Arthur Longfellow of Gretna, Nebraska, still has his Husker “first score” balloon from last week’s Nebraska – Michigan State football game. Arthur was confused about whether its release was dependent upon the first touchdown scored or merely the first Nebraska score in the game.
Several people in the stands around him chastised him for not letting go of it when Nebraska scored their first fourth-quarter field goal on Saturday. Others chastised those the chastisers because they argued that the balloon release was contingent on the first touchdown scored.
The result was a minor uproar in Arthur’s section and a splintering of Nebraska fans into two different religious sects – “first score believers” and “first touchdown believers.