[Fwd: Re: [Husker] Sittler]

[jonlists]

He nailed what, Bob? The concept that because the other team acts like a 
bunch of jackasses, it's okay for us to do that too? 

Perhaps Bob Stoops needs more respect for tradition as well, but what does 
that have to do with OUR behaviour, unless both of you are stating that 
it's okay to get down in the gutter as long as the other guy was there 
first. 

By condoning this type of concept - "They're worse than we are, so our 
behaviour is okay" - we've let Callahan off the hook. We tend to  do that 
a lot these days - the most obvious being politics. We don't seem to care 
what leaders do, as long as they're on our side. 

Whatever the Rufneks did, Bob Stoops does, or the OU AD does has nothing 
to do with how we conduct ourselves or what we accept as proper behaviour. 


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husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 05/14/2005 10:45:42 PM:

> 
>      All I have to say is, what a superb post!!!  You nailed it.  But 
> you have to understand it is Callahan's fault all the way because he 
> doesn't understand all the traditions (tongue planted very firmly in 
cheek).
> 
> 
> Bob Beach
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> What a piece of crap.
> 
> While it may be granted that this staff needs a better understanding of 
the
> tradition and respect of this rivalry, there are plenty of under 30 
Oklahoma
> fans who need this lesson just as much. This group came of age during 
the
> John Blake years and their formative memories are of butt kickings. When
> they experienced their current success they reacted with all the class 
of a
> K-State fan.
> 
> Tell Sittler that if there is anyone who needs to understand the class 
and
> respect of this rivalry it is the Ruf-necks. I would hope that members 
of
> that squad from the 60's 70's and 80's would be embarrased by the 
behavior
> of these punks. It was stated by one of the members during the Delone 
trial
> that it was their goal to get into the heads and irritate the 
opposition. I
> would imagine that OSHA regulations being what they are, the spirit 
squad
> members shooting off blanks would have to wear some kind of ear 
protection.
> Our players did not have that advantage. It was stated at the trial that
> Nick Povendo had one of the shotguns shot right in front of his face. 
(Do
> you know how a helmet amplifies that kind of noise).
> 
> Callahan was upset about the lack of sideline control and the immature
> antics of the spirit squad. He was trying to protect his players. (By 
the
> way, was Osborne a jerk who didn't understand tradition when he 
complained
> about the CU spirit squad when they tried to intimidate his players by
> running Ralphie too close to them?) Do you think NU would allow this 
kind of
> behavior at Memorial Stadium? Castiglione did. Maybe he needs to learn 
about
> respect and tradition.
> 
> Perhaps Stoops needs to understand a little of the respect and 
tradition.
> Did Osborne or Switzer try to score on the last drive of the game with a 
30
> point lead? Maybe a former OU assistant coach needs to understand the
> respect and tradition considering the vile tactics used to recruit 
Reggie
> Smith.
> 
> I have heard two different accounts of Callahan's hillbilly remark. One 
from
> the press (that implies but doesn't state) he yelled it at the crowd as 
he
> left the stadium. The other is from an individual who claims he was told 
by
> someone who was there that Callahan said it as an aside to one of his
> coaches as he left the field, and was overheard by sportswriters. I 
don't
> know which account is correct, I wasn't there. However, I suspect one's
> personal biases leads him to believe the version that best stokes those
> biases.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> 
> 
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