Today We Watch Football. Tomorrow We Eat Fruit Loops.

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 watch this game and then we trudge into the unforgiving abyss that is the off-season. It's a horrible place where football does not exist and we have to get our kicks watching *shudders* Nebrasketball.

Watching Nebrasketball, or any other sport for that matter, is like eating off-brand Fruit Loops. Sure, your mom says they're just as good, but we all know your mom is a liar trying to save a few measly pennies by buying you sub-par cereal.

But do you eat the off-brand Fruit Loops? Sure you do because it's better than nothing, but you just don't feel the same joy doing it.

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