1) How long have you been a member of Husker Nation?
Since 2002ish. I didn't grow up a fan college football b/c my home state only had D2 schools. Once I started considering UNL for a college choice, I became an INSTANT addict.
2) What/who led you to The Nation?
My parents suggested I look at UNL for college. Once I looked into it, it was a no-brainer. My first game day (2002 vs. McNeese State) pretty much sealed the deal
3) Where are you from originally?
Sioux Falls, SD
4) Where do you live now?
Mankato, MN
5) Favorite Husker memory?
Fairly recent: The House of Spears picking off Cody Hawkins, rumbling towards the end zone, stiff arming Hawkins to the ground, and chucking the football against the wall after he scored. The whole fourth quarter of that Colorado game was year was memorable
6) Worst Husker memory?
Tie between 2005 Texas Tech and 2006 Texas games. I was at both of them. In both, there was one play in each game that took us from guaranteed victory to guaranteed defeat in the span of 5 seconds. That change in emotion in Memorial Stadium was crushing. Also, the USC game in Lincoln. We were up 14 hours before the game started, in the stadium for ESPN Gameday...I genuinely felt we had a chance to beat them if we played well
7) Number of home games attended?
I had tickets as a student, from 2003 to 2007...so close to 30
8) Number of away games attended?
Only 2 - both at Iowa State. I had a friend who went there. We lost one of those games
9) Favorite Husker memorabilia/apparel?
A beautiful bright red Nebraska sweatshirt that you can see for miles here in Big 10 country. I wear it out here as a beacon to other Husker fans. Oh and a black Blackshirts hat that has holes ripped in it
10) Favorite place to watch a Husker game? (section in Memorial, bar, friends house etc.)
Student section at Memorial stadium, obviously. But for fun, since I'm in Minnesota right now, I'll also say Joe Sensor's Bar & Grill in Bloomington, b/c hundreds of Husker fans take the place over on game days and it feels like I'm in downtown Lincoln
11) Favorite all time player?
Nate Swift
12) WCO or Option?
My favorite type of offense spreads the field out with some receivers, but isn't necessarily pass-first. I love zone read options and plays with fakes to in-motion-WRs. Lots of play actions, too. Keep them guessing the entire game and frustrate the defense because they can never guess correctly. Go deception!
13) Stevie Pederson or Billy Byrne?
Can't argue with the success that accompanied Byrne. No matter what SP did, I was around for his great downfall and I can't help but have bad feelings for him
14) Lil Red or Herbie Husker?
Herbie, although I always crack up when Red bounces on his head
15) Favorite Husker play?
Even though it was "before my time" as a Husker Fan, I'd have to say the Tommie Frazier run. It looked like something out of a video game when you jack all your players up and put it on "Freshman" mode
16) Favorite game-day beverage?
Never hurts to have a few brewskies in ya to help keep me from biting my fingernails off each week
17) How did you find HuskerBoard? (referral source)
Oh God should I even admit it? Someone on the TigerBoard linked here to talk some smack, and I stayed a while and liked what I saw. Only thing the TigerBoard has ever done well