[Husker] Greetings from Hawaii

[Steven]

I own two Boston Terriers....what is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Stone" <sstone at pvtnetworks.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 7:04 PM
Subject: [Husker] Greetings from Hawaii


> 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
>
>
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