I met Tom today :D

Mierin

Mierin

Assistant Coach
There isn't much to this but

a. I'd never met him before and I've wanted to for 20+ years

b. I'm still really hyper so I have to post it :P

I live off campus and I was walking to school and this thin tall older man walked out of a store, but I only saw his back at first so my first thought was "He looks a lot like Tom Osborne." But you don't expect to see him walking around. At least, I don't. So I didn't really think it was him, and I was too scared to say anything in case it was just some random guy. But then I saw his reflection in a shop window and since his profile is easy to recognize I was certain :)

I probably wouldn't have said anything but there was no one within a block of us so it wasn't going to draw a bunch of attention, so I said "Hi, Tom" and he asked me how I was doing :D

 
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Awesome!

I have met him at an autograph signing in Denver and he was the most genuine person.

He's a cool dude ain't he?

 
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I've been here for almost a year and I've only seen him on gamedays. I saw Trev Alberts a couple times when I went to UNO though :LOLtartar

 
I met the man when he was wasting time being a Congressman, before returning to do some actual good in the world. chuckleshuffle

As gracious a human being as has ever walked Nebraska's fine soil.

 
Ya well, Mark Pelini called me!! Guess he got the short straw so had to call me and ask for my donation this year.

 
Wow. Showed some gall by saying "Hi Tom". I feel as though a "Hello, sir" or "Hi, Dr. Osborne" would have been more appropriate. Interesting story, regardless.

 
UGAHusker said:
Wow. Showed some gall by saying "Hi Tom". I feel as though a "Hello, sir" or "Hi, Dr. Osborne" would have been more appropriate. Interesting story, regardless.
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That entered my mind later, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it considering I had about two seconds to decide what my earth-shattering words would be. (I recognized him about half a second before he turned to walk into the alley to get his car, so I didn't have a block's worth of walking to think of what to say).

 
Moiraine said:
UGAHusker said:
Wow. Showed some gall by saying "Hi Tom". I feel as though a "Hello, sir" or "Hi, Dr. Osborne" would have been more appropriate. Interesting story, regardless.
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That entered my mind later, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it considering I had about two seconds to decide what my earth-shattering words would be. (I recognized him about half a second before he turned to walk into the alley to get his car, so I didn't have a block's worth of walking to think of what to say).
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I don't think TO is one to get offended by being called "Tom". Hell, I just say "Hi coach" every time I see him.

 
I tell you what, when we received the email saying "I'd love to come on your show" we both freaked out. I was in Target screaming with excitement and scaring customers.

When it actually came time to do the interview, I was a bit nervous and when the phone was ringing from the secretary to his office, my heart was pounding, and Todd was breathing into the microphone like a horse.

In the end, its much ado about nothing, because he's as gracious and humble as anyone I've ever met, and I hope to talk to him again soon.

 
I hate you now.....j/k Cool story and I'm jealous. I prolly would have just peed and stuttered. Making Dr. Tom run or call an ambulance for me.

 
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