Forget The Big 12 Conspiracies And Dan Beebe - Let's Focus On Football
by Jon Johnston on Nov 29, 2010 11:49 AM CST
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Nebraska's fan base has gone a bit overboard in the past three weeks with the near-constant complaining about refereeing, Dan Beebe and this whole thing about the Big 12 not sending a representative to present the Huskers with the Big 12 North trophy.
A Big 12 North trophy might mean something to Kansas State or Iowa State, but for Nebraska it's not worth the time to write about, unless you're a media guy who enjoys further tweaking an already rabid fan base.
The Big 12 Championship title game is a dream match up - our last Big 12 game against old nemesis Oklahoma. It's almost as if the game were set up (what??? conspiracy!) because things couldn't have happened much better than this.
I'm going to do my best this week to focus on our football team and the upcoming game. All the other stuff - worrying about the refereeing crew, whether Dan Beebe will present a trophy (we still have to win the game, remember), whether other fans are for or against us - and I hope you join me in trying to avoid the anger this week (unless of course you have something very funny, then by all means).
We're supposed to be college football's greatest fans (even though it's a moniker that I HATE with a passion). Let's live up to it. Maybe send Dan Beebe's daughter or the Big 12 office administrators some flowers. Don't send nasty, vile email or voicemail messages to the Big 12 not just because it makes Husker fans look worse than we already do, but BECAUSE IT'S EVIL. Don't know about you, but a sign that says "The Greatest But Most Vile Fans In College Football" doesn't make much sense to me.
The bottom line - Husker fans have a lot of reasons to be happy about how this season has turned out so far. Stop trying to enjoy being angry about it and roaming the perimeter of your psyche looking for any slight, whether real or perceived.
This is our last week in the Big 12. Remember that as we leave this conference, we prepare to join another and those people don't know us very well. Let's try to make a good first impression, and kick their asses later, eh?
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I read the OK article
earlier, and yea, it seems like the Huskers vs the whole midwest. Like you said, lets just focus on football and winning the championship
Matthew 11:28-30
Smoke em' if you got em'!!!
Low and Slow!!!
Not the whole Midwest!
Big Ten country is cheering you on.
Not all of us in the midwest
This Penn State fan and many others here are rooting for you Huskers, go win that Big 12 championship as a fitting farewell tribute!
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Agreed
Great article. I’m really getting sick and tired of all the whining everyone has been doing in the past few weeks. All fan bases have a few loose screws, but with all the stuff that’s been happening in the past few weeks and with us leaving the Big 12…our loose screws have gotten a lot of attention. I really doubt that Nebraska fans are the only ones who have sent Beebe threatening messages before. Even so, I think that Husker fans who normally are great fans have become Big 12 hating jerks. I’m guilty as anyone.
I’m glad we’re playing OU this week. I respect that football program and fan base more than any other in the Big 12. I think that playing OU one last time should minimize the loose nuts this week and hopefully as a fan base we can at least do a little to help remedy our reputation that has been tarnished so much this season.
This is our last week in the Big 12.
Not quite. It’s our last week for football. But we’ve got months and months of this to go through. Any slights against Doc Sadler and…oh wait…that’s basketball. Any slights against Dave Anderson and the baseball team will probably be blown up as well.
We have until July 1 to play well with the rest of the Big 12 staff and schools.
Can anyone imagine how funny that would be
if Nebraska walks away with the Big12 Championship trophy, and instead of 2000 fans sending hate mail, flowers are sent instead?
Good idea, Jon. =)
Solved my own question
Dan Beebe
Commissioner
Big 12 Conference
400 E John Carpenter Fwy
Irving, TX 75062
FLOWERS AND CHOCOLATE ONLY
UM, shouldn't you wait until the game
before going this far? You should play the game first
by elmo.johnson on Nov 29, 2010 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
That's kind of a point that could have gone without being said
seeing as how most of us here have a brain. Read up a few lines, sport.
by HerpieHusker on Nov 29, 2010 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
I like this…fits him to a tee
GBR!
throw dem bones!!!
by hskrntnfreak on Nov 29, 2010 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
Roses
Big Red Roses, with prickly thorns…no wait. Roses, like the ones that adorn the bowl we will be going to after leaving his Big XII – II. Hmm, Probably lilies would be best.
Do they make Scarlet and Cream roses?
