Forever red : more confessions of a Cornhusker fan / Steve Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Steve, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Nebraska--Lincoln--Football.

University of Nebraska--Lincoln.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (Football team).

Football fans--Nebraska.

Football fans.

Nebraska.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 irresistible and hilarious. A journey into an obsessed Nebraska fan's soul, Forever Red immerses readers in the mad, mad world of Husker 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 Husker subculture beyond the pale; and where the team's performance can barely keep pace with its followers' expectations but sometimes exceeds their wildest dreams. Revised, updated, and expanded from the 2005 edition, Smith's story of thirty-plus years following the team takes readers back to memorable game moments from 1980 up through the roller-coaster ride of recent years. Blending wit and insight, Smith offers a window on the world to the uninitiated and the fellow fanatic alike where fantasy and football meet, where dreams of glory and gritty gridiron realities forever join.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Saturday""; ""Rosalie""; ""The Beginning""; ""High Octane""; ""Busted""; ""The Scapegoat and the Savior""; ""Perfect""; ""Are You There, God? It's Me, Steven""; ""Acceptance""; ""In All Kinds of Weather""; ""Shut Up and Play""; ""Misery""; ""Moving On""; ""University""; ""What Not to Wear""; ""Higher Learning""; ""Reality""; ""Mad Mike and the Hopping Cop""; ""Culture Club""; ""Worn Down""; ""Two Loves""; ""Prejudice and Pride""; ""Away""; ""Iowegia""; ""Fever Rising""; ""At Last""; ""Trouble""

""Priceless""""Baud to the Bone""; ""Blackshirts and Black Cats""; ""Ode to Scott""; ""The Tomfather""; ""Big Red Country""; ""Parity Poopers""; ""Home""; ""The Good Life""; ""Flag Football""; ""The Huskersphere""; ""The Others""; ""Good Grief""; ""We Don't Know the Words""; ""Hook, Line, and Husker Nation""; ""At Game's End""; ""In the Red""; ""Boy with a Coin""; ""Back""; ""Here to Stay""; ""Exodus""; ""Enough""; ""Homeboi""; ""These Are Days""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8032-8800-X

0-8032-8802-6