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Posted 11-18-2000
Bye week before Colorado game

Until Nebraska gets more sophisticated with their passing game, it will continue to struggle against teams that play good defense...
ESPN
 
In spite of some public grumbling about play calling, Nebraska Coach Frank Solich has assured his offensive coordinator that his job is...
Omaha World-Herald
 
The Nebraska football team practiced inside the warm conditions of the Cook Pavilion for one hour and 40 minutes Thursday in sweats...
Grand Island Independent
 
For the third straight day, Nebraska worked out indoors Thursday at the Cook Pavilion. Unlike the previous two days, the Huskers...
Omaha World-Herald
 
The videotape shown to the Nebraska football team this week removed any of the mystery about the Huskers' loss...
Omaha World-Herald
 
"People act like it's the end of the world, and that the team will never respond," he said. "But that's what football is all about - it's a sport...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Solich has been pleased with the way the players have regrouped following Saturday's loss at Kansas State. "They moved around...
Nebraska Athletic Dept
 
In analyzing Nebraska's defensive performance last Saturday against Kansas State, it's easy to see that the Cornhuskers did some good..
Grand Island Independent
 
Kansas State made it a point to keep Nebraska tight end Tracey Wistrom from scoring in their Big 12 Conference showdown. The...
Omaha World-Herald
 
"I got it down to about six or seven schools." That would be Blake's new list of those teams he is most considering on going to attend...
Big Red Central
 
The Huskers went through another two-hour, full-pads workout in the Cook Pavilion. "It was another heavy day of practice for us...
Omaha World-Herald
 
Despite rushing for 130 yards and accounting for a good share of Nebraska's 239 yards of total offense against Kansas State...
Grand Island Independent
 
Eric Crouch searched hard for the words to describe his performance in Nebraska's 29-28 loss Saturday to Kansas State. The junior...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
The Heisman hype has ended. The national-championship dream is dead for Eric Crouch. Once a dream season, Crouch's junior year...
Omaha World-Herald
 
The Nebraska football team began preparations for the regular-season finale against Colorado with a two-hour workout in full pads...
Nebraska Athletic Dept
 
Coach Frank Solich sidestepped questions about his play-calling in the 29-28 loss to Kansas State the way he sidestepped would-be...
CBS SportsLine
 
Nebraska is one of 18 teams still under consideration for the seven remaining slots in college football's Bowl Championship Series...
Omaha World-Herald

All week leading up to the Nebraska game, Kansas State's practice was furious. Players were in a rage. Everyone was so hungry to win..
Kansas City Star
 
Eric Crouch searched hard for the words to describe his performance in Nebraska's 29-28 loss Saturday to Kansas State...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
"The morale is like you'd expect it to be coming off a loss," Nebraska Coach Frank Solich said. "But they're coming back off of...
Omaha World-Herald
 
With eight wins, No. 10 Nebraska is a sure bet to go to a 32nd straight bowl game. When and where that bowl will be played is a...
Grand Island Independent

CBS SportsLine: College Football
A&M marks bonfire tragedy with vigil Sat, November 18, 2000 10:00 AM
Bowden: Not interested in West Va. coaching job Sat, November 18, 2000 10:00 AM
No. 6 Washington still eyeing Rose Bowl Sat, November 18, 2000 10:00 AM
Oregon 'Civil War' could be for the Roses Sat, November 18, 2000 10:00 AM
Sooners must win Big South 12 first Sat, November 18, 2000 10:00 AM

Posted 11-8-2000
After Kansas / Pre-Kansas St.

Within a 3-week span, the Nebraska-Kansas State game went from a potential monster matchup to the second-best Big 12 game...
Grand Island Independent
 
Asked about his memories of the last time Nebraska visited Kansas State, I-back Dan Alexander said: "Pretty bleak." It was Nov. 14...
CBS SportsLine
 
If the Wildcats' season had gone a bit differently -- with wins over Oklahoma and Texas A&M instead of losses -- he could have...
Kansas City Star
 
Not too long ago, it would have been hard to call a game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Kansas State Wildcats as anything..
Husker Press Box
 
With one loss, Nebraska coach Frank Solich knows that winning is the highest priority for the No. 4 Cornhuskers when they face No...
WOWT Channel 6
 
This is how things work at Nebraska: Last year's 26-point victory over Kansas State and the 1997 triumph by 30 points over the Wildcats...
Kansas City Star
 
Nebraska followed up its worst offensive performance of the season with one of its best in its pounding of Kansas. The Huskers...
Omaha World-Herald
 
Two Big 12 Conference defeats in a horrendous month of October by Kansas State standards and a formidable foe in the wings have...
Omaha World-Herald
 
This season, Nebraska has again been knocked off its course to the national title game. Only this time, the victor and the BCS...
Dallas Morning News

