[Husker] State of the List

[William E. Laughlin]

I just got caught up again after having piled up about two weeks' worth 
of Digests in the Inbox...

The List traffic being down prior to the first game...there are SO many 
competing outlets for sports info online that simply weren't there a few 
years ago (duh)  :-)    That's what I chalk some of it up to.

Bob leaves again...I enjoy Bob's posts but there's sometimes way too 
much edginess or condescension--intentionally or otherwise--for me to 
handle. So I just scroll on by. (I do share the Cardinals' fan thing 
with him, though.)  IIRC the last time he came back his tone had 
softened noticeably, and we can only hope for a repeat performance  
:-)    An ego like that won't be gone for long.

I think we'll win, but probably only by 14 points. I think Bo will be 
using as many players as possible to see who performs and who doesn't.

We had Jason Peter in town a few weeks ago for the annual "Kansas 
Cornhusker" picnic. What a great talk he gave. The book's pretty 
illuminating, too, though definitely R-rated. Someone on the List 
previously echoed JP's main point for this year's team (at least on D): 
Attitude. The old ways will have to be literally forced out of the 
players. No more Mr. Niceguy. They'll have to EARN the Blackshirts--the 
way it used to be BC.

GBR,

Bill Laughlin
Wichita, KS