My Husker friends text chain stopped popping at halftime. One fell asleep. One was walking his dog. Win a situation where typically I would receive a succession of angry texts, the silence was deafening.

The funny thing about college football is that, just when you’re about to bang out your “Year-in-Review” column, simultaneously, the next season has already begun. That's because Nebraska football – as anyone who lives in the Cornhusker state knows – is a year-round sport. Where does it end, and when does it begin?

Many times writing this column, by the time I come up for air, I realize I’ve banged out nearly 3,000 words obsessing over Huskers football and wonder if it’s too long. Have I said too much? Or, is it somehow possible I haven’t said enough? Well, in the aftermath of the soul-sucking 40-16 Black Friday loss to Iowa, I figured out an ingenious way to shorten things up by turning 3,000 words into two.    “We suck.”