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People who have nothing positive going on in their lives feel a need to raise these issues ad nauseam as a way of attempting to elevate their own self esteem. Every fan base has them. They are usually kids who are just ignorant and think they are being either funny or hurtful, or bitter adults whose teams lose and they need to attempt to gain some moral superiority over our fan base and team. The best response is nothing at all - just ignore them.
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Let's not forget Spanier was the president of Nebraska before PSU
Nebraska was our first game after the scandal broke. Remember the scene before kick of both teams together, on one knee, with a Nebraska coach, who use to be a youth inner city pastor, saying a prayer??
Pretty classy, if you ask me. Nebraska will forever have my support for doing that.
Yes I remember but that effort came from the team, not its fan base. And frankly the effort (while appearing well intentioned) always seemed out of place to me. It made the team (and Joe in particular) look guilty of something. We knew almost nothing for certain at that point.
I also remember some pretty horrible taunts at that game as well.
I have respect for the tradition of Nebraska football...it's fan base is another story.
I understand that sentiment, but I can't agree. Using a topic as sensitive as child sexual abuse to taunt another is not OK and should not be ignored.
I wish the Daily Collegian would start making examples of these individuals and outlets that create these abhorrent images.
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Yes..from Nebraska fans in groups. They felt empowered because the story had just broke. And I'm sure they felt empowered because their team led the prayer (as if they were showing us the light or something). Like I said, it always felt strange to me.
I don't think Nebraska or any school actually approves or controls in any way what Barstool Sports puts out using the school's name. Barstool appeals to the lowest common denominator of fandom in this way.... they will put this same crap out under any school who plays PSU.
Their content has shown a high degree of using 'almost nekkid sexy' as bait to get eyes on their sites, but they go pretty far into the realm of simply disrespecting women to that end, imo. Not that I'm against looking at purty girls and all, but it is easy to see that they don't have any truly original thoughts, so they use sex and crude humor instead.... the 'easy' stuff. There are a few dozen people who post on BWI who are far funnier and far more worth my time.
Barstool is the same outfit that got bounced after one day with ESPN for being crass and crude under the ESPN logo.
I'm sure some will twist it as a negative but being there and seeing the teams come together beforehand made it feel like Nebraska's football program was reaching out to ours and showing support. There wasn't any support for Penn State that week or the following weeks but the actions felt genuine and I'll always appreciate it.
Time to break out my big red hat I found in 2012
I grew up as a Mizzou fan in the 70s in the days of the Big 8. My family even had Mizzou season football tickets and we traveled to Mizzou bowl games, so I have a long familiarity with Nebraska fans.
They are just as vile as the garbage that inhabits the Liar, but they are always the first to tell you how nice they are. During the days when Nebraska had an elite football program, they would applaud overmatched teams that visited Lincoln as they exited the field, unless those teams had the audacity to make a game of it. Then those teams would leave the field under a hail of various objects, beverages and profanities.
During the early 90s, Colorado was one of their rivals because they had some damn good teams and stole some of Nebraska's thunder. One of the Buffs' star players was a guy named Sal Aunese. He contracted stomach cancer while on the team and died just before a CU game at Nebraska. The Buffs used his death as an inspiration for the team and it made national news. When the team took the field in Lincoln they saw dozens of signs referencing Aunese's death, but they weren't signs expressing condolences. Some of the ones that I remember were, "Sal's dead. Get over it." and other similar comments. There were also a number of signs referencing the fact that Sal got the CU coach's daughter pregnant out of wedlock.
I really don't think their fans have changed at all since the 70s and certainly not since the 90s.
They are just as vile as the garbage that inhabits the Liar, but they are always the first to tell you how nice they are. During the days when Nebraska had an elite football program, they would applaud overmatched teams that visited Lincoln as they exited the field, unless those teams had the audacity to make a game of it. Then those teams would leave the field under a hail of various objects, beverages and profanities.
During the early 90s, Colorado was one of their rivals because they had some damn good teams and stole some of Nebraska's thunder. One of the Buffs' star players was a guy named Sal Aunese. He contracted stomach cancer while on the team and died just before a CU game at Nebraska. The Buffs used his death as an inspiration for the team and it made national news. When the team took the field in Lincoln they saw dozens of signs referencing Aunese's death, but they weren't signs expressing condolences. Some of the ones that I remember were, "Sal's dead. Get over it." and other similar comments. There were also a number of signs referencing the fact that Sal got the CU coach's daughter pregnant out of wedlock.
I really don't think their fans have changed at all since the 70s and certainly not since the 90s.
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Though Bo Pellini came out and did not think the game should be played...if I remember correctly.
I was at the game...to watch the players all at midfield together in prayer...not a sound could be heard in the Stadium...
Also...somewhat contradicting myself on Pellini...there were a couple Coach's who came out and said they would "NOT" openly recruit PSU Players ( within the BIG 10) after that Lizard of a person Dr Evil Emmert issues OPEN recruiting...Nebraska , Wisconsin were two of the schools that said they would NOT go after our players...
I thought only Beckman? (the Illini coach at that time) did. Anyway, poor character. Some of us forget that even if we think someone did something wrong, it doesn't give us the right to do something wrong as well.
It wasn't only Illinois, but Illinois was the only school that sent virtually all the coaches on the staff to PSU. Their coaches were the only ones who actually came on campus and hung out at the dorms, athletic facilities and player apartments to ambush them.
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