“Fox was one of the most respected SIDs in the country,” said Anderson, who followed Bryant as Husker sports information director and is now NU’s associate athletic director for community relations. “He is truly a legend in our business. It didn’t seem like there was a single person or coach or media member that he didn’t know.”

Anderson said plenty has changed in the profession, but all the things that he taught his assistants and student helpers still work today: be honest, treat people with respect, apply a personal touch and keep it fun.

Jackson said it always made him look forward to coming to Lincoln.

“He was an old Marine, and we were just pretty good at simplifying each other,” Jackson said from his home in Sherman Oaks, California. “Mostly we just liked each other. We got along well and helped each other out at the jobs we were supposed to do.”

Bryant is a member of the CoSIDA Hall of Fame. Among many other honors, he received the Bert McGrane Award in 1998 from the Football Writers Association of America at the College Football Hall of Fame, then in South Bend, Indiana.