[Husker] Osborne says to not wear Husker gear

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

Additionally I recall the water balloon "attacks" on 16th Street traffic when spring arrived. There were a few times that got a little bit out of hand. One of Lincoln's finest parked his car in our driveway with light flashing and siren blaring, got out, drew his weapon and started chasing someone who had thrown a water balloon at his car. 

So naturally, someone locked his door and closed it with the engine running, lights and siren on. When he came back with his handcuffed scofflaw, he was rather upset, much to the delight of the gathering crowd.

Those were the days. :-) 
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Steve Cornelius <sscornelius at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I too remember those snowball fights on 16th Street back in the early '70s.
> Thing is, they did not take place in front of ESPN and CNN cameras. Also,
> my smartphone back then did not capture video! :-)
> 
> GBR!
> 
> --
> Steve Cornelius
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > This is the same guy that thought we should have worn black to Wisconsin
> > to stand out, an idea I thought was dumb because I'd rather be blending in
> > at Madison - maybe other people's experience was different.
> >
> > But... last night I was talking to a friend who's an alum, and I recalled
> > the snowball fights that happened in the fall between the frat houses and
> > the dorms. Those things got pretty nasty, I remember a friend coming back
> > to Schramm with his head all cut up because someone had put a rock in a
> > snowball.
> >
> > Frat houses had their windows smashed, cars vandalized.
> >
> > Compare that to what we saw at Penn State the other night. You had nearly
> > no arrests, no serious injuries, and a van turned over.
> >
> > Yet all we heard was "PENN STATE RIOT!!!!" from the media. All the media.
> >
> > If that was a riot, today's youth suck.
> >
> > That was a protest. Those snowball fights that went bad, those were riots.
> > :)
> >
> > Jon Johnston
> > Corn Nation
> >
> > On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Killmar, John wrote:
> >
> > > This was in the Memphis Commercial Appeal this morning:
> > >
> > > Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne feels certain his school's
> > football traveling party and fans will be safe at Saturday's game at Penn
> > State. Still, he thinks folks might want to keep their red Cornhuskers gear
> > at home, or at least wear a different colored coat over it. "I just don't
> > know if it's a good idea in this circumstance to stand out," Osborne said.
> > >
> > > Wow.  TO says to eep your Cornhusker gear at home?  Never thought I
> > would hear that from him.
> > >
> > > John Killmar
> >
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