It's Official - CU @ NU is Primetime on NBC

[Jim14510]

Pelini won at least one of them, when we beat the brakes off of Missouri when they were #7 and Helu ran for 2,376 yards on six carries.

I was at that game. Stats for Helu are accurate. It was embarrassing for them.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

I'll take them.

Didn't realize how wild Stubhub prices on this one are.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

Yeah, as opposed to our rowdy student section, who's more infatuated with scrolling through Insta or Tik-Tok than paying attention to what's going on in the game... Prior to getting my current season tickets, I had them with my friends in the last row of the South Stadium and so we'd always just sit in the Student Section. It was eye opening to so how disinterested most of them were about the game compared to when I was a student there after transferring from Kansas in the 90's.

I used to love getting student section seats as that was always the rowdiest spot in the stadium. Not sure how much is generational v. us being a 4-8/5-7 team for close to a decade.

 

[Jim14510]

Didn't realize how wild Stubhub prices on this one are.

I didn't even look. How much?

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

I didn't even look. How much?

Prices are always a a bit inflated this time of year, but similar seats listed at $1,250/ (lol)

 

[Jim14510]

Prices are always a a bit inflated this time of year, but similar seats listed at $1,250/

Each? I just looked and saw some around $550. I don't remember exactly where they were though.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

Each? I just looked and saw some around $550. I don't remember exactly where they were though.

Yeah, looks like min price/nosebleeds on stubhub are $220 or so

 

[Kazman5k]

The 600s up where I sit have tickets going for around 300 bucks and which might not end up being a terrible price

 

[HerbRedman]

Pelini won at least one of them, when we beat the brakes off of Missouri when they were #7 and Helu ran for 2,376 yards on six carries.

Thx ....I remembered that Helu/Mizzou win but I couldn't remember if Mizzou was in the top 15 at the time.

Was that the only top 10 team (ranked at time of game) that Pelini beat in his 7 seasons?

 

[Chi7397]

Thx ....I remembered that Helu/Mizzou win but I couldn't remember if Mizzou was in the top 15 at the time.

Was that the only top 10 team (ranked at time of game) that Pelini beat in his 7 seasons?

MSU in 2011 apparently

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

Thx ....I remembered that Helu/Mizzou win but I couldn't remember if Mizzou was in the top 15 at the time.

Was that the only top 10 team (ranked at time of game) that Pelini beat in his 7 seasons?

Oklahoma St was top 10 I believe in that 2010 game

 

[HerbRedman]

Oklahoma St was top 10 I believe in that 2010 game

I thought that too but via Google OSU's own website had them #17 on the actual day of the game. They must have finished #10 at end of the season

 

[BIGSTICK67]

The key to the next level crowd noise IMO is the feeling of knowing your team has a chance in big games (opponents ranked #1-15 specifically). Which we haven't had for a LOOOONNG time.

If you put yourself out there emotionally to think your team might beat the #7 team in the country, you gotta get rewarded at least every once in a while. Sans the MSU game in 2015 we've pretty much lost every single one of these games going all the way back to the Solich era. Pelini didn't win any of these games (#1-15 at home). Callahan didn't. Frost didn't. Riley had the one. Rhule hasn't yet.

Beating Colorado will be a good start to repairing this, even though they won't be ranked that high.

Good post that's more macro than what I'm about ready to post.

When you pour your heart, soul, lungs and energy into every defensive play as a 50+ y/o and they shit the bed consistently it's draining. I'm not even talking game to game, but series to series, quarter to quarter and play to play.

Like someone else said, one good thing will happen then 2 fumbles will happen.....one good thing, two more fumbles. Fuck, just score 2 or 3 times consistently and hold the opponent to one score and everybody would be happier and into the game. Not that difficult to connect the dots that good play should get people off their asses.

 

[Milo-of-Croton]

I was at the 1992 CU game and that was as much fun as I have had at a game. It will be wild in that stadium this fall!

 

[SoCal_Corn]

As long as we win this year. Been a LONG time comin'. Time to exorcise those demons.

The 92 game is one that will never be forgotten for me.... can remember most things that happened in that game, down to the particulars of many plays (and for good reasons), and what happened on the field during all of it. Was an epic beatdown we gave them. Just epic. That beatdown in that cold and shitty weather, is one of my most cherised memories. Some things are not replaceable in life - THAT game is one of those.

I was flying into ATL teaching a sales training class that started Sunday evening, and was "urging" the shuttle bus driver (a good ol' boy named Charlie from Fayetteville, GA) to get us to the Aberdeen Woods Conference Center in Peachtree City, GA STAT so I could catch the rest of the game.

