MY CART SUPPORT HOME STORIES GALLERIES PRESS SHOP ABOUT US CONTACT Strory #30: Don’t Bother Calling Me On a Saturday…I Am Cheering For The Team I Will Always Love… WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2013 BY RYANKTWEEDY@GMAIL.COM Scott: How I became a Husker fan I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s so we didn’t have internet and for most of my life didn’t have cable. My family has always been huge Kentucky fans as we lived there, and my Mom was raised there, I didn’t even know anything about Nebraska football until 1978 when I moved to Gothenburg, NE. I remember after living in this small town in Central Nebraska for a few months, a friend asked if I was going to watch the game Saturday…I had no idea what he was even talking about. So it was on that Autumn day in 1978, that I rode my bike over to a friends house, I still remember thinking as I rode, “Where is everybody?” I arrived and the game came on, of course I rooted for Nebraska, I lived their now. It was on that day I became a Husker fan. Since then I can remember my 1st game at Memorial (I drove from my home in Nashville), crying when Brooke died (I still get choked up thinking about that), all the tough losses before we beat Miami, TOUCHDOWN TOMMIE FRAZIER (probably the best run I have ever seen), and the topper, I have a copy of the ticket my Mom and little Sister got when somehow they parked outside Memorial Stadium and snuck in to got me pictures of Tom Osborne and the Huskers during practice. I have no idea how my Mom, who is not the sneakiest person, nor is my sister, managed that. I also had no idea that would be the final year for Coach Osborne, the man is and always will be one of my idols. I remember all the tough times, finally winning titles, the greatest team of all time, and the downfall of a dynasty that happened later under a new regime. One of the best memories I have actually happened here in Nashville, in a grocery store. I saw a man and his wife, he and I had Husker hats on. We met mid aisle, and started talking, his wife said, “I will be back, when I am done shopping” I have no idea how long we chatted, but I remember her returning and laughing that we were still in the same spot, still talking about Husker football. You see, unlike other team fans, Husker fans are like Harley owners, we all have a certain thing, we all love our team, we all will talk to any other Husker fan about them…WE ALL BLEED RED. I will always cheer for Nebraska, and my family knows, on Saturdays from late August until the 2nd week of January…don’t bother calling me on a Saturday…I am cheering for the team I will always love…GO BIG RED CHEERING FOR NEBRASKAHUSKER FANSNEBRASKATOUCHDOWN TOMMIE FRAZIER READ MORE PUBLISHED IN FAN PERSPECTIVE NO COMMENTS FOLLOW US! Follow @thruthesegates Tags 'skers 1994 National Championship Andy Hoffman Big Red Nation Bob Devaney Broken Leg Canada canadian football Canadians for Nebraska cheering for nebraska college football cornhuskers corn nation Dave Humm Devaney Center devaney years fans football Go Big Red husker fan husker fans husker football husker honeymoon Huskers Jason peter Larry the Cable Guy Lincoln memorial stadium music Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska football nice fans Nic Ehrisman open letter Orange Bowl Sea of Red Team Jack the game of football The Good Life There's No Place Like Nebraska through these gates Tom Osborne touchdown tommie frazier tradition GET SOCIAL © 2013 Copyright by FIC Productions. All rights reserved.