Feeling like a total hypocrite after calling horse face (T. Nunn) camp fodder when he was first signed but am now really pulling for the guy to make the team.
I follow Nebraska religiously, even more so than the Pats (i.e. I check the Nebraska sites before the Pats ones and spend more time there). Nunn was a four year starter for the Huskers and a solid player but he never "wowed" you and made more than his share of mistakes. He dropped his share of crucial third down catches. He was unable to stretch the field - I never recall him taking one to the house and he always looked like he was completely gassed after running a 7 yard out and making the catch. By far his worst moment came in a game against Texas in 2006.
The Huskers hadn't beat anyone of note in years and here comes a pretty good, fairly highly ranked Texas team and the Huskers are finally about to get a W that puts them in the national spotlight and gets people talking again. It was like 3rd and 2 (with 23 seconds left!!!!) and Nunn caught the pass from Zac Taylor to seal the win and then proceeded to fumble the ball!
Add this game to the list of games "we should have won" during the Bill Callahan era up there with the Texas Tech debacle of 05 when our other Patriot Le Kevin Smith fumbled an interception on 4th down of all things to give the Red Raiders 4 more shots at the end zone with less than a minute left.
Sigh... I guess it's time to move on. Nunn could be a solid #4 guy. I'd take him over Slater at this point, but I love having Huskers on the Pats so I'm hardly objective.
