So, if I understand this, we never boo, because we are too classy. Yet, we think our HC should be fired after 5 games (subset of "fans"), ran our last coach out of town on a rail for only winning 9 games a season and can't win a championship even though we are champions. The attendance record is the most important claim we have, but the fans must continue to support the program financially and suffer through mediocrity.
I don't get it. I have been (one of) the last handful of fans remaining in the stadium after the last two road games I have been to. There was no standing by the road and cheering as the victor walked by. There were angry, Husker fans that were just like the opponents we mock and ridicule. That's fact. We aren't at all who we profess to be. We aren't. We're not smarter or better than anyone. We are simply a fan base that is passionate for our team, who want to support them with all of our hearts, yet suffer through year after year of suck that we cannot control. We are frustrated and have lost our way. (see what I did there?)
I challenge all of you, to go out there tomorrow and cheer in support for the team. Regardless of whether you like our AD or our HC or whatever. Show up and support the program, the players and the staff who give so much to us. If we get blown out (again) by Wisconsin, then accept that they are the better team and stay in the stadium to the bitter end, cheer for them and then regroup for there will be another game. Maybe we lose that one too and this season becomes a total disaster. Even if that happens, are we not Huskers? I say we are, through good times and bad.
So my challenge is to quit being a-holes. Be the fan we think that we are (but REALLY aren't). Everyone I talk too makes fun of us because we are stupid. Let's band together and stop the insanity. Riley is our coach. Maybe .500 is who we are destined to be as a result. Even if that is the case, I am STILL A HUSKER. No matter what. I am going to stop being a douche though. Hope you can too.