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Wondrous
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Coach Osborne says
to keep the faith
God.
That’s what they called him.
Even with laughter, it still carried a tone
of reverence. Though he was humble, quiet
and reserved with his emotions, he was
responsible for the deafening swell of pride
that thousands of Nebraskans had in their
Midwestern heritage.
In his hands, he held the cornerstone of
the tradition, legacy and foundation of our
state. Be it in truth or symbolism, a winning
season or not, pride in the Comhuskers was
the core around which we attached meaning
to Nebraska.
Of course, many would scoff at that.
“What’s the big deal? He’s just a coach of
some beefy college kids. So what?
“It’sjust a stupid game, for the love of God.”
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For the love of God.
No matter what you think about
Osborne’s actions, on the field or off, for the
past 25 years, it is hard to negate the fact that
he always kept his faith.
Put into,a very high-pressure position,
under the media microscope, Osborne never
wavered.
No matter what, there was a solution. Even
in the face of a tough loss, Osborne never
broke. Even when his players were tangled
with the law - and he was being attacked for
standing behind them - he would not budge.
Someone put those young men in his
hands.
It was under Osborne that they were to
become great. And more than coaching the
game of football, it seems that Osborne
offered them a game plan on life.
It seems he taught them no matter if they
win or lose, they still must have faith.
He believed. And that was good enough.
For 25 years, they had faith in their coach,
regardless of their position or spot on the
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tered into Memorial Stadium, that integrity
was sealed. Coach had the faith - in them - to
prevail.
For 25 years, Nebraskans had faith in
Osborne. They trusted him to carry on Bob
Devaney’s tradition of excellence and pride.
They allowed him to be the leader of what
makes a Nebraskan.
And he did not let them down.
It’s almost scary that such a revered, stoic
idol will step down from the pillar upon
which he was held.
There’s a sense of confusion, concern and
contemplation for the upcoming season.
Sure, one of Osborne’s right-hand men will
take over, but will the legacy staid?
Where will the program go?
Who will we turn to?
What’s in store for the future?
Not to worry. Coach says to keep the faith.
And you’d better believe that.
It’s the word ofTom.
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Columnist’s top 10 university pet peeves
LANE HICKENBOTTOM
is a senior news-editorial
major aHd a Daily
Nebraskan photographer
and columnist
All good things come to an end.
Writing a column has been good
for me this semester but, lo and
behold, this will be my last.
So in the spirit of having too
much to complain about and not
enough columns, I present my last
group of gripes. Here is a list of
things that have been milling in my
head the past semester - pet peeves I
have about the university.
10. Fenced-in pastures
When they pulled out the parking
lot north of the Nebraska Union to
put in a greenspace, they also posted
signs and fences around the grass.
The signs said that when the grass
was grown, the fences would be
taken down and everyone could gen
tly use the grass.
Well, the grass was grown, the
signs removed and the fences? Well
Those lovely plastic-covered
cable fences have been removed in
spots but still remain in other places.
Lawn-grazers can use the grass but
only if they want to walk half of a
bionic around the fences or go under
or over them.
Why haven’t they taken them all
down? S
For that matter, why are those
fences anywhere?
Hie fence that sidelines the diag
onal sidewalk between Low Library *
and Hamilton Hall is in anything but
But they do protect the new
BufFalg Grass. .
9. Mowin’ the Buffalo Grass
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In the spirit of Nebraska’s rich
history, Buffalo Grass has been
installed in the area where Old Glory
is (Old Glory is that sculpture that
looks like Special K). Buffalo Grass
is thick and brown and thrived in
native Nebraska.
If we are going to pull out nice,
green grass and replace it with ugly,
thick, brown grass that is uncomfort
able to lie in for the spirit of
Nebraska’s native history, then why
the hell do we mow it? In Nebraska
history, we never mowed Buffalo
Grass before now.
8.1 forget what eight is for
7. Traffic part one: vehicular
The people who drive around
campus need to realize that there are
a lot more pedestrians than there are
cars. This is a good thing, I assure
you. But because there are a lot of
people walking around, drivers need
to take extreme caution and give right
of way to pedestrians.
UNL is a virtual war zone.
6. Traffic part two: pedestrian
When drivers are considerate, the
last thing they need is for some dim
wit to walk out from between two
parked cars into traffic. Do these
people think they are Superman (or
[ to be P.C., Superpeopl§)?
Every once in a while, I want to
hit them, but I don’t because frozen
blood can be a pain to clean off die
grill of my girlfriend’s car.
5. Traffic part three: sidewalk
roadsters ~
Where do people get off driving
on the sidewalks? There is a steady
stream of traffic down the sidewalk
that goes south to north between the
Lied Center for Performing Arts and
Memorial Stadium.
Now I can perfectly understand
university service vehicles and the
l occasional UPS pei|on using it, but I
get tired of stepping aside because
t Federal financial aid
r tuition is due?
al, folks.
somebody in their family station
wagon decided to take a shortcut.
4. Parking _ . .
Now this probably deserves an
entire column but since I don’t own a
car, I never wrote one.
3. Financial-aid pranksters
Isn’t it simply amazing that feder
al financial aid checks come in after
tuition is due? Get real, folks.
2. Slum lords
Welcome to beautiful Abel Hall.
Here you will share a bedroom with a
person and a bathroom with 45 oth
ers, all of which have unfinished, cin
der-block walls. There are two living
rooms, but you have to share them
with 90 other people. Don’t mind the
vomit in the elevators and no, that is
not water on the carpet The food is
crap, but it is edible. All of this will
cost you $900 a month. By the way,
even if you are of age, you can’t drink
a beer in your own bedroom.
Nine hundred dollars a month for
two people does not go very far in the
residence halls. They ought to be
making a killing. For two people and
$900 a month, students can get a
nice, two-bedroom apartment with a
separate living room and kitchen and
bathroom, utilities, plenty of gro
ceries and you can'drink a beer in
your bedroom. 1
Maybe I should have written an
entire column on this one.
1. High horses
What is up with Daily Nebraskan
columnists who think that they are on
some sort of high horse? They act as
if they know what is right and what is
wrong. Do they think they know how
the world turns? , rtU U(>Y ,.
Don’t listen to them. Take it from
me, we don’t.
(Editor’s note: Lane, You’re •
fired.)
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