Dear Children of the Corn (Part 2)

[NUance]

And 13-12 sounds just about right.

12? So the Whorns are gonna hold us to 4 FGs. Or maybe they block 2 extra pts? What a stupid prediction. From an asshat Whorn.

[Sparker]

And 13-12 sounds just about right.

12? So the Whorns are gonna hold us to 4 FGs. Or maybe they block 2 extra pts? What a stupid prediction. From an asshat Whorn.

 

It was the score of the game last year. Not a prediction, just an insult.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

Sorry if this has already been posted someplace else...

 

It makes no sense to pick Texas to win Saturday, which is why I'm picking Texas to win Saturday. Beneath your undefeated start, there are cracks in your armor. Did T-Magic really just throw the ball seven times against Kansas State? Seven? Hmmm.

 

Did T-Magic have a reason to throw the ball more than seven times against KState?

Did UCLA really just throw the ball nine times against Texas? Nine? Hmmmm.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

We aren't the ones predicting a win! Their fanbase is already given in to the fact that they are going to lose. We are looking for revenge and that just happens to involve a win. Look in the mirror moron, you guys are the one's who don't believe in your team. Fair weather fans........

[CavityCrabs]

Did UCLA really just throw the ball nine times against Texas? Nine? Hmmmm.

 

 

[Apathy]

Picking Texas to beat us 13-12 was a dick move now I really hope we hang 40 on them

[irafreak]

I like the way the writer sets everything up for a no-lose situation for texas. Texas has a lot to lose in this game. Mack's first 3 game skid, a possible disaster of a season with games against osu, texas A&M still on the slate...ksu too right

 

So texas media can continue to pretend like they have nothing to lose but we all know a big loss to Nebraska would have a lot of people up in arms. It reminds me of our 2002 season. Going into the Texas game i knew we had a chance. I wasn't worried about a blowout...I wanted to win. Texas (and their fans) really want this game.

[Husker_x]

There are days and weeks and months and other periods of time when I'm forced to believe the often misunderstood and inaccuarate 'self-appointed' moniker The Best Fans in College Football.

 

All week, all through Texas' by-week, the entirety of the doom saying has been from Texas fans, Texas writers, Texas bloggers, and Texas message boarders. Our message board has embraced the lunatic extremes of "We better not get too cocky" to "If Texas doesn't fix their offense we could win by a touchdown or two".

 

No one has said losing this game ruins our season. No one has said winning it erases a decade of Texas dominance. To our coaches, to the local pundits, and even to your not-so-average message board fans, this game is basically another contest against a much more talented opponent than what we've seen so far this year.

 

It's bizarre, but throughout the week you can't hardly conclude anything else but that this game means more to the Longhorn fans than it does to the Nebraska fans. Well, the list of unbelievable things just got longer, like that unranked Texas is coming to Lincoln looking for an upset in a game they don't believe they can win.

[sd'sker]

I like the way the writer sets everything up for a no-lose situation for texas. Texas has a lot to lose in this game. Mack's first 3 game skid, a possible disaster of a season with games against osu, texas A&M still on the slate...ksu too right

 

So texas media can continue to pretend like they have nothing to lose but we all know a big loss to Nebraska would have a lot of people up in arms. It reminds me of our 2002 season. Going into the Texas game i knew we had a chance. I wasn't worried about a blowout...I wanted to win. Texas (and their fans) really want this game.

getting blown out is always a big deal. we need to beat them worse than we beat ksu. we have to destroy them and make a statement. a close win is not good enough (although, i am always happy with a win).

[GMoose]

Sorry if this has already been posted someplace else...

 

It makes no sense to pick Texas to win Saturday, which is why I'm picking Texas to win Saturday. Beneath your undefeated start, there are cracks in your armor. Did T-Magic really just throw the ball seven times against Kansas State? Seven? Hmmm.

 

Did T-Magic have a reason to throw the ball more than seven times against KState?

Did UCLA really just throw the ball nine times against Texas? Nine? Hmmmm.

Ba-ZING!

