1. You got to start like you're taking it in stride and giving them best wishes, and insert a subtle insult like this...
"Congrats guys. Hey look at the Mayor as a player! This was so awesome. You guys never had anyone do that. Listen to that crowd! Maybe you'll get that now."
2. Then you give a subtle nod to their greats while profiling Fred's superiority.
"Man he can never be your Eric Piatkowski but he was an All American candidate. Check out some more highlights."
3. Now show some appreciation of their history while sharing more of ours.
"Didn't you guys win the conference tournament once? We've done that some too. Sure hope he's as great as Danny Nee."
4. Next step is to make it seem like this is a cordial moment of reminiscing of the good old days.
"Wow all this Iowa State and Nebraska talk really got me thinking about some of the great finishes we've had when we played each other in hoops."
5. Now bring a little football into it so we can set ourselves up for the finale.
"Check out this class! You guys have only had reunions like this on the football field."
6A. (This one is optional. You might need to go to this earlier. When they shoot back at you, like a trade with Michael Jacobsen joke, for example, throw this one out and say, "Oh that's nothing. There was that one time you guys gave to us eight times in one day and all you got in that trade was a loss."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyzCw6y1yYU
6B. By this time your Husker buddy is pretty irked. It's time to make amends and move on with life and just remind them at the end of the day they're the greatest football school ever. "Let's get a beer and Runza friend. I'll buy but I bet you can't run to the bar as fast as Marv Seiler!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuSIe6SgzHs
"Congrats guys. Hey look at the Mayor as a player! This was so awesome. You guys never had anyone do that. Listen to that crowd! Maybe you'll get that now."
2. Then you give a subtle nod to their greats while profiling Fred's superiority.
"Man he can never be your Eric Piatkowski but he was an All American candidate. Check out some more highlights."
3. Now show some appreciation of their history while sharing more of ours.
"Didn't you guys win the conference tournament once? We've done that some too. Sure hope he's as great as Danny Nee."
4. Next step is to make it seem like this is a cordial moment of reminiscing of the good old days.
"Wow all this Iowa State and Nebraska talk really got me thinking about some of the great finishes we've had when we played each other in hoops."
5. Now bring a little football into it so we can set ourselves up for the finale.
"Check out this class! You guys have only had reunions like this on the football field."
6A. (This one is optional. You might need to go to this earlier. When they shoot back at you, like a trade with Michael Jacobsen joke, for example, throw this one out and say, "Oh that's nothing. There was that one time you guys gave to us eight times in one day and all you got in that trade was a loss."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyzCw6y1yYU
6B. By this time your Husker buddy is pretty irked. It's time to make amends and move on with life and just remind them at the end of the day they're the greatest football school ever. "Let's get a beer and Runza friend. I'll buy but I bet you can't run to the bar as fast as Marv Seiler!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuSIe6SgzHs
