Tom Osborne biographer Henry Cordes of the Omaha World Herald and Brandon Vogel of the Counter Read Newsletter join the Common Fans for the final episode of the Tom Osborne series.

• Simply put, TO is the best coach in Nebraska football history, and one of the greatest college football coaches of all time.
• Beloved by his players to this day.
• Deep and lasting connection to his players, built on a concern for them first as people and second as football players.
• The Lawrence Phillips question.
• What if TO had kept coaching?
• Can TO’s development-focused approach still work in today’s era of NIL and the transfer portal?
• How has the standard of excellence established by Osborne and Devaney affected every Nebraska coach who came after him?
• And so much more!

Thanks to Henry Cordes and Brandon Vogel for joining us for this fantastic conversation. GBR for LIFE!

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College Football Hall of Famer Grant Wistrom and Omaha World Herald legend Tom Shatel join the Common Fans for the fifth episode of the Tom Osborne series. This episode focuses on the 1995-1997 seasons.

• The dominance of the 1995 team.
• Averaged over 53 points per game; gave up just 14 and a half.
• They averaged more than 556 rushing yards per game.
• No team came within 14 points of them on the final scoreboard.
• Of the three Top 10 teams they played during the regular season, they won 49-25, 44-21, and 41-3.
• Completely dismantled #2 Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.
• The Lawrence Phillips event.
• Was TO’s handling of the situation fair/appropriate?
• National backlash.
• Impact on the team.
• Losing Brook Berringer.
• Step back in 1996.
• TO’s steadiness.
• Wistrom and Jason Peter’s decision to return in 1997.
• Osborne’s decision to retire.
• Miracle at Missouri.
• The question is not if Nebraska would have beat Michigan in 1997. The only question is how many touchdowns the Huskers would have won by.
• Plus so much more!

Thanks to Grant Wistrom and Tom Shatel for joining us for this outstanding discussion. GBR for LIFE!

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For Episode 4 of the Tom Osborne series, the Common Fans are joined by All Big 8 wingback Abdul Muhammad and longtime Nebraska sports writer Mitch Sherman. This episode focuses on the period from 1990-1994.

• Toward the end of the 1990 season, the Huskers were #2 in the country.
• Then they blew a 12-0 lead against Colorado, and suffered back-to-back blowouts against Oklahoma and vs. Georgia Tech in the bowl game.
• They would finish the season ranked 24th, the team’s lowest final ranking since 1968. They finished outside the top 10 for the fourth consecutive season.
• TO gathers his staff for a meeting in South Stadium. Ultimately, there were several things that resulted from this meeting. But perhaps none was more important than a decision to get faster on defense.
• Defensive backs would be turned into linebackers. Linebackers would become defensive ends. Eventually, the 5-2 would give way to the 4-3. Nebraska had to catch up to the speedier Southern schools they were losing to in bowl games.

Plus, insights from Abdul and Mitch about those early ‘90s teams:

• Tommie Frazier = the x-factor.
• The 1991 no-nonsense recruiting class–Abdul Muhammad, Dwayne Harris, Barron Miles, Christian Peter, and others.
• “The war was in practice.”
• The “refuse to lose” bunch in 1993.
• The 1994 season–Frazier’s blood clot, Brook Berringer, the Matt Turman game, the Colorado game, the Orange Bowl against Miami.
• Finally, TO reaches the mountaintop.
• This and much more!

Thanks to Abdul Muhammad and Mitch Sherman for joining us for this conversation. GBR for LIFE!

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