Craziest Husker related football story you have heard?
- Thread starter teachercd
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Yes and no. Lots of things happen unexpectedly and quickly, so yes, this is true. The most recognizable guy in the state losing his mind in public in an altercation that (likely) lasted at least several minutes? Seems less likely to be missed.
On an only-slightly-related note, I've had the same line of thinking about bigfoot, alien encounters and the Loch Ness Monster (etc.). Given the proliferation of cell phone cameras, shouldn't we have all kinds of video evidence on these things by now? :lol:
desertshox
All-Conference
bigfoot lives in areas with limited cell service so everyone turns their phone off to conserve the battery. aliens can do funny stuff to make electronics inoperable. no idea why nobody has gotten video of nessy.
as for chad may, in interviews after the game he was going on and on about how dirty nebraska was. and he probably still whines about them being dirty to this day.
Mierin
Assistant Coach
Ya, I said that in the post. Just disagreeing with the point that everything is captured now.
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
The weirdest thing about this is that Sal Aunese was 100% ineffective against Nebraska. Husker fans would have no reason to gloat at his demise.
This allegedly happened in 1990. Aunese hadn't been their starting quarterback in the two previous years, and Colorado had only beaten us once during Aunese's career - and that was with Darian Hagan at QB.
When Aunese started against Nebraska in 1988 he went 1-11 for 43 yards and no TDs. Nebraska beat Colorado 7-0 in that game. He's not someone Nebraska fans would care about. That's Eric Bienemy or Darian Hagan - those guys did all the damage to us those few years.
ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
I was old enough to remember that time frame, and there were definitely signs and chants of "Sal is dead, GO BIG RED!"'
It's ok for NU fans to look ugly from time to time. It's not a big deal.
DevoHusker
All-American
Thanks Knapp...
That clip is hard to watch. I remember jumping up and down shouting are you f*%$ing $h!tting me...!?!?
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
I'm older than you. I never heard anything like this in the stadium, and I sat in the student section when this allegedly happened. It's also interesting how the story evolved. First it was a sign on an overpass on the Interstate. Then it was graffiti, not a sign. Then there was another one in Omaha. Then it was chanted in the stadium. Then it was on a hat.
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Husker in WI
All-Conference
I don't think that's relevant - I'd be pissed about opposing fans chanting something similar whether it was a star player or a walk-on who never played.
I don't disagree with that, some fans are way too obsessed with being "the best fans in college football." But to me the chants would absolutely be crossing a line.
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
It's relevant in that Aunese didn't register with our fans. The only way we knew he was a thing was that CU was using his illness/death as a rallying cry for the season.
Again, none of that means that the graffiti didn't happen, or that some jackwagon(s) in the stands chanted "Sal is dead, Go Big Red" during a CU game.
What's really weird is that, for a relatively tame incident or two, we're still talking about it 30 years later.
There's stuff 10x worse than this said at games throughout the country every weekend. Why is this still a thing?
Redux
Assistant Coach
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huKSer
All-American
teachercd
Head Coach
Amen!
Our fans would rather believe that Bo beat up a booster the morning of a game in a hotel basement and that he freaked out on a little league ump and was kicked out of the game and field (no footage of course) than the fans being jerks sometimes.