After 20 years, the system running the legacy mailing list has finally developed a software problem I can’t resolve, so I’m in the process of building a replacement for it.
I think I’m about half way done with the testing, and so far there hasn’t been much impact on the Husker List, but at some point I will need to shut both the new and old list servers down long enough to make the changeover when I think I’m ready.
Mike Nolan
Cross your fingers
In a message dated 4/7/2026 12:53:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nolan@tssi.com writes:
@nolan Can’t thank you enough for running this List for free since 1991!
Yes, huge thanks to Mike!
I’ll third that. Many thanke Mike for keeping us connected to our alma mater and home state.
October 1st will be the Husker List’s 35th birthday!
Wow Mike, we need to have a list celebration!
I haven’t been around quite that long, but I joined as a teenager in late 1997…I only remember the year because it was during the lead up to the orange bowl (Osborne’s final game!)
I remember Mike doing online play-by-play on the old Huskers.com (if memory serves me right - it was not even an official university site at the time).
27 years later, I’m about to turn 42 with a wife and 2 kids.
I have watched a lot of boards come and go (or move subscription-based models). I don’t take what Mike does for granted - thank you!
I have enjoyed the emails since the glory days of the 90s.
I also joined in 1997. That is the year I return from 5 years overseas.
That year, Al 4 of my kids were in school. Now, all are on their own with their own families and I have 6 grandchildren!
As always, thank you, Mike. I really enjoyed this list.
Tommy Thompson
“Just call me Pa”
Go Big Red
Go Cardinals
I’m not sure if I joined the list as soon as it started in 1991, but it couldn’t have been too much after that. It was probably about the same time as Mike’s online play by play typing. I had tracked that down as my only source of game progress in Ames, Iowa and that had to have been the 1992 season at the latest because I graduated the next spring.
Ted
I’m now 76, semi-retired (I tell my wife that means I only work on computers 12 hours a day now) and still finding interesting challenges in IT (Python and AI, for two) and I enjoy following various sports and sports teams. I took up baking and cooking first as a hobby, now I’m the primary cook in the family and keep thinking about starting a little cottage-industry baking service. Recently I’ve been trying to master choux pastry (specifically, eclairs). In addition to the sports lists, I set up a blog site for baking and cooking discussions: https://mynebraskakitchen.com
Although I retired as the IT Director for the US Chess Federation in 2016, I still do some consulting work for them, mostly with their ratings system.
October 1st is a Thursday, the following Saturday is the Maryland game. Maybe we’ll do something special for the in-game chat that day.
70 here, and I say I’m 95% retired. My employer had a phased out retirement option, so I worked half time my last year (2023, I think). Since then I’ve done some consulting, with my time gradually diminishing from ~8 hr/week to ~2-3 now. I expect by end of 2027 it will go to zero.
An in-game chat for the list birthday would be fun!
And your cooking/baking interest especially caught my attention. In high school I started bussing tables at the Beef Barron (top floor of the Omaha Hilton) and then over almost 15 years of work at various restaurants gravitated to the kitchen. Most of my experience was line work, with a couple of sous chef gigs before going back to school full time. I always favored cooking, but briefly dabbled in pastry work. Your mention took me back to a faint memory so I checked my ancient (and falling apart) notebook and indeed found a recipe for pâte à choux. It was credited to a chef at Sperte’s Laffite in Denver’s Larimer Square where I worked for a brief stint back in the early 80s.
I joined in 1994 while spending a year in Germany. This list was an important link during my year abroad and continues to be so now.
Bill Smith
Towson, MD
I have been a member for so long that I don’t remember what year I joined, I think it was 1991. I am now 79, live on a lake in the middle of North Carolina and spend a lot time fishing.
Jim Priest
Hyco Lake, North Carolina
In a message dated 4/9/2026 1:35:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nolan@tssi.com writes: