Classy Nebraska fans
Strangest thing I’ve ever seen in college football: Nebraska fans, en masse, standing and clapping for their football team as it trotted off the field at halftime, trailing 38-0 at halftime to an Oklahoma State team that one month ago was in Troy, Ala., falling behind 41-10.
OSU has a 357-101 total yards advantage, has scored every time it has the ball except when running out the clock to end the half and has not allowed the Huskers to do much of anything on offense. The Cowboys are blowing away the Cornhuskers, and even the classy Nebraska fans have to be sobered by what they see. In the last 11/2 games, Nebraska has been outscored 79-6. Look at it this way; Husker coach Bill Callahan has to win 32 of his next 33 games just to equal the record of FRANK SOLICH, the coach fired to make way for Callahan.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys are soaring, and while it’s never good to look back, take just a moment to lament the game that got away last Saturday at Texas A&M. OSU blew a 17-point lead and lost 24-23. Win that game, and the Cowboys take a one-game lead in the Big 12 South into a three-game home stand.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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Berry,
I’m not surprised by the polite Nebraska fans one bit. I went to Lincoln to watch OSU play NU in 1984. The fans gave a standing ovation then too. They didn’t boo, or taunt. They had respect that you were there for your team. Maybe you never saw that covering OU vs NU because of the heated rivalry. It changes the atmosphere quite a bit.
Mr. Tramel,
Those “classy Husker fans” are also quite fed up with the performance of this team. I was not at the game, but I would imagine that they were applauding just to try to exort some sort of effort–ANY sign of life–out of our team.
OSU should not be estatic about beating NU this year. They beat a team who more resembles KU of the ’80s than the NU that we are accustomed to.
We are demanding changes in Lincoln. Heads need to roll. This team has quit–no matter what the sound bites say, the play on the field tells it all.
Go OU!!! Go OSU!!! And until we get this thing fixed in Lincoln, I just might be a KU fan…