I'm just going to come out and warn you now. This is not a funny blog post. Humor has always been a great way for me to deal with the eternal agony that is being a Nebraska fan in the post-championship era.
I've always tried to maintain a good humor about the failings of Nebraska football to mask toddler inside of me who wants to pout and throw a tantrum. Sometimes that toddler version of me comes out and people probably laugh at me so it all works out in the end.
But for the life of me I can't think of any jokes to make the pain of Nebraska's latest debacle go down any smoother. This is the most hopeless I've ever felt in my life as a Nebraska fan. I'm actually becoming afraid that I won't ever see even a conference title in my life time. Some people may think that's ridiculous, but every time we hit the re-set button, the chance for a conference title becomes 5-10 years further away. Nebraska's in it's second longest conference title drought of all time and I don't see it ending anytime soon. In just a handful of years it will become the longest title drought in Nebraska history.
Even with the nightmare that was the 2007 there was a glimmer of hope. The Athletic Director Who Shall Not Be Named was fired and Tom Osborne once again had an office in One Stadium Drive. There was definitely a light at the end of the tunnel.
Sure Eichorst has been fired, but I don't feel the same elation that I did when the AD Who Shall Not Be Named was fired. Sure there's a small light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm not sure what that light is. It may be the long awaited salvation of Nebraska football. Then again it may just be a creepy old guy with a flashlight waiting to traumatize me with a whole new set of nightmares.
I'm not excited for today's game against Rutgers. I'm going more out of obligation than passion. I've never felt that way about a game before. There are signs that hang above the gates at Memorial Stadium that read "through these gates pass the greatest fans in college football." Today I feel like they should read "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here."
Mike Riley feels like a dead man walking. Sure, he could still coach his way out of this, but it would take a level of coaching that he hasn't yet shown.
I hope he does pull it out. I really do. I'm tired of starting over, tired of paying millions of dollars for ex-coaches to not work for us.
But if hitting the re-set button is what we must do, then let's do it. The day we accept mediocre football is the day Nebraska football truly dies.
I've always tried to maintain a good humor about the failings of Nebraska football to mask toddler inside of me who wants to pout and throw a tantrum. Sometimes that toddler version of me comes out and people probably laugh at me so it all works out in the end.
But for the life of me I can't think of any jokes to make the pain of Nebraska's latest debacle go down any smoother. This is the most hopeless I've ever felt in my life as a Nebraska fan. I'm actually becoming afraid that I won't ever see even a conference title in my life time. Some people may think that's ridiculous, but every time we hit the re-set button, the chance for a conference title becomes 5-10 years further away. Nebraska's in it's second longest conference title drought of all time and I don't see it ending anytime soon. In just a handful of years it will become the longest title drought in Nebraska history.
Even with the nightmare that was the 2007 there was a glimmer of hope. The Athletic Director Who Shall Not Be Named was fired and Tom Osborne once again had an office in One Stadium Drive. There was definitely a light at the end of the tunnel.
Sure Eichorst has been fired, but I don't feel the same elation that I did when the AD Who Shall Not Be Named was fired. Sure there's a small light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm not sure what that light is. It may be the long awaited salvation of Nebraska football. Then again it may just be a creepy old guy with a flashlight waiting to traumatize me with a whole new set of nightmares.
I'm not excited for today's game against Rutgers. I'm going more out of obligation than passion. I've never felt that way about a game before. There are signs that hang above the gates at Memorial Stadium that read "through these gates pass the greatest fans in college football." Today I feel like they should read "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here."
Mike Riley feels like a dead man walking. Sure, he could still coach his way out of this, but it would take a level of coaching that he hasn't yet shown.
I hope he does pull it out. I really do. I'm tired of starting over, tired of paying millions of dollars for ex-coaches to not work for us.
But if hitting the re-set button is what we must do, then let's do it. The day we accept mediocre football is the day Nebraska football truly dies.
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