I was 8 years old and at the beginning of my Husker fandom. I remember liking IM Hipp too but Jarvis sparked the imagination with the "Marvelous Jarvis" tagline that soon christened him. I remember having a baseball liner with that phrase on it that I believe I got at the Sears store near the Southroads mall. It was probably that touchdown tho of his against the sooners when he pointed back towards the defender chasing him that sealed the deal.. Of course Jarvis wasn't my last husker hero but to my formative football mind he was the first.. who was yours?
The First Husker You Idolized..
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Johnny Rodgers. It was Kindergarten and every kid on the playground was Johnny The Jet.
Calvin Jones. Would have been 4th, 5th, 6th grade time period. Me and my buddy always fought over who was going to be Calvin during backyard football games.
Calvin Jones. Met him when I was 12 years old. He was a cool dude and talked to me for about 20 minutes. He was very candid and answered all of my questions. He told me that Kansas State was the hardest hitting team he had ever faced at that time.
This guy....
Also the reason I’m a Lions fan.
Also the reason I’m a Lions fan.
Dave Humm. We were both leftys. I got my picture taken with him at a breakfast at ICC around 1973 that was in the World Herald. I have an 8x10 glossy of it.
Nebraska Football is just truly special. One of the great institutions in all of American sports history.
Turner Gill is the reason why I'm a Husker. First team I ever saw with a black QB.
Steve Taylor is why I love the Huskers to this day.
Steve Taylor is why I love the Huskers to this day.
Eric Piatkowski. Not a football player, I know. But, I met him when I was 11. I was obsessed with basketball. He was signing autographs at a Dairy Queen in Norfolk. Pretty cool guy.
I saw Steve Taylor and Tommie at an alumni event. They were on stage taking questions. Someone asked Taylor about fan negativity and he went on about shutting out naysayers. They asked Tommie the same question and he said, "I never had problems with fans, I won." Looked like Taylor wanted to strangle him (in a fun way).
Although we named our dog Jarvis Redwine, my first idol was "the triplets". I had this Scoring Explosion poster on my bedroom wall (along with Star Wars). There was the '83 schedule on it and white boxes to record the scores. And score we did. Never seen anything like that. We beat the defending champs (Penn State) 44-6 to start off the season.
the first I met was johnney rodgers ringside at golden gloves in 71
the next was tony davis at adams school in 75
the next was rod horn and Im hipp at monroe jr high in 77
and I think wonder monds was playing basket ball vs northwest high with a few other huskers
lee jones was in my jr high and dave hoppen. and I wrestled andy keeler a few times
the next was tony davis at adams school in 75
the next was rod horn and Im hipp at monroe jr high in 77
and I think wonder monds was playing basket ball vs northwest high with a few other huskers
lee jones was in my jr high and dave hoppen. and I wrestled andy keeler a few times
first name I remember from the radio was Tony Davis -- Lyell Bremser calling the games
remember watching IM Hipp and Rick Berns
remember watching IM Hipp and Rick Berns