Word: husker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...REALLY QUITE IRONIC that some of the hardest, most uncompromising music in the current rock scene should also be one of the most conservative. Like its fellow hardcore bands--Black Flag and Minor Threat--Husker Du, on its new EP, Metal Circus, adopts a stance which firmly opposes the revolutionary ideals of the punk movement. This stance--which is basically, think for yourself, without paying attention to all the unrealistic talk of violent and anarchic revolutions--might seem a strange message from a band whose music appears so angry and nihilistic. The band's commitment and sincerity, however...
...even close to being the most humongous man on the team. Several of the Nebraska linemen resemble telephone booths with 19-in. TV sets on top. At 6 ft. 3 in., 270 Ibs., straw-haired and bottle-jawed, Steinkuhler is the tobacco-spitting image of "Herby Husker," Nebraska's mascot in bib overalls. Pro-football scouts are afraid to say how good he is, because he may be the best offensive lineman they have ever seen. "In Steinkuhler, Fryar and Rozier," says Dallas Cowboy personnel man Gil Brandt, "Nebraska might have three players drafted in the first ten." That...
...Miss, which finished the regular season at 9-2, meets Big Eight runnerup Nebraska. Whatever happened to Cornhusker running back I. M. Hipp, the rusher with the self-sobriquet? He was replaced by Jarvis Redwine, who churned up 1119 yds. on the ground on a mere 156 attempts. The Husker defense is also tenacious, second in fewest points permitted (8.5 per game). Nebraska in a waltz...