One of those things…

So the picture of my Husker flag and I got tagged on facebook under the BVC site. It’s a good picture and I am glad that it got put up there, because it saved me a little bit of time in uploading it. However someone commented on it (among the “boo Nebraska – Yay Greg” posts from disgruntled Iowa fans) saying (rather lengthily) how great it was that there someone is bringing the light of Christ to the corners of the globe. Not that I am not a missionary of sorts (the closest thing that I do to missionary work is draw attention to the fact that I am a white teacher at a private school run by a monastery – hardly the same thing as walking around with a bible converting people. In fact I think I would be a terrible “traditional missionary” given my laissez-faire attitude towards cultures – I am more interested in learning about other ways of life than trying to change the way they do it. Learning and helping out where I can is as much if not more than teaching; the monks can do the converting), but for Pete’s sake it’s a football picture! The only thing religious about it is the fact that I am supporting my team and spreading the light of my other god (Tom Osborne) whom I worship on the true Sabbath (Saturday) in my temple (Memorial Stadium) that was taught in by my other savior (Tommy Frazier), was blessed by the other Holy Trinity (check the offensive backfield of the 1983-1984 team), where the sign of peace only takes one finger and the Hail Mary is more of a weak side Triple Option out of the Power I. I am from Nebraska and I bleed Husker Red. Leave the missionary stuff out of my football. In any case the family is Muslim so the light of Christ point is moot.

°Just so that the random reader knows that I am not completely blaspheming, the true Sabbath is Saturday (check your Bible), there are no “temples” for Roman Catholics, T.O. is the god of stoicism and class, only once has there been three players from the same team finish in the top four of the Heisman vote, the sign of peace is exchanged after every lead taking/building point, and as for the savior and the Hail Mary – if you don’t know anything about Husker football in the ‘90s, I won’t be able to explain the significance of these two and there is no hope for you.