Xtuthdr

NU 31 TU 27

Let me put it to ya this way sonny.....If ya break wind in church, everyone there will smell the results of the fart. If ya stand up in front of anyone, anywhere, that person behind you is blocked from seeing unless they too stand. The discussion by me is only intended to explain that we live in community that many years ago was much more polite than it is now. When I was a young guy like you, I would have swallowed my tongue before I would have disrespected those older than me for fear that I would get very soundly punished for that disrespect. I think we liked our older family folks more then too. I can also tell you (and others who have told us "old Farts" to stay home) that if you are lucky enough to get to my age....then you will be much more understanding of what it is like to be both young and old. Peace brooo....I'm done with this thing as I know when I have no chance to prevail.

You're slapping your self-righteous brush around pretty wide, like you normally do. I would be surprised if any of us here are talking about standing all game outside the student section or not taking anyone else into consideration. But let me tell you what you can do with that self-righteous brush of yours... Elby, I have done as you suggested. I have quit going to the games I love because I am so old that I can't see over the standers. My suggestion would fix that. You could get seats in an area that did not allow standing at all. Could that be the most of the stands because there are so many Old goats, who BTW have done more for the Husker nation than all of you rude "standers" can claim to have done.

You're slapping your self-righteous brush around pretty wide, like you normally do. I would be surprised if any of us here are talking about standing all game outside the student section or not taking anyone else into consideration. But let me tell you what you can do with that self-righteous brush of yours... Elby, I have done as you suggested. I have quit going to the games I love because I am so old that I can't see over the standers.

I have so many fond memories of games at Norman with the same kind of treatment that this Okie describes here in Lincoln. My most favorite story is how the fans in Oklahoma handled the stunningly disappointing loss to the huskers in 1971. I would not be able to set up a more difficult loss but maybe close would be the times the Okies pulled out wins in Lincoln when it seemed that we had the win. To show how the rivalry was in 1971, we were on a bus in Norman with mostly Okie fans. After the game finished our bus could not get out of the parking lot and the bar in the bus was doing a large business. I had had a drink or four and so I stood up and offered to teach the Okies to sing "There is no place like Nebraska" Those guys were good enough sports to sing along with me even though they had just lost a heartbreaking game. I have always believed this kind of rivalry is due to the fact that both schools teams have been so great for so many years.

That "Whoooosh" sound you hear is something going over your head there. BTW.....You can only claim to be personally attacked if you claim to be the "idiot"I talk about.

Your reply seems to imply that the stands were not very loud during most of the times when the Huskers were really a great team. Those of us who were the heart of Husker fandom made the stands rock both at home and away. To assume you must be standing and wildly waving your arms, even when nothing is deserving of cheers is the product of idiocy and I know it is dangerous to argue with an idiot for fear of being confused with the same. I sat in the stands in Norman the day #2 Nebraska beat #1 Oklahoma and my memory is that we stood up and sat down at appropriate time. Probably a hard concept for some but that is how the world seems to have changed. Following the great win our bus could not leave the parking lot for a long time and the cash bar in the back of the bus was doing a large business......all the while I was teaching the mostley Okie fans to sing "There is no place like Nebraska" Great Okie fans and great Husker Fans. I was in the stands when Sims fumbled at the 3 yd line for a save that day and other times when the Okies broke our hearts and so I can assure you that I do remember the great supportive fans. I don't think I need to sit in an elder section where no standing is allowed.

I bought my four seats in 1964 and have paid the price for them every year since then. That was the time when we knew how to be considerate of those who were our elders and show them our respect. Remember they do sell "Seats" and now at my age I have not been able to attend games, especially because I am not able to see any of the game from my seat. and no I am not f'nig kidding ya.