[GBRsal]

strange how they all forget they were double digit favorites in almost all those games, only to narrowly escape intact because of lucky bounces.

[huskerswrkhavoc]

There are days and weeks and months and other periods of time when I'm forced to believe the often misunderstood and inaccuarate 'self-appointed' moniker The Best Fans in College Football.

 

All week, all through Texas' by-week, the entirety of the doom saying has been from Texas fans, Texas writers, Texas bloggers, and Texas message boarders. Our message board has embraced the lunatic extremes of "We better not get too cocky" to "If Texas doesn't fix their offense we could win by a touchdown or two".

 

No one has said losing this game ruins our season. No one has said winning it erases a decade of Texas dominance. To our coaches, to the local pundits, and even to your not-so-average message board fans, this game is basically another contest against a much more talented opponent than what we've seen so far this year.

 

It's bizarre, but throughout the week you can't hardly conclude anything else but that this game means more to the Longhorn fans than it does to the Nebraska fans. Well, the list of unbelievable things just got longer, like that unranked Texas is coming to Lincoln looking for an upset in a game they don't believe they can win.

 

 

Very well said.

[holvy83]

good for him, let him write whatever makes him sleep better at night, bottom line is a Texas loss will be huge for this program, losing 3 in row is not Texas football and it will only deflate their giant heads even more. On the flip side, NU loses and we still win the north and play in the CCG against not Texas. I have a lot of faith in NU for the W on Saturday, but an L will not hurt as bad as it will for Texas right now.

[schuhbdoo]

Sorry if this has already been posted someplace else...

 

Dear Children of the Corn: it's me again. I apologize. And also, congratulations.

 

I apologize for the column I wrote earlier this earlier this year, the one in which I said you have become a “loud, antagonizing, arrogant, ignorant, fact-ignoring, excuse-riddled shell of the program you used to be.”

 

You are not ignorant, and I apologize.

I apologize, because your Nebraska Cornhuskers are better than I thought, so far, and maybe a lot better. If I tell my kids to be accountable when they are wrong, then I have to be accountable, too. Your offense, so far, is better than I thought. Your quarterbacking, so far, is much better than I thought it would be. You've handled your schedule, so far, better than I expected, though the Jackrabbits gave you more of a run for your money than you or I expected. Pesky Jackrabbits.

 

Still, I'm sorry, and I was wrong. I’m trying here. I’m sorry.

 

Some of you responded to my column with some words of your own. Some of you bemoaned the fact that I made generalizations about you being a little, um, back-woodsy. The very next day, one of you, the Real Bernie the Husker, sent me a photo of yourself with overalls and a Fosters beer in your lap. Some of your responses directed at me used the word “ass” as both a noun and an adjective, which I certainly appreciate. Creativity is good.

 

One of you said you wanted to punch me in the neck, which I found more baffling than disturbing; why the neck? One of you called at 2:30 in the morning, and you were quite cordial to me when I denied my identity. And if it makes you feel any better, my wife was more angry at me than you about that call. She said it was my fault. Thanks a lot.

 

But again, I'm sorry.

 

But “sorry” is not the most important feeling I need to pass along. After all, the column was written a half of a football season ago. It's water under the bridge, the harvest is in the barn. You have your foot halfway out of the Big 12 door. Today’s a new day. Saturday’s a new day.

 

There is a chance – a good chance – that this will be the last time Texas and Nebraska play a conference game against one another in our lifetimes. This is a big game: hence the video your school produced earlier this year. This is a really important game for you, isn't it? You feel slighted about the Big 12 championship game last year, and you know this is the last time – the last chance – for you to beat Texas. It’s only natural that you – and your players and coaches – feel a little extra pressure this week, isn’t it?

 

The game is in your house, which is often a Big Red nightmare for opponents. You're ranked in the top five, you're undefeated, and you've got a quarterback named Magic. It is good to be a Husker now; real good. You expect to win. Others expect you to win. You should win. You must win.

