Tales from the Heart of Huskerland

Sam McKewon just had to go and steal my thunder . The day before the Frost Era began I was planning to write a blog post about how Nebraska was finally fun again. Call me crazy, but somehow I get the sneaking suspicion people more people read his column than will read this blog post so I'll give Sam a pass. This time. But what's truly exciting is that a whole generations of Husker fans, including myself, might be just about to learn how fun Nebraska football really can be. The last time Nebraska football was this fun, I fit into this! Yes, I've gained a lot of weight okay! Not all of us can keep our 3 year old figure. For the first time in 15 years, Nebraska has by far its best chance of achieving that level of fun it experienced from 1962-2001. You thought that Northwestern Hail Mary was fun??? Oh boy. BUCKLE UP. Nebraska football should and can be so much more fun than beating some 5-7 Kansas State clone on the last play of the game. In a few years we shoul...

Hi I'm Jason and I'm a Husker football addict. I travel to road games, re-watch games from before I was born, follow recruiting, study schemes and have proudly brandished pitchforks and torches when the occasion demanded it. And I know I'm not alone. The crazed glint I see in my neighbor's eyes as he sharpens an old pair of hedge trimmers after every loss tells me so. This obsession we all call Nebraska football seems perfectly rational until you have to explain it to someone outside of the culture looking in. "What? You drove HOW many hours just to watch a football game?" I work in a small office in Omaha. We have another office location in Chicago. People in Chicago give you nervous, open-mouthed looks when you tell them the number one thing you want to do in their beautiful city is go to a Northwestern vs. Nebraska game. They then smile at you while aggressively pressing the panic button located under their desk when they find out you blog abou...