[Husker] ESPN's Herbstreit is a clown shoe

[Bob Beach]

Kaufsss at aol.com wrote:
> I kind of like him as an analyst - but I do not really understand his 
> stand against NE - or all those guys on the Gameday show for that 
> matter - but the real point is I believe they DO influence the public 
> perception of Nebraska, and in the long run that will effect the 
> rankings and the polls.  I guess the real solution is to just win a 
> few games we shouldn't and maybe they will turn on to our side!
>  
>  


     I guess the only thing is ever since I have been cognizant of NU 
football on TV, which is close to 50 years, the general perception of 
the vast share of Husker fans is every National announcer is against the 
Huskers.  They all hate the Huskers and never say anything good about 
them while bragging up the opponent and/or other teams.  I don't believe 
that is true at all.  I travel a lot for my job and get into other 
hotbeds of college football such as Alabama, Ohio, Tennessee, and etc.  
Those people have the same perception of announcers and their team as 
Husker fans do.  It is just that no National announcer is going to know 
the Huskers like we do.  They don't follow any one team that hard or 
that thoroughly.  They can't.  So when they speak we pick up on every 
minute detail.  We hear and analyze what they don't say as well as what 
they don't say.  I really think if we listened with the same kind of ear 
when they talked about other teams we probably wouldn't feel that way.  
I would probably be more in tune with a criticism of an announcer for 
not liking the Huskers if it was balanced with comments about announcers 
that like the Huskers or are at least neutral.  But, I rarely if ever 
see that.


Bob Beach