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Then Osborne Said to Rozier
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 makers—all 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.
200 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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February 21, 2018
My thoughts on "Then Osborne Said to Rozier". The author is Steve Richardson and the genre is historical nonfiction. The main people you will hear a lot from/about are Tom Osborne, Bob Devaney, Solich and many more QB's, Tight ends, and coaches. One of my favorite stories from this book is probably the Solich years because it was around the time I was born and it talked about the walk on system that we still have today. It also talks about the good seasons they had under his coaching, but you will have to read the book to see if they make it to some national championships or not.
Well now I should talk a little about Osborne, Solich,and Bob. Now these guys treated the players and staff like family, they encourage them push them to get better and better like they are their parents, now I call that a good coach. When the walk on's came on the team they were not treated like people that didn't belong there they were treated just like the rest of the team. Now the best part of Nebraska football has always been the linemen, The reason I say this is because in the book it says that the NFL has always drafted linemen from there and that has been the strong suit for Nebraska. Now I have had coaches like this, in fact just last year the coaches for my all-star team for baseball made me feel just like this. In this time it was summer so it was hot out and some days it was humid, but it was worth it for the great game of baseball.
Now my thoughts about this book was I wish that it didn't have so many dates like years and months. Like having a couple is fine but have 2 every sentence it seemed is a bit excessive don't you think ? Now lets get on to something a bit more happy and positive, the stories in this book are great, it tells about the hardships and losses they had to go through to get to a national title and bowl games. The games they lost, they said were a learning experience for the team and it showed them what they have to improve on. Now they said that they had the best linemen in the country, I really kinda think that this is not true because we are only getting a couple sides of the story and not anyone else's, don't you think it is important that we find out what other coaches said? All in all I think this book was a success because it gave us stories from multiple timelines and eras, we got to hear from more then one of the coaches also we got to understand what it was like for a walk on and a player and how it feels to lose. I hope this review intestines people into wanting to read this book because I highly recommend it.
Well now I should talk a little about Osborne, Solich,and Bob. Now these guys treated the players and staff like family, they encourage them push them to get better and better like they are their parents, now I call that a good coach. When the walk on's came on the team they were not treated like people that didn't belong there they were treated just like the rest of the team. Now the best part of Nebraska football has always been the linemen, The reason I say this is because in the book it says that the NFL has always drafted linemen from there and that has been the strong suit for Nebraska. Now I have had coaches like this, in fact just last year the coaches for my all-star team for baseball made me feel just like this. In this time it was summer so it was hot out and some days it was humid, but it was worth it for the great game of baseball.
Now my thoughts about this book was I wish that it didn't have so many dates like years and months. Like having a couple is fine but have 2 every sentence it seemed is a bit excessive don't you think ? Now lets get on to something a bit more happy and positive, the stories in this book are great, it tells about the hardships and losses they had to go through to get to a national title and bowl games. The games they lost, they said were a learning experience for the team and it showed them what they have to improve on. Now they said that they had the best linemen in the country, I really kinda think that this is not true because we are only getting a couple sides of the story and not anyone else's, don't you think it is important that we find out what other coaches said? All in all I think this book was a success because it gave us stories from multiple timelines and eras, we got to hear from more then one of the coaches also we got to understand what it was like for a walk on and a player and how it feels to lose. I hope this review intestines people into wanting to read this book because I highly recommend it.
February 10, 2009
I skimmed this history of Nebraska football but couldn’t 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 couldn’t 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 Nebraska-Missouri series, considering the series, in my opinion, has produced a grand total of one game of true national significance in my lifetime (see 1997 NU v. MU and “The Catch”). If you want to write an entire chapter about Nebraska versus Oklahoma, sure. But Nebraska-Missouri? I mean, seriously.
The whole cast is here with the famously colorful Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne, Devaney’s 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: (1) decline under Solich, (2) Bill Callahan: Well, that was a bad idea, (3) Bo Pelini, boy wonder!/?
For me, the most shocking revelation from this book was that Osborne did swear (once). Also, there’s a humorous story in the book that involves my boyhood neighbor, Brandt Wade, who was a third-string lineman on the team during the mid-1990s.
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 Nebraska-Missouri series, considering the series, in my opinion, has produced a grand total of one game of true national significance in my lifetime (see 1997 NU v. MU and “The Catch”). If you want to write an entire chapter about Nebraska versus Oklahoma, sure. But Nebraska-Missouri? I mean, seriously.
The whole cast is here with the famously colorful Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne, Devaney’s 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: (1) decline under Solich, (2) Bill Callahan: Well, that was a bad idea, (3) Bo Pelini, boy wonder!/?
For me, the most shocking revelation from this book was that Osborne did swear (once). Also, there’s a humorous story in the book that involves my boyhood neighbor, Brandt Wade, who was a third-string lineman on the team during the mid-1990s.
September 28, 2012
This is a pretty good history of the Nebraska Football team from the start of Bob Devaney's tenure in the early 1960's until the end of the Tom Osborne era in the late 90'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.
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