I’m gonna find out. And if they do, Beebe’s getting some before Saturday.
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
Yeah, you're right.
But for me, I am going to be there to watch a Nebraska vs. OU game. Just indifferent if the trophy is there, who presents it, or winning the Big XII in general.
Although I do think the 2000 emails probably pales in comparison to what Slive has to deal with in the SEC on a regular basis (or what Beebe probably dealt with in June), it is disappointing that it happened, regardless of anyone’s actions.
Berry tramel is an f-ing moron
He is not worth worrying about. He is a pitiful example of a radio shock jock who landed in a newspaper position.
I hope ya’ll beat OU.
Well...
Barry did Bo’s work for him. Bo thrives on the “Us against the world mentality” and well, Barry pretty much summed up everything Bo would tell this team before the game.
Thanks random Oklahoma beat writer!
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by Screwface on Nov 29, 2010 3:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Just read Tramels piece of trash article...
and I’m laughing my ass off. Just about every person who left a comment owned that writer, Sooner or Husker. I bet he regrets the article and removes it.
Shouldnt have dignified his letter with an email response, but, nevertheless, here it is...
Barry,
I’m not going to sit here and chastise you for the blatantly antagonistic piece you’ve written, I’m won’t challenge the merits of anything in the article, but I will, however, thank you for any motivation and resolve you may have triggered for the Cornhuskers in “Jerry’s Spaceship” Saturday night.
Unfortunately, I don’t think you’ve got quite the relevancy or clout it may take to fire up even a jobless internet warrior, let alone major university and opposing roster of 100 athletes, but here’s to you in hopes that it does!
Your biggest fan,
Michael Madison
Your biggest fan,
Michael Madison
f good manners
I want Oklahoma stomped into the artificial surface. I want their O and D lines beaten down. I want their quarterback sacked x 20. And I want that stupid Sooner wagon to capsize and burn to ashes. Other than that, what better way to finish the season than to play a respected rival.
Big 12 HQ....
is basically 6 blocks from our home in Las Colinas. Unfortunately, jobs are keeping us in Wyoming. My wife just stepped off an airplane from DFW & is shivering here in Denver. Anybody fortune enough to be going can exprect awesome weather and a great time. GBR!!
by cowboy_in_the_wind on Nov 29, 2010 6:00 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Jon, totally agree with your sentiment
In fact, could do with a whole lot less booing in Memorial stadium too.
Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. - Mark Crispin
Definitely not the greatest fans in college football.
Don’t mean this in a mean way, but you guys are definitely not the classiest fans in college football, so you should probably stop saying that. I don’t know many fans from schools that would vividly disparage so many other fans and state institutions like the people in this picture. It’s ridiculous and seriously offensive.
and good bye
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by Jon Johnston on Nov 29, 2010 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
Let me guess.....
that photo was taken on Halloween weekend? And your problem is? And by the way, I don’t care for the greatest fans moniker either.
GBR!
LOL. Oh come on, now.
It’s the student section— what do you want? Classy or not, you gotta admit that’s some clever stuff right there— and no worse than any of the gestures made by opposing Big 12 fans towards Nebraska over the years. Turnabout is fair play.
Student theatrics aside, had you been a visiting fan at the game, you would’ve been treated well. If Nebraska fans aren’t some of the most hospitable, overall, I’d really like to know who is.
Seriously? Some of our lunatic fringe sends death threats to Big XII hq
and you find zombie students objectionable?
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
Hey, what about
the nasty signs at the KSU game, from their fans?
Matthew 11:28-30
Smoke em' if you got em'!!!
Low and Slow!!!
let's not
turn this into they did this, we did that…. .
because that’s a problem. I think trolls are just coming in here for that purpose – rile us up, then point out what a bunch of classless people we are.
We’ve made it through the Big 12 schedule. Oklahoma is up next. Let’s keep the focus on the game with them…..
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
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by Jon Johnston on Nov 29, 2010 9:22 PM CST up reply actions
Agree with you 100% Jon,,,,
it’s so easy to get caught up in the “what about them” argument. I fell into the trap,,,again! I’m so ashamed!!! FOCUS on Football,Football,Football!!!!
Matthew 11:28-30
Smoke em' if you got em'!!!
Low and Slow!!!
I actually thought some of those signs were funny.
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
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