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The loss of a
favorite son
Brook Berringer was the
strongest link in the chain after the main link - Tommie Frazier -
went down with a blood clot in his leg, forcing Husker fans to
wonder if the dream of Tom Osborne's first National Championship as
Head Coach would ever become a reality. But in stepped Berringer,
and the mobile, strong-armed, quiet young man from western
Kansas was nearly flawless. Tragically, Nebraska and the world
lost Berringer in a plane crash the week before he was slated to be
a third- or fourth-round draft pick in the NFL draft. Less than a
week before he died, Berringer was coincidentally in his birth town
of Scottsbluff, Neb.
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From the West
Not everyone gets a chance
to live their childhood dream and play for the state's biggest
university. Especially Brandon Quindt, who was bypassed by every
single one of the region's Division I schools, and most Division II
colleges, before making the Huskers and starting as a redshirt
freshman as injuries threatened the Huskers' secondary. But when
injuries and subsequent surgeries took away his college football
career as a player, he joined Nebraska as an
assistant coach.
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