The Nebraska Cornhuskers, what an incredible football team! You might not be a fan, but most people will admit they admire and respect this great, legendary team. The sports ethics the team and the coaching staff adhere to is unrivaled. They are great athletes and great human beings. And the Nebraska fans are usually very respectful to the opposing team and their fans. Being from Nebraska, I too love the Cornhuskers and love watching them play. I haven’t been able to attend many games, but I love watching them and cheering them, whether I’m with a group of family and friends or by myself in my own living room. It’s an awesome sight to see that enormous sea of red and white and as you sit there watching, you can feel the electricity and tremendous energy flowing from the stadium. When there is a home game, the football stadium in Lincoln becomes the third largest city in Nebraska. And when the game is away, the ever-loyal fans follow. I’ve lost track of the number of consecutive sports tickets sellout home games for the Cornhuskers, but it’s a lot. And I have no doubt it will continue.
I had the extreme good fortune of sitting beside Tom Rathman the summer he was heading to the San Francisco 49er’s training camp in 1986. I was on a flight to Phoenix out of Omaha, I had the middle seat and he had the aisle. Being a people person by nature, I engaged this pleasant young man in a conversation, not realizing who he was, just that I was sitting by someone willing to visit to pass the time on an air flight. Of course I asked the usual “where you headed” and was momentarily speechless when he told me who he was and where he was going! I have to say, he was extremely polite, friendly, unassuming and downright nice. He seemed to enjoy our conversation and graciously autographed a napkin for my mother, who was a great fan of his and the Cornhusker team. What a thrill, what a memory!
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