Tradition Briefing of Nebraska
Nebraska Traditions Briefing
The Basics:
-4th most all time victories - 827-341-40, In the last 50 years they are the most winningest program in football history. they have 46 confrence championships, and 5 National Championships.
Early History:
In the early days they could not decide on a team name and had many like: "The Bug Eaters" ,"The Tree Planters". and the Cornhuskers. Bob Devaney took Nebraska to success, He is the one who came up with the term "Black Shirts" which references to the Nebraskas Historically dominate defence.
The Stadium:
It holds 85,000 of the best fans in the country and they call themselves the " The Sea of Red", they have one of the largest big screens in the country, and they also have a tradition known as the tunnel walk, where they blare music and the team takes the field and they show the team coming out on the big screen. They have the record for sell out crowds with 309, and on game days its the 3rd largest city in Nebraska.
These are some of the basics about Nebraska football
Enjoy!
I would love to answer any questions!
How bad will NU lose to Michigan the first time we face them?
Im a Michigan Fan in Nebraska so I hope Big so I can give My relatives some shit
and all those partial Nat'l Championships.
But as far as the Tunnel Walk. How is that any different that 50% of the college programs out there? Seems pretty generic.
Ya it is generic, but it has a feel to I can't explain. the crowd gets pretty pumped and as they walk through the stadium to the field the crowd makes a tunnel and cheers them on (they do that for away teams too).
Since the Huskers are new around here, what is the acceptable form of hazing for the next year or so?
Their defense attempting to stop Denard Robinson in the Big House is hazing enough.
We're nice people around these parts and take pride in it. Beat us on the field and you can use that.
....questions for you:
- What's the difference between winningest and most winningest?
- What's the difference between dominate and dominant?
Welcome to MGoBoard where the spelling and grammar nazis lie in wait for the unsuspecting and less than careful poster.
Thanks for the spelling warning, I'll try harder, but I am probably not going to change anything. I am a engineering major not an english major. sorry for any future mistakes
...of your fellow engineers that frequent these parts. I really don't care about your mistakes, but I'm serious that some people do. Folks do like seeing complete sentences wtih proper punctuation and spelling and will gig you if you don't at least make an attempt.
Expect people to make jokes about especially egregious mistakes if you make them. Some of them can be funny but many of them are just opportunistic. Kind of like mine above.
Sounds easy enough, Thanks for the heads up.
Your join date is six months ago... you must already know most of these things...
Based on your prose stylings, you might actually be able to get a part-time job as a copy editor with Go Blue Michigan Wolverine.
Just keep your pad level low.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935115
Edit: sorry I'm behind the times, still working on imbeding video
See here (also permanently stickied on the "MGoBoard" above).
I think the BTN did a decent job of introducing NU's tradition in this video:
Success! AND please excuse my spelling in the previous post, it is a weakness and I had "a couple" before posting.
...for you about Nebraska football tradition.
Several Big Ten schools have a significant out of conference rival:
- Michigan - Notre Dame (for the time being)
- Illinois - Missouri (seems like this is safe)
- Purdue - Notre Dame
- Michigan State - Notre Dame (I sense a theme)
- PSU - Pitt (dormant)
What team do you expect will become or remain Nebraska's out of conference rival? Oklahoma, Colorado, someone else?
even though were not in the Big 12 anymore that will never change.
None of the Nebraska faithfull like Colorado THEY ARE THE WORST FANS, My family has stories of them coming home from the game with broken windshields in their cars and slashed tires at the games. We would love to have the Oklahoma rivalry taken up again since it was taken away when the Texas schools took over the Big Twelve. I would like the Mizzou rivalry to keep going.
...Columbus. Also they poop in coolers there. The Nebraskans who make the first venture to the Horseshoe will be gobsmacked by what they witness.
Lol I'm not going to lie that's kinda funny, terrible in so many ways, but funny. I went to the 2008 UM Illinois game. That was a great, I always liked UM, but even though Michigan lost I had a great time. I went with my dad he wore his Nebraska jersey and I expected some sort of bad mouthing about the '97 year, but they were all friendly about it.
