Definition of a Real Husker Fan

[knapplc]

I could afford club seats in West Stadium if I had a dollar for every time I've read the phrase "real Husker fan" in the past few days.

 

Only thing is, there doesn't seem to be a definitive concept of what that "real" fan is, or does, or believes, or how they feel, and we need to get cracking on this crucial line item if we're ever gonna move forward.

 

Here's the start of a list I made a while back. Please add to it, so we can nail down what a "real" fan is. This is important. Be for real on this.

 

 

A True Husker Fan is someone who thinks what I think, who disagrees with the things I disagree with, who likes my favorite player and who wants to bench the same player I think should be benched.

 

A True Husker Fan is someone who echoes my sentiments after a loss, who agrees with my take on the team's flaws, and whose rhetoric matches mine while discussing both.

 

A True Husker Fan shares my taste in runzas, Valentino's pizza and Fairbury hot dogs.

 

A True Husker Fan stands when I stand, shouts when I shout, sits when I sit and stays quiet when I stay quiet.

 

A True Husker Fan shares my opinion of Lil' Red.

 

A True Husker Fan shares my opinions on Nebraska's rivals, which conference we belong in, and which team we love/hate the most.

 

A True Husker Fan agrees with me on that call that one ref made - you know the one, in that one game, the one that changed the game? Yeah, that one.

 

A True Husker Fan is someone who knows who the greatest QB, RB, WR and Coach at Nebraska is, and I don't even have to mention names of who I think it is, because they know.

[Landlord]

Didn't this thread just get started by someone else like 5 minutes ago?

 

 

Also I am a False Husker Fan. Damn.

[Creighton Duke]

This a great satire thread. So many people throw out the "rules" of being a good fan and, honestly, when I read most of them I feel like I'd rather NOT be a "true" Husker fan...too many darn rules to live by! It's like, the Torah Part 2.

[3rd and long]

It reallys seems to me that if you care enough and take the time to post on message board dedicated to a college football team, you probably are a "true" fan.

 

I also really hate the "you're not a TRUE fan" crap just because you disagree with part(s) of the program.

[Scratchtown]

I feel like the point being made is how selfish we "true husker fans" are made out to be. I think we all need to humble ourselves and stop being arm chair coaches. We all have opinions but none of them hold water behind a computer screen.

 

*Passes humble pie

[3rd and long]

I feel like the point being made is how selfish we "true husker fans" are made out to be. I think we all need to humble ourselves and stop being arm chair coaches. We all have opinions but none of them hold water behind a computer screen.

 

*Passes humble pie

 

But isn't that the purpose of an internet message board? To share you opinions on the topic.

 

If everyone felt the same about every Husker subject, this would be a pretty boring place.

[HuskersTK421]

I feel like the point being made is how selfish we "true husker fans" are made out to be. I think we all need to humble ourselves and stop being arm chair coaches. We all have opinions but none of them hold water behind a computer screen.

 

*Passes humble pie

That's not how I took that at all. Which goes to show how two people can see something totally different even in a simple paragraph. Nothing wrong with any of it man.

[NUpolo8]

Can we negotiate the Valentino's? Please?

[Scratchtown]

I feel like the point being made is how selfish we "true husker fans" are made out to be. I think we all need to humble ourselves and stop being arm chair coaches. We all have opinions but none of them hold water behind a computer screen.

 

*Passes humble pie

 

But isn't that the purpose of an internet message board? To share you opinions on the topic.

 

If everyone felt the same about every Husker subject, this would be a pretty boring place.

 

I absolutely agree! Opinions are opinions but when its spewing garbage like we all know we could have done better, thats when it gets a little bit crazy to me. I am the same way, don't get me wrong. I feel like there are certain decisions I would make rather than what WAS made. Doesn't mean I'm right, especially when none of us know the players as much a Bo does.

[knapplc]

If you were a real Husker fan, you wouldn't have to negotiate anything about Valentino's. Your opinion would be my opinion (and feel free to substitute any other two fans for the "your" and "my") and there would unanimity in our opinion.

 

If you were a real Husker fan.

[3rd and long]

I don't like Runzas, but love Valentinos. Am I half a Husker fan? I really hope its my good half......oh wait, I don't have a good half.

 

 

I also appreciate the thread. It's nice to have one with a bit of a lighter side, everything is so heated right now.

[HuskersTK421]

I don't like Runzas, but love Valentinos. Am I half a Husker fan? I really hope its my good half......oh wait, I don't have a good half.

That's blasphemy man. You may get tarred and feathered for that.

[3rd and long]

I feel like the point being made is how selfish we "true husker fans" are made out to be. I think we all need to humble ourselves and stop being arm chair coaches. We all have opinions but none of them hold water behind a computer screen.

 

*Passes humble pie

 

But isn't that the purpose of an internet message board? To share you opinions on the topic.

 

If everyone felt the same about every Husker subject, this would be a pretty boring place.

 

I absolutely agree! Opinions are opinions but when its spewing garbage like we all know we could have done better, thats when it gets a little bit crazy to me. I am the same way, don't get me wrong. I feel like there are certain decisions I would make rather than what WAS made. Doesn't mean I'm right, especially when none of us know the players as much a Bo does.

 

But for the most part (I know there are some exceptions that are just flat out over the top) if you're stating how you really feel, it's not garbage. Each opinion in and of itself carries the same value. Some are just stated a little better than others.

[Landlord]

Being serious for a moment:

 

 

I think it can be simultaneously true that someone is a true fan of Nebraska, but an even bigger fan of their ego or their belief that they actually know something.

 

 

I also think it can be true that someone is a true fan, but a really awful fan.

[3rd and long]

I don't like Runzas, but love Valentinos. Am I half a Husker fan? I really hope its my good half......oh wait, I don't have a good half.

That's blasphemy man. You may get tarred and feathered for that.

 

I apologize! It's just that I can't stand onions. We the cafaterial lady made cabbage buns in school (way, way, way back then), she always made a few without them. Now those I liked.

 

I've apologized to to our local franchise owner, and I do eat the burgers there, does that earn me a little slack?