[Husker] Green and Bowmam

[Steve Stone]

>>>>Remember "back then" when some Listers were writing in a similar 
>>>>vein about our Heisman quarterback? Well, I happened to know at 
>>>>the time that his mother and grandparents were lurking on the 
>>>>List and were more than a little upset but could not reply to 
>>>>counter.
>>>
>>>I agree that criticizing individual players is not right, but I'm 
>>>cuious about this statement--why couldn't they reply?
>>
>>Because nothing they could have said would have made the situation 
>>any better. They were wise to remain silent. Their only option was 
>>to quit reading the List, which I imagine is likely to have 
>>happened, at least until everybody liked EC again.
>
>Oh I understand responding would probably not have made things 
>better, but "could not reply" sounded as if they had no choice.


And, indeed, they had no choice. Once upon a time, an uncle of a 
reserve QB wrote some defense his nephew, which had the general 
effect of an elephant hitting earth after diving from the 20th storey.

Steve Stone