[personal] Re: [Husker] Cut

[Skip Burrell]

Dadgummit Rick! I keep trying to convince these young women fresh out of 
college that I'm still in my early 30's, and now you ruin it by telling 
everyone we were in high school together, and 46 years old to boot! :-)

Oh well, since the cat is out of the bag...

I first became aware of Husker football at the age of 10 when my Dad got 
really excited by the 1970 Husker team tying a strong USC to stay 
unbeaten. If this Husker football thing was so exciting I wanted to know 
about it. By the end of the season I was hooked, listening to every game 
on the radio, and watching enthralled when they were on TV. I thought 
the Huskers were invincible, and cried when I experienced the first loss 
in the '72 season. But even then, being a Husker fan brought much more 
joy than pain. It's been a wonderful ride, and I plan to keep riding on 
into the sunset...

Skip Burrell

Wilson, Rick wrote:
> Kim in New York brings back some memories. I too recall Mike typing play
> by play of games, though I never had the bandwidth at home (in those
> days) to take advantage of that, and I had way too many projects at home
> in the early years of my career and family life. 
>
>  
>
> I moved to OK in 1990 with two degrees from NU - one from Steve R's
> present department (CS).  My dad would send Sunday World Herald's to me
> in vanilla envelopes so I could get my fill of Big Red results (he was
> my own personal newspaper package).  
>
>  
>
> I came across the old RSFC 'discussion' list in the early 1990's, and
> then surfed around and found the Husker list almost accidentally. I
> tried to do the e-mail thing, but at that time (1993 I bet) it
> overwhelmed my inbox. I went to web archives and maybe for a while we
> did news only.  I still do web archives because I can then control when
> I think about Husker stuff (e-mail management strategy). 
>
>  
>
> Age wise, I'm middle of the pack - 46. I graduated the first time the
> same year as Steven J (1983) from CS/Engineering . 
>
>  
>
> Even though the list may not be quite the same as it once was, it is
> still a very useful source of NU related info for me that I would not
> normally find out.  I never made it to one of Mike N's pre Spring Game
> get togethers to personally tell Mike how much I appreciate his hard
> work. 
>
>  
>
> I have 'met' a lot of interesting people here, and found interesting
> commonalities - e.g., Mike and I both taught the same class as graduate
> students in the College of Business at Nebraska (MGMT 245 I believe) -
> granted a few years apart.  Lynette in California graduated from Benson
> High (go Bunnies!!) in 1970 - the same year as my brother.  Skip Burrell
> went to high school with me.  I had Roger Beverage's son-in-law in my
> most recent MBA class (I don't think he liked me Roger!).  I think Gary
> Fead's family used to go to the same church I attended back in the
> 1960's/1970's.  
>
>  
>
> Basically, thanks to everyone who has the guts to post here and perhaps
> face the ire of others. Each day when I surf here, it is normally the
> highlight of my day. 
>
>  
>
> And of course, Mike N is the greatest!
>
>  
>
> What's the week in basketball look like? OSU will have a new player on
> the bench this weekend - Adarius Bowman, their top WR, has joined the
> shorthanded team who are down to 7 or 8 healthy scholarship players. 
>
>  
>
> This was my link to something relevant other than middle aged
> meanderings. 
>
>  
>
> Rick L. Wilson, Ph.D.
>
> W. Paul Miller Professor of Business Administration
>
> Professor/Head 
>
> Management Science and Information Systems
>
> William S. Spears School of Business
>
> Oklahoma State University
>
> 408 BUS
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> (405) 744-5084
>
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> NOTE E-MAIL CHANGE:  rick.wilson at okstate.edu
> <mailto:rick.wilson at okstate.edu> 
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