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NEW EPISODE: 1962 Co-Captain, Gotham Bowl Veteran Dwain Carlson Joins the Common Fans

The Common Fans talk to 1962 Nebraska co-captain and Tom Novak Award winner Dwain Carlson about his experiences as a Husker, including:

  • Growing up in Fullerton and how the bus driver helped him land at Nebraska

  • How farming helped him on the football field in the days when nobody lifted weights

  • Devaney’s arrival in 1962 and how he turned the Huskers into a winner

  • Wanting to run through a brick wall for Devaney

  • Beating Michigan at the Big House

  • Beginning of the sellout streak

  • Playing in the Gotham Bowl in NYC

  • 36-34 win over Miami on frozen turf at Yankee Stadium

  • Nebraska’s third bowl ever, first ever bowl win

  • What being a Husker has meant to him

  • Thoughts on Rhule and today’s team

This and so much more on the latest episode of the Common Fan Podcast.

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