{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fortenberry.house.gov/media-center/fort-reports/fort-report-order-restored", "Fort Report: Order Restored", "2017-12-08", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Jeff Fortenberry", "F000449", "fortenberry.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Last Sunday, I turned on the television. Every single station was focused on one thing: Scott Frost. But, it was about more than a new coach. It was about the return of one of our own\u2014the natural and long-awaited heir to the gritty, consistent, hard-won success Husker fans remember from the Coach Devaney and Osborne era. \u00a0\nAs the Cornhuskers struggled this season, I had colleagues inquire about Nebraska\u2019s situation.\u00a0 They weren\u2019t gloating; it was more of a friendly curiosity about what was happening to the Huskers.\u00a0 Football means something to America. And an epic program like Nebraska means something even more. As I said to one national media outlet, \u201cAmerica needs Nebraska to win.\u201d\u00a0 It is about respect for the Cornhuskers and their culture of excellence. It\u2019s about our big, corn-fed linemen, our hard-nosed backs, and our tradition of receivers who actually block. We help give America a sense that guts and determination, tradition and honor, still matter.\nForever etched in my mind is the scene from the 1984 Nebraska-Miami National Championship Game at the Orange Bowl.\u00a0 Nebraska scored a late touchdown and is down by one. Since we were undefeated and ranked number one going into the game--while Miami had a previous loss--Nebraska wins the national championship with a tie. No doubt about it. The camera then pans to Coach Osborne. Without hesitation, two fingers go into the air and we go for the win.\u00a0 You know the rest--we came up short.\u00a0 But something else was won, something deeper. To quote Teddy Roosevelt:\n\"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.\u201d\nThere truly is something special about Cornhusker football, its fans, and its connection to the perennial values we identify as \u201cNebraskan.\u201d \u00a0 Although not immune to the coarsening of culture, Husker fans have been historically famous for their humble, civil, and gracious attitude toward opposing teams. They stand and clap for opposing players when they leave the field. It\u2019s the Nebraska way of saying that we believe in the ideals of good sportsmanship, perseverance, and generosity of spirit\u2014things that transcend winning and losing. These ideals are not incidental to our gridiron glory, they are the cornerstone of it.\nNebraska football also includes a belief in the underdog and the authentic amateur. Nebraska\u2019s walk-on program is the heart of the matter. Some of the hardest-working, hardest-hitting Nebraska players in history were never recruited by any school. There were often young men from outstate farming and ranching families who dreamed their entire lives of playing for the vaunted Huskers. They walked on, showed true grit, and ended up starting.\nThis season I sat next to Ms. Louise.\u00a0 She is 95, twice widowed, and has had the same seats for thirty years.\u00a0 She carried both team rosters in her pocket, and is very quick with pointed analysis. \u201cFrosty the Throwman\u201d\u2014the prodigal son who left Wood River, Nebraska for Stanford only to come back and lead the Huskers to the mountain top in the last game of Osborne\u2019s career\u2014has returned. I think Ms. Louise will be happy.\u00a0 Go Big Red.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fortenberry.house.gov/media-center/fort-reports/fort-report-order-restored"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8066489826887846, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}