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2009 Aug 26
Wednesday Comment: A Last, Distant Rumble of Thunder
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Thunder Collins, a fool and convicted murderer, still putting that Husker stamp on his life. Not less than a minute into his rambling jailhouse interview after being found guilty of first-degree murder and assault charges, he summed up the identity of his adult life. His Husker name opened some doors. Slammed this one in his kisser.
Do I believe that? Not for a twelfth of a second. But I don’t doubt Thunder believes it. Guilty men harbor such delusions, for one. But Thunder – you see how natural it is to use his first name, the only name he ever really went by at NU, the only name that probably ever rolled off the tongue of 99 percent of Husker fans – embodied the identity of the troubled Husker as well as anyone.
Gifted. Given too much too quick. Lacking some necessary skills. Lost in a parkland town where, with its leisurely pace, forgiving folks and police force constantly chipping away at minor crimes, it can be easy to get and be lost for a long, long time.
Before he ever arrived at Nebraska, the halls of glory were greased for him by the media....
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