Relax and ponder Nebraska's home game Saturday against Purdue. The Huskers (0-3, 0-1 Big Ten) will try to avoid the first eight-game losing streak in program history. The Boilermakers (1-3, 0-1) are favored. It's all gotten a little weird. If you're a Big Red fan feeling, well, bleak, it's only natural, says my friend, Jerry, the sports psychologist (Jerry isn't his real name, but he is ethically opposed to this form of free advertising).
"It's a part of the human psyche," Jerry says of the bleakness. "We're either in this euphoric stage or the depressed stage.