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Hey everyone,

Since I'm a fairly new son of Husker nation, I was hoping maybe some of you could tell me a thing or two about a certain subject. Last season was the first season I truly became passionate about college football. I watched everything I could (particularly the Iowa/ISU games as they are the relevant teams in my state), and also made a decsive effort to learn my Husker history.

What I have yet to find, however, was what I most wanted to see. What, for those of you who know, was the reaction to our team during the 95 season? I've seen the National Championship game something like three times now, and I got to say, I've never seen anything like it. The defense––they were monsters. Our offense blew through the Gators like a powerwasher through a silk spiderweb.

It quickly came to my attention last year that nobody likes to give us our proper dues. During the USC game that POS Brent Musburger only ever opened his trap in praise of Vince Young. The same Vince Young who no longer plays college football––the one who is totally irrelevant to the USC-Nebraska game. My suspicions were confirmed when the whining, snivelling woman Kirk Herbstreit had a panic attack on ESPN when the 95 Huskers were officially recognized as the greatest team in history, which they most assuradely were.

But more to my original point, I haven't found much press about that team. What was the reaction to our utter dominance of the game that year? If we crushed the #2 team in the country and could have likely done so with our backups, how did the Florida-loving Big Sports Media handle their favorite children being absolutely humiliated by our unimaginative offense juggernaut?

I don't know about you guys, but if we could resurrect Touchdown Tommy, LP, Joel Machatoreyourfaceoff and the gang, I'd put my money on them to line up against any team before or since and sit back comfortably to watch the fireworks.

And USC must be razed to the ground.

 

And USC must be raised to the ground.

 

I ignored this the first time I saw it, but I just can't tolerate poor diction(The use, choice,and arrangement of words and modes of expression). The correct word is "razed" (as in "to tear down, demolish") not "raised' (as in "to lift up") That "condom" thing we welcome because we know it puts us close to where we want to be! Are we still buddies?

Gah, curse you Google and your inferior word search! As an English major I'm ashamed of myself. I typed it in that way and got about six thousand results so I assumed it was okay––but I knew, somewhere deep inside, that it was misspelled. But fear not, it shall be spelled correctly here and forever.

As much as light can fellowship with darkness, the beloved elect Huskers with the Condoms outside the city in Gehenna, we are buddies. We can even get best friends forever rings if you like.

And USC must be RAZED to the ground.

I'd like to see us nail the coffin on Texas with a nice, comfy fourteen point lead in the fourth. While I detest the whining, snivelling Buffies, giving Texas a good nut shot would raise some eyebrows around the country. Because I think we can all face this simple fact, we may BE back in a recruiting sense with the talent we've got coming in (especially in 08), but to the rest of the country, we are what we are: a mediocre team who can compete well in its own division but who also gets thwopped when playing teams like the USC Condoms. If Texas is high up in the rankings (top 10, hopefully), and we hook'em horns one in the mouth, that will do more than a win over that one team....whose....irrelevant name I forget..... Oh, Mizzou, right––sorry. I just got to thinking about the 95 season and forgot about them.

And USC must be raised to the ground.

I'm getting the feeling that Purify isn't going to be off the team. Of course I can't say for certain, but Callahan's tone seems to indicate he's more concerned about helping Purify than dumping him. Depending on how well our upstanding judicial system treats this wayward soul, I'd put my money on non-conf schedule suspension.

And USC must be raised to the ground.

I'll take a shot here at putting a few of these discussions into one. There seems to be two sides to a coin here.

First off I don't know Purify personally and I'm getting the impression that nobody on this board does, either. But let's examine a few things anyway and perhaps we can draw some kind of a picture and then found some conclusions based upon it. First of all, while the weight thing, the barfight and the drunk driving are seperate instances which each have individual roots, no doubt, I don't think that anyone can argue against this simple fact. Purify has not (and more than likely CAN NOT) control himself. A college kid gains a few pounds in the offseason, so what? He got in a barfight––okay, it happens. He's cruising around drunk, too. Well, you know...college guy having a good time. These are just things that happen, right?

