Smelling Roses

It’s been about 10 years since I witnessed the ’01 Miami Hurricanes dismantle my dear huskers in Pasadena, California.  I knew something was wrong that January night when I showed up to the Rose Bowl and Coca-Cola was the only beverage vendor.  From that point on my night only got worse as Ken Dorsey, Jonathan Vilma, Jeremy Shockey, and the rest of the hurricanes toyed with the big red.  Now that I look back I can say at least I wasn’t the poor Nebraska kid who was caught crying on camera during the Colorado game earlier that season.

Anyway, enough with my inner-husker demons.  After Saturday’s victory over Penn State, the huskers are set up for a direct route to the Grand Daddy of them all.  The potential three games to book the plane flight to California won’t come easy as the Nebraska is one of the hottest and coldest teams in college football.  The goal is in sight and I personally think the 2012 version of the Cornhuskers will be my favorite husker squad since the 1999 bunch, only if the 2012 version plays hot the entire game.  Both the ’99 and ’12 husker squads have the similar traits like the turnover bug, the wear-you-down mentality, the vast array of young offensive playmakers, and hopefully Conference Champions…..