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

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

Danny Nee was the Husker basketball coach from 1986 through 2000. I believe Piatkowski, Erick Strickland, and Jaron Boone all played for Nee.
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 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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