Tales from the Heart of Huskerland

Before the Fresno State game I wrote about how season openers are the most wonderful time of year because nothing has been ruined yet. As Nebraska marched toward 7-0, I think most of us proceeded with cautious optimism. Sure we were happy Nebraska was undefeated, but we all knew Illinois and Purdue weren't exactly going anywhere soon. Heck, even Oregon sucked. Now Nebraska is looking a lot more like the Nebraska teams we're used to. Nebraska has every excuse to lose this game. They have injuries galore, and as we saw in the Iowa game, they seem to have as much motivation as a dog going to wherever it is they go to get neutered. Probably the vet, I don't know. If Mike Riley can somehow pull this off it will be one heck of a coaching job. But even if they win, well then whatever. We go 10-3. I guess that's cool.  I say the same thing whenever I get some self-help book I'm never going to read as a gift.  I guess that's cool.  Today we watc