Nebraska Gameday Experience
There's enough negative threads on the board right now, so how about one that's a little less depressing?
We've all heard about the legendary Husker hospitality, but it actually exceeds any expectations. Here are the 3 worst Nebraska fans I met this weekend in Lincoln, in increasing order of hostility:
3. The guy next to me on the plane to Omaha chatted with me pleasantly for most of the flight, but only wished me a good time in Nebraska, not good luck for the game.
2. A drunk guy at the bar on Friday may have talked some vague trash as he passed. It was loud, so I can't actually confirm he said something negative, but I highly suspect it.
1. An even drunker girl at the same bar poked the block M on my t-shirt fairly roughly and would not let me walk past her for a solid 5 seconds.
How was everyone else's experience in Lincoln? Did anyone manage to find a rude Husker fan???
October 28th, 2012 at 8:58 AM ^
The entire Husker team was rude as hell, they ruined my saturday night.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:05 AM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^
Are you serious? The vast majority of the Nebraska team isnt caucasian but you're claiming you were hearing people yelling racial epithets out loud in the stands?
Really? What exactly did you hear?
October 28th, 2012 at 10:17 AM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 10:56 AM ^
I don't believe you.
October 28th, 2012 at 11:31 AM ^
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October 28th, 2012 at 11:47 AM ^
I'm having a bit of a hard time believing it too. I asked specifically what he heard and so far he's avoided answering that question. I have a hard believing that in 2012 people would yell racist comments out in a racially mixed crowd knowing full well that by doing so you are placing a "somebody please punch me and punch me hard" sign on your head.
Not saying it can't happen but I can say that ive never heard racist comments yelled out loud in any sporting event I've ever attended and I've attended a LOT *underline & capitalize the word "lot") of college and pro games in Detroit, Salt Lake City, San Fransisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and Cleveland in every major sport since 1977.
October 28th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
October 29th, 2012 at 12:15 AM ^
I am not stunned to hear that 2 people were racist in the stadium of X thousand. There are people who could have made racist commments that live down the street from me in Ann Arbor, but it is almost ignorant to chastise or comment on the environment of the stadium by referencing two people.
I remember being at St. Paul for the hockey national championship game a few yrs ago. Every Minnesota or Minnesota Deluth made a rude comment towards me. Every single person. Some people went to get the usher to try and kick out a row of our fans becase we stood too much during the game. If I referenced just that guy, it wouldn't represent their fan base. However, every Minnesota fan treated me in a similar respect, so it provides a clear example to the overall experience.
Did you find every Nebraska fan to be racist?
Moreoever, the people around the 2 could have quitely told them to refrain from making comments, which is what I would have done instead of getting in a shouting match had I been a Nebraska fan.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:54 AM ^
Racist comments are pathetic. But Michigan fans are not always angels either.
Go Blue.
October 28th, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
I have never heard racist comments at Michigan stadium. Never. And I've gone to games there since 1982, sitting in numerous sections of the stadium.
October 28th, 2012 at 10:58 PM ^
I heard a racial slur last week in the student section (i'm a current student too) a couple people looked back nobody said anything. There are tons of studies that show people do not step up to say anything back in those situations. Bad things happen in every fanbase, racism is still alive and well and most people will not say much about it, i'm sorry to burst your bubble but a noose was hung outside one of my friends rooms this year in a dorm, doesn't mean michigan is a bad place, but this thing can and does still happen and i'm not sure why this surprises so many people.
October 29th, 2012 at 9:07 AM ^
Which is it:
"Many racist comments from the crowd"
or
"Two really vocal people" ?
The first statement paints a starkly different picture from the second.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:03 AM ^
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October 28th, 2012 at 10:00 AM ^
Um, yeah. You're cool.
EDIT: This was intended for someone else, but looks like the snide comment was removed.
October 28th, 2012 at 1:25 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 4:27 PM ^
Especially when he was shown in that corn maize
October 29th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
which one you talking about?
October 28th, 2012 at 9:09 AM ^
The Nebraska turf was very rude to Denard's elbow.
