Catch Then Osborne Said To Rozier. . .: The Best Nebraska Cornhuskers Stories Ever Told By Steve Richardson Offered In Volume

skimmed this history of Nebraska football but couldnt bring myself to read it straight through, I have plenty of other things I should be reading instead, but my wife pointed this one out to me the last time we were at the library, and I couldnt resist.

Interestingly, this book was written by a Missouri sports journalist, which to my way of thinking is a little bit like having a Baptist minister write a book about Joseph Smith.
I had to laugh at the full chapter devoted to the NebraskaMissouri series, considering the series, in my opinion, has produced a grand total of one game of true national significance in my lifetime seeNU v.
MU and “The Catch”. If you want to write an entire chapter about

Nebraska versus Oklahoma, sure, But NebraskaMissouri I mean, seriously,
The whole cast is here with the famously colorful Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne, Devaneys puritan protégé, being the central luminaries, of course, And like most histories of Husker football, the last decade of the program is treated as follows:decline under Solich,Bill Callahan: Well, that was a bad idea,Bo Pelini, boy wonder!/
For me, the most shocking revelation from this book was that Osborne did swear once.
Also, theres a humorous story in the book that involves my boyhood neighbor, Brandt Wade, who was a thirdstring lineman on the team during the mids, This is a pretty good history of the Nebraska Football team from the start of Bob Devaney's tenure in the early's until the end of the Tom Osborne era in the late's.
Interestingly enough, the author is a life long Missouri Tigers fan so I was impressed with his detailed knowledge of Nebraska's history, He did focus quite a bit of time on the Nebraska Missouri rivalry but still an equal amount of time was given to Oklahoma, Many first hand interviews with the players and coaches from the different eras were included, I'd recommend this to any Nebraska football fan, Written for every sports fan who follows the Cornhuskers, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makersall while eavesdropping on their personal conversations.
 From the Nebraska locker room to the sidelines and inside the huddle, the book includes stories about Bill Callahan, Bob Devaney, and Johnny Rogers, among others, allowing readers to relive the highlights and the celebrations.
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