CelticRover20
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Here's one for you: How many Husker fans out there have become fans because they married someone who was either born in Nebraska, such as my wife who is from Lincoln, or who became Husker fans because their spouse simply enjoyed the crushing style of football played by the Huskers of old? As for me, I was born and raised in Virginia and before the 1990s, my one real memory of Nebraska football was the "Game of the Century" between Nebraska and Oklahoma when Johnny Rogers made that miraculous punt return for a TD. I never really followed Nebraska football after that, unless they were the only game on TV (Remember: I lived in Virginia and that's ACC country!). But then, in 1996, I married a Lincoln girl and she immediately tuned me into Nebraska football. And what a time to catch the spirit of Nebraska football! Who else ruled the college football scene like the Huskers during the 1990s? Later on, I was fortunate to attend a game at Memorial Stadium and while I had been to college games before, the atmosphere, the people, and the game was NOTHING as I ahd ever experienced at a college football game. Since then, I've attended two more games at Memorial Stadium and I was there when the Huskers played Ole Miss (with Eli Manning at Quarterback) and the Alamo Bowl after Frank Solich's firing. It was a pleasure to attend the K-State game last year and see the Huskers stomp the Wildcats. What a pleasure it was to also see Bo and crew beat the snot out of Michigan State because I live in Louisville now and John L. Smith had run like a rat the season before and went off to coach the Spartans. So, seeing Bo and the Huskers whoop Smith was cool indeed. Since Frank's firing, we have suffered through the Calahan debacle and very much so look forward to a new round of exciting football coming out of Lincoln. So, come on: let's hear how you, through marriage, became a Husker fan! That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
