Including my beloved Nebraska Cornhusker's 42-year-long streak of winning football seasons. And their NCAA-record 35-year bowl streak. The Huskers lost to Colorado 26-20 today, which means that they'll end the 2004 season with a 5-6 record. It's their first losing season since 1961. I wasn't even born for more than a decade, so this all seems unreal to me.
I'll admit to turning the game off at the end of the 3rd quarter, when the Buffs were up 26-7. It wasn't too painful to watch or anything. I just have a lot of work to do and figured that heading down to the UIC Library for a few hours would be more productive than bearing witness to the end of a dynasty. Besides, my beer supply is running low.
Last year Frank Solich, who was picked by Tom Osborne to replace him, was fired after going 9-3 (the team went 10-3 after winning their bowl with Bo Pelini as the interim coach). I suspect that Bill Callahan and his crew, not to mention the fans, would be thrilled if the Huskers could do that well next season.
As a Cubs fan, I really, really am sick of the old "wait 'til next season" refrain, but what else, at this point, is there to say?
On the plus side, I spoke with Ira and having had some rest, she sounded much better today than when we spoke yesterday. She's still going to see a doctor though. Why not, when you have a health system that works for the people rather than for the bottom line?
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