45 days: Best # 45 in Husker history
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What a great number in Husker history: Frank Solich, Tom Ruud, 1920's All-American Fred Shirey, Dodie Donnell, Dick Davis, Makovicka and Terrio.
Best: Captain, Two-Time Academic All-American, and Three-Time National Champion FB Joel Makovicka, now a physical therapist in Omaha. If I recall correctly, he Greatest moment was his TD against Akron in 1997. It's at about 6 seconds into this clip...
Not as clear...
Another one of my favorite Makovicka plays was 1997 at Kansas. We had a punt blocked and the ball happened to find its way into Makovicka's hands still behind the original LOS, so it is essentially a fumble since it didn't cross the LOS. He had the wherewithal to advance the ball to pick up the first down and the Huskers maintained possession.
Honorable Mention...
FB Steve Kriewald. Another bowling ball fullback who brought his lunch pail. Solid both on offense and on special teams. Unfortunately had his role diminished on offense in the Callahan transition, however, that is when my favorite memory of him occurred. Late in the game at Oklahoma in 2004 down 30-0, Callahan gave it to Kriewald, who rumbled about 48 yards to the edge of FG range. He then got the ball again for a few more yard, Joe Dailey spike it with 1 second left, and David Dyches kicked a 39-yard FG as time expired to (a) avoid the shutout and (b) cover the point spread (it was at 28 or 29 points).
The play is at about 1:59:32 if it doesn't link there right away.
Not as clear...
Another one of my favorite Makovicka plays was 1997 at Kansas. We had a punt blocked and the ball happened to find its way into Makovicka's hands still behind the original LOS, so it is essentially a fumble since it didn't cross the LOS. He had the wherewithal to advance the ball to pick up the first down and the Huskers maintained possession.
Honorable Mention...
FB Steve Kriewald. Another bowling ball fullback who brought his lunch pail. Solid both on offense and on special teams. Unfortunately had his role diminished on offense in the Callahan transition, however, that is when my favorite memory of him occurred. Late in the game at Oklahoma in 2004 down 30-0, Callahan gave it to Kriewald, who rumbled about 48 yards to the edge of FG range. He then got the ball again for a few more yard, Joe Dailey spike it with 1 second left, and David Dyches kicked a 39-yard FG as time expired to (a) avoid the shutout and (b) cover the point spread (it was at 28 or 29 points).
The play is at about 1:59:32 if it doesn't link there right away.
What are you.... 80? Mackovicka all day long brother
No,62...
Sorry first 45 pops into my head is Frank Solich.,Sorry you weren’t born yet watching him play..
Joel Mackovicka averaged 6.5 yards a carry as a fullback his senior year and set the fullback record for TDs. What a three headed monster... Frost, Green, and the Mack Truck
I feel like Makovicka once went an entire season without a single carry that resulted in a loss.
EDIT: Looked it up, it was 1997...
1995
22 carries
187 yards gained
2 yards lost
185 yards net
1996
23 carries
123 yards gained
4 yards lost
119 yards net
1997
105 carries
685 yards gained
0 yards lost
685 yards net
1998
97 carries
463 yards gained
5 yards lost
458 yards net
EDIT: Looked it up, it was 1997...
1995
22 carries
187 yards gained
2 yards lost
185 yards net
1996
23 carries
123 yards gained
4 yards lost
119 yards net
1997
105 carries
685 yards gained
0 yards lost
685 yards net
1998
97 carries
463 yards gained
5 yards lost
458 yards net
I believe the 1995 team didn't have a carry that resulted in a loss of yards until the kneel downs at the end of the Fiesta Bowl.
I think that one was no sacks allowed.
Good for him. But little Frankie was the first 45 and he was a Fullback for two years and the lightest in Devaney’s 3 back offense...
Yep, seems stiff as a board when he played. Thought about giving him an honorable mention. I recall one interview before I think his senior season where he said he wasn't athletic enough to be an every-down player in Pelini's defense and accepted that he'd be platooned in certain packages.
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