Husker Football: Will Randy Gregory Be the Real Deal in 2014? by Leigh Oleszczak

BREAKING NEWS! Husker football wide receiver Kenny Bell has been forced to honor a bet made with his brother and thus, his trademark afro has been removed.

Husker football social media came to a stand still, surely due to the jaw-dropping news regarding one of the program’s most recent prominent icons outside of Anya the cat.

Lost a bet and my brother @runDMChap_91 made me shave the fro. Gonna have to change the twitter handle now pic.twitter.com/z5cwFc2MTT — Kenny Bell (@AFRO_THUNDER80) May 27, 2014

Sources indicate that security has been dispatched to promptly move Anya to Husker football’s safe house location. Another source indicated that FauxPelini’s twitter account has been encrypted to the point that its handler has to call in at the top of the hour to obtain a new password. We’ll continue to follow this story as it develops.

Update: Husker football head coach Bo Pelini weighs in –

@NUequipment it appears that @AFRO_THUNDER80 helmet will need to be resized. Let’s all remember the good times. Gone but not fro-gotten. — Bo Pelini (@BoPelini) May 28, 2014

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