It’s a phone call no professional athlete wants to receive, which leads to a meeting with upper management.
“Bring your playbook, too.”
It was a phone call Austin Allen will never forget, one he waited several days for which left him with a chip on the shoulder.
Austin Allen’s first game in Memorial Stadium was a tough pill to swallow. His final one wasn’t any easier.
Everything finally started to fall into place for Austin Allen in Badgerland.
Well, except for one thing.
Native son Austin Allen has a huge decision to ponder over Nebraska’s second bye week, one that he doesn’t take lightly.
My mind raced faster than the Memorial Stadium light show ahead of the fourth quarter.
Captain Oz sure has a nice ring to it.
Austin Allen made it no secret since spring ball that his goal was to become a captain for the Nebraska football team.
“How’s it going, Oz?”
The voice Austin Allen heard through the zoom call was all too familiar. The Aurora native has heard it quite a bit in his lifetime.
Austin Allen isn’t much of a coffee guy. He doesn’t drink any soda, either -- hasn’t since 2011.
Native son Austin Allen said he was both humbled and honored when asked to step outside his role as a Nebraska football player to join an elite group of Husker legends and university leaders charge