It walks around saying it's the Best Turf in the Nation, but after that cheap shot, I'm not seeing it.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:18 AM ^
Maybe in a couple of weeks I will feel better, but right now Lincoln and Columbus seem pretty much equivalent.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:27 AM ^
My experience with Nebraska fans was overwhelmingly positive as well. I'll start with the positives, As we were walking around before and after the game a few people, just walking past, said "welcome to Nebraska" and "Thanks for coming." I had a pleasant conversation with a Husker fan sitting at the table next to me at Dickey's BBQ. Even the drunk guy sitting next to me at the game was only slightly obnoxious, and even that was just of a general and occasional drunken boorishness--nothing negative aimed at Michigan or Michigan fans. I can only think of two negatives (aside from the game, that is). One was a drunken sorority girl type who made some comment about "observing the wildlife" when fans in the section started doing the Blues Brothers song. The other affected Husker and Wolverine fans alike, so it was more just general lack of common courtesy. We were sitting in the upper rows of section 40, and in the last minutes of the game, when Nebraska had the ball fans started heading down the stairs. But things came to a complete standstill because there were fans standing in the exit row watching the game. It did allow one last moment of bonding between Michigan and Nebraska fans though, talking about the selfishness and idiocy of those blocking the exits.
Except for the loss, I had a great time, and they announced the crowd as the second biggest crowd ever, so I guess that says something about Husker fans regarding Michigan, because the Michigan fans were not a huge contingent.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:29 AM ^
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October 28th, 2012 at 9:43 AM ^
It's possible that I was in the only section of awful people in the whole place though I guess...
October 28th, 2012 at 9:54 AM ^
Chances are those 5 people rode in together. You always have bad apples. That is unfortunate and annoying. I can't go to road games anymore until I can learn to control myself... at ND i flipped out on some d-tool who started yelling "Get up, it's FOOTBALL" at Devin Gardner when he dove and slid into the wall in the endzone.
He did apologize though.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:38 AM ^
Get over it. Football is supposed to be about fans talking smack to each other, within reason.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:55 AM ^
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October 28th, 2012 at 10:20 AM ^
vast majority of people are crazy nice and polite. like well trained customer serivce-but still very pleasant
stadium is old and poorly designed but kind of works. not dirty, not crumbling . concesions are old but lines flow and food is basic but actually high quality.
few drunk people who want to talk trash.
a lot of people who are unknowledgeable complaining about each and evey call aganist braska.
hotel way over priced. good food in lincoln seems hard to come by.
October 28th, 2012 at 10:59 AM ^
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October 28th, 2012 at 11:44 AM ^
As far as the game experience goes,worst thing was the guy behind me that insulted Detroit because 'they shoot people there.' Same guy said Denard 'sucks d***'
They also cheered when one of their own players went down, but I was in the student section and we know how students are
Also, so many ads on the scoreboards.
October 28th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
I was just watching on TV, but I did notice the ads - and also the #HUSKERS thing on the field.
We give Brandon grief for floating those ideas, but a lot of other ADs will simply adopt them without even consulting the fan base. Brandon does at least give us a chance to issue our veto (most of the time anyway).
October 28th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
Was in a bar Thursday night in my Michigan gear of course. Some (I'm guessing drunk) girl came up and hugged me and said "welcome to nebraska." Which was nice of her. Until the girlfriend came back from the bathroom and saw. Then she judo kicked told her to back off and well I got a stern talking to that night.
October 28th, 2012 at 1:35 PM ^
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October 28th, 2012 at 1:48 PM ^
Well out of a crowd of 80,000+, roughly 2 dozen a-holes isn't a bad percentage. Look at Columbus, where you have 90,000+ and only 2 dozen decent fans
October 28th, 2012 at 1:48 PM ^
Any of them express sympathy about what happened to Denard?
October 28th, 2012 at 2:13 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 2:37 PM ^
In the student section a lot of kids felt bad for Denard, and it actually got very quiet in the stadium. However, most of the time was spent yelling towards the referees instead of any insults towards Michigan fans/players.