Forever Red: Confessions of a Cornhusker Football Fan

ISBN-13: 9780803243101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 192 str.

Steve Smith

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On any given workday, any little thing might send Steve Smith s thoughts spinning back to Saturday last Saturday, Saturday two weeks ago, Saturday two years ago, back into the thrilling minutiae of game day until reality reminds him: this is not how well-adjusted adults act. Steve Smith is not a well-adjusted adult. He s a Nebraska football fan, and this is his rollicking account of what it s like to be one of those legendary enthusiasts whose passion for the Cornhuskers is at once alarming and hilarious.A journey into an obsessed Nebraska fan s soul, Forever Red immerses readers in the mad, mad world of Cornhusker football fandom where wearing the scarlet-and-cream Huskers gear has its own peculiar rules; where displaced followers act as the program s ambassadors, finding Cornhusker subculture beyond the pale; and where the team s performance can barely keep pace with its followers expectations but sometimes exceeds their wildest dreams. Blending wit and insight, Smith s story of twenty-plus years following the team takes readers back to memorable game moments from 1980 to the new era under coach Bill Callahan, offering the uninitiated and the fellow fanatic alike a window on the world where fantasy and football meet, where dreams of glory and gritty gridiron realities forever join."