Tales from the Heart of Huskerland

Dirk Chatelain already took the snappy name. In his recent column , he referred to the generation born after the Osborne Era as "Generation Hex." He wrote about about how he was struck by what diehard fans this generation is despite growing up on such terrible football.  I'm not sure if I completely belong to that generation as I have a few wispy memories of Nebraska greatness. My first Nebraska game ever was the 1998 Orange Bowl. My family also went to the 2002 Rose Bowl. I was seven years old at the time and took it all for granted. But hey, I know a lot of 40-70 year olds who took it all for granted too. To put it bluntly, I was given the tiniest taste of greatness before being spoon-fed the Callahan Era. For me, that makes it easy to explain my diehardness, if that's even a word. I was given a taste, got addicted, and now there's no going back. I never really thought about people younger than me. I mean, yeah, I feel terrible for my 12 year old young nephew wh

OPINION - There's a lot of talk going around Husker Nation lately that Kevin Warren is a tyrant who cancelled football season last year, covered up the conference vote, and attempted to skirt FOIA laws , but that's clearly just a crackpot conspiracy theory. Please knock if off before he decides us to punish us even more than he already has. I mean did you see that stat last year about Nebraska not getting holding calls? The man was clearly punishing us for raising such a ruckus last fall. 16 - Iowa 21 - Illinois 48 - Maryland 53 - Rutgers 53 - Indiana 55 - Minnesota 60 - Purdue 70 - Northwestern 96 - Penn State 121 - Michigan 141 - Ohio State 150 - Wisconsin 274 - Michigan State 574 - Nebraska # of snaps since last holding call against opponent. From Huskeronline — Lane Whitcomb (@bigtenhusker11) December 1, 2020 So why would we want to make that mistake again with all this "tyrant" talk? Do you even realize how powerful that man is and what he could possibly do t

I made that meme this summer and it's already outdated! Texas is gonna Texas and Bevo unnecessarily throwing a wrench into everything is a sure sign that college football is almost back again. Of course this time they really outdid themselves, effectively killing their 3rd conference in less than 30 years and raising serious questions about the future structure of college football. Is the era of Super Conferences and the NFL Jr. upon us? Well yes. And no. And maybe. And I don't know. What I do know is that college football will prevail. Call it a gut feeling. These things usually tend to work themselves out.  The idea of a "Super Conference" isn't even a new one. In fact, a Super Conference already existed in college football. In the early 1930s, the Southern Conference's membership ballooned to 23 members, effectively a giant combination of future SEC and ACC teams. The structure of the Southern Conference had become too unwieldy and several members broke off