HuskerfaninOkieland Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 This is yet another great article from McKewon with the NE State Paper. Just a snippet: Nebraska had lost its toughness, its reputation, its identity. Even former Colorado Coach Bill McCartney told Osborne that. And Osborne made a point of mentioning it Saturday. "He was saying was that we used to be a team that people hated to play because they felt it for two or three weeks," Osborne said. He kept returning to those themes. Toughness. Intensity. Effort. Motivation. I loved it. Osborne still gets it. The core of football remains about the guts of it, or at least it must at Nebraska. Florida can run the weave. Hawai'i can play Air Raid. Texas Tech can design kneel-down plays out of the shotgun and Missouri can play basketball on grass. Let them have it and all the ESPN hosannas they desire. But we're not near an ocean. We're not in West Texas. And, thank God, we're not in Missouri. We're on some cold, often unruly stretch of earth that was broken, beaten and beautified by sweat and muscle. And so it must be with our football. Not the design so much as the mindset. This program was built to plow, punish and destroy. It cannot be sweet. It must be starch. Try to flip it and prepare for the reaping. The Brazilians play soccer with a ferocity and abandon that matches the mysterious, exotic rain forest that surrounds them and the fatalistic poverty from which they rise. The Japanese play baseball with caution and precision. Americans play basketball with flash, pride, freedom, glory and hubris. So goes our nation. Nebraska must go its own way. House of Osborne Quote Link to comment
mrmac429 Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 good read, so true Quote Link to comment
husker4 Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 wow great article. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hey I live in West Texas! Quote Link to comment
Syzygyone Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Finally someone nails it. That's what Nebraksa Husker football was. When you played the hukser, you knew you were in for an a$$ kicking, even if you pulled out a win. Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Very good article....very real. Quote Link to comment
captain obvious Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 THANK YOU SAMUEL MCKEWON!!! Quote Link to comment
BlackShirt D Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hey I live in West Texas! DAMN YOU!!!! JK Quote Link to comment
huskerpilot Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 thanks for the link, best Ive read in a long time. screw callahan Quote Link to comment
moe Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Hey I live in West Texas! Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 THANK YOU SAMUEL MCKEWON!!! I am quickly becoming a big fan of his articles Quote Link to comment
Thunderpig2 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 So Dr. Tom talks to Coach Mac??!!! Sounds like Coach Mac agrees! Get back to the physical, punishing running attack! What I wish Hawkins would do! I don't think anyone remembers how to defend the triple option now that EVERYBODY runs the spread or the west coast offense! Good luck Huskers. Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Well said Samuel, well said. ...T_O_B Quote Link to comment
ironmike Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 great read...we've got to get back to that at all costs! Quote Link to comment
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