[Husker] 12 Rules for Success and It's Very Quiet Out there

[Jon Johnston]

Hey, you're in Ohio! You're at least around Big Ten football, right? 

Have you seen a more psychotic team than Michigan State over the years? One week they're curing cancer while simultaneously beating Ohio State on the road by 80 (metaphor, not really true), then the next week they lose to a high school team. 

Sparty is always scary. Always. At the same time - you had better never trust them. 

Jon Johnston
Corn Nation


On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Titsworth, Scott wrote:

> You have provided sage advice over the years Jon.  Your opinion matters to
> me, so I'm going to work on hating more. If Sparty were here right now I
> would kick him.
> 
> In all seriousness, I'm also confused about the line vs the perception of
> this game.  My sincere hope is that this will be like the last time we
> played them when they were big talkers but we proved ourselves on the
> field.  I'm starting to buy the fact that our offense is functional if not
> pretty at times.  I also think (hope) that our defense figured out that
> they will have to grow rather than assuming that they would be good just
> by showing up.  We'll see. A comeback like what happened with O$U can be a
> season changer for a team.  Confidence is priceless.
> 
> Scott
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> 
> On 10/28/11 10:21 AM, "Jon Johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Kind of interesting - our traffic is way down also, even though this is
>> the biggest game of the season.
>> 
>> My theory? 
>> 
>> There is no hate, therefore not nearly as much passion about Husker
>> football. That doesn't fit everyone, but it does fit a segment of the
>> population. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jon Johnston
>> Corn Nation 
>> 
>> On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Killmar, John wrote:
>> 
>>> This is the most quiet I have seen the Husker List in some time.  I
>>> can't recall a time when there have been NO posts about a game as was
>>> the case with the Minnesota game and little to talk about going into the
>>> game against the Spartans.  Michigan State stands between the Nebraska
>>> and the Big 10 championship game.  The Spartans are on a roll with 3
>>> quality wins against Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin.  The Huskers
>>> are a 4 point favorite and better not wait until the 4th quarter to
>>> knock their opponents out of the game.
>>> 
>>> John Killmar
>> 
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