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Jenni Carlson
11/12/2013, 02:00 PM
More than 40 years after he won the Heisman Trophy, Johnny Rodgers remains one of the most celebrated figures in Nebraska. Now 62 and walking with a slight limp from football-ravaged knees, Rodgers couldn't make it to his vehicle outside a restaurant last week before a silver-haired man rushed up to him. ''I'm 71 years old, and I've always wanted to tell you I enjoyed that run so much,'' the man told Rodgers. For all the glory he brought to Nebraska and himself, he's still dogged by what he called ''10 minutes of insanity'' in 1970.

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