This was a pretty intense recap of every Nebraska game since the 1960s. I’m all about sports, but this man is the true definition of a die-hard fan. Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy.

This is a book about one man's love of “Big Red” football, that being the Nebraska Cornhuskers. I must say that I did not know what to expect but I was surprised that the story kept me going from start to finish. He also talks about his life and his life as a teacher, professor.
Let me just say I grew up with two grandparents who were from Nebraska and they both went to the University at Lincoln. Grandpa graduated in 1915 and would serve in WWI he would come home and marry my grandmother who graduated in 1917 but back then women were certificates of completion and were only allowed to take certain majors her was teaching. They would move to southern California in a small town named Ontario California. Now many decades later I would be visiting them and during football season grandpa knew of a radio station that carried Big Red football, we would sit in front of his garage and listen to the game together. Sometimes we would watch a game on T.V. especially the games between the Sooners on Thanksgiving Day that would upset the rest of the family but that was really the only program grandpa ever wanted to see was Nebraska playing.
I still follow the Cornhuskers and are still upset when they lose a game in the fourth quarter or get blown out. But I grew up a fan as a kid so I stick with the team, even though he passed decades ago. For a Nebraska fan this is a good book remembering the highs and lows and brought memories that I had forgotten. I found this to be a good book.

PUREBRED is the story of many Nebraska Football fans. Nebraska’s third-largest city. Kent Cowgill is one of those fans. Every Saturday of every football season of his life has been devoted to the Big Red.

Diehard sports fans ride the emotional wave of the season from the highest highs to the lowest lows. From the beginning, Cornhusker red has run deep in Cowgill’s blood. Family bonds were strengthened while listening to Big Red win (and sometimes lose.) He followed his team from his small town in Nebraska all the way to medieval French monastic ruins and back.

Along the way, life happened, but the love of the game and the Big Red have never waned. Cornhusker football is ever-present. This is a reminder to those whose teams are on top: the tides change but loyalties do not.