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"It's G D fentanyl"
That's one of the best phrases I've heard in a while.
Nebraska gives Scott Frost much deserved extension to only fire him.
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That's one of the best phrases I've heard in a while.
As a clone fan who grew up in Western Iowa in the 90's, I think they should give Frosty another 10 years.
Living in Omaha I used to hear about the Huskers 24x7. People around here don't understand how I have lived here as long as I have and not converted to a Husker fan.
When I first started working here back in 97 a coworker asked me if I was a Husker fan and I said no. Their response was "You will be". My response was "No I won't"
You gotta love the last 5 years if you have any sort of social life on the weekends. I loved being in Omaha when they would lose. It would be a ghost town.
I lived in Lincoln for a year and a half including one national championship. That was enough for me. My staff gave me a Husker sweatshirt as a going away present. I assured them that it meant so much to me that I would never wear it.
We were in Nebraska Furniture Mart and the place quickly emptied out and I grabbed a salesman as he ran by as I was worried that a Tornado Warning or shooting was happening. He jerked his arm away and kept running and yelled at me “ They just fired Frank Solich”!! With his hair on fire. NFM was an echo chamber, it was unbelievable.
I've left home to get to a bar for the end of a game watch just to bask in their misery.
That reminds me of the day 6 UK basketball players all announced together they were going to the NBA. We were at a restaurant in Lexington and it just went silent and everyone was packed in front of the TV's at the bar.
In 2009 I was shopping at NFM, wearing a Cyclone Shirt, the week we played Nebraska. A guy actually came up to me, and interrupted me just to tell me Iowa State had no chance to beat Nebraska and laughed as he walked away. I’m not sure I ever enjoyed a victory so much knowing that guy had to suffer through the game. Yakety Sax!
I also have Husker fans at work who always make it a point to find me if ISU loses and rub it in. One guy who regularly does this also told me when Brock Purdy and Adrian Martinez were having good initial seasons, that Purdy and Iowa State would never be any good. He also guaranteed me that Martinez would win a Heisman.
That is what Husker fans are. They are obnoxious, miserable, and if they never won a game again it would be too soon.
I was in a Husker Football Shop in an Omaha Mall, wearing an Iowa State shirt, when I spotted VCR tapes. That year Iowa State happened to beat Nebraska. Sure enough, they had the replay of that game for sale. I was very nice, went to the counter and said I wanted to purchase that telling the guy at the cash register that this was a once in a lifetime win. The guy let me purchase it, but warned me if I ever said that again, he would call mall police. He was serious.
Maybe it would have worked out if you would have bonded with the team?I lived in Lincoln for a year and a half including one national championship. That was enough for me. My staff gave me a Husker sweatshirt as a going away present. I assured them that it meant so much to me that I would never wear it.
Do you still work with him/her? Would be fun to ask if he/she has had enough and wants to be a Cyclone fan now.
Nebraska's problem is that TO ran a program built on a house of cards, full of shortcuts. When the NCAA and Big 12 took them away, POOF! I blame TO for every bit of Nebraska's problems and false expectations. He deserves this.
They were always so obnoxious in Jack Trice. I remember after they won one year they were doing a conga line in the concourse. Who does that?
Also, I was at the Wisconsin - Illinois game a few weeks ago and my friends and I were chatting with an Illinois fan after the game (and I think she was a season ticket holder). She said that the worst fans she has ever experienced were Nebraska fans
Their losing has come at a bad time for actually generating new 'sker fans...about the only team in the region that has an older fan base is the hoks. They can keep cheering about their sell out streak, but in actuality, their fan base is like a piñata with and empty center.
The sellout streak is all they have left (their own words) and that is a paper tiger that will continue as long as there are boosters willing to buy 3,000 unsold tickets
It was over 2,400 for the Fordham game. Of course people praised the donors for their generosity when really they were just wanting to keep the streak alive.
