Students lead Columnist T.J. Simers out of the Northeast Corn Maze in Norfolk, Nebraska. The idea is to walk into a corn field and find a checkpoint made by college students and to find your way out. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Cornhusker fan Justin Maxey converted his basement into a shrine at his home in Norfolk, Nebraska. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Columnist T.J. Simers walks in the Northeast Corn Maze in Norfolk, Nebraska. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Cornhusker fan David Fauss shows off his memorabillia. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Simers stands in front of a billboard of hometown celebrity Johnny Carson in Norfolk, Nebraska. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
T.J. and Jason Sturek ride down the Elkhorn River in an airboat in West Point, Nebraska. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Ryan Knispel and Tracy Swanson do the manual labor as columnist T.J. Simers relaxes in a cattle tank. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Jen Sturek has a drink as T.J. and co. float in a cattle tank down the Elkhorn River in West Point, Nebraska. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Simers, yes T.J. Simers, receives the key to the city of Norfolk, Nebraska from Mayor Gordon Adams. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
