Nebraska-Illinois Friday Night Game

[Scott Hall]

To be fair that could have been like 6 university president and 4 ADs ago, so like 2021

It was earlier this week

 

[Scott Hall]

You may be referring to my post. And that was in reference to 2017 when the Big Ten started playing Friday night games, but they were only on FS1 and BTN. Now that actual Fox is airing the games, I had mentioned that would likely change things and they may be able to force a lot of the teams that had previously said no to hosting them, to actually have to host them. That turns out to be true. In 2017, OSU, PSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Nebraska all said no for sure, and Cockeye may have also been one that said no.

Cornicator said it earlier this week. He was wrong per usual

 

[Baron Winnebago]

It was earlier this week

Oh. So like 2 ADs and a president ago

 

[slattimer]

Fûcking assholes.

Stay off HS football nights.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

There’s nothing better than watching upsets on Saturday after your team won on Friday. At least I assume that’s a good feeling. I don’t really remember.

 

[huskerj12]

Bummer for the people who follow/play high school football, and for the sake of recruiting visits, but maybe it'll free up some tickets for fans like me who would love some more ticket availability and don't follow high school sports. It'll all even out and be a sellout either way.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

Mmmmm!! Yum!! i can on beans and corn on Saturday then

 

[Cornicator]

Cornicator said it earlier this week. He was wrong per usual

I also stated that those schools may no longer be able to say no with the recent uptick in media share. And that's correct. In fact, all Big Ten teams will now have to appear on Friday nights at least twice during a two year rotation.

 

[HCFord1]

I also stated that those schools may no longer be able to say no with the recent uptick in media share. And that's correct. In fact, all Big Ten teams will now have to appear on Friday nights at least twice during a two year rotation.

So we should expect Penn St, Ohio St, and Michigan to each have two Friday night games next season?

 

[vailhusker]

Dean saying this game should be the 400th consecutive sell out. First conference home opener since 2017.

 

[vailhusker]

So we should expect Penn St, Ohio St, and Michigan to each have two Friday night games next season?

I noticed Wisconsin was able to avoid playing on Friday nights too.

 

[Juro]

Dean saying this game should be the 400th consecutive sell out. First conference home opener since 2017.

If it is the 400th consecutive sell out, I would have argued with that and say no to the Friday night game.

 

[Jim14510]

2018 - Illinois plays at Nebraska in an 11 am game in front of maybe 60,000 fans during year one of the Frost regime.

That game was cold af too

 

[vailhusker]

 

[slattimer]

Deans being quite the bitch in his comments to people about Friday nights being for high school games. Pretty annoying. Don’t even try to understand where people are coming from and just play the “it’s the smart” move to move games. Once again. Proving he’s an out of touch putz.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Deans being quite the bitch in his comments to people about Friday nights being for high school games. Pretty annoying. Don’t even try to understand where people are coming from and just play the “it’s the smart” move to move games. Once again. Proving he’s an out of touch putz.

What a strange man

 

[slattimer]

What a strange man

He’s an imbecile shilling for corporate greed. He can get fucked.

 

[TripleOption]

Yes. My bad. And I also think the UTEP game has a chance at a 7 pm kickoff on BTN.



Can we also add its about fucking time that Illinois has to come and play an actual difficult game at Nebraska? Let's think about this for a minute:

2018 - Illinois plays at Nebraska in an 11 am game in front of maybe 60,000 fans during year one of the Frost regime.
2020 - Ilinois plays at Nebraska in an empty covid stadium.
2022 - Illinois plays at Nebraska at 11 am in front of maybe 60,000 fans total after two weeks of misery in Lincoln during the Mickey Joseph days following a loss at Purdoodoo.

There are two teams that haven't had to face any type of adversity in Lincoln for years:

Illinois and Minnesota.

Fuck em.

Agreed. But, it’s not really all their fault. Nebraska has sucked.