PROVO — While BYU has never faced Nebraska in football, a couple of Cougar assistant coaches have experienced the Cornhuskers' mystique.
More than 20 years ago, inside linebackers coach Paul Tidwell, then the head coach at Snow College, took his team to Lincoln twice to play Nebraska’s junior varsity squad.
“Tom Osborne was the head coach at the time and he treated us like we were Ohio State,” Tidwell recalled. “He was awesome. He helped pay our way out there and gave us tickets to the game the next day on Saturday. It was a great experience.