Tradition Briefing of Nebraska

Submitted by ThatOneGuy on

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!

othernel

June 11th, 2010 at 8:30 PM ^

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.

MGoShoe

June 11th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^

....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.

MGoShoe

June 11th, 2010 at 8:45 PM ^

...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.

MGoShoe

June 11th, 2010 at 8:51 PM ^

...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?

ThatOneGuy

June 11th, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^

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.

ThatOneGuy

June 11th, 2010 at 9:32 PM ^

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.

Eyebrowse

June 11th, 2010 at 8:57 PM ^

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?

husker4life

June 11th, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^

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.

husker4life

June 11th, 2010 at 9:48 PM ^

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.

wolverinehusker

June 11th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^

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.

STW P. Brabbs

June 12th, 2010 at 9:05 AM ^

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.