Joe Bob Husker Column

    Well once again our Huskers were routed. The final score 56-44. Let this sink into the brain of every Husker fan. Penn State had a whopping 609 yards of total offense against Diaco's (get your butt out of the press box cause it ain't working) scary 3-4 defense and by scary I mean scary to watch if you are a Husker fan. Quite, frankly this season has become a gosh darn nightmare! No wait, a nightmare you wake up from, this season has become H-E-double hockey sticks to watch and I for one will be glad when it comes to an end.

     By halftime Heisman hopeful candidate Saquan Barkley had 208 of his 224 total yards, 131 more yards than the entire Husker offense. I don't know what you even say to that. Maybe as a Husker fan you just bury your head between your legs and hope nobody from Penn State looks your way if you made the trip to Happy Valley. Personally I would have tip toed out of the stadium at halftime which I have no doubt a few Husker fans did.

     Now some folks from Husker Nation have said we scored 44 points and had 466 yards of total offense, the boys didn't give up. My response is yippie skippy (with a golf clap.) Our boys didn't give up is flipping laughable. Let's be real, the game was over at half time when the score was 42-10.

     Most every stat accumulated by the Nebraska offense in the 2nd half were garbage time stats against a lot of Penn State reserve players plain and simple. What irritates me is that many Husker fans have lowered their standards to where a loss and 44 points is some kind of moral victory, get out of here with that nonsense. The final score in no way shows the reality of the game. The reality is that Nebraska was the nail, Penn State was the hammer, and Beaver Stadium was the Husker coffin...game over and onto the next and final game thank goodness. Oh and Bill Moos it's ok if you change your mind and fire Mike Riley before the season is over. Most of us would understand, heck we would encourage it!

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