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So I made a thread, or at least a post, like this in 2015. I can't find it now unfortunately. We sit 3-3 on the year, or .500 if you prefer, with Ohio State looming on the horizon before a mercy bye week. My plans for Saturday night? I picked up a bottle of Glenlevit Founders Reserve a month ago. I am going to crack it open during kickoff and pour myself a nice glass over ice and take in what pretty likely could not only be our coaches final game donning Husker gear but final game period. This is a team that smeared us by almost 60 points last year, I don't expect a W or even to be THAT conpetetive. Hence the lonely scotch drinking game plan. I bring this up because I saw something this morning I hadn't seen since 2 years before, it was after the Purdue loss in 2015 I believe. In my small town of 2,200 there is a gentleman who has a sign out front every Fall. It showcases his prediction for the game every week. He ALWAYS predicts a Husker win, even when we are super dogs he predicts a 1 point dog fight win. After the Purdue loss, the sign was gone. He took it down mid season, that's how disgusted this super fan was. Today, it was still there. But today it read: Nebraska 13 Ohio State 49 That's where we are. Year 3 of a staffs tenure right back where we were in year 1. I have a source who sends me some info time to time and he is really an optimistic guy that loves this staff. I won't lie, I like Riley and what he is building. Problem is you can't throw results to the side and build Nebraska up for years and years before the results start pouring in. That goes double if you're as old as Riley. That goes quadruple if you're coaching at Nebraska during an almost 20 year conference title drought. Maybe he finishes the year and retires. Maybe he is gone this Sunday. Maybe we announce the AD and he gives Riley one more year. I have no idea. I only know that Saturday is going to be a milestone game for one reason or another. My emotion for this season is basically gone, my fandom is in idle. I'm at the point I was before I became a fanatic, I'm indifferent towards football Saturday. Fans can only take so much disappointment after being spoiled. I just want to see something I can be proud of again.