Welcome to Danny Woodhead's world  Updated: January 16, 2011,
1:12 PM ET By Elizabeth Merrill |  NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The
place where Danny Woodhead comes from is not for wusses. The
temperature hovers around 15 degrees below zero at dawn
Wednesday, causing a frozen fog to settle over the Platte River
and prompting a news piece on how to keep the cows warm.
Breakfasts at the local diner are served with a blob of gray
gravy, a giant sausage and a stern cardiologist's warning.  They
still buy the newspaper in North Platte. They still have flip
phones, too, which are tucked away in heavy work overalls so as
not to distract from the morning conversation. Most mornings,
the talk starts with the weather -- wind chills are for suckers
-- and ends with football.  This is Cornhuskers territory, which
means Saturdays are for the Big Red and Sundays are for washing
the car, doing chores and waiting another six days for a game.
But not this season. Woodhead is playing in the NFL. And in this
western Nebraska town of abo