Well, so dies that old saying: The Huskers will win a conference title when we're wearing shorts and flip-flops in December.

Beaucoup Boku (Coach Pelini's occasional reflections, in haiku form:)

How 'bout THAT, my man?
Too soon? 'nother joke then: Our
defense! Wow, tough room.

Lincoln drivers and backward angled parking downtown? Well, sure, what could go wrong?

Huskers got run over by the Badgers ...

Huskers got run over by the Badgers
trying to win a title in Indy,
You can say there's no such thing as sucking
But as for we Nebraskans, we believe.

Yes, we'd been drinking all that Kool-Aid
but as he vowed, Bo's boys won out.
And we thought this finally was it --
an end to the championship drought.

All those comebacks were impressive
sure, you could chalk some up to luck.
And, let's face it, some of us whispered,
the Big 10 kinda, sorta -- OK, really -- sucks.

Still Bo was once again a genius
even on some lists in the SEC.
Why, late at night when alone, he
secretly practiced "wooo pig soooie!"

But by the end of Saturday night,
what had happened to NU's pluck?
Bo looked so stunned, almost crying
not sure he managed one single "F---!"

Huskers got run over by the Badgers
trying to win a title in Indy
You can say there's no such thing as sucking
But as for we Nebraskans, we believe.

Sorry, Husker fans, but that is NOT the sun coming up this morning. Instead, you're seeing the final death throes of a once-proud program as it explodes spectacularly into trillions of jagged pieces. The good news is that recovery is just around the corner, astronomically speaking that is -- only millions of light-years away.

Hey, over on NBC is "It's a Wonderful Life," where, every time a bell rings, Wisconsin scores a touchdown. Poor bells.

OK, guys, Movember's over. Please shave those prostates.