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Crouch's Crushing Hit Catapults Husker Career

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Crouch's Crushing Hit Catapults Husker Career
Crouch's Crushing Hit Catapults Husker Career

Eric Crouch's crushing hit on an Iowa defensive back in 1999 catapulted his Husker career.

NEBRASKA FANSWITH PLENTY OFHIGHLIGHTSDURING HISHEISMAN WINNINGSENIOR SEASON ...BUT IN PART TWOOF OURSERIES...THECOLLEGEFOOTBALL HALL OFFAMER IS ALSOFOND OF A PLAY HISSOPHOMORESEASON THATCATAPULTED HISHUSKER CAREER...WHILE BOBBYNEWCOMBE GOTTHE START INNEBRASKA'S 1999OPENER AT IOWA...ITWAS ERIC CROUCHWHO'D BE ALL THETALK AFTERWARDS...AS THESOPHOMORE'SEMPHATIC HIT ONIOWA DEFENSIVEBACK MIKKELBROWN CAPPEDOFF N-U'S FINALTOUCHDOWN..."AS FAR AS THECONFIDENCE LEVELAND JUST BELIEVINGTHAT I COULD DOIT.I REALLY FELT LIKE IWAS THE MAN ANDWHEN I SAYTHAT...THE STARTER.I FELT LIKE ISHOULD'VE BEENTHE STARTER AND IWASN'T." ON THATDAY IN IOWA CITY,CROUCH LED THEHUSKERS TO ENDZONE THREE OUTOF FIVE DRIVES,WHILE NEWCOMBEJUST THREE OFNINE."I HAD TOCONTINUE TOPROVE MYSELF.I DIDN'T WANT TOJUST GIVE UP BUT IWAS GIVEN ANOPPORTUNITY TOGET IN THE GAMEAND THOSE FIRSTTWO GAMES MYSOPHOMORE YEAR IDIDN'T COME OUT AWHOLE LOT.EVENTUALLY, THETHIRD GAME I WASNAMED THESTARTER." CROUCHWOULD GO ON TORACK UP A RECORDOF 35-AND-SEVENAS A STARTER ATNEBRASKA.BUT THE MILLARDNORTH GRAD'SCOLLEGE CAREERTOOK OFF WITH THEJAW-DROPPING HITAGAINST THEHAWKEYES."I'LL TELL YOU THATPLAY IN PARTICULARMADE A STATEMENT.AND THESTATEMENT WAS ISTHAT: I WASCOMING TO PLAY.I WANTEDEVERYBODY IN THESTADIUM ANDEVERYBODY ON THETEAM TO KNOW IT.THIS WAS THE TYPEOF PLAYER I WASGOING TO BEEVERYTIME ISTEPPED ON THEFIELD.REGARDLESS OFBEING A FRESHMAN,A SOPHOMORE, AJUNIOR OR ASENIOR.BUT I WAS JUSTCOMING TO TRY TORAISE EVERYBODYELSE'S LEVEL OFPLAY."PART THREEFEATURESARGUABLYCROUCH'S MOSTATHLETIC PLAY ATN-U: HIS GOAL LINETO GOAL LINETOUCHDOWN ATMISSOURI...

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