No, they don't. And I'm going to give you thirty million reasons why, and each one of them will have George Washington's face on them. Because that's how many smiles Purify could potentially be looking at if he could just for two damn seconds keep his head in the game. People, I am Purify's age (roughly), and if I were in his shoes, looking and the very real possibility of making it to the pros and perhaps even making a nice, big, green-looking splash, the last place I would be on any night would be a bar. Much less fighting in one or stumbling to my car after having wasted an evening in one.

Maybe I'm just overestimating Purify's talent, but regardless, if there was the slimmest glimmer of hope that I could make it (much less a nearly-guaranteed slot in the first round), I would be thinking football with all my heart and with all my strength and with all my mind. There's no time to be drinking, eating or fighting––I can do that when I retire at 35 to my twenty-room mansion in Beverly Hills. Anything less than the purest dedication to the game demonstrates either a) an astounding level of ignorance on Mo's part which nearly defies human conception or b.) an equally astounding lack of focus and self-discipline.

I want him to play pretty bad, because I know this team will suffer in his absence. But we are Nebraska after all, and the last thing we need is for someone to even momentarily think that we roll like the Cuba-north Florida teams. I'll go with what Callahan decides, but for the love of all that is sacred, Mo better get his sh#t together. He's embarrassing himself and the program, showing an uncanny lack of self-control, and complete disregard for himself and his future, the team, and Husker nation.

And USC must be raised to the ground.

Matt Slauson can break a sweat...literally.

When Matt Slauson seizes the day, we experience a thing called sunset.

If you play Monopoly with Matt Slauson, you do not pass Go, you do not collect two hundred dollars. You're lucky to make it out alive.

If you play the boardgame Life with Matt Slauson, you'd be better off just calling it Death.

The last time they put Matt Slauson in to block, it caused the dust bowl.

The nice thing about the O-line starting stance is that Slauson will already have dug at least one grave each time the ball is snapped.

Well this is certainly some of the worst news we could hear at this point. I'll not say that an entire season hinges on Mo's performance––or lack thereof––but logically progressing his career after what we've seen would indicate a monster receiver this coming season, a season where we probably cannot afford to lose anyone of value, particularly a monster receiver.

On the other hand we can try to see the sunshine behind the clouds and rejoice that at least this (alleged) drunken idiot is throwing his life away before fall camp and this coming season. How much more would this sting if it broke the Wednesday before we butt heads with USC?

What baffles me more than anything about Purify and his antics is this: he has the potential to make millions of dollars playing a game that he enjoys and what does he do instead? He gets in barfights and cruises around drunk. Rock bottom is a college education, as they say, and Mo seems to be doing everything within his power to see that any hope he has of a successful future is ruined. At this point I'm almost willing to classify him as nothing but a liability, and earnestly hope he's thrown off the team before he infects anyone else. Nebraska doesn't need to have its rep tarnished for this guy.

And USC must be raized to the ground.

 

But I leave you with food for thought......when was the last time KU lost to a North team at home???

November 3, 2007

Man, I certainly hope this year's game isn't like last year's. My blood pressure can't handle that kind of crap. Depending on the defense, though, we might be doing a lot of weathering this season. It also depends on if trends from last season continue. In simply matching gun for gun we should walk out of Lawrence with a win, but last season it all hung on which Nebraska decided to show up and play football. You guys got the favorable team for most of that game last year. I was twenty feet from the sidelines when the same team showed up at the Big XII Championship. The same ones mulled around at Okie state while they kicked, passed, and ran all over us. Every team poses a landmine-ish threat if it continues this season.

Anyway, good luck this season. Great to see a Jayhawk fan around here. Do us a favor and knock of Missou just in case, okay?

-A.J.

I was actually quite surprised by the class of that interview. I don't think anyone should rag on the guy for asking those questions. Callahan is a big boy––he can handle it (and did handle it). Just hearing him talk about some of those situations––the Cotton Bowl and SC game––qualmed some of the questions I had about his decision making. (On a side note, it helps in the "battle" if you use your passing strength via Purify to put the run game in a short-yardage situation instead of settling for 3 and out). Anyway, I like the way Callahan thinks and his courage to face the tough questions. I can't say I disagree with his calling of trick plays. When your enemy cannot be overpowered, outwit him.

Now, let's see what he does with the Condoms next season when they're drowning in a sea of red.