Except Buckeye's probably wont be able to tell the difference between their jerseys.
Per my best bud who is a HUGE Nebraska fan (grew up in Lincoln, family ties to the university, season tickets for football):
- Nebraska Band is the Marching Red or "Pride of all Nebraska" and apparently one of their march songs was written by Sousa.
- Red Balloons released after the first score at home games.
- Players touch a horseshoe before coming out of the tunnel.
He also added "winning" at the end, which he said they will be doing against us. Then he got punched in the face.
A horseshoe? Really, Nebraska? Really?
Well, I guess there isn't much of a risk of those animals harming marine life.
lol. I went out to eat and forgot I was still on this thing. I happened to attend the Nebraska Texas 2009 Big 12 Championship game last year and let me tell you this I was screaming and going nuts because I swore that the clock was dead and we had stunned Texas but that 1 second, that 1 damn second that didn't tick off of the clock came back to haunt us and we ended up short because of the field goal. I am looking forward to playing Michigan and I do agree about a once and for all 1997 share breaker lol.
...are fun: Michigan - WSU 1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan - PSU 2005, Michigan - ND 2009
Clock games suck: Michigan - MSU 2001
Like North and South?
That would mean the north would be: Minnestoa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State and Northwestern, Ilinois
South would be: Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio State, Purdue, Iowa and Penn State.
but thats with 12 total if nothing changes.
I was thinking east vs. west.
in the same division right lol
Lol right, Im a UM guy first, but personally I want OSU, UofM, PSU, and NU all in the same division
PSU and Nebraska in the same division/side of the conference would mean so much traveling for players and fans. Nebraska fans pride themselves on road trips, but Happy Valley is like half the country away. Plus, put all four of those teams together and you've officially put all the prestige teams in one division. Might as well leave the other schools to die.
I know that would never happen and I don't want it too, but it would be some great games to watch.
Husker4Life, welcome. Exciting times. Looking forward to my first trip to Lincoln.
GO BLUE
I think it'll be the beginning of a great rivalry between UM and Nebraska.
The two teams sure do seem to have all the makings to make this a good one!
read my post & you'll know everything you need about us
GBR!
Nebraska's here now, so we're rivals.
Here's my contribution: Tom Osborne is the Jim Tressel of the West, inasumuch as his stern demeanor, well-pressed pants, and well-publicized religious belief have convinced much of America that he is a charter member of the Morally Upright Citizens Batallion.* Hell, it's Doctor Tom and Senator Tressel.
Like overlooking Tressel's seedy Youngstown past and his staff's continuing connection to Worldwide Wes, Doctor Tom's preacherly reputation elides the fact that mid-90's Nebraska was basically the Miami of the plains. Maybe even the mid-90's Washington of the plains. Lawrence Phillips was the headliner - and what an act his was - but other serious shenanigans were going down as well (evil shenanigans.) Moreover, Osborne climbed to the lonely peaks of moral rectitude when he voted - against all other members of the Big XII - to allow NCAA non-qualifiers on league teams. A good deal of Nebraska's dominance at the time came from the school's generous stance towards what used to be called Proposition 48 kids, and Osborne knew the program would decline from its dominant perch if the ne'er-do-wells and semi-literates were no longer allowed to fill out the roster. (It did.)
And the illegitimate share of the 1997 national title was an ill-deserved parting gift from the coaching fraternity to the Noble Doctor Tom. Nebraska had some serious luck to remain undefeated in the most underwhelming manner conceivable. Put that team head-to-head against 1997 Michigan and the Scott Frost option would be lucky to break 75 yards for the game. Less if he actually tried to throw the ball (arm punting was actually more advanced than Frost's technique; he flung a football like he was trying to skip a stone on the water overhand.)
Welcome to the Big Integer, Nebraska. Let the hatin' begin.
*Not to be confused with the Upright Citizens Brigade, obvs. Though I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that there was a Hot Chicks Room attached to the workout facilities in Lincoln.