I have a different point of view regarding the game last night. I was just as upset as the next Husker fan but I saw a slight 'silver lining' which led me to post here AGAINST boycotting of any kind. I'm from Missouri but I've lived here in Nebraska longer than I've lived in Mizzou and my heart beats Husker Red and I bleed Husker Red. However, I have to say I was proud of the Tigers yesterday. Not ony was the team ready to play and wanted to win but the entire school was ready. They had been waiting for this day all year. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COMPLIMENT TO THE HUSKERS!!! They thought enough of our team, considered us enough of a challenge to go all out to prepare for that game. I think that's inspiring!
So I've decided, and I hope many others will join me, in SUPPORTING the boys on the field as much as we can. I SO miss the heart of the Huskers. THAT is what is missing. Boycotting them by ruining yet another cherished tradition makes us no better than the folks who have driven this program into the ground (or so it seems...it's difficult to be rational when one is filled with so much anger...) I agree with what Matt Davison said last night. He said, 'Those boys have not bought into this system. They are not playing together, they are simply going through the motions.' He's right! The only part of the Heart of Nebraska that is left is our fans. If we go then Big Red will truly be dead.
So for those of you who are fans through wins, through loses, through the dry times, through the great times...PLEASE HANG IN THERE! Don't hurt those boys who are just as discouraged as you are and even more so. You don't have to go to school at UNL and hear all of the ugly things said about the team you play on everyday.
If you really want to make a difference then address your concerns to those who are in power to make changes. Write letters to Steve Pederson, to Bill C et al. THAT will make more of an impact than destroying yet another thing that makes Nebraska Football great. I want to continue to be known as the 'greatest fans on earth'. If we boycott and destroy that last vestige of our proud tradition, then we are no better than the ones we're trying to get through to.
I'll slip off my soapbox now. GO BIG RED!! We will rise above the ashes. It might not be this year...it might not be for a very long time but we WILL be back.
TLS2
So I've decided, and I hope many others will join me, in SUPPORTING the boys on the field as much as we can. I SO miss the heart of the Huskers. THAT is what is missing. Boycotting them by ruining yet another cherished tradition makes us no better than the folks who have driven this program into the ground (or so it seems...it's difficult to be rational when one is filled with so much anger...) I agree with what Matt Davison said last night. He said, 'Those boys have not bought into this system. They are not playing together, they are simply going through the motions.' He's right! The only part of the Heart of Nebraska that is left is our fans. If we go then Big Red will truly be dead.
So for those of you who are fans through wins, through loses, through the dry times, through the great times...PLEASE HANG IN THERE! Don't hurt those boys who are just as discouraged as you are and even more so. You don't have to go to school at UNL and hear all of the ugly things said about the team you play on everyday.
If you really want to make a difference then address your concerns to those who are in power to make changes. Write letters to Steve Pederson, to Bill C et al. THAT will make more of an impact than destroying yet another thing that makes Nebraska Football great. I want to continue to be known as the 'greatest fans on earth'. If we boycott and destroy that last vestige of our proud tradition, then we are no better than the ones we're trying to get through to.
I'll slip off my soapbox now. GO BIG RED!! We will rise above the ashes. It might not be this year...it might not be for a very long time but we WILL be back.
TLS2
