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I used to be upset when we lost. It used to hurt. When I was a kid growing up in the 90s, I was mad for like a week when we lost. I cried myself to sleep as a 12 year old after the CU game in 2001.
I kept caring with that same level of passion through the end of solich, Callahan, and Pelini. It probably waned year over year, but I think it really dropped off with the Riley era. I was fired back up in 2018 for frost, but the suckitude we saw in 2018 and 2019 just killed the enthusiasm that frost coming home had built.
now, I kinda hope we win, but if we lose it doesn’t affect me at all. Not one bit. I watched the game today, we lost, and I got up from the couch, said to myself “owell” and started on some shit around the house that needed done. Didn’t even listen to post game. It’s all the same tired excuses and rants now a days anyway. It doesn’t matter to me. I’ve come to accept that we are mediocre at best and very likely always will be.
I don’t really look forward to game day anymore, either. The thought of getting to watch the Huskers on Saturday used to get me through the week. Now it’s just another thing I do. No real excitement or enthusiasm for football.
I’ll continue to watch, but I just don’t have that enthusiasm I used to. I guess it’s probably healthier to not get so high or low on a sporting event played by 18-23 year olds, but it’s also kind of sad to look at the passion I used to have for husker football. My fandom has become a shell of its former self.
I kept caring with that same level of passion through the end of solich, Callahan, and Pelini. It probably waned year over year, but I think it really dropped off with the Riley era. I was fired back up in 2018 for frost, but the suckitude we saw in 2018 and 2019 just killed the enthusiasm that frost coming home had built.
now, I kinda hope we win, but if we lose it doesn’t affect me at all. Not one bit. I watched the game today, we lost, and I got up from the couch, said to myself “owell” and started on some shit around the house that needed done. Didn’t even listen to post game. It’s all the same tired excuses and rants now a days anyway. It doesn’t matter to me. I’ve come to accept that we are mediocre at best and very likely always will be.
I don’t really look forward to game day anymore, either. The thought of getting to watch the Huskers on Saturday used to get me through the week. Now it’s just another thing I do. No real excitement or enthusiasm for football.
I’ll continue to watch, but I just don’t have that enthusiasm I used to. I guess it’s probably healthier to not get so high or low on a sporting event played by 18-23 year olds, but it’s also kind of sad to look at the passion I used to have for husker football. My fandom has become a shell of its former self.