There’s a big kerfuffle going on around college football this offseason. Matt Rhule cancelled Nebraska’s Spring Game and has presumably locked his remaining top talent in a silo outside of Omaha. Either that, or Nebraska is going hard on that Husker Games gimmick. Other programs have followed in Nebraska’s footsteps, making this the first time in two decades that The Cornhuskers have led the nation in anything related to football. I’m not here to talk about that, though. No, I’m here to talk about what Spring Games really mean and no conversation about the Blue and Gold Game can happen without mentioning one man:
Junior Jabbie
In 2007 over 50,000 fans descended upon Notre Dame Stadium.