[Husker] Greetings from Hawaii

[Steve Stone]

I’ve been “benched” these past three weeks due to beginning an extended  
vacation (until April) in Waianae, Oahu, Hawaii, where Maini and I are  
house-sitting for a relative. Tough duty, that!

I had planned to watch the Oklahoma game from a watchsite in Honolulu  
where Husker fans were rumored to congregate on High Holy-Hanna days, but  
the site became a victim of economics two days earlier, so I had to listen  
to the webcast between running honey-do errands. The following week we  
went to the new-and-approved watchsite (turned out to be something of a  
dive) where, sadly, no Husker fans attended, so we watched in splendid  
isolation as the Huskers tromped Kansas. Fortunately the K-State game was  
televised here in the Islands, and the same applies tomorrow for the game  
against the Buffs.

I’ve found several dozen Staffordshire Bull Terrier fanciers to date but  
only one Husker fan (who also happens to own two Staffords). Surely I  
can’t be the only one in Oahu!

Those of you with prolonged and rententive memories may recall that early  
on I hoped the Huskers would be competitive in every game regardless of  
the win-loss record. So far, so good.

A couple of thoughts:
1) A  good deal of media puzzlement’s been expressed as to why NU’s O-line  
play has been relatively ineffective, but it ought not be much of a  
mystery. In a nutshell, the problem has been this: the depth chart does  
not contain a single offensive tackle who is a senior. At no other  
position except possibly QB is seniority more important. When Burkes had  
to leave early due to medical reasons, the O-line suffered a serious blow  
 from which it‘s never fully recovered. Actually, the remarkable thing is  
how well the Huskers have done under this handicap.
2) Someone (I honestly don’t remember who) wrote something to the effect  
that Zac Lee is a  mediocre quarterback. Those of you who have been around  
this list for a while will remember that similar charges were being  
leveled at one time or another against Scott Frost and Scott Shanle - -  
Shanle in particular. That the same Scott Shanle who’s playing his ninth  
season in the NFL this year. I suggest you all stick around for a while  
because next year young Zac will be playing at a whole nuther level. In  
fact, the very  talented Cody Green may not be able to beat him out of a  
job next year.
3) The brothers Pellini are the real deal.

Steve Stone