[Husker] Black shirts

[David Strong]

Oh, I see.  You're right, that was poorly written on my part.  Sorry about
that.  Each and every year I'm sure we will all hope and root as hard as we
can for a win every game, a championship at the end.  And I know that a 9
win season isn't the same as it was with an 11 game schedule as the 9th win
is usually against a 'gimme' type team.  But still, though yesterday was
tough, I have had some great excitement so far this year....and there is
potential for more!  Who knows..we could go 3-0 and win out and that would
mean we would have had plenty more to cheer about.  I guess I was just
trying to say that the season is not a bust to date, and many seasons will
be like this from now on, and we've got to appreciate the best parts of
seasons like this.  I think I am sounding kind of preachy so I better shut
up.

Dave

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well when you said "and we better get used to it" that gave me the
> sense of settling for not being the very best. Sorry if I
> misinterpreted.
>
> On 11/6/11, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mark...sorry guy but I don't know where you read "defeatist" and "stuck"
> > and "content" and "resign ourselves" and "accepting" and "also-ran" in my
> > post saying that a 9 win season is a good one and not to be taken for
> > granted and that a 9-3 season with a big game win over MSU is a good
> season
> > and winning 2 of our last 3 will be difficult but if it happens we should
> > be happy.
> > Do you just make this stuff up?
> > We will have championship teams again.  We will have powerful teams
> again.
> > But anyone watching this team from the beginning of the season should
> have
> > known that this probably isn't one of them...though there is still hope!
> > Regardless of what all the preseason bloggers and media guys said.
> > Regardless of what some guy with a bunch of stats and an excel
> spreadsheet
> > said.  This team has never really passed the eyeball test for a
> > championship team.  But it's not over yet and they have given us some
> great
> > things to cheer for this year even if the team isn't an elite one.
> > Appreciate seasons like this, they will be more often than not in the
> years
> > ahead.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dave,
> >>
> >> I'm sorry that just sounds a little too defeatist to me. The idea that
> >> we are stuck where we are and that we should be content with
> >> good-but-not-great doesn't sound like a formula for winning. I've seen
> >> a quote from Pelini somewhere that the idea that you shouldn't ask for
> >> perfection because it's unattainable is how losers think, and he
> >> doesn't subscribe to that belief. Yes, I think we can be proud of our
> >> team and appreciate and enjoy their efforts even if we lose a number
> >> of games, but to resign ourselves to NOT being a national power and a
> >> championship contender is not consistent with the traditional mindset
> >> of Nebraska players, coaches, and fans, and with the history and
> >> tradition of NU football. At our best, we SHOULD be, and have been,
> >> one of those elite blueblood programs, and I believe we are very close
> >> to being so again. "Accepting" our fate as a second-tier "also ran"
> >> will only make it true, and that attitude is poison to achieving any
> >> kind of greatness.
> >>
> >> On 11/5/11, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Another 9 win season if we are lucky.
> >> >>
> >> >> In business, we would say it is time for many of us to work on a
> >> paradigm
> >> > shift.  A 9 win season is a good season, not to be taken for granted.
> >> We
> >> > are not an annual power and we now play in a tougher conference.  We
> are
> >> > not going to win as much, that's just the way it is.  A 9 win season
> >> > usually means we won all our non-conference games and went 5-3 in
> >> > conference.  That is a good season and we better get used to it.  Any
> >> more
> >> > than that and it is a great season.  I never believed we would get to
> >> > Indianapolis, much less the Rose Bowl.  9-3 and a big game win over
> MSU
> >> > would be a very good season for us.  It will be hard with what is in
> >> front
> >> > of us, but still possible.  If we win 2 out of the next three, we
> should
> >> > all be partying.
> >> >
> >> > Dave
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> >>
> >> "He's old enough to know what's right and young enough not to choose
> >> it. He's strong enough to win the world and weak enough to lose it." -
> >> Neal Peart
> >>
> >
>
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> "He's old enough to know what's right and young enough not to choose
> it. He's strong enough to win the world and weak enough to lose it." -
> Neal Peart
>