Still curious about Rutgers-Nebraska comparisons, I stumbled on a short biography of former Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne in a book I just finished called 100 Heroes: People in Sports Who Make This a Better World.
It led me to collect a little more information about this Hall of Fame coach, which Id like to share with the online audience. The Rutgers 1000 really picked the wrong school to pick on.
First, are Osbornes football accomplishments, after 25 years as head coach at the University of Nebraska.
-> Two undisputed national titles
-> 25 Top 15 rankings
-> 12 Big Eight Conference titles
-> 1 Big 12 Conference title
-> 255 career wins
More interesting were his accomplishments off the field. Osborne came to Nebraska in 1960, not only as an assistant coach, but also as the teams first academic counselor. Thirty years later, his teams had compiled an 82 percent graduation rate; thats higher than the regular student bodies at most colleges and universities in the country, let alone football players. Nebraska has graduated 65 Academic All American football players since 1962, an outstanding performance as well. As of...
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