Must beat Huskers

It all comes down to this.

The Buffs and the Huskers in one of the most bizarre seasons in history come into the final game both sporting identical records - 5 wins, 6 losses. In addition to the normal rival-rific intensity and innate hatred comes the specter of bowl eligibility. He who wins gets it, he losses does not.

The Buffs have had a predictably inconsistent year in phase 2 of the the rebuilding effort. The Corn meanwhile have undergone a meltdown of biblical proportions in which they have given up more points in one season then they had in some previous decades. Along the way they have fired their Athletic Director and are on the eve of whacking their head coach. It's a total train wreck that translates into pure, sweet joy in the eyes of Buffs! Hooray karma!

But wait. What? Wouldn't you know it! Just as the Buffs are set to deal the final death blow onto a much deserved gasping, bleeding, whithering team... the Nebrass-holes rise up and get well! Real well to the tune of a 73-31 victory over K-State (who incidentally beat the Buffs by 20 earlier this year). Damn you, karma, don't quit on us now!

In all seriousness, friends, we badly need to win this game. We need it to feel the progress of a .500 season. We need it to get to a bowl, however pedestrian, to get extra practice for this young team. We need it to send heroic seniors such as Dizon, Charles, Walters and Wheatley out on a high note. But most of all we need it to crush the spirit of the Fuskers who have wrought unspeakable acts upon the Buffs and their Big 8/12 brethren for decades. We need it to strike a final blow for justice and goodness. When you see the Great Satan knocked to the floor you do not let him get up again. We must do this for the children lest another generation live through the tyranny of Cornhusker competence. Kill, kill, KILL!!!!!

(Deep breath)

So, Friends of the Buffaloes, come out to dear old CU this Friday, bundle up, and bring your shoutin' voice & your dancin' shoes. For we shall put the Corndogs in their grave once and for all. And upon that grave we shall dance!

GO BUFFS!!!!!