Winter 2003 HUSKER FAN WINTER SURVIVAL KIT Tips & tricks for making it through a long cold winter after a long cold football season By Jim D. Berryman MissingNebraska.com It was a tough year for the Husker football team, but Husker fans will bounce back just fine. Let’s hope the team does to. We'll keep adding to the list and invite you to add your own tips and tricks! Email your tips and tricks to: missingnebraska@missingnebraska.com Tips And Tricks, here's what you do: -Close all your shades, light a fire in the fireplace, unplug the phone and watch the video tape of the 1994 Orange Bowl where Nebraska came back to beat Miami on its own field to win the national championship. That'll get your blood flowing! And it shows that Nebraska can beat the Hurricanes on their home field for all the marbles. Take that, Ohio State. -Set up a dart board in the living room with a rotating bulls eye. You could start with a Colorado Buffaloes logo and work your way through the Big 12 teams, then move on to juicer targets like photos of ABC play caller Brent Musburger, any Sporting News columnist, or even Craig Bohl. -Do inventory on your Husker gear and throw away anything you purchased during the 7-7 season. These are bad luck Husker gear items. -Watch the videotape of the team that was voted best ever. The 1995-96 Huskers who trounced Florida in the Fiesta Bowl, winning a second straight national championship. Take that Miami!! -Keep repeating to yourself over and over: "Solich will get us out of this mess. Solich will get us out of this mess." -Keep repeating to yourself over and over: "Solich HAD BETTER get us out of this mess." "Solich HAD BETTER get us out of this mess." -Spend some time studying the 2003 Nebraska football schedule while playing Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" in the background. -Write a letter to Tom Osborne and say that the U.S. Congress has decided to hold a special session this year in the South Stadium of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Then, he'll have to come back! -Remind yourself how the Huskers have dominated the Big 8 and Big 12 schools in football over the years. -Tell yourself that the 2002 Nebraska football season was actually just a very long episode of "Dallas", and that the entire 2002 season was Victoria Principle's dream. -Remind yourself that Notre Dame won all but 3 games this season without an offense, so the Huskers can definitely rebound just fine. Your Tips & Tricks Huskers on ESPN.com Husker Hot Pics Photos from AP Husker Game Watch Locations Nationwide