[Husker] The team has to see this

[Rod Wellman]

Well said, Roger.

As long as we are routinely in the top 25, top 10, Nebraska is "back".  Maybe not a top 5 team right now.  But we're in the hunt and giving opponents lots to worry about.  Pellini brought on some of the hype himself when he declared that we are "back".  But what he meant by that and what fans wanted to think might turn out to be two different things.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.

On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:09 AM, Roger wrote:

> David, I don't interpret the statement you say Bo made as turning on his own 
> fans.  I think it is simply a statement of fact as he perceives it....and, I 
> agree with him.  The Huskers have been rising in the polls due to the balloon 
> that they rode after the AZ game.  A sound defeat of KSU and huge rushing yards 
> have been interpreted by fans I know as a powerful, multifaceted offense by NU.
> 
> I try to remind them that KSU had one of the poorest rushing defenses in the 
> nation when we played them...worse after the game.  TX is the best team we have 
> played IMO.  We made a huge number of mistakes and were out coached, IMO.  The 
> Huskers are a work in progress.  Yet the fans are so hungry for another national 
> championship, they view success as proof of the Huskers return to the upper 
> ranks in the nation.  Most are looking through red-colored-glasses when they do 
> so.
> 
> A statement that Nebraska is back has merit.  We are a LONG WAY from the 
> Callahan debacle.  That doesn't have to mean that we are among the 5 best teams 
> in the nation.  I believe we can get there.
> 
> Roger Lohr-Mpls
> 
> 
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> From: David Strong <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 5:42:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] The team has to see this
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>> http://newsok.com/article/3505618
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> 
> This article certainly rings true to me.  Reality bites.  Only part I don't 
> really agree with is Martinez being one-dimensional.  While he doesn't appear to 
> be an above average thrower, his receivers can't catch. Makes it pretty tough on 
> a qb.
> 
> And more from our head coach:
> 
> "We're not a finished product," Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said after the Texas 
> loss. "People around here want to make us out to be the '85 Bears.  We're not 
> there yet."
> 
> Sounds like he's talking about the fans again, doesn't it?  This guy turns on 
> his own when he loses.  He did it last year too.  OK Pelini, so I guess when you 
> blathered last year after your big Holiday Bowl win that "Nebraska is back and 
> we're here to stay", what you really meant is "Nebraska is back to not being the 
> '85 Bears"?  Oh but you lost the biggest game in many, many years and now you 
> are a work in progress? And you talk with scorn about your own fans.
> 
> Our head coach is a jerk.  Next time he drops his pacifier he should put 
> something else in his mouth besides his foot.
> 
> Dave
> BP4DC
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