Not trying to be stupid or nuthing but maybe we had this comming. We ran up points and kicked so many buts in our run that things like this are enevitable. Look who weve used as doormats for the last 50 years. And now there taking good fun and kickin us in the teeth. I dont even like mismatched games like this. There not even fun to watch and dam painful to listen to. Im just saying that karma is a nasty thing and maybe weve had this comin for a while and now its our turn to be at the bottom. I dont want this but maybe its where we are headed. Just a thought.
An amazing thread/post...
I'm an '89 Mizzou grad who has been a fan of the Tigers since I was a kid growing up in KC, so it goes without saying that I've suffered through many thrashings and heartbreakers at the hands of NU and OU (not to mention the 5th down debacle against CU, and so on). You get the picture...
At any rate, there were many times when, as I saw the thousands of Nebraska or Oklahoma faithful pour into Columbia to witness our butt-whippins, I wondered where the joy was in beating a team so badly. Sure, the visitors were always nice, offering some warm conversation and maybe even a burger or a cold beer, but it's easy to be nice to the slave when you're the master...
In my mind, it was clear that NU and OU were the superior teams, thus I didn't see the need to run the scores up the way Osborne and Switzer so often did. Believe me, 63-6 is a lot worse than 52-17.
I also believed that things may not always be like that, and that those you meet on the way up will likely be the same ones you encounter on the way down. Even on a nite like tonite I'm conscious of that. It's for that reason that I'm glad Pinkel called off the dogs, and that I'm not engaging in any gloating or smugness. Mizzou will not always be a football power, but I want it to always be known as a school with class.
I was at the game, and while I have to admit that I took great joy in knowing that Tom Osborne bore witness to this finally happening in Lincoln, I bear no rancor whatsoever towards Nebraskans. I live in Papillion, and have found Nebraskans to be the most decent people I've ever encountered or lived among (with the possible exception of my own peeps back in MO).
The road ahead of you as football fans looks a bit rough, but I think it might be a little rougher than necessary by virtue of some of the blowouts your school administered that need not have been so extreme. As a friend of Nebraska, trust me when I say that Osborne put a heckuva lot of negative energy out there in your names...
Your mileage may vary...
