I will never forget Ball State lining up for a game winning field goal, facing the North end zone, and the crowd around me going hush in fear and anticipation. It was at that moment that my brother stands up beside me on that beautifully horrible autumn day and yells to no one in particular, “Oh my freaking God, we’re going to lose to Ball State!”
That rattled me. The thought of losing like that hurt deep down, yet it wasn’t the same hurt like a loss to the Dirt Burglar Sooners would be. No, this was something deeper, something more personally embarrassing. In time, I think I realized that close calls like the Ball State game, and disasters like the 2007 football season, helped me to understand how entrenched I was in Husker fandom. I haven’t come here to start a blog because I own great insight onto the Husker program; I just check the message boards like everyone else. I do come here to share my experience as a fan by retelling game day experiences when I attend, share personal anecdotes surrounding my fandom, and to occasionally make a comedic pass at the larger than life personalities that will undoubtedly grace Husker Nation in the future.
Really, all I hope to do is entertain, both you and myself, while gearing up for a new Husker era and preparing to experience many more memorable game days.
Go Big Red!
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