[Husker] Oddities

[David Strong]

> My response was intended to be a bit sarcastic, as I'm
> always puzzled as to why fans give a rats arse who the team
> plays in the non conference schedule, unless they have a
> personal stake in it (which I bet 99.9% of the folks on the
> list do not). In case you forgot, there are in fact a few
> other reasons to play football at Nebraska besides the
> opportunity to play top 10 teams every year, and if that
> were the case, as I assume you are suggesting it should be,
> all the great players would be going to places like Notre
> Dame again because they are arrogant enough to still
> schedule the best teams, and honestly it doesn't appear
> that has been helping their success of late.
> 

I, just for myself, certainly do give a rat's ass who we play out of conference.  I hate the games against the smaller, less representative, teams.  I get no pleasure from playing them or from winning them.  I wouldn't pay a dime to attend one of these games and wouldn't go if offered a free ticket.  It should be beneath us to schedule these games, but it sure isn't.  And yes, I understand all the business  (read money) reasons why we do it.  I don't get any pleasure saying how we had an 8-4 year knowing that 3 of those wins were against the small teams, and 2 more against the lowly from our own conference.  The only representative team we beat with a winning record was 7-5 Kansas.  I felt it was a good year showing progress in many areas, but not because we were 8-4.  That's just smoke.  

Dave