By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Watching Denard Robinson run is a thing of beauty. The Michigan quarterback set the NCAA record for yards rushing by a quarterback in a single season in 2010, and he’s nearing former West Virginia quarterback Pat White’s record for career yards rushing by a quarterback. But how great is he? A strong […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent What we learned in Week 2 of the college football season: 1. Ho-hum for Alabama. At least for the early, nonconference portion of the schedule. Things change this weekend. 2. Think Arkansas wasn’t looking past Louisiana-Monroe to the Tide? Questions now are (1) how John L. Smith guides the Bacon […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent “Head west, young fella!” is the motto for the Big Ten this week as three conference teams take their show on the road and travel a long way away from home. Illinois, Nebraska and Wisconsin all have dates Saturday with Pac-12 teams and all will look to begin the 2012 […]
By J.W. CALINGER ISL Correspondent OMAHA, Neb. — The college and pro football seasons are about to begin, and with it, so is my annual Save The Fullback campaign. The fullback has become an endangered species in football, a casualty of the trend towards playing as much as possible like kids in a backyard, throwing […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Note: The editor grew up in Omaha, Neb. as a Nebraska Cornhuskers fan and now lives in Indianapolis. Taylor Martinez drives you crazy. One moment, Nebraska fans are cringing as they watch that awkward windup of a throwing motion yield another looping, fluttering pass that lands in the waiting hands of a […]
This is the third and final part of Karl Webb’s Title IX tribute about former Nebraska star Maurtice Ivy, a women’s basketball superstar before there was a WNBA. Webb produced this series in 2011. Webb currently is a producer at ESPN and a former reporter for KPTM Fox 42 in Omaha. Ivy bio info from Nebraska sports […]
Part II of Karl Webb’s Title IX tribute about former Nebraska star Maurtice Ivy, a superstar before there was a WNBA. He produced this series in 2011. Webb currently is a producer at ESPN and a former reporter for KPTM Fox 42 in Omaha. Ivy bio info from Nebraska sports information: One of the most athletic players […]
Karl Webb’s Title IX tribute about former Nebraska star Maurtice Ivy, a superstar before there was a WNBA. This is part one of a three-part series he produced in 2011. Webb currently is a producer at ESPN and a former reporter for KPTM Fox 42 in Omaha. Ivy bio info from Nebraska sports information: One of […]
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