NU5XChamps Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Huskers is just short for Cornhuskers. Just like Bob is short for Robert and DIck is short for Richard. Wait, I don't know why Bob and Dick are short for Robert and Richard. Carry on!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
beorach Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 When did we become the 'Skers? The Fighting Irish were the Ramblers before. A hostile crowd (in Chicago?) dubbed them the Fighting Irish. UNO used to be the University of Omaha and the mascot was an Indian? That's all I got. Merry Christmas, peeps! Quote Link to comment
okaive Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I remember when they tried/did it, there were a handful of protesters outside of the stadium (I think) and of coarse it was on the news. The date, no clue, all I remember was sometime I was at home on leave with the Navy. Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I'm pretty sure Pedey added "Huskers" as an offical name and trademarked it and added it to official logos pretty early in his tenure. But he didn't replace "Cornhuskers" as the official mascot. EDIT: After some research, I think it was Bill Byrne that added "Huskers" back in about '96. It was Dollar Bill Byrne that attempted to officially declare us the Huskers instead of the Cornhuskers. We have been both for decades as a practical matter. Byrne believed Nebraska had a national image of being a bunch of corn farmers in the boonies and thought "Huskers" sounded much less 'farmer' and hick. I think the hick farmer image has been a great benefit overall and contrasted us from many of the other brands out there. I agree..and I think that attitude is an insult to the farmers and ranchers here.I'd rather not be labeled as a hick, but that's just me. I embrace where I'm from and some of our backwards/slowed down ways, but I'm not some uneducated bumpkin. 1 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I just googled Nebraska Cornhuskers in IE and Firefox (safe search). Almost every image displayed something with the N and Huskers. Only saw a few images displaying Cornhuskers. :/ Quote Link to comment
MN Marc Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Today it seems to me, since we've been called the "huskers" we have became just that. Just the shell or "husk", and have lost all of our meat "corn". (King Lear ) I looked this post up, as today i feel as just the shell of one's self. To realize that this 'rebranding' might have been what did us in! 1 Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 7 hours ago, MN Marc said: Today it seems to me, since we've been called the "huskers" we have became just that. Just the shell or "husk", and have lost all of our meat "corn". (King Lear ) I looked this post up, as today i feel as just the shell of one's self. To realize that this 'rebranding' might have been what did us in! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
MyBloodIsRed16 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 19 hours ago, MN Marc said: Today it seems to me, since we've been called the "huskers" we have became just that. Just the shell or "husk", and have lost all of our meat "corn". (King Lear ) I looked this post up, as today i feel as just the shell of one's self. To realize that this 'rebranding' might have been what did us in! should go back to bug eaters Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Jason Sitoke said: should have played this one Quote Link to comment
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