FOXSports: College Football
Terry Bowden backs away from WVU opening Sat, November 18, 2000 09:01 AM
Gators-Seminoles embodies height of rivalry Fri, November 17, 2000 09:00 PM
Bruins, Trojans meet for 70th time Saturday Fri, November 17, 2000 04:00 PM
Oregon-Oregon St. rivalry 'divides households' Fri, November 17, 2000 12:01 PM
No. 2 Miami not taking Syracuse for granted Fri, November 17, 2000 11:00 AM
Oregon-Oregon St. rivalry "divides households" Fri, November 17, 2000 11:00 AM
Rivalries across the U.S. heating up Fri, November 17, 2000 09:01 AM
Colorado St. knocks off Wyoming Thu, November 16, 2000 10:00 PM
Fired coach says he's proud of ASU program Thu, November 16, 2000 09:00 PM
Washington-Washington St. marks 100th anniversary Thu, November 16, 2000 07:00 PM

Crouch Quickies
10-29-2000
vNebraska now has three 2,000yrd career rushers playing, hitting the mark in the same season as Crouch joins Husker I-backs Dan Alexander (2,107 for 18th) and Correll Buckhalter (2,342 for 11th).

 
11-11-2000
vCrouch ranks among the Nebraska Cornhusker's career top 10 in nearly every category and already ranks as Nebraska's all-time best rushing quarterback. He has already passed several stellar Husker QBs, including Tommie Frazier (the 1995 Heisman runner-up that led NU to back-to-back national championships in 1994 and 1995), Scott Frost (led Huskers to a national championship in 1997) and Turner Gill (fourth in 1983 Heisman race, national championship game in 1983).

vCrouch also passed 1983 Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier on theHusker total offense chart. Crouch added to his total Saturday against Kansas State, rushing for 42 yards and passing for 39 yards.

Posted 10-30-2000
Articles from the Oklahoma game

Losing to Oklahoma put Nebraska's national championship hopes on life support. Losing to Kansas this week would undoubtedly pull the..
Grand Island Independent
 
Despite losing to No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman last Saturday, the season is far from over for the Huskers. Nebraska will regroup and...
Nebraska Athletic Dept
 
Nebraska fell from first to fourth in the latest Bowl Championship Series standings released Monday afternoon. Oklahoma, which...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Saturday's game with Kansas will mark the 10th time since 1969 that Nebraska has played the Jayhawks a week after suffering a...
Omaha World-Herald
 
The Huskers practiced in sweats on the grass fields on Monday, beginning preparations for Kansas on Saturday. Coach Frank...
Grand Island Independent
 
It looked like NU's offense was facing the Boz, Tony Casillas and the Selmon brothers all at once. In fact, I'm not so sure that OU didn't...
Big Red Central
 
Oklahoma made its point loud (boy, was it loud) and clear Saturday at Owen Field in Norman. Sooner fans were still celebrating in the...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Nebraska fans who were longing for the old-time Nebraska-Oklahoma football rivalry to return probably should've been a little more careful...
Grand Island Independent
 
While the Sooners took over the top spot in ratings by both the Associated Press and the Coaches Poll, NU slid only to fifth and...
Omaha World-Herald
 
The Huskers must win out. Victories over Kansas State and perhaps Oklahoma in the Big XII Championship are musts. Anything less...
Husker Press Box
 
The Sooners vaulted to Number One on the strength of their 31-14 defeat of Nebraska in Norman on Saturday. OU remains undefeated..
WOWT Channel 6
 
Nebraska, which slipped to No. 5 according to The Associated Press and No. 6 in the coaches' poll, returns to action against Kansas...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
The Nebraska vs. Oklahoma rivalry proved that it was 100 percent back on Saturday. Back in Barry Switzer era form, that is...
Grand Island Independent
 
The Sooners held Nebraska without a point for the final 53 minutes and 11 seconds, turning an offense that had looked unstoppable on...
Omaha World-Herald
 
The question was simple enough. What happened to the Nebraska offense after the first quarter? Junior quarterback Eric Crouch's...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
There's little doubt Solich would rather be in Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops' shoes instead. The Sooners, who were No. 2 in the BCS...
Grand Island Independent

 Posted 10-16-2000

Kliff Kingsbury must have felt like he aged considerably while the Nebraska defense continued to come of age. The Texas Tech...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Cornhuskers Crunch cereal will be available soon at grocery stores near the University of Nebraska. At the University of Michigan...
Omaha World-Herald


Posted 10-15-2000

Eric Crouch, who in just three quarters of work against Texas Tech tallied three TDs -throwing two and running...
ESPN
 
The Huskers won't have any worries about staying at No. 1 after this rout. A pair of Nebraska backs topped 100 yards:Texas Tech fell hard to the number 1 Huskers...
Sports Illustrated
 
