“What a joke CU Buffs fans are. Oklahoma and Nebraska are rivals. Colorado is a pesky little sister who just happens to be in the Big 12 Conference. A series record of 46-18-2 in favor of the Huskers is pathetic. In order to warrant a rivalry, CU would have to win the next 20 games. Until that happens, don’t talk about a rivalry.”
Mark, Garden City, Kan.
Kiz: OK, Children of the Corn. Let’s review. Kansas scores 76. Colorado bedraggles the Blackshirts for 65. That would be OK — if we were talking about basketball. When your football program has become a Big Red joke, maybe Nebraska needs to hire a Coloradan as its next coach: Eric Cartman of South Park. At the first team meeting, he could shout: “Respect my authority!”
So, fear this? “You are not our rival, CU. You never will be. Whenever I encounter the kind of irrational hatred of Nebraska you seek to promote among Colorado fans, I quote the Roman emperor Caligula, who liked to say: ‘Oderint dum metuant’ — ‘Let them hate, so long as they fear.’ I look forward to getting that fear back.”
Brian, Beijing
Kiz: Dude, anyone who talks smack in Latin is cool by me. Know the “N” on those Nebraska’s helmets? Stands for “nolo contendere.” Since this Thanksgiving thing with CU isn’t working out for you, maybe it’s time the Cornhuskers schedule a new rival. Somebody they can actually beat. Like Ball State. Or Troy (the guys from Alabama, not the men of Southern Cal).
Cutler strikes back. “The reason I like Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler so much is, here was a kid nobody wanted out of high school. The Tennessee Titans worked him out before the NFL draft and passed on him. We all have been there. The girl who rejected you. Or the job they thought you couldn’t do. So what does Cutler do against the Titans? He goes out and shows the world against Mr. Everything, Vince Young. And I say to Titans owner Bud Adams: How do you like those apples?”
David, Nashville, Tenn.
Kiz: Music City, USA, is a sweet place to be the big man on campus. The Titans, however, did Cutler a favor by not drafting Vanderbilt’s favorite son. To grow up, his boots needed to scoot out of town.
Rush to judgment. “It’s a little premature to profess the final decision on the quarterback controversy of the 2006 NFL draft. Look at wins and losses. Or wait until Cutler and Young both have three years in the league. The class of the Class of 2006 has not been determined.”
Patrick, QB analyst
Kiz: A quarterback who relies on his feet ultimately goes nowhere in the NFL. See: Vick, Michael. The Titans had the wisdom to insist that Young learn the nuances of the passing game. So he has a chance to be great. But the best QB of the ’06 draft has already been decided: Make mine Jay-C.
Hey, that’s a bum rap. “Dear DJ Marky. Please knock it off with the Jay-C moniker when writing about Cutler. It doesn’t work. Peace.”
MC Pete, Louisville
Kiz: Don’t go messing with my flow, MC Pete. When referring to Cutler, would you rather I call him Dr. Jay or Jay Rule? Now that would be ludicrous.
Parting shot
And today’s parting shot is an objection to any suggestion slugger Matt Holliday might earn enough money to stay in Colorado if Rockies ownership let him moonlight as an NFL quarterback.
“Holliday as a QB? And hopefully he can be a sports writer as well, because the city of Denver is in need of that more than a quarterback.”
Greg, Colorado Springs
