Say it ain't so, Bo -- there you go again, taking on the weight of the world for a college football program that hasn't been in the hunt since early in this Century. Doggone it, now let's look forward and tell the Husker faithful what we're planning to do for them in the future!Bo, I feel your pain.
You moved from Baton Rouge to Lincoln to bail out this program, and your family probably didn't even get a chance to come to the table and put their views on the record before you went off and took the vote. After all, "everyone" in Lincoln wanted you. You were in the majority.
But, it's now clear to "everyone" that there has certainly been plenty of blame to go around. And, your recent efforts are only the beginning of a long and painful recovery process that will require scrutiny, transparency, and strict oversight to be sure that what happened during the Callahan Administration is NEVER ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN!
It's going to take everyone, on both sides of the ball, to get this program back on its feet and headed in the right direction. Just say "NO" to Blue Shirts at the Red State Big Red weekly press conferences. Continue to channel your Inner Belichek, with that dowdy looking grey sweatshirt on the sidelines -- it's so encouraging to see you acknowledge the middle class that way.
Y'all are HUSKERS -- you've been down before, and you're going to show the world that you're still the program to beat.
"We interrupt your regularly-scheduled programming. This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System. Now would be a good time to check your When-Pigs-Fly-O-Meter."
Actually, as it turns out, pigs of a sort WERE flying in Lincoln last night. Our very own darling daughter at UNL was spotted through the magic of Facebook photos late last night, fresh from the Mizzou beatdown in Memorial Stadium. Forget flying pigs or frozen hell. That she was there instead of watching the USC vs. Oregon game back at her apartment signals a long, difficult sky of bloody moons ahead.
The point spread for Trojans vs. Ducks was -16.5 to the Trojans, and they covered that by halftime. So, it was back to the hoped-for total domination on defense against the O's pesky, but easily devoured spread offense. And the all-important razzle-dazzle long bombs by the rising Mark Sanchez. Almost 600 total yards of offense.
Not that we got to see it. Not exactly a yawn to us, but ABC sure thought so. With about an entire quarter of the game remaining, their Infinite Wisdom caused them to cut to the lumbering Ohio State vs. Wisconsin game, which had less than two dozen total points on the board; but, Wisconsin was driving. They scored, then tOSU came back to score again and win. So, a few double-dog yawns later, the dust cloud settled and Wisconsin had dropped their second straight conference game. Can you say "Irrelevant Bowl?"
I lost my taste for marathon college football watching right after USC's stupid, stupid, and did I say stupid loss at Oregon State on September 25. I got it back again when the next Saturday afternoon came. I had to be nudged back toward it, but what are husbands for??!! He yelled, "Go to 425!!" Thanks to the magic of ESPN Game Plan, I noted that Ole Miss appeared to be in position to beat the Florida Gators. Of course I responded, "too much time left!" No way was Florida going to lose that game. HAH!! And, it was at home. Bad stuff.
No sooner had I recovered from this unforeseen bright spot, then it was time to root for Alabama at Georgia. Talk about a Hobson choice. But, cheer for Bama I did, and I was astounded to see not just a victory for the Tide, but a complete embarrassment of the Bulldogs in the first half. It looked like they sent the Little Sisters of the Poor to play the opening round, since the real Jawjuh team reemerged in the second half to make it almost respectable. And, did I say that it was at home? Bad stuff.
Not to say that these (and other unmentioned) high profile losses make me feel any better about USC's stupid, stupid and did I say stupid loss at Oregon State. Misery loves company sometimes, but I wasn't buying any of it. Especially after Oregon State LOST to Utah exactly one week later, on Thursday night. Beyond stupid.
By yesterday, I had a little bit of the mojo back, assisted by Bama's limp past Kentucky and the view of Penn State wobbling by Purdue. Today I observe that the confection of flying pigs, freezing hells, bloody moons and the like has vaulted Ball State into the AP Top 25.
Fly little piggies, fly.....
