hhcmatt Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Recently realized I had no idea what this was @Dead Dog Alley . Anyone please fill in the details for those who don't know about this Danny Nee era creation. Quote
cornfed24-7 Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 (edited) Well damn, @Dead Dog Alleythis makes your name a thousand times cooler Edited September 30 by cornfed24-7 Dead Dog Alley 1 Quote
Dead Dog Alley Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 (edited) 45 minutes ago, hhcmatt said: Recently realized I had no idea what this was @Dead Dog Alley . Anyone please fill in the details for those who don't know about this Danny Nee era creation. The idea, from what I remember, stemmed from Johnny Orr allegedly saying that the Devaney Center crowd was a bunch of "dead dogs". For some reason, Danny Nee and crew thought this would be an excellent marketing opportunity. I'm not sure why embracing an insult from an opposing coach would be a successful marketing strategy; I never really understood the logic of it. But, as Danny described it (with some paraphrasing) "I want our crowd to be crazy, be wild like a bunch of dogs." So, every student that bought season tickets got a Dead Dog Alley t-shirt. Nebraska went 10-18 that year. Edited September 30 by Dead Dog Alley cornfed24-7, throwback, Handy Johnson and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote
49r Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 1 hour ago, Dead Dog Alley said: The idea, from what I remember, stemmed from Johnny Orr allegedly saying that the Devaney Center crowd was a bunch of "dead dogs". For some reason, Danny Nee and crew thought this would be an excellent marketing opportunity. I'm not sure why embracing an insult from an opposing coach would be a successful marketing strategy; I never really understood the logic of it. But, as Danny described it (with some paraphrasing) "I want our crowd to be crazy, be wild like a bunch of dogs." So, every student that bought season tickets got a Dead Dog Alley t-shirt. Nebraska went 10-18 that year. I thought it was Norm Stewart that was the one that coined the dead dogs term. But I also may be misremembering. Either way, it was a weird idea to try and use it to motivate the students or use it as a nickname for the student section at Devaney. There's a pretty good reason why this promo lasted only one year. I got one of those shirts, I think I may actually still have it somewhere. Back in those days the Big 8 had probably the best collection of hoops coaches in the country: Norm Stewart Billy Tubbs Johnny Orr Danny Nee Eddie Sutton - it's remarkable that Eddie Sutton's predecessor was Leonard Hamilton Lon Kruger/Dana Altman Roy Williams and then, there was Colorado. So 7 out of 8. Handy Johnson and HuscurAdam 2 Quote
Handy Johnson Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 I wore mine Proudly in Mpls when we entered the B1G. Quote
HB Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Norm Stewart gave us the dead dog moniker. I do believe he also referred to Pete Manning as Dr. Manning. Quote
cozrulz Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 cool artwork! that would never pass in today's sterile corporate world. cornfed24-7 1 Quote
cornfed24-7 Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 1 hour ago, cozrulz said: cool artwork! that would never pass in today's sterile corporate world. "Unalive Dog Alley" just doesn't have the same ring Dead Dog Alley 1 Quote
LincecumFan Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 6 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said: "Unalive Dog Alley" just doesn't have the same ring It would be more like "Passed Away Dog Alley". cornfed24-7 and Dead Dog Alley 1 1 Quote
cornfed24-7 Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 3 minutes ago, LincecumFan said: It would be more like "Passed Away Dog Alley". Passed Away Dog Property Owner Maintained Access Road Dead Dog Alley and Nighthawk 1 1 Quote
Dead Dog Alley Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 (edited) https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn96080312/1989-10-09/ed-1/seq-5/ Edited October 1 by Dead Dog Alley Handy Johnson 1 Quote
Dead Dog Alley Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 2 hours ago, HB said: Norm Stewart gave us the dead dog moniker. I do believe he also referred to Pete Manning as Dr. Manning. Norm's contribution was to call NU a bush league operation. Quote
