Monday Flakes: Taking Care of Business

Oct 3, 2022 - 12:01 PM

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We watched another sloppy, penalty-filled Husker football game.

The difference with this one? It was a win! We also watched a team that responded to coaching in a way that we haven’t seen for a while.

I’m going to savor this moment even though it came against another bad team likely to fire its coach soon.

Frosted Flakes

I could watch this on a loop over and over and over and over...

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