Mascot changes

[yunginsNU2]

I hate what our world is becoming.... this "woke" garbage everywhere you turn is so ridiculous... now its a white supremecy sign that Herbie the cartoon was gesturing all these years... i got a signal for anyone who agrees with this BS and its the family friendly middle finger dont care what anyone thinks either

 

[WHCSC]

🇺🇸

 

[huskerfan66]

Lil red needs to just disappear

 

[Baxter48]

Lil red needs to just disappear

without The person inside lil red I’d love to deflate it starting at 300 yards

 

[NebChicago]

My kids love lil red. I am conflicted

 

[barney44]

They don't want to upset some fringe group seeking to undo as much history as they can. They're tired of being oppressed..lol

 

[huskerfan66]

Not sure what year Lil red was introduced. Anyone?

 

[barney44]

Not sure what year Lil red was introduced. Anyone?

I don't remember but I'd guess eary to mid 90's maybe?

 

[StoneTempleHusker]

I don't remember but I'd guess eary to mid 90's maybe?

Guessing '97 or '98.

My favorite niece loved Lil' Red.

My kids, not so much. I think he is great. Who can't like a giant jackass with a smile on his face and can bounce on his head?

 

[otismotis08]

Makes me want to stock up on the unwoke Herbie stuff while I can.

 

[redwine65]

lil red is a racist...and...white supremace

 

[StoneTempleHusker]

lil red is a racist...and...white supremace

Cool

 

[HuskersNC]

Guessing '97 or '98.

My favorite niece loved Lil' Red.

My kids, not so much. I think he is great. Who can't like a giant jackass with a smile on his face and can bounce on his head?

1994. Obviously the birth of Lil Red is entirely responsible for the greatest stretch of Nebraska football history.

 

[NikkiSixx]

👌

 

[otismotis08]

👌

POTD

 

[barney44]

👌

Not cool dude! The thought police will be paying you a visit someday..

 

[Brv2005]

Geez…get over it. Like any of you even ever would’ve noticed they changed it if there wasn’t some announcement about it. Talk about people getting “outraged” over nothing….

 

[pgainey]

Geez…get over it. Like any of you even ever would’ve noticed they changed it if there wasn’t some announcement about it. Talk about people getting “outraged” over nothing….

Agree. Some hate groups co-opted the sign and the university made a minor change

Similar to the reason you don’t happen across many named Adolph anyone

 

[Bugeater]

Geez…get over it. Like any of you even ever would’ve noticed they changed it if there wasn’t some announcement about it. Talk about people getting “outraged” over nothing….

Did you associate the hand gesture on Herbie to be anything more than what it was 2, 3 years ago? The fact that the hand gesture was around in the 70's and 99% of people would never tie it to some idiot hate group to this day says it really is nothing. UNL did the usual Brave Sir Robin for the 1% who may be offended by such stupidity. If people can't figure out what is real and what isn't, shame on them.

 

[Baxter48]

I hate what our world is becoming.... this "woke" garbage everywhere you turn is so ridiculous... now its a white supremecy sign that Herbie the cartoon was gesturing all these years... i got a signal for anyone who agrees with this BS and its the family friendly middle finger dont care what anyone thinks either

Just wait, next thing you’ll see these kooks demands will be herbie shouldn’t be a man, the mascot needs to be a woman or trans or lgbtq . Don’t laugh it’s right around the corner

 

[Hford]

I'm sure one of the 50 Diversity, Inclusion, Equity (DIE) officers the university is paying 150k a year to is behind this move.

 

[Hford]

Old school Herbie Husker NFT going for 10 million now

 

[SOHusker11]

I hate what our world is becoming.... this "woke" garbage everywhere you turn is so ridiculous... now its a white supremecy sign that Herbie the cartoon was gesturing all these years... i got a signal for anyone who agrees with this BS and its the family friendly middle finger dont care what anyone thinks either

 

[huskersdewclaw]

I think many of you squeeling in this thread are missing the big picture in that without the target group of the white power movement DONU would do even worse on the gridiron then they have been doing…. We need to be able to recruit whomever we want and need to join our team.

 

[Tornadosoul7]

They don't want to upset some fringe group seeking to undo as much history as they can. They're tired of being oppressed..

Geez…get over it. Like any of you even ever would’ve noticed they changed it if there wasn’t some announcement about it. Talk about people getting “outraged” over nothing….

