[Husker] Do we have an obligation here? (was Hello?)

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

That's quite a leap you made there, Drew. If you only support football, that's fine. I never suggested anything else.
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Drew <chivas3 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Where is it written that all Nebraska *Football* fans must also be NU
> Wrestling, VB, Swim, Croquette, Archery, etc. fans as well?
> 
> I enjoyed my time at the university, was happy to move out of the state (no
> offense, just not my fav place to live), I loathe the sport of basketball
> no matter who is playing, but I LOVE Cornhusker football!
> 
> I don't feel the need to get all excited about the other school sports, nor
> do I feel any guilt or embarrassment for not caring.
> 
> Obviously I'm not alone on this list in my apathy for non-football UN
> sports. However, it seems many feel we should always go "rah, rah, rah" for
> each and every activity somebody participates in while wearing scarlet and
> cream.
> 
> Am I alone in feeling it's perfectly okay to be just a Husker Football fan?
> 
> -Drew
> 
> 
> PS- I posted to the list previously looking for a place in London to watch
> the bowl game. We eventually found a small sports-like bar where you can
> only comfortably hold a table if there is food in front of you- otherwise
> you're expected to give your seat to newly arrived patrons, so it wasn't
> all that great a place to watch the game. Also, it was on one smallish
> screen with no sound while four others with volume at full blast showed the
> Arsenal vs Fulham football (the round kind) match.
> 
> The benefit to it all was we left at halftime and were spared having to
> directly witness the 2nd half meltdown.
> 
> Anyway, for those who enjoy hearing about small-world coincidences; we were
> sitting at a table with an SC graduate and an Iowan who adopted the
> Huskers, long ago forsaking his native Cyclones. But as we were leaving, a
> gentleman roughly in his 50s was also on his way out the door asked me if I
> was 'really from Nebraska'. I said yes, and he told me he now lives in
> Kearney. He could hardly believe me when I told him I was born in Kearney
> and we shared with some of our English friends just how small a town
> Kearney actually is.
> 
> Goes to show, there's practically always a Husker or two around, no matter
> where you go- even if it's a little back-street bar in Soho, London or on a
> tropical island.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:05 PM, <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > I stopped commenting on basketball because there weren't any responses.