Showing posts with label Husker football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Husker football. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Football... :Maybe a bit irreverant: ...











Today is the day! The Nebraska Cornhuskers will show us what they're made of when they play Arizona tonite in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. The Huskers beat Kansas State to get the honor (?) of getting beat by Texas the following week. One of my cousins from Kansas (a K-State grad) was especially nasty prior to the NU/KSU game but was strangely quiet after we beat them. Jealousy is an ugly emotion! My son-in-law is a Texas fan (something wrong with that!). My daughter is still looking for a "House Divided" shirt (NU & Texas).

Tonight we will gather with friends in front of a big screen TV and pay homage to our beloved Huskers. Food will be brought as a sacrifice to THE BIG RED (I'm bringing my "famous" chicken wings). A baptism of sorts will be held as beer & other adult beverages are drunk. And we'll bring our foam brick with GO BIG RED written on it that we throw at the TV when the refs make a bad call. We're pretty sure that every ref in the Big 12 hates the Huskers! Blast!

The Huskers made a great comeback with Coach Bo Pelini & his staff. I guess BO does know football! This should be a fun game to watch! Last year the Huskers played in the Gator Bowl. Who knows? Maybe next year we can get to one of the "good" bowl games. Did you know there are something like 34 bowl games?

Seems like everyone wants their name splashed across the screen & on shirts & hats. Brut Sun Bowl, Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Outback Bowl, Capital One Bowl...the list goes on. Do you remember the bit Larry the Cable Guy did about Nascar sponsors?? Who wouldn't want to wear a shirt with KOTEX BOWL in big letters across the chest?

At any rate... GO BIG RED!!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

...and the HUSKERS win the GATOR BOWL!!

January 2, 2009 - Friday
26-21 !!


Yesterday we went to the home of a friend to watch the HUSKERS play in the Gator Bowl. As usual there was WAY too much food but we managed to eat most of it.
I couldn't believe that for most of the first half there was NO score at all... but the rest of the game was very exciting. After a play was reviewed & a Clemson touchdown was reversed things really went in our favor. I don't think anyone breathed the last 3 minutes of the game.
It was an awesome game & the HUSKERS WON!!! Big sigh of relief!!