We beat another bad team
by tdaxp ~ September 26th, 2009
The Huskers defeated Louisiana – Lafayette, 55-0.
This would have been excited except for last week’s heartbreaking lost to Virginia Tech.
At least I’m not a Trojans fan.
tdaxp, Ph.D.
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September 26th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Since the VT football team is known as the Hokies… I can only assume you are referring to DSU… in which case, how dare you!
September 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Outside of Madison, South Dakota, the Trojans generally refers to the football team of Southern California, and not Dakota State
September 28th, 2009 at 10:12 am
I have the fortune of calling UF my alma mater. Unfortunately during the majority of my time there, it was during the dark ages overseen by Zook after Spurrier left. I could never understand the fervor in which people wanted Zook gone, but I suppose two national championships and now being ranked #1 is reason enough to believe that Zook was holding the team back.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Jing,
I hear you.
Nebraska suffered from the Stalin-Beria like duo of Steve Pederson and Bill Callahan. From top to bottom, absolutely disastrous.
October 1st, 2009 at 5:07 am
By the way, apparently Nebraska has some of the classiest fans in the country…
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?PRINTABLE_PAGE=YES&ATCLID=204803465&DB_OEM_ID=100)/
I was treated well wearing my Navy hat and shirt last year in Winston-Salem, NC (home of Wake Forest) for their match against Wake. On the other hand, when I went to Charlotte to see my New Orleans Saints play their Panthers in the NFL, I thought I was going to be murdered and was very glad I was not a father of a young son or daughter accompanying me to the game. The language and behavior would have made even sailors blush.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:41 am
I was struck when USC came to town last season, how aloof and arrogant the Trojans fans were. At Nebraska we hear ‘world’s best fans’ drummed into us incessantly, but perhaps there really is something to it