What would places like RSS or Husker247 be like if the team were really good?

[hothouse_corn]

I only started venturing onto Husker boards in 2002, just before we got our first beloved doses of Jammal Lord and the all-white away uniforms. By that point, we already had a lot of the shine knocked off from Black Friday at Boulder the previous year, and things obviously never got back to even that point again. I don't know if any of the boards were sufficiently developed to really be a good comparison going back to '99 or even '97. I know the real old-timers talk about the Austin360 and Tough Tony days and all that (still not sure I even understand the evolution there, but oh well). I have to believe those weren't quite like what RSS or Husker247 have become in the past 15 years or so.

So my question is this: How do you think we'd behave as an online fanbase if we were consistently competing for conference championships, winning them with some regularity, and every once in a while making a play for the national title? What would our taters be doing to demonstrate their taterness? How would the hip cynical types take it?

I agree with most of the responses so far. In addition to predicting Natty's next year by the Pete's of the world, there would be people bitching about play calling after a 30 point win against a ranked team where we put up 600 yards and 52 points.

 

[Pipe Line]

I’m just happy I can remember the 90s as a young kid. Anyone in their early 30s and below probably can’t remember any quality Husker football.

My earliest memory is 2001 Eric Crouch. I know I've put this on RSS a couple times but I can still remember riding home with my parents from watching the title game in '01 and thinking to myself "it's fine, we'll be back next year"......we never went back and really haven't been that same level of success since then. I had just turned 9 I believe.

 

[Ext. 55]

I bet it was crazy. It’s a good thing the internet was in it’s infancy and there were no smart phones.

Still remember my first brick cell phone bill from CellOne though...that $700 was a BIG surprise...

 

[Ext. 55]

I agree with most of the responses so far. In addition to predicting Natty's next year by the Pete's of the world, there would be people bitching about play calling after a 30 point win against a ranked team where we put up 600 yards and 52 points.

Definitely this...A lot of bitching about all the short side options that were run that day.