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'95 flashback: Dishman said season was in doubt, for a little bit

Chris Dishman was pretty sure nobody on the team thought the 1995 Huskers were going to become one of the best teams in college football history.

“We were replacing four starting offensive linemen, had just won the national title in 1994 and we didn’t know if we could live up to that,” the former left tackle from Cozad said. “We could see there was talent.

“Heck, Ahman Green was fourth on the depth chart at I-back — he turned out to be pretty good,” Dishman recently said with a laugh. “We had great leaders — Aaron Graham at center, Tommie Frazier at quarterback, and name anybody on defense, and we had the best coaches.