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July 29, 2009

COUNTDOWN 2009: 36

And here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night

I’m telling you all–it all falls down…

Filed under: hope by Orson Swindle

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35 Responses to “COUNTDOWN 2009: 36”

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GatorTrey says:

Great game! Until UF shit the bag against Tennessee a few weeks later.

July 29th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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WarChiziken says:

I didn’t know Northwestern played Colorado…. no, wait…

July 29th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:

I may hope I am stricken blind when the count gets to 14. I’m afraid of what Orson has up his sleeve with scoreboard pics.

July 29th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:

When it gets to day 3, you can kill two birds with one stone by showing the Aubarn/Starksville scoreboard from last year.

July 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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csm629 says:

The day the music died….

July 29th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
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gosouthgohard says:

that 1990 national champions banner is BULLSHIT

/5th down’d

July 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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vegas_buckeye says:

I remember showing up to a mostly empty bar with a whole lot of my soon-to-be Colorado Engineering graduate friends (stereotypical tall, skinny, nerdy types) who were in Vegas visiting for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The hostess brilliantly sat us next to the only other non-empty table which was full of corn-fed, foosball-has-been players dressed in their finest wife-beaters and wearing their Nebraska-state-law-required red. Each of these walking bear-human hybrids on an individual basis weighed more than the combined of us.

The drunken cheering from our table was tepid, at best, out of fear of disappearing and suddenly becoming fertilizer for Farmer Red’s crops. It made enjoyment of this game difficult, but the pained expressions on their faces will live with me forever.

July 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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Techie says:

Ahh, 1990 Colorado. You always go for it on 5th and short.

July 29th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
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crimsonbarrister says:

Should have used a picture of a recent SEC scoreboard…. 36-0 final score… last November 29, 2008… I can send it to you if you need it….

RTR

July 29th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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iggy says:

didn’t need that punch to the nuts… Thanks.

July 29th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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Adam West's chauffeur says:

Jebus, Swindle. Way to ruin an afternoon.

I was a senior at NU and watched the game from just above the CU student section. I’ve never had man-sex before, but I’m pretty sure I understand the anus-tearing agony after watching Chris Brown run roughshod over Craig Bohl’s “defense” all afternoon, thus ruining a perfect season and a perfect way to leave college.

Furthers my hatred of these hippie poseurs to this day.

July 29th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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DanF says:

I wonder if Stewart Mandel has seen the Joe Cox pictures
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/07/29/big-ten/1.html

July 29th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
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swampchomp says:

Before this game, I specifically recall Nebraska players derisively referring to Colorado’s offense as “grass basketball”. This, good friends, is a textbook case of pwnage

July 29th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
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Rocket says:

Rocket Ismail does not agree with that national title banner.

July 29th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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GTSteve says:

You’d have thought that Nebraska would’ve learned a little humility due to that very same split 1990 title.

July 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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Albino Tornado says:

One wonders if Orson will remember this on, say, day 24.

I’ve already assumed His Homerness will use the Tebow Child instead of a snapshot from Tommie Frazier’s run on Day 15. Tommie Frazier didn’t lose 4 games in his career, let alone in one season.

And as for Colorado fan — I’d rather attend a World Cup qualifier in Guatemala than deal with those Maynard Krebs-ian hooligans again. The only time I’ve ever seen the student section cleared? Colorado hosting Nebraska. The only time I’ve seen tear gas used? Colorado-Colorado State.

The rest of the conferences is super proud they’re here.

GTSteve — Nebraska lost to the national champions in 1989, 1990 (both of them), 1991 (again, both of them) and 1993. By the early nineties, we knew us some humble; we’d forgotten it after having three undefeated seasons in five years. You know, if that happened at DeVry of Atlanta, you’d probably forget some humility too.

July 29th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
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Chas says:

AT,

Why do the Children of the Corn always talk about the 1996 Fiesta Bowl and Tommie Frazier with such anger and vitriol? It’s not as if any Gator fans try to pretend it didn’t happen. Most of us are on record as saying ‘95 Nebraska is the best team we ever saw. Orson even has a nice write up about them in his Gator Gridiron Preview magazine (on sale now wherever books are sold!), even including a nice picture of Tommie Frazier personally thanking each member of the Gator D on his way to the endzone. We can only hope that this year goes as well for us as 95 went for the Huskers.

July 29th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
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Techie says:

You know, I’d crack a joke about Cornhusker football being the only thing to get excited about in Nebraska, but I’ve never gotten the “zOMG, those guys are jerks” vibe from NU fans, despite being told repeatedly I should.

July 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
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Albino Tornado says:

Chas:

You know what Nebraska fans call the day they lost to Colorado 62-36?

Black Friday.

It was easily the tipping point in Nebraska football, and to have it be at the hands of a self-appointed rival… yargh. It was like being the redheaded bully in A Christmas Story who got both barrels of whoop-tookus from Ralphie’s little brother. And then we totally backed into playing Miami which was awesome to watch too.

And given the knobslobbing Tebow’s been getting about being “ZOMG GR8TZT QB EVAR!” from the tour-letter in Bristol, I think it’s pretty funny that he’s not the best QB to even wear that number from Florida. I’m certain he doesn’t qualify as saving himself for marriage after two long days of “who didn’t vote for Tim Tebow?” coverage.

