It was the first Saturday in September and Sam Foltz was taking a ride on a cart.
He was ready to have a big year, going to have a big year. Anyone who saw him booming 60-plus-yard bombs routinely in fall camp knew that. And now that year looked like it might be done as soon as it began.
As he was carted off the field in Week 1 against BYU, the Husker junior punter thought he'd broken his ankle. Trainers looked him over. It wasn’t broken, but the initial outlook wasn’t great either. Maybe he could come back by Big Ten play?