[Husker] Husker Dan editorial

[Steve Reichenbach]

> Poignant post by Husker Dan:

Personally, I don't find cry-baby expressions to be poignant.

Even though I'm glad to see most listers who've responded have
disagreed with the sentiments of this column, I'd like to parse some
of the nonsense in it.  (I don't have the time to do it full justice,
nor does it warrant even as much time as I'm giving it.)

In his opening, he refers to the Holiday Bowl loss last year, writing:
"[T]here were many who thought the added incentive of becoming the
first Nebraska team since 2001 to reach 11 wins in a season would be
enough to lead the Huskers to a victory."  If many thought that, which
I doubt, then "many" have little insight into participating in sports.
Did anyone really believe that the "added incentive of becoming the
first Nebraska team since 2001 to reach 11 wins in a season would be
enough to lead the Huskers to a victory."  Did anyone really believe
that this would be for foremost and decisive factor in the game and
that the locker room would filled with exhortations to be the first
team since 2001 to win 11 games?  I don't think so.  Rather, this
appears to be Husker Dan's lame attempt to put in a statistic that
really doesn't mean much and certainly wouldn't be a decisive incentive
to winning the game.

And, the writing doesn't improve much after that.  "Husker fans had
to watch their team...."  Such drama?  Can't you picture Husker fans
everywhere chained in front of their televisions?

"Husker fans have long prided themselves as being the best college
football fans in the country."  Maybe he should re-examine this claim
after writing of being "embarrassed", of players "seriously lacking
in mental toughness", "out-of-control head coach", etc.

As a side note, personally, I've never really bought into the whole
"embarrassing" reaction to losing a game.  How are you embarrassed by
a team of college players and their coaches in a game where you are
nothing more than an interested observer?  I understand disappointment,
even sadness, but not embarrassment over a football game.

He closes with: "Bo needs to remember, it ain't about him. It's about
the Husker football program, tradition, the university, the state and
ultimately about the legions of loyal Husker fans who are the
foundation of the entire program."  Sometimes, people say the opposite
of their true feelings to justify those feelings.  Translated: "It's
about me and what I want.  It's not about the players or the coaches or
the AD or the university or the state or the Husker fans who don't want
to pound the table and scream like a baby.  It's about me and what I
want and what emotions I've invested and that I want it right now."