You don't win the 1972 Lombardi Award and the 1972 Outland Trophy in the same season without a strategic plan. Rich Glover, a native of Jersey City, N.J., did not go outside his boundaries to get what he needed. One of the finest defensive players in Nebraska and college football history, Glover depended on his mother's intuitive wisdom. She inspired his heart, motivated his mind, helped create his success and enabled him to overcome his fears.
“Football was fun and it wasn’t fun when I first went to Nebraska,” Glover told me earlier this week.