NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER & SPORTS MEDIA HISTORY
NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER & SPORTS MEDIA HISTORY
TV FEATURES
TV FEATURES
Nebraska Stories: Do it Yourself Husker Broadcasts
Nebraska Stories: Do it Yourself Husker Broadcasts
A Cornhusker fan’s curiosity about a classic husker football game turns into an all-consuming hobby to restore and build his own husker football broadcasts from old film reels and radio calls.
Paul “Jake” Jacobson is what you might call a self-starter. What began as a curiosity from your average Cornhusker fan about a classic husker football game turned into an all-consuming hobby to restore and build his own husker football broadcasts from old film reels and radio calls. In the process, this husker archaeologist has become an unofficial expert on husker archives and built friendships with some former football greats… all while creating something new out of some games he thinks no one should forget.
Lance's 'Husker FB Media Man' Journal, May 21, 2018
Lance's 'Husker FB Media Man' Journal, May 21, 2018
A Wahoo man has spent the past 35 years collecting more than a thousand broadcasts of Husker football games.
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Listening to, watching Husker history a hobby for Jacobsen
Listening to, watching Husker history a hobby for Jacobsen
I have never seen a quarterback throw the ball better than Dave Humm today! How do you throw it any better?!
TOUCHDOWN TO WESTBROOK! Dave "The Dealer" rolled to his left! And who did he find?! Donnie Westbrook! "The Cheyenne Kid!"
70 at 50: Husker historian Jacobsen explains the 'emotion' behind listening to 1970 NU football games
70 at 50: Husker historian Jacobsen explains the 'emotion' behind listening to 1970 NU football games
"You get more caught up in the emotion," says Husker historian Paul Jacobsen of listening to a game on the radio. "You have to pay attention. Also, it's really all we had was the radio back then.