The Jim Pillen crowd just themselves just begging to be oppressed. “Undo history” sure sounds more like the side wanting to censor history books. Whats next, going after those fancy swastikas!?

 

[yunginsNU2]

Geez…get over it. Like any of you even ever would’ve noticed they changed it if there wasn’t some announcement about it. Talk about people getting “outraged” over nothing….

Maybe you should try the womens swimming board

 

[jehresm]

I know, where does it stop?

I mean, soon the cartoon girl green M&Ms won't be able to wear their high heels!

I am just so ****ing triggered!

 

[MissaSolemnis]

Agree. Some hate groups co-opted the sign and the university made a minor change

Similar to the reason you don’t happen across many named Adolph anyone

Or see teams named this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Swastikas

 

[Mack In Motion]

I think many of you squeeling in this thread are missing the big picture in that without the target group of the white power movement DONU would do even worse on the gridiron then they have been doing…. We need to be able to recruit whomever we want and need to join our team.

 

[TheWayITellEm]

I know, where does it stop?

I mean, soon the cartoon girl green M&Ms won't be able to wear their high heels!

I am just so ****ing triggered!

They just turned one of the M&Ms gay. And they made the red one less masculine so he doesn't seem like a bully anymore.

 

[WHCSC]

1 degree at a time

 

[Dean Pope]

Not sure what year Lil red was introduced. Anyone?

I think Lil Red was a Stevey Pederson creation but I could be wrong.

 

[pgainey]

I'm sure one of the 50 Diversity, Inclusion, Equity (DIE) officers the university is paying 150k a year to is behind this move.

Athletic department decision -

 

[scarletred]

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For all you woke people.

 

[B1G RED RULES]

I hate what our world is becoming.... this "woke" garbage everywhere you turn is so ridiculous... now its a white supremecy sign that Herbie the cartoon was gesturing all these years... i got a signal for anyone who agrees with this BS and its the family friendly middle finger dont care what anyone thinks either

Certain people have a tough time in America. Certain people thrive. We must implement as many special needs programs as possible to help them in this tough world.

 

[cecilB]

Makes me want to stock up on the unwoke Herbie stuff while I can.

Of course you do.

 

[Yantzeee]

Just wait, next thing you’ll see these kooks demands will be herbie shouldn’t be a man, the mascot needs to be a woman or trans or lgbtq . Don’t laugh it’s right around the corner

I think you are assuming which gender Herbie currently identifies as.

 

[redfanusa]

Geez…get over it. Like any of you even ever would’ve noticed they changed it if there wasn’t some announcement about it. Talk about people getting “outraged” over nothing….

Seriously. I've been a fan for 50 years, grew up in Lincoln, earned two degrees from UNL, worked at UNL for eight years, and never knew that the "OK" hand symbol being flashed by Herbie on the drawing was anything related to anything. No Husker fan I have ever known has used the "OK" hand symbol to represent Nebraska in any way. I'm not sure why they even bothered announcing it, as it was a massive nothingburger. This is like announcing that Herbie will have his hair parted on the left instead of the right under his hat from now on...and people being upset about it being PC woke nonsense somehow.

 

[Baxter48]

Seriously. I've been a fan for 50 years, grew up in Lincoln, earned two degrees from UNL, worked at UNL for eight years, and never knew that the "OK" hand symbol being flashed by Herbie on the drawing was anything related to anything. No Husker fan I have ever known has used the "OK" hand symbol to represent Nebraska in any way. I'm not sure why they even bothered announcing it, as it was a massive nothingburger. This is like announcing that Herbie will have his hair parted on the left instead of the right under his hat from now on...and people being upset about it being PC woke nonsense somehow.

Seriously. I've been a fan for 50 years, grew up in Lincoln, earned two degrees from UNL, worked at UNL for eight years, and never knew that the "OK" hand symbol being flashed by Herbie on the drawing was anything related to anything. No Husker fan I have ever known has used the "OK" hand symbol to represent Nebraska in any way. I'm not sure why they even bothered announcing it, as it was a massive nothingburger. This is like announcing that Herbie will have his hair parted on the left instead of the right under his hat from now on...and people being upset about it being PC woke nonsense somehow.

all it takes is one nut to make up something like the ok sign is a sign for white supremacy and then if it sticks it spreads like wildfire but in reality it has no validity except some person said so

 

[otismotis08]

all it takes is one nut to make up something like the ok sign is a sign for white supremacy and then if it sticks it spreads like wildfire but in reality it has no validity except some person said so

👌 using this while it still exists