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Nebraska Red

Buzz in air

Fun event

Play to win

Thick traffic

Sea of red

Roaring crowd

Fans transfixed

Solid pride

Corn Huskers          

I remember

my sister and I

leaving home

in a U-Haul van.

Dad gave us jumper cables,

probably realizing

what kind of car

we’d be driving

through Nebraska winters.

He pointed to the red clip.

“Remember, Go Big Red is positive.”

That’s when Nebraska enthusiasm

began to breath in my soul.

I didn’t even like football.