captainbruce

johnnyredshoes, You are absolutely, 100% correct here. Big business always comes down to the nasty realities sooner or later, be it Husker nation, ENRON, Martha Stewart, Microsoft,...(You get my point) Fact is we're probably well overdue considering the dynasty, and legacy we've enjoyed for much of the last 10 years. I think waking up to it is just a little painful for some folks. (like......ME!) Also I was confusing the fact that all this underhandedness was going on, with the fact that in reality people either don't care, or DO care, but will get over it real soon. that's the reality, and i thank you for laying it out there like you did. In repeating that btt about Nebraska having nothing else to live for, or hold our heads up for besides the Huskers winning, I was being a perfect example of that myself. In my post, I realize I was mainly upset because of the black eye Husker Nation has recieved in the eyes of everyone else. Why should I care so much? I'm sure i'll get over it at some point. Anyways,....Thanks again for your thoughts here. I appreciate them.

My job takes me all over the US. I always wear Husker gear out there, and it gets people talking to me about Husker topics, the latest one of which i feel very embarrased. NU and the Husker football program is now a big joke in the eyes of the people of the USA. The consensus is that people out there aren't fooled by what happened to Frank. Everyone knows Frank was forced out because of wink wink, Nudge Nudge politics and greed that our program is now all about. Those people out there know more about the booster/financial threats issues than I did. I NEVER heard about the things i was being told by outsiders concerning the Husker football program, and would never have believed it except that it came from EVERYWHERE!! I was (((SHOCKED))) by what i heard from people in Nevada, Arizona, and California over the past 10 days or so. POPULAR THEORIES: I learned that recruiting good players to NU is tough because of a BAD reputation Nebraska money boosters and staff have with a WIN IT ALL or else... attitude. I've heard Players are ALREADY afraid to come here, and now that the true colors are shown, Good luck getting great players here. I heard stories about players being set up, then ratted out by boosters who wanted them out, or wanted then taken down because they weren't immediately spectacular athletes, but wouldn't bow to the corrupt system here by leaving. Jamal Wouldn't play that sh#t, the $$$ booster gangsters wanted him out of the program but couldn't get him on anything, because he's a good citizen, so their wrath has taken down the coach, because Frank wouldn't bench him. Also The arrest records of past Husker players somewhat bolsters this theory. It's easier to list the players who haven't been in trouble, than to list all who have. Pretty much, if our football team can't be the National champs every year, no one is safe. That's because people in Nebraska have nothing else to be proud of except for the BID RED kicking everyone elses ass. It's the only point of pride we have I guess............SAD! This is what people think of us. The things i already know are enough to make me rethink my position concerning further support for this team. What i'm learning pushes me over the edge. It's corruption, money, politics, and greed, (Plus taking another beating from K State that a top booster here at NU has lost bragging rights to, one too many times to a rival, rich bastard, ex college prick friend who's a K state fan, ETC.) Hey! Who puts together a staff like NU did a year ago, then fires the coach after only the first season under the new staff after a winning season? Someone who is forced to do so under the the pressure of money and corruption. If the rest of the staff is smart, they'll leave too. I hope they do. A great man like Frank doesn't belong in the trash heap that is THE NEW ERA OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL. I'm done with it. Look for all this to come to the surface over the next year or so, because it will. The media will put all the facts together, and then they're gonna JUMP HARD on it. They're already talking this stuff up on the west coast sports radio programs. Jim Rome is right. Something stinks in Nebraska besides the cow doo. I'm out!!