All the fans of other teams here like Iowa and Iowa State hate Nebraska because of their fans. They think we all are obsessed idiots because we love our football program so much
I did appreciate the blog from the Michigan fan a few months back that praised the classy "osbessed" Husker fans. I don't have the link but it was a UM fan that had gone to the Alamo Bowl and said he hated Nebraska but praised Husker fans.
and frankly, if anyone should hate us, its Michigan. We have our side and we know we're right but consider their side for a moment. Both the '97 game and last years' Alamo have been rehashed to no end but put on some biased Big Blue glasses and things might look a little different.
or, flip it around- what if, in '97, we were #1 at the end of the season and all we got was the little wood P.O.S. AP trophy? forget the arguments of who was better- we'd be pissed off!
then all these years later we play them in the Alamo and BC has to use two timeouts just to get replays in a game we end up losing at the end of a disapointing season. Think we wouldn't whining about it and blaming the refs and Michigan for "cheating"?
We do it with FSU '93 don't we? (though we have a better argument there IMO)
As for CU fans? something that amazes me, and i've had this happen a few times, when they're slamming Nebraska and eventually you end up winning the argument, they either bring up Lawrence Phillips or making fun of the state (farmers, flat, etc).
subject: Nebraska Pride? answer: Lawrence Phillips.
Nebraska recruiting? Yeah, well, when you recruit guys like LP.
Nebraska running backs? Lawrence Phillips.
NU's Classy fans? buncha farmers with nothing else to do
1994 or 1995 championships? Lawrence Phillips.
CU scandal? Lawrence Phillips.
Tom Osborne? Lawrence Phillips (in fact some of their fans still insist that he was suspended for one game, must've been the '95 CU game?)
Sellout streak? buncha farmers with nothing else to do