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VIDEO: Powerful reactions to Huskers receiving Blackshirts
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The Blackshirt tradition is one of college football’s best. The starting defensive players earn the right to wear the black jerseys in practice like the legends of the Osborne era did.
For some, it’s another pat on the back. For others like Nebraska native Jack Gangwish, who walked on at Nebraska after graduating from tiny Wood River High School, it’s a truly powerful moment.
He’ll begin the season as a starter for the first time and look to replace Randy Gregory.
See Gangwish and his teammates react here:
Some very powerful reactions to the #Blackshirts receiving their jerseys today, check it out! ✖️💀✖️http://t.co/AXFShqdifp
— Mike Riley (@Coach_Riley) August 31, 2015
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.