What do you think goes through the mind of a visiting team's player, when he sees Nebraska's "Sea of Red" for the first time?  I would like to think a brief moment of wonderment and excitement, followed closely by an undying, overwhelming, sense of despair.  Maybe they think, just for a minute, that everyone of theses screaming fans want us to get hurt.  Why else would they wear red?  They want our blood to be spilt here on the field.  They are all looking for us to lay an egg.  All 85,000 of them are waiting for us to roll over. 

            Maybe it is not that complicated.  Maybe they think where in the hell did they get all those red shirts from?  Was there a sale?  Was there a volume discount?  How many sweatshops in China did it take to manufacture this many? 

What if they thought they came prepared, but then quickly realized that there was no way to prepare?  Why did that guy wear a white one?  Is that just to throw me off?  Everyone around him wore red.  Did he not get the word?  Is this his first game?  How did he not know?  Why didn't someone tell him to wear a red shirt?  Why didn't he go back home and change it when he saw everyone else in red?  Is it in the laundry?  He had 9 months to wash it.  Is he that lazy?  WHY DIDN'T HE WEAR RED!?!?  The 89 year old woman next to him wore red.  The 4 year old 3 rows above wore red.  HE MUST BE A PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE GENIUS!!!!  How can we compete when there are such deviously clever fans in Nebraska?  I guess we can hope there are lots of Obsessive-Compulsives on the other side of the ball.

            What about the weather?  How hot is it going to be?  These early season games can be tough to get through.  It can be especially though if you are over the age of 80, or if you decided to substitute beer for water.  How many times have you heard this one:  It's not the heat.  It's the humidity.  Please give me a break.  The humidity is bad, but the heat is pretty freekin' bad also.  It shouldn't get so hot and so cold in the same place.  It is just not right.  There is something wrong with that.