LINCOLN, Neb. —

On Saturday, two opposing fans took center stage during the Nebraska football halftime show to celebrate the live-saving bone marrow donation one Michigan fan had given to a young Husker fan.

In 2021, Julia Morrison's family found out that she would need a bone marrow transplant and began their search for a match. They had no idea that she would match with a complete stranger, a Michigan fan and OB-GYN doctor from Ann Arbor, Erica Brockberg.

"I joined in 2013 when I was in medical school, so we were learning about, blood cancers, blood disorders, and heard from patients who had been treated with bone marrow transplant and what that had meant to them. At the end of that lecture, they gave us the opportunity to do a cheek swab, and sign up for the registry," Brockberg said

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