[Husker] Re: The Husker Nation...

[Steve]

"Jeff Volk" <jeffv at alphavideo.com> wrote in message
news:4F3BDB8A2106943A7AF378A57513402014AE3DF at Chiba.alphavideo.com...

> Seriously...how many people here on the list that are SOOOO worried 
> that the sell out streak is going to end have attended a game at 
> Memorial Stadium in the last 5 years? How about a road game in the 
> last 10? My bet would be the number is quite low compared to the 
> overall number of members on the list. Living out of state isn't a 
> great excuse either...heck I live in Minneapolis and managed to make 
> it to 2 games in Lincoln and the Baylor and KU games.
>


Jeff:

I currently live in Northern Illinois and have been to 2~3 home games 
each season, and at least one away game each season.  2 Big XII championship

games; plus 5 bowl games.  

I have my season tickets in Sec 30.  When I can not attend, I do find that 
in-state relatives are less likely to be 'interested'.  I s'pose the 
direction of the program has something to do with that sentiment.

I am 'not' concerned about the sell out streak ending.  Who cares?  The
current powers (HP, SP) have pledged to bring us out of mediocrity.  The 
path seem quite strange to me; but I'm not callin' the shots.  The sell out
streak is not sacred.  Each game, the crowd is worth a forced time out and
maybe one illegal procedure.  Whoopee!  Bowl game streaks have come and
gone.  Not losing to teams out of the top 25 is a thing of the past.  

The emotional attachment to the program is losing it's luster.  "Belonging"
and "Esteem" needs aren't going to be fulfilled by the Husker FB program
anytime in the near future...and that's okay.

My donations to the University support all athletic programs, and for my own
sanity, I make it clear with each endowment that I do not support (HP or
SP).  Some day...I'd expect another change in the program's direction.

This week...I will be at the game cheering, like a red clad loon!  I'm
taking my brother and two gentlemen who I work with.  One has never been to
a college game, while the other thinks that DeKalb (No Illinois Huskies) is
college football heaven.  I'll let you know what they think of the game day
atmosphere sometime next week.

Steve G
Loves Park, IL
(deep behind enemy lines in Big TelEveN country)