We arrived, I snagged my room key and skedaddled to my room, flicked on my tv, found the game and the first thing I saw was ... my best friend, soaking wet, screaming into the TV cameras as they prepared to cut away for a commercial. One of the most surreal things I've ever experienced. I just sat down on the bed, dropped my bags and said out loud, "WTF did I just see?"

One of my ALL TIME favorite games too.
My story of that Hall🎃ween evening:

I was at the folks house about 30 mins N of Santa Barbara
One of my co-workers (not a fan obviously) was getting married in Santa Barbara that evening.
I watched the first 20 mins or so then had to leave.
NU 14 - CU 0, but still not "over" yet

The Wedding

I went to the my hotel room on the property where the reception was located
I called my dad from the room.
He asked if i wanted to know the score as he knew i was taping it at home in LA.
I said yes.

He simply said "52-7"

I had to think for a second...that's good, right?
Oh yeah we already had more than 7 when I left the house.

A HELL YEAH! was given and I said thanks for the info

Went to Reception, ate and drank like a MF'er
Went back to hotel and banged the GF (*ding)

The good ole days 🌽

 

[Cornicator]

I used to love getting student section seats as that was always the rowdiest spot in the stadium. Not sure how much is generational v. us being a 4-8/5-7 team for close to a decade.

I think it's a major factor. If you're 19 years-old, Nebraska hasn't had a winning season since you were in the 5th grade. You may not even remember when they were consistently winning 9 games per season. And you likely have zero recollection of players like Zac Taylor, Joe Ganz or even Suh.

And that's really just for the kids from Nebraska. For the out of state students, it has to be really difficult for them to manufacture any affinity for the team when it's such a dumpster fire.

However, I will defend them a little bit. Wisconsin has been winning for a few decades now. And they have the most overrated student section in College football. if they didn't do the stupid Jump around thing at the start of the 4th quarter, very few of their students would even show up.

I still think the blue hairs are the biggest problem for Nebraska. But i will add another component that I've observed at games over the last decade:

A parent or aunt or an uncle taking an elementary school aged kid to a game. This used to be something that happened when Nebraska played Pacific or Utah State in early September. But now that Nebraska has become a bottom feeder, tickets are inexpensive, or season ticket holders are willing to part with them easily.

This means random folks and children are attending league games vs opponents that matter. I cant believe the number of times I've talked to some random woman from some random town escorting her 8 year-old nephew to his first game, and then they spend the whole game walking back and forth to the concessions or the bathroom.

I Think it's easy to point fingers, but the biggest culprit has been the shitty football team. There is a cause and effect for everything.

THe effected outcome resulting in a listless stadium, below capacity, and scattered with disinterested students, casual fans, and old people is caused by a bad football team that has seen 10+ years of terrible leadership.

 

[Kaladin]

we are about to win 3 straight natty's you guys

the crowd problems will disappear shortly

 

[HuskerDocCo]

my boner is still popped from 2018 and 2019 sad! I’m so sick and fvckin tired of losing to those boulder libs id beat off with sand paper if thats what it takes

 

[BugeaterInWa]

my boner is still popped from 2018 and 2019 sad! I’m so sick and fvckin tired of losing to those boulder libs id beat off with sand paper if thats what it takes

Dont do it Doc!

We get a national night game for our 2nd game of the year. All the debbie downers come out. We are pretty pathetic most times.

GO BIG RED

 

[huskerj12]

Pelini didn't win any of these games (#1-15 at home). Callahan didn't. Frost didn't. Riley had the one. Rhule hasn't yet.

Hmmm yeah I can't remember which opponents were #1-15 specifically but early on in the Bo years I think there was a sense that we were on the upswing and always had a chance to take down highly ranked teams.

EDIT: Just for posterity's sake here were the notable wins/close losses against top 25 teams:

2008
31-37 loss to #7 TTU

2009
15-16 loss to #13 VT
27-12 win over #24 Mizzou
10-3 win over OU (at home)
12-13 loss to #3 Texas
33-0 win over #22 Arizona

2010
51-41 win over #17 Ok St
31-17 win over #7 Mizzou (at home)
6-9 loss to #18 A&M (insane bullshit game)
20-23 loss to OU

2011
24-3 win over #9 MSU (at home)
17-14 win over #12 PSU

2012
23-9 win over #20 Michigan

2013
24-19 win over #23 Georgia

2014
N/A

So yeah, obviously close losses are still losses, and stupid ass blowouts and dumb losses became more and more common, but we did win our share of those big games from 2009-11 and that definitely improved the in-game atmosphere during that time. I think we can and will definitely get back to that level quickly under Rhule, maybe even this year...