Texas Tech was mangled profusely Saturday.The Husker's are back at No. 1 after several tight games dropped them to second, Nebraska looked very worthy of the role this time. Eric Crouch ran...
ESPN
  
He entered preseason camp expecting to become Nebraska's starter at left rush end. So when Demoine Adams captured the job, Chris Kelsay...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Husker rush end Kyle Vanden Bosch turned in a career performance last Saturday against Iowa State. Eight total tackles, five tackles...
Husker Press Box
 
As Nebraska offensive guard Toniu Fonoti's moments of confusion become ever more fleeting, his "pancake" total soars skyward...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Iowa State cornerback Atif Austin lay on the ground while trainers attended to him. A few feet away, Nebraska I-back Dan Alexander...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Nebraska rush end Chris Kelsay and free safety Troy Watchorn were both awarded Blackshirts Monday, signifying they have made...
Grand Isle Independent
 
Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch, Oklahoma linebacker Rocky Calmus and Sooners defensive back J.T. Thatcher, were named...
Grand Isle Independent
 
Another victory, another game ball for quarterback Eric Crouch. There's no doubt that Nebraska would not be in the position it's in...
Fox Sports
 
When is a linebacker a cornerback and when is a safety a cornerback and when is a cornerback a cornerback? The answer...
Lincoln Journal-Star


Posted 10-8-2000

Nebraska coach Frank Solich is getting used to The Eric Crouch Show. He especially likes the endings. The junior quarterback only...
Grand Isle Independent
 
The Cyclones gave the Huskers all they could handle early on but football games are four quarters long. Eric Crouch turned in another...
Big Red Central

Switzer's the ultimate Anti-Husker, no matter how much fishing he and the Very Rev. Tom Osborne do now...
Big Red Central
 
Although he ran about 120 yards at full speed on his record-setting punt return for a touchdown against Missouri, Bobby Newcombe...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
All is not well in Big Red land. Behind the smiles and "We're just glad to be 4-0" quotes, doubts are growing about this team. As if...
The Sporting News
   
Nebraska football coach Frank Solich isn't up in arms about his Cornhuskers' drop to No. 2 in the Associated Press media poll...
Grand Isle Independent
 
The whispers questioning Nebraska's status as the No. 1 team in the nation became reality after the Cornhuskers outscored what should..
Fox Sports


Posted 9/12/2000

Texas quarterback Major Applewhite, Nebraska middle linebacker Carlos Polk and Oklahoma defensive back J.T. Thatcher on...
WOWT Channel 6
 
No surprise here. After allowing a 100-yard kickoff return and an 82-yard punt return in Saturday's win at Notre Dame, the Huskers put...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
The eerie silence outside Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday said it all. After all the hype and hoopla surrounding Nebraska vs. Notre...
Dallas Morning News
 
Having just lived every football player's wildest dream, having stared into a third and 9, his No. 1-ranked team down 24-21 in overtime to Notre Dame....
CNNSI
 
Maybe all those ticket-selling Notre Dame fans were merely taking a cue from their school. Wounding Irish pride even more than losing...
Grand Isle Independent

The latest evidence suggests that the nation's top-ranked teams, Nebraska and Florida State, will not run the table this season...
Kansas City Star
 
A game for the ages has many takes and many views. You have seen plenty already, but I am quite sure you haven't seen a take...
Big Red Central
 
Try to name a team that deserves the top ranking three weeks into the college football season. Florida State can't run. Nebraska can't...
CBS Sports Line


Posted 9/10/2000
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Notre Dame Game Articles

Eric Crouch had one option. Keep the ball and score. "There aren't a lot of choices on the '36-quarterback keeper' other than to read the Notre Dame defense...
Lincoln Journal-Star
 
Nebraska went into South Bend the nation's number one team and left elated with a 27-24 overtime victory. Check the links below for...
Big Red Central
 
After his third touchdown run of the game -- a 7-yarder in overtime -- gave the top-ranked Cornhuskers a nerve-racking 27-24 victory over Notre Dame...
ESPN
 
Not yet, Notre Dame. Eric Crouch ran 7 yards for a touchdown in overtime as No. 1 Nebraska fought off No. 23 Notre Dame 27-24 on...
Grand Isle Independent
 
But the Huskers would not be denied against a team trying to return to national prominence after four years of mediocrity under coach ND...
Nebraska Athletic Dept
 
Seventy-five years ago, Rockne's message to Nebraska fans from the balcony of a Lincoln hotel became the dying embers of a Notre Dame...
CBS SportsLine
 
Nebraska fans flocking to 'Holy Land' -- but why?...If you insist on calling this the game of the century, go ahead. But remember Notre Dame...
South Bend Tribune
 
"I'm not sure if you can come up with a big enough stadium for this game ," said Fraleigh, director of tickets and marketing at Notre Dame...
Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
 

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