It wasn’t supposed to start this way.
The Huskers, less than 24 hours previous, had just staked their claim to greatness with a convincing 7-1 win over the #5 Tennessee Volunteers.
Then the top of the 1st inning ended with the unranked Southern Mississippi Eagles, they of a 22-29 record in 2024, up 1-0 without so much as a hit. The “Doom is us,” contingent, our minds stuffed with the horrors and perversions of recent football memories, tried to tamp our demons down and hope for the best.
There was little to worry about.