Contributed by:
Brendan Leonard/YourHub.com
Article Contributed on: 10/20/2006 4:11:28 PM
When I was growing up in Iowa, jokes making fun of the Nebraska Cornhuskers were a dime a dozen. I don't know why this is, since the teams aren't in the same conference and haveonly played each other about 30 times since 1900.Maybe everybody just needs someone to pick on. I'm sure it was the same way on the other side of the Missouri River.
A typical joke was like this:
Someone asked a Nebraska football player what the "N" on the side of his helmet stood for. He answered, "Knowledge."
Our Arvada weather blogger,
Rick Smith, posted a weather-related Raiders joke on
his blog this week. He didn't claim to have written it, but I thought it was worth sharing:
OAKLAND , (CA)--
Oakland Raiders football practice was delayed nearly two
hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery
substance on the practice field. Head coach
Art Shell immediately suspended
practice and called the police and federal investigators. After a complete
analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance, unknown
to Raider players, was the GOAL LINE. Practice resumed after special agents decided
the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again.
Now, I didn't grow up in Colorado, so I haven't ever had a real problem with that football team from Oakland. But I'm all for kicking at team owned by
Al Davis when it's down, so feel free to share your Raiders jokes in the comments box below if you have any.