Orson et.al should be taking the quotation with the picture to heart; it all does fall down, and the backlash from the rest of the nation after a period of even benevolent tyrrany can have some wicked English.

July 29th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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Terrell Farley's Liver says:

I feel like Iron Eyes Cody.

July 29th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
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AZDuck says:

So… is Orson covering this VERY IMPORTANT STORY?

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272627116.shtml

Here’s a hint: it involves Erin Andrews and no clothes.

July 30th, 2009 at 3:01 am
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NativeSon says:

AT @ 19

Nobody cares what Nebraska fans call anything, let alone the day the program began circling the drain. And you know what else? Nobody’s missed them a bit.

And you’re full of factory farm low quality corn-fed cow shit if you say you wouldn’t trade every scholarship QB on your roster for Tebow.

July 30th, 2009 at 6:14 am
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gosouthgohard says:

Might I suggest Yeats’ “the second coming” for for an Alabama-themed countdown step?

July 30th, 2009 at 7:25 am
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gtne91 says:

#6,

I will give CU the 5th down win. The loss and a tie makes it bullshit.

July 30th, 2009 at 7:34 am
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gtne91 says:

The ball never broke the plane on 5th down.

July 30th, 2009 at 7:35 am
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CincySooner says:

I’ve never gotten the “zOMG, those guys are jerks” vibe from NU fans, despite being told repeatedly I should.

me either… the one time I went to a Nebraska home game I felt nothing but respect. More than a few times, complete strangers offered me, a band kid for the opposing team, hamburgers and hotdogs on the way to the stadium.

Nobody’s missed them a bit.

speak for yourself. I never experienced the OU-Nebraska matchups of the 70s and 80s, games on which the rivalry was built, but the 00-01 series was one of the most fun in-conference matchups I’ve ever seen. I was more than a little sad when Callahan crapped all over the tradition of the matchup and brought bad mojo into the equation. Now that he’s gone, I’d be a happy fan if every BigXII title game was OU-Nebraska from here to eternity.

July 30th, 2009 at 8:57 am
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iggy says:

@ 22…

I think we’re just fine the way things are heading. I actually hope Florida continues to be a dominate program. I would much rather see UF on the top of the pile then fucking Miami. Miami is the only team that most NU fans hate more than CU.

I encourage the rest of the country to continue to overlook NU. It will make the red’s return taste all that much sweeter when it happens in the coming years.

July 30th, 2009 at 10:33 am
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GeneralZod says:

Let me write the next four responses for you all:

Gator fan (to Husker fan):
“Corn blah blah blah Pig sex blah blah blah Jug with “XXX” on it blah blah blah Slightly homoerotic comment about Tebow blah blah blah SEC is superior blah blah blah.”

Husker fan (to Buff fan):
“Reference to 1994 and 1995 blah blah blah Bong blah blah blah 5th down blah blah blah How about that Cody Hawkins blah blah blah Strippers blah blah blah.”

Buff fan (to the World):
“You’d take 5 downs too blah blah blah Scoreboard blah blah blah We got that midget Solich fired blah blah blah Mountains instead of Carhenge blah blah blah It’s not REAL passion if you don’t get sprayed with tear gas blah blah blah.”

Everybody else:
“Erin Andrews blah blah blah Erin Andrews blah blah blah Erin Andrews blah blah blah Erin Andrews blah blah blah. Beer.”

July 30th, 2009 at 10:36 am
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Orson Swindle says:

If you’re worried about fairness, just stick around for day 15.

July 30th, 2009 at 10:46 am
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spartymike says:

Truly, a game that was not as close as the final score. God, what an asskicking.

I would also like to point out that, in my limited experience, Nebraska fans are very polite. In the mid-90’s Michigan State had a home and home with them, and NU fans were exceedingly friendly while their team was ran the ol’ #6 on Sparty up and down the field.

July 30th, 2009 at 11:46 am
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Albino Tornado says:

NativeSon — for just a second there, you sounded like a Colorado/KSU/Mizzou fan. I recommend checking your medication regimen to see if there’s something to work on the Little Brother Syndrome you’ve got going there.

Remember, there was football before 1989 when Darth Spurrier showed up at Florida.

And would I trade every scholarship QB on Nebraska’s roster for Tebow? Tough call.

Would I trade him for Tommie Frazier circa 1995? Not a chance.

Techie — remember, there’s also the College World Series, which for many eastern Nebraskans means a fortnight of half-days, sunburns, and hangovers.

July 30th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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Brizzle says:

That game hurt. But games like this happen to every program, they just didn’t happen to Nebraska for a very long time.

July 30th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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Matt says:

Come on, fellows, do I really need this forced backup of my memory’s septic tank?

July 30th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
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meatybob says:

Personally, I think that it is quite obvious that the world ended that day are we have been living in purgatory since.

@ Adam West

What’s esp. infurating was that CU was running nothing but veers and draws all day. Nebraska Pax definately ended that evening.

July 30th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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Ralphie55 says:

Ahhh, the day the Blackshirts got washed and came Pink.

July 30th, 2009 at 9:20 pm