Heart of a Husker: Tom Osborne's Nebraska Legacy
Mike Babcock, a freelance writer, has covered Nebraska football for 28 years, including 17 as a beat reporter and columnist for the Lincoln Journal Star. He is a contributing editor for Huskers Illustrated magazine and has written several books on Cornhusker football, among them Stadium Stories: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Go Big Red: The Ultimate Fan’s Guide to Nebraska Cornhusker Football, The Nebraska Football Legacy and Tom Osborne–An Era of Excellence. He also collaborated on Devaney: Bob Devaney and Friends. A Nebraska native, Babcock earned an undergraduate degree in English from Chico State College and a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He lives in Lincoln with wife Barb and cats Garcia and Bear.