[Husker] Babies, Bathwater & Baloney Sauce

[David Elfering]

Years ago I volunteered to run a game booth for a non-profit. As people
walked by I admonished them to consider that everyone who played got a
"valuable prize" - guaranteed. An older lady interrogated me about the rich
certainty awaiting her and summarized the situation as me being full of
"baloney sauce". No, its true she really did say baloney sauce.

And so we're faced with another certainty -- the Huskers have been publicly
promised something else; a good can kicking by Saruman's hoard of SEC
football Orcs (sorry folks... its a Lord of the Rings thing).

Come on, admit it. We all feel the deep vibration of mounting cannibal
drums from deep in the heart of dixie as they prepare to consume uncooked
Husker meat. Certain, epic death awaits! Or so everyone "assumes" and we
also all know what happens when people assume.

This team isn't going to lay down -- its made of tougher stuff! The Dawgs
should be told that our offense is mighty .... well except for that time in
Iowa City, and oh yeah... that one other time in Columbus. But other than
that! They should be warned about the stalwart defensive army under the
mindful. masterful command of Robert E. Pelini who always vanquishes foes..
... never giving up more than 500 yards on the ground. Yep we'll keep'm
running!

Is that child in the bath water ugly... cute... or what? Answer C.) all of
the above.

Game prediction: Hell or high water there will be one.

Just remember. We've been bigger underdogs. Vegas pinned a 17 point star to
our Christmas tree in 1993. It was official; Lee Corso and Beano Cook
agreed -- we were dead meat. Maybe we were but someone forgot to pass the
memo to the Big Red.

Hopefully the spirit glorious games past will visit key play makers this
coming week :)
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David Elfering
aroundomaha at gmail.com