FROST and Missouri Quarterback Corby Jones share their thoughts after
Nebraska’s 45-38 overtime win. Jones had 293 total yards of offense as Missouri moved to 25th place in The
Associated Press top 25, despite its loss.