There's an article
here this morning by John Delong in which the Wake Forest Demon Deacons columnist predicts less than four thousand Nebraska fans are going to show up in Winston-Salem come Saturday afternoon. That's just silly. I'm not really sure what to make about the Husker team that's going to show up this weekend, but if less than 4,000 fans in that stadium are wearing red, I'll eat my damn hat. In fact, if it's less than 6,000 I'll eat it with a knife and fork. Here's why I'm confident.
Nebraska fans have earned this almost legendary respect in regard to how well they travel, and they do. But that's only half of the story. There's going to be 3,000 fans from Lincoln and Omaha and further west that pack up the wagons and head east on Friday, but what pundits and opponents and the John Delongs of the world don't count on is the dispersement of Husker fans. Aside from the football team, there's not a lot happening in Omaha and Lincoln, and a lot of our graduates and citizens flock to other climes to live, but they never forget the Huskers in their hearts, and all those loyal little Herbies up and down the east coast are going to revel in their opportunity to go to a Husker game like in the days of their youth. That's where the other 3,000 are coming from.
In fact, I think less fans than usual will travel to North Carolina. It's not that great of a destination, and everyone broke the bank to buy USC tix. I even know a few fans who already got their conference championship tix. But I think there's a lot of transplanted cornheads frothing at the mouth for a chance to watch the 'skers play, and the red sea will be out in full force come Saturday. Even if you're not a Nebraska fan, just turn on the tube real quick Saturday morning, 11:00 central, just to see if I was right and a quarter of the stadium is painted red.
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The new depth chart just came out, and it's a joke.
Nate Swift is listed as the starting "X" receiver ahead of Maurice Purify, but if Swift has a bigger impact in that game than Mo, and I have any hats left, I'll eat them.
I also don't understand why Mike McNeill isn't on the chart, and why Major Culbert is so low. McNeill had the best catch of the game last weekend against Nevada, and the depth in front of him isn't exactly riddled with stars. And even though we're currently plenty deep at safety, I don't understand why we pulled a perfectly good defender who started a game last year just to play caboose on the RB depth chart. If Culbert isn't getting carries, get him back to the position he prefers. Bryan Wilson and Tierre Green are going to be gone next year, and things are looking thin behind Larry Asante and Rickey Thenarse.
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Given Mo Purify's return to the field this weekend, I'm putting the over/under on the number of times the ESPN announcers refer to his tragic, emotional, troubled offseason at 4.5.
Wait, who are the announcers? It's not Paul Maguire, is it!? God help us if it is.
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I just checked, and I think it's Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman, and those cats usually do a pretty decent job. So no need to panic, yet. Don't let me down, boys.
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I, unfortunately, am not one of the aforementioned travelling Husker fans. I will be at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln this weekend watching the game in their big atrium, and then going to a wedding reception just down the hall. So if you want to swing by and B.S. with me, you're welcome to. But we only talk during commercials.
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