[Husker] Osborne says to not wear Husker gear

[George Rapp]

I think the nadir in the snowball wars happened in the late 80s - I was a
member of Delta Upsilon, the fraternity house at the corner of 16th and
Vine. Our housemother's car, which had a reserved spot along 16th, was
trashed, and all the big windows in our house got broken (some of them by
people kicking them in).  The alumni sprung for protective screens in
addition to replacement windows.

Of course, if the students had just had the foresight to call the snowball
fight "Occupy 16th Street", they would have captured the attention of the
world and been allowed to run amok ... 8^)  </politics>

<huskercontent>  Nebraska 20 Paterno-less State U 13  </huskercontent>

George

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:42 AM, <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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