Harold W. Andersen of the Omaha World Herald (signup required) declares, “how Husker football is covered can help fuel fans’ intolerance.” Actually, the Copy Editor most likely wrote that headline, but I digress.

One of Andersen’s reader put it like this:

“I believe that the change in sports journalism in the two larger papers in this state has contributed to the unfortunate decline in fan tolerance.” (To that appraisal, I would quickly add the performance of radio and TV commentators.)

What? Nothing about how blogs are covering the state’s favorite obsession?

Of course, we’ve hardly begun to rough up the squad, the coaches, the administration or fair weather fans for their poor performances. Guess we better buckle on the chin strap.