"The Dude"

[Excel]

Also, guys. It's just a bunch of college kids play football. Don't let it ruin an otherwise beautiful evening.

 

I think people forget that. I love college football...as entertainment. At the end of the day its still just kids playing a game. Don't get to caught up in it or let it stir your emotions too much. It always irks me when people really dig into players, I don't care if that 19 year old kid did go out there and throw three interceptions, scholarship or not he's still just a kid.

 

When this stuff ceases to be entertaining for you and becomes a stress you need to stop watching.

 

Do you realize the fanbase you are talking too? I agree with you, but we're (Nebraska fans) f*#k!n crazy!!!!

 

Meh its like that everywhere to some extent, or at least at most large schools that halfway give a damn. We all go out there and buy merchandise and tickets, invest time and emotion and fiercly identify with our teams so its hard to let go but its still just a game. Let it be entertaining. Get mad at the coaches who are paid by the university (state) to win but leave the players out of it. Not to point fingers, just making a general statement.

 

I was bummed UW lost but I'm still having a pretty good day. I'd be happy if we won and happy if we were blown out. The behavior of others, especially those that I don't know, doesn't generally determine my mood. Look up Huskers. Its just a game, you get another one in six days.

 

That's easily said coming from Wisconsin where one has lots of other sports options and distractions. To put it in terms that a fellow cheesehead can understand: Packer fans literally pale in comparison to the passion felt by Husker fans for their team. It borders on being unhealthy, but it is what it is. A loss like this can put people in a funk for the rest of the year--especially when it signals that they must wait at least another year before the chance that the Phoenix rises from the ashes.

 

As a Packer fan I can somewhat understand that, but I justify that as it being a Pro-Sport thing and slightly less weird. I just can't get too worked up about the highs and lows of teenagers but I get that in Nebraska that's what there is.

 

That said...still, people need to chill. It'll all be ok.

[MLB 51]

I'm screwed big time. The Oakland Raiders will most likely suck again( I blame that one coach for that ). The Yankees have blown a 10 game lead in the east and to top it all off. I'm still stuck in Oklahoma.