This season marks the 50th anniversary of the first of five national championships for the Nebraska football program. Led by Bob Devaney, the Huskers defeated LSU in the Orange Bowl to cap an 11-0-1 season. The Journal Star will continue to look back at the 1970 Huskers, telling untold stories, catching up with former players and more.
Jerry Murtaugh was ready for a fight.
This was not necessarily an usual development in 1970, as the senior linebacker had become the hard-nosed, outspoken leader of the Nebraska football team's defense.
But as he sat in a locker room deep in the bowels of The Coliseum in Los Angeles after the Huskers had wrestled No.