 

And for that, I say congratulations for this build-up. Congratulations at being undefeated. You've done your part, so far. Congratulations on finding a quarterback who is a great runner, canny, gutsy, charismatic, a winner. He’s a good one, and potentially a great one, based on what he’s done so far. He reminds me of some Texas quarterbacks in the past, but I doubt you'll take that as a compliment.

 

Congratulations, because it looks like Texas has no chance at winning in Lincoln this week. The Longhorns are offensively challenged, and their confidence is wavering. It’s not easy being Texas right now. UCLA – the same team that lost to Kansas State, the team you slaughtered last week – humiliated Texas in Austin. The Texas special teams have been turning the football over at an alarming rate.

 

The Longhorns also lost to the Sooners, which never sits well here. No way Texas can win the Big 12 South now, so no chance for you to get revenge against Texas in the title game for “putting one second back” on the clock last year in Dallas. The Longhorns just want to avoid embarrassment in Lincoln. Mack Brown’s team is staggering, a shell of a team it used to be. Nebraska is sexy; Texas is 3-2.

 

So, congratulations on the win this Saturday.

 

Of course, that is the problem, isn’t it? The actual game awaits. Logic is a wonderful thing if you’re a Nebraska fan these days. The problem with logic, though, is just when you’ve grown accustom to it sitting in the palm of your hand, it vanishes like a failed two-point conversion for a national title. It disappears like a national championship-game field goal attempt that sails wide into the dark Florida night. It leaves you like Billy Sims slashing through your secondary in the memory of your youth. It haunts more than Barry Switzer shouting “Boomer Sooner” in your visiting locker room.

 

Logic says Texas has no chance at winning Saturday. But I remember – and you remember – too many times when logic sailed away from you like an aluminum bat homer at Rosenblatt. The football memories of my youth – like yours – include faded visions of the Oklahoma Sooners, wearing all white, ruining yet another holiday season. Like you, I remember wishing old Switzer would stop smiling. You can still see him, can’t you?

 

I remember how glad I was when you went for two against the Hurricanes back in the day, and I remember thinking at the time that you deserved another shot at Miami after that kind of courage. I remember thinking college football should have a playoff. That was nearly 30 years ago now.

 

I remember Ricky Williams in Lincoln. I remember a young Major Applewhite in Lincoln. I remember Nathan Vasher intercepting a pass when you were driving for the win in Lincoln. Chris Simms won in Lincoln. Do you remember? You remember, don’t you?

 

It makes no sense to pick Texas to win Saturday, which is why I’m picking Texas to win Saturday. Beneath your undefeated start, there are cracks in your armor. Did T-Magic really just throw the ball seven times against Kansas State? Seven? Hmmm.

 

The Longhorns have nothing to lose, other than their third game of the season. You have everything to lose: a top five ranking, an undefeated season, a chance to beat those sorry, snobby burnt-orange cheats from Texas. This is your last chance for a long, long time, Nebraska. A weary, struggling, embarrassed opponent is coming your way. You have no cause to worry, no cause for doubt. If you lose, you'll have lost to Texas one more, final, time; if the Longhorns lose, they'll just fly back to Austin.

 

So again, I’m sorry about before. And congratulations on your undefeated season, so far.

 

But for no logical reason, or maybe because of no logical reason, I’m picking Texas to win Saturday.

 

And 13-12 sounds just about right.

 

10/16/10 Redemption!!!!!!!!

[Bradr]

good for him, let him write whatever makes him sleep better at night, bottom line is a Texas loss will be huge for this program, losing 3 in row is not Texas football and it will only deflate their giant heads even more. On the flip side, NU loses and we still win the north and play in the CCG against not Texas. I have a lot of faith in NU for the W on Saturday, but an L will not hurt as bad as it will for Texas right now.

 

Exactly. As strange as it sounds, the Texas game is more about pride for us. Its do or die for them. Seems like they have more pressure, just to avoid the possibility of a historically bad season. We're just pissed and out for vindication.

 

The way I see it, our season comes down to Oct 30th against Missouri. That game will likely determine the Big 12 North, and the representative in the Big 12 CG.