"And it came to pass in the days of the tournament, that the sons of Nebraska went forth into battle, and the Lord of the Plains was with them. And they lifted their bats as swords and smote their enemies with great and terrible might. North Carolina, the proud and lofty one, did fall like Babylon, and there was wailing in their dugout. Oklahoma, the son of arrogance, did the Lord deliver into their hands, and they were broken as pottery beneath the threshing sledge. And behold, Holy Cross did cry unto their gods, but there was no deliverance, for Nebraska came as a whirlwind of fire, and their fury was as the flood in the days of Noah. Yea, the Huskers did take the field, and their enemies were made as dust. Their souls were consumed, their hopes ground to ash, and their names remembered no more. For thus saith the Lord: I have set Nebraska as a lion among lambs, and none shall stand before them."