Dead Dog Alley Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 Tom Shatel says it was Norm Stewart: https://huskerextra.com/news/basketball/mens-basketball/shatel-nebraska-fans-made-pba-one-of-the-best-home-court-advantages-in-college-basketball/article_2564a2fe-da78-11ee-8222-9791232dba3a.html Way back when, Missouri coach Norm Stewart called Nebraska fans a bunch of “Dead Dogs” after a game. NU coach Danny Nee turned it into a slogan and “Dead Dog Alley” became a T-shirt. Given Tom Shatel's level of accuracy I stand by my assertion that it was Johnny Orr. LincecumFan 1 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 37 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said: Tom Shatel says it was Norm Stewart: https://huskerextra.com/news/basketball/mens-basketball/shatel-nebraska-fans-made-pba-one-of-the-best-home-court-advantages-in-college-basketball/article_2564a2fe-da78-11ee-8222-9791232dba3a.html Way back when, Missouri coach Norm Stewart called Nebraska fans a bunch of “Dead Dogs” after a game. NU coach Danny Nee turned it into a slogan and “Dead Dog Alley” became a T-shirt. Given Tom Shatel's level of accuracy I stand by my assertion that it was Johnny Orr. Yet ol' Tom Shatel is a Mizzou alum, so maybe in this rare instance T.S. would happen to know that's what Norm said. Quote
LincecumFan Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Dead Dog Alley said: Norm's contribution was to call NU a bush league operation. Sit down Norm! Handy Johnson and HuscurAdam 1 1 Quote
49r Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 12 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said: Tom Shatel says it was Norm Stewart: https://huskerextra.com/news/basketball/mens-basketball/shatel-nebraska-fans-made-pba-one-of-the-best-home-court-advantages-in-college-basketball/article_2564a2fe-da78-11ee-8222-9791232dba3a.html Way back when, Missouri coach Norm Stewart called Nebraska fans a bunch of “Dead Dogs” after a game. NU coach Danny Nee turned it into a slogan and “Dead Dog Alley” became a T-shirt. Given Tom Shatel's level of accuracy I stand by my assertion that it was Johnny Orr. In all fairness, Shatel is and always has been a pandering hack. Journalistic integrity never was his strong suit, and it very well could have been Johnny Orr that said it. But Orr didn't really seem like the kind of guy to just hurl insults like that at his rivals while Norm Stewart totally was. So whether it's true or legend, it seems to make more sense that it would have been Norm. Quote
hhcmatt Posted October 1 Author Report Posted October 1 13 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said: Tom Shatel says it was Norm Stewart: https://huskerextra.com/news/basketball/mens-basketball/shatel-nebraska-fans-made-pba-one-of-the-best-home-court-advantages-in-college-basketball/article_2564a2fe-da78-11ee-8222-9791232dba3a.html Way back when, Missouri coach Norm Stewart called Nebraska fans a bunch of “Dead Dogs” after a game. NU coach Danny Nee turned it into a slogan and “Dead Dog Alley” became a T-shirt. Given Tom Shatel's level of accuracy I stand by my assertion that it was Johnny Orr. This checks out, per another Shatel quote https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/shatel-haymarket-gives-a-major-bounce-to-husker-hoops/article_e0582e7e-c118-590e-abab-a34d877ef168.html Yes, a Nebraska basketball crowd. The late Iowa State coach Johnny Orr, who once said Devaney Center crowds had the energy of dead dogs, would never believe it. Quote
hhcmatt Posted October 1 Author Report Posted October 1 It was in fact Johnny Orr https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn96080312/1989-02-27/ed-1/seq-8/#words=dead+dogs Dead Dog Alley 1 Quote
hhcmatt Posted October 1 Author Report Posted October 1 16 hours ago, HB said: I do believe he also referred to Pete Manning as Dr. Manning. 13 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said: Norm's contribution was to call NU a bush league operation. Yes on both, per Mike Babcock's Huskers on the Hardwood book Dead Dog Alley 1 Quote
cornfed24-7 Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 Gotta say I'm digging the pursuit of historical accuracy here. Bravo Ladies and Gents. HuscurAdam 1 Quote
jimmykc Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 I'm surprised "Jean" didn't take offense with the slogan since it failed to give equal emphasis to cats. But I suppose this was in the day when cat-loving women had not yet been invented. Quote
Nighthawk Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 14 hours ago, LincecumFan said: Sit down Norm! Wasn't Norm also the guy that got the band and the student section moved at the Bob? Quote
Dead Dog Alley Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 2 hours ago, hhcmatt said: Yes on both, per Mike Babcock's Huskers on the Hardwood book That performance that night by Missouri was one of the most impressive ones I ever saw at the Devaney. They also brought the Golden Girls with them, as well as quite the ho-train that sat behind the bench. Handy Johnson 1 Quote
Handy Johnson Posted October 2 Report Posted October 2 Let’s remember this was at the Height of BIG Monday on ESPN when the Big Eight was arguably the Best Basketball Conference in the Country. The Big East at 6:00, followed by the Big 8, then the Big West with UNLV was usually the Nightcap. We didn’t know how lucky we were… Nighthawk 1 Quote
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