as you can tell by that immaculate blue sky, it was a sunny day in Waco. Brandon and i both ended up the same colour as our Husker pride gameday gear. his, a t-SUH-nami weather prediction. mine, a smaller version of Johnny Rodgers’ infamous #20. red. red! RED!

we rolled into Texas pretty late at night, expecting to pick up a couple of Omaha comrades at the Dallas airport. unfortunately, they never made it past their connection in Denver and we ended up with the hotel room all to ourselves and two extra tickets to get rid of. while we didn’t mind absorbing the extra expense of splitting things two ways instead of four, we were sad not to have another couple of friendly faces so far south.

then we headed to Floyd Casey Stadium and realized half of Nebraska is down here anyway. plenty of friendly red to go around! i thought i was going to experience my first away game, but it felt like we were back in Lincoln!

Larry the Cable Guy watched the entire game from the Husker sidelines. we were only 8 rows off the field and i imagined him shouting “GIT ‘ER DONE!” as the offense let us down on drive after drive.

this photo of Herbie (on the right) is for Dann. yes, the same Dann that introduced Brandon and i to Mr. & Mrs. Miller last summer. Dann’s good friend Kenn Kramer thought Herbie was important and so do we!

it wasn’t as pretty or thorough or decisive as we had hoped, but the Huskers prevailed over the Bears as we advance to 5-3 on the season. whether you want to blame Watson or Green or Lee or Bo, next week’s game in Lincoln against Oklahoma promises to be disappointing.

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