Ahh... the Nebraska game.
It was an amazing game. I really did not expect that ND would play so well -- we were ranked 23/25 (according to what poll you looked at), yet we stayed head to head to Nebraska (#1) for nearly the whole game. Our offense was a little off, but then again, Nebraska has a great offense. We had 2 amazing runbacks (one from a punt, the other from a kickoff) for 14 of our 21 points. At the end of regulation play, we were tied at 21.
We lost in overtime; we got a field goal, they got a touchdown (sadly, overtime has never been good to us). So we lost by 3 points. But it's a helluva lot better than the spread -- 13.5 points. It was a fantastic game. Tracy, Jim, Anna, and I were watching it in a local Damon's (sports bar). When Nebraska finally won, a few Nebraska fans started cheering loudly. I turned to them and said, "You just beat #25." That shut them up immediately.
So even though we lost, I can only picture it as a win. They won by a fluke (and a really, really fast quarterback); it really could have gone either way (and yes I would have been saying that if we had won, too). And then didn't play down to us, we played right on par with what the news media calls the #1 team in the nation.
We must go up in the polls for this (it doesn't look like they've been updated yet). It would be nice to see Nebraska go down, but I don't know if that will happen (FSU, #2, barely won against Georgia Tech -- who isn't even ranked -- yesterday; it looks like Georgia Tech had a pretty amazing game as well). Michigan (#3) had a pretty convincing win over Rice, so maybe...? Who knows. I've become convinced over the years that the two sports polls are based on a random function, anyway.
On a lighter side, Tracy, Jim, Anna and I went to a restaurant (can't remember the name...) after seeing "The Cell" (which I give about 2 minutes; it was... ok, but not good or great). We caught the tail end of the University of Louisville vs. Grambling football game. I've never seen comedy in football before, but this was definitely it. UL won the game 52 to nothing, and the score said it all. The Grambling players really looked like they were trying hard, but their attempts were just comical. I can only imagine that they don't get a lot of funding, or perhaps their coaching and practices are terrible, or... I have no idea. But it was the funniest thing that I've seen in quite a while. UL just stomped all over them (and I'm not even a UL fan!).