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

[Aaron Wolfson]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with being a Husker basketball fan. Or
with not being a fan. Don't take any s**t from people who tell you
otherwise.

Personally, I grew up in Omaha in the late 80s and early 90s, and I started
out rooting for Nebrasketball. I loved the Polish Rifle-Strickland-Boone
teams, and I kept with them through the Lue and Hamilton squads as well.
But despite the OWH's best efforts, I soon discovered that there was also a
pretty good team in my town with a promising new coach.

As the years went by, I identified more and more with CU basketball and
less and less with NU. At this point, I root for NU to do well, but I
consider myself a diehard CU fan and I root for them to crush NU every
year. Most CU fans really hate NU, so I try to bridge that gap a bit.

So essentially, Nebraska and Nee and the guys who came after lost me as a
fan.

Aaron


On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Drew <chivas3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Didn't mean to offend anyone and I certainly wasn't calling you out, Greg.
> Sorry if it sounded like that.
>
> Just commenting on the sentiment I've picked up on this list and elsewhere
> that one is not a 'true fan' if you don't enthusiastically embrace
> everything your alma mater does.
>
> Maybe I *am* on my own on this - doesn't bother me. Was only curious.
>
> Happy to go back to my football hibernation, soothed by whispers of
> recruiting news & rumours with a quick break for the Spring game until next
> fall :-)
>
> -Drew,  Go Big Red!!
> On Jan 15, 2012 2:39 PM, <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
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