Tales from the Heart of Huskerland

Match-up: #3 Nebraska vs. #5 LSU Date: January 1, 1971 Outcome: 17-12 Nebraska Oh how I would have loved to have been alive for this one. I can only imagine the party that went on long into the night on the beaches of Miami and throughout the state of Nebraska. After years of being absolutely horrendous under coaches Bill Glassford and Bill Jennings and several other coaches in the 1940s, Bob Devaney swooped down from the mountains or plains or whatever it is they have in Wyoming and saved the day. Within a decade he had built a national championship team. On the morning of January 1st 1971, Nebraska was not supposed to be playing for the national championship. The only reason a national title was on the line when Nebraska took the field against LSU in the Orange Bowl is because college football in the 70s was very dumb. So sit on Uncle Jason's knee kids and I'll tell you a story about 1970s college football, but don't sit too close or they'll call child ...