Day 22- Nebraska Vs. Missouri Game

Dear UNL,

     What a game this was!  We can say the student section has greatly improved since our last letter.  So many things to talk about with this game. Good things, bad things, and some overall HuskerNation ness things.

     First of all, the student section was loads and loads better and more respectful that at the last home game.  Yes, of course there was your usual potty mouthed, "nothing is ever fair" fan who thinks every call from a ref is fixed.  But besides that, the student fans were hyper, ecstatic, and great fans of football.  We were proud to sit in the student section this time.  Well done.

     Secondly, the Huskers started off the first quarter with a BANG! Which was completely and utterly fantastic!  Just minutes into the game, 2:44 PM to be exact, Roy Helu Jr (who we'll get to in a moment) ran a 66-yd touchdown for Nebraska!!!!  The student section, to say the least, went bezonkers!  And the game just kept getting better from there!  We had alot of really great tackles from the Nebraska Blackshirts (and yes, we had some misses as well) and DeJon Gomes really played his part this game. 

     One of the things we noticed, YET AGAIN, was the opposing team, in this case Mizzou, throwing the bones.  WHAT THE HECK?!  Why does every team we play, think they can throw the bones?  That's ours and ours alone.  It's kind of aggrivating.  Also, many of Mizzou's players had little bouts of anger, and their anger management doesn't work very well.  Roughing our players infront of the refs?  Missouri, there is no reason for you to shove and hit our players on the field.  Period.

     Yet, some of the good things we saw on the field are as follows.  Missouri Sports Medicine trainers running out onto the field to help Huskers Defensive Back Ciante Evans when he was taken down in the endzone.  Moments like those show it's not all about winning the game, it's about having a good time and making sure people are ok.  Also, out of nowhere, COURTNEY OSBOURNE TACKLES MIZZOU QUARTER BACK!!!!!!  That was awesome!!! The fans, including us, went willlld!  And maybe Mizzou isn't such a bad team.  Player #85 of the Tigers leaned down to give Roy Helu Jr. a hand up after he took him down.  Good sportsmanship, Tigers!

     Some of the crazy stuff that happened at this game are as follows.  "The Cornhuskers played without quarterback Taylor Martinez in the second half after he came up hobbling following a hit from Kenji Jackson on a run late in the second quarter. Zac Lee took over to start the third quarter."- Huskersillustrated.com.  Luckily for most of the Nebraska Husker fans ( we like all of our players), Martinez is expected to be ok for next week's game.  Also, "Helu was sensational carrying the offensive load whether Martinez was in or out of the game. He totaled 228 yards after his first 10 carries on his way to breaking the Nebraska record of 294 yards set by Calvin Jones against Kansas in 1991."-Huskersillustrated.com.  Nebraska Cornhuskers Running Back, #10, Roy Helu Jr. was amazing this game.  It was heard several times around the student section that he was this games "MVP".  We just have to agree with that.  Did we mention, HE BEAT that record by Calvin Jones!!!! A whopping 307 yards in a SINGLE GAME!! The plays he made were fantastic. The team was doing a great job playing as a team and Helu was able to make some runs and take some hits that ended up giving us the game!

     All in all, it was a great game.  Stay classy, UNL.  We will always love you (and players like Roy Helu Jr.).

Sincerely,
killa & barney

    

    

Day 17- Nebraska vs. Texas Game

Dear UNL,

     We are very disappointed in you, today.  Now before you say everyone in the state of Nebraska is sad and upset, let us explain why.  Yes, we know we lost the game today, but what went on at the game is what we would like to ...talk about.

     First of all, the student section at the football games are uber packed, just in case you didn't know.  Let's sure hope that whoever is sitting in those particular sections are not claustrophobic.  Everyone attending as a student will have to be ok with their "personal bubble" being somewhat poked and prodded.  We are all one big happy family for the 4 hours of the game. 

     Secondly, you should probably teach your students the meaning of respect.   Even if it means singing Aretha Franklin over and over and over again until they get the picture.  Sure!  It's all fine and dandy to cheer for your team.  Who doesn't want their team to beat the other one?  But that doesn't mean that our student fans need to yell obscenities to the other team before the game even starts. 

     When the game is going, please don't yell about how Niles Paul "needs to loose his scholarship" or how they need to "run the flippin' dog bat ball".  (Now please understand, at the moment, we are substituting some not so lovely words with others.  We don't want to offend our followig.)  Yeah, get into the game. That's part of what makes football so awesome!  You can get into the game and sometimes, it's like you're right on the field, in the middle of all the action.

     But we shake our heads in disappointment, as we turn to look at those students who are being immature and stupid in the stands.  Yeah, this particular game was not our shining moment.  But we doubt if those particuar students had been on the field instead of the current players, it would have been more of a mess up.  Niles Paul does not need to loose his scholarship and we did run the ball a little.  So stop your stupid students, who are screaming about how they are "so angry they're gonna kick puppies.  Even babies, it they're ugly.".  We don't want to hear that and neither does anyone else in the stands.  Shut your foul potty mouth and stop using the F-bomb against every Husker play.  Grow up.

     UNL, it makes us sad when we hear other student fans wishing that the Texas cheerleaders would break their arms and how they are ashamed to be Cornhuskers.  It reflects badly on those students (like us) who like the enjoy the game in a ...shall we say healthy?  way.  We're just as sad as those students, but we can watch the game with respect for the other team.  In fact, we don't clap and cheer when a Texas player is hurt or boo when said player finally gets up to walk, or in his case, hobble, off the field.  Thankfully, there were other students in our section today who had enough of his trash talk and had said some stuff to him, that shut him up, at least temporarily.

     Now, Texas has some rude moments of their own.  First of all, if the HUSKER MARCHING BAND is playing the UNL Fight Song, TEXAS BAND!  STOP PLAYING OVER US!  We don't do that to you!  There is  no reason to try and out play the UNL fight song.  Especially if you guys are winning, dumb dumbs.  And to be the Texas Football player who "threw the bones" after he tackled the Husker player?  Yeah, so not cool.  The Cornhusker Defensive line and fans can throw the bones.  Just us and ONLY us.  Got it?  Good.

     Yes, we admit this game was depressing and Mr. Eric Hagg gave us some false hope.  But all in all, it could have been worse. Stay classy, UNL and clean up your act.  We will always hate student fans like those (and hopefully love you).  GO HUSKERS!

Sincerely,
killa & barney