Because of the perceived helium shortage, in summer 2012, the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team planned to suspend a 50-year tradition in which the team launched red balloons into the air to celebrate the team's first touchdown at every home game.

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When TransCanada screened an ad in favour of the pipeline during a match of the beloved local American football team, the University of Nebraska's Cornhuskers, the crowd booed.

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Think University of Nebraska and you think Cornhuskers, football, a sea of red on Saturday afternoons.

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Gov. Heineman told me the first commandment of Nebraska politics: Never diss the Cornhuskers.

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