Option #1 - TRADITION
Not bad. It bothers me that we couldn't come up with our own catch phrase and instead used something from an ESPN/ABC Sports ad campaign but the photo is intriguing. Now if it just wasn't so...umm...rectangular. Looks like we had it printed up at CVS and got a free photo creations mug in the process.Option #2 - POWER
I like the simplicity. "Husker Power" has never been my favorite phrase--and always my least favorite cheer--but at least it's ours. The vaguely vintage line drawing of Memorial Stadium on the back is a nice touch. Looks quite a bit like a collectible plate. Kitschy-cool.
Neither really suits your fancy? Allow me to offer my newest ill-conceived, limited-toolbox design, a tribute to thousand-yard rusher and rumored coke-head, Doug DuBose.
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I am buying that Doug DuBose jersey as soon as you put Drug DaNose on the back with his number. In fact, I bet I could sell you out of them.
We are happy to do any and all custom jobs.
The "Tradition" shirt is a failure because of the reason you stated. Copycat slogans are so weak. "Husker Nation" = barf.
"Husker Power" is also a failure if for no other reason that the shirt should refer to the Cornhuskers, not the Huskers.
Once the team put the stripes back on the pants a couple of years ago, my next quest is to get the team to stop using "Huskers" in favor of "Cornhuskers" on all gear.
Robert,
Couldn't agree more about the Corn/Huskers debate and I know you have other supporters out there. (Corn Nation, for one.)
I will admit to using the short hand from time to time because in certain situations it sounds better in the context of a sentence (at least in my head) but I make an effort to keep the corn where it belongs.
I too will admit to using the abbreviation much too often...funny how it really wasn't a point of contention until the glory days of the Dollar Bill era and his efforts to make "Huskers" the official, University-sanctioned nickname. This action led to many students (myself included) taking the next logical step in the process and beginning the tounge-in-cheek tradition of referring to the team as the "Skers". A few of us even went so far as to incorporate the brief fad of calling our beloved alma mater's squad the "Ers"...but this didn't quite have the same ring as the 'skers, so it never really caught on.
Good to be back among the nameless, faceless blog commenters...I had a great European vacation, but it's nice to be back in the land where folks have their priorities straight (although I was able to wrangle at least one discussion of Nebraska football in all four countries that I visited). In fact, I shared one particularly interesting conversation with a rabid German soccer fan, where we compared and contrasted American football and its followers to their European counterparts.
Congrats on the new hat, Brandon...I picked up a fedora of my own in Paris, but it's black and it bears no particular likeness to your vintage Devaney version, gloriously emblazoned with the "United Hatters" seal of approval. However...when I turn the bill up, I can sort of get a RUN DMC/Kid Rock thing going on.
I think I've finally got caught up on all of the blogging I've missed and it's good to see you've been keeping up on things. Keep up the good work and I'll again start hopping in when and where I can.
The "'skers" abbreviation was already in use when I arrived at the University in 1984, and I jumped all over it as well. Cornhuskers is correct, but 'skers is fine for shorthand (so long as it doesn't start appearing on official merchandise). I like that when the term is used in a non-Nebraska environment, no one knows what you're talking about.
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