NEBRASKA’S DECLINE: EXPLAINED!
The Wizard of Odds brings us the real story behind the decline of Nebraska football–namely, the Big 12’s refusal to allow Nebraska to continue its practice of admitting an unlimited number of partial qualifiers. This story should make perfect sense to anyone who watched Nebraska football in the mid-90s go from “The All-Crushing Horde of Sagittal Crest-Blessed ‘Roid Beasts” to “We allowed a team coached by Gary Barnett to score 62 points on us”–which is a shame since we’ve honestly never met a more polite, genteel, and considerate fan horde than Nebraska fans. (We saw them in an elevator with Carrot Top at the Fiesta Bowl in ‘96, and they didn’t say a thing to him, which we doubt would have happened with any other fanbase, much less the hereditary smartasses that are Florida fans.)
Speaking of sagittal crests…what is Christian Peter doing now? Besides treating his gynocomastia?
Noted feminist Christian Peter.
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Very polite fans. I sat behind Tom Osborne on a plane from Omaha to Atlanta in the late 90’s (in coach no less) and there was a palpable buzz in the cabin but the only person who spoke to him during the flight was the guy next to him who had to explain to him how to use the phone built into the seatback.
After the flight and we were deplaning wouldn’t you know the only person bold enough to approach him was a young black woman from New Orleans. After the ice was broken, people gathered around just to hear him say a few words. I was impressed with their restraint and puzzled by the timidity at the same time. Bill Curry and Mike Price would have been in heaven in Lincoln.
Comment by Fred Sanford — June 10, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
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My understanding is that Vince Young was a full qualifier.
Nebraska was running rampant for a long time with a recruiting and team discipline strategy that really did not do justice to the great fans in Lincoln.
Comment by Chris — June 8, 2006 @ 12:40 pm
Thank you for setting me straight Chris. I got my wires crossed and became confused. It happens to the most meaningless of all humans.
Comment by anon.4 — June 8, 2006 @ 6:38 pm