Border Patrol had him on for the Big 12 blitz this morning to give Nebraska take on the game. Asked him about the development of the K-State/Nebraska rivalry.
He said something about all schools having their share of bad fans, "but I think the bad blood is there because K-State fans didn't know how to handle winning. To win and then to keep the other team from being able to get back to their locker room, while you're taunting them, I think that's where it started."
Still a little bitter about being on the team that finally lost to K-State after 30 years, eh, Matt? Rushing the field: it's what happens when you get beat by a team that you've RUTS on for the last 3 decades. It's understandable, though. It was a new experience for Nebraska, but one that they've probably now gotten used to over the last decade: at ku, at MU, etc., etc., etc.
Here's something to stick in your corncob pipe and smoke, Matt: Nebraska fans are sh*tty losers. Again, not something they had to deal with for quite a while, but now that it's become commonplace, we've seen that the "best fans in college football" turn pretty average once their team does. Oh, sure, they still go to games, because what the hell else are they going to do on a Saturday in that craphole state, but they forget pretty quickly their so-called traditions. For instance, they still owe K-State a standing ovation for the 2003 game. And that Bo Pelini sure was classy in cussing out Snyder after the game.
So just remember, Matt: the bad blood isn't there just because you got your panties twisted as you tried to run to the locker room in shame after the 1998 game. It's there because Doctor Tom ran up the score for years with his merry band of druggies, girlfriend-beaters, and other assorted felons. It's there because Nebraska fans, at the end of the day, are the same crappy fans that every other team has, who struggle when their team struggles. And it's there because K-State, and then the rest of the college football world, passed Nebraska by, and now you, and every other Nebraska fan, is rightfully pissing your pants from fear that you'll never return to Doctor Tom's prison yard glory days. Sure, K-State's fallen back and you've steadied the ship, but you still lay awake at night with the knowledge that you're no longer NEBRASKA, but now just part of the Big XII North, a mediocre collection of teams that exists to provide wins for the teams that are located where today's recruits want to play: sunny Florida, warm Texas, and palm-tree-covered Southern California.
