Jaybird

From what I understand nothing has changed in terms of the old stadium. All the seats that were there before are the same the new addition was entirely new. Could be wrong though.

If memory serves the study also said the problem is not so much the train itself but getting around once you get to your destination as the public transportation systems in each city are not really set up to handle this type of thing. On a game day it would be different as the destination is right there but to make it feasible the other days of the year may not make it worth while. If you are commuting from Lincoln to Omaha on a normal typical Wednesday and you get downtown you will have to walk or catch a cab etc to get other places. Are there enough people that work extremely close to the train stop that could walk to support it? Another study was done by a UNO student a while back showing how they would set up a subway system in Omaha. If you have other infrastructure in place to help out once you got to the other city then I think it would go gangbusters. I know I would take it but I don't want to get there and have to take a cab or something to get around. I love the idea for Husker games and really over all as I wish we had more train options here in the States. I like competition. I would take the train everywhere if it was cheaper than flying. I want a nationwide high speed rail system set up as well!

Anyone know when they are supposed to be sent out? I want them. I know they are coming it is just not the same until they are in hand.

Has there been any drawing or renderings as to what the inside of the new addition will look like yet? How about a better seating chart showing how many rows will be in the upper deck etc? There are many questions and I want to know the answers. My tickets are in the new addition so I will find out for the Wyoming game but I was hoping to know sooner! Thanks Husker nation! GBR!

I went to the Heisman Room in North Stadium this last weekend and the guy there said the self guided tour is currently closed due to the area being a hard hat area only but would be reopening in September. Just thought I would pass this info along as I always like taking friends and family from out of town there when in Lincoln.

Where did you look to find this info? I logged into my account and couldn't even find that I have seats this year. You have to log into your account and then from there it was wierd to actually find it. I clicked on renew my donation and it showed what I had paid in terms of the donation and below it showed my seats, which were different from what they had been so I looked where they were and they were part of the new section. I just checked before writing back and I cannot find it again either. I really wish huskers.com and your account information was easier to access information it seems hard to find information on that site IMO.

PBA is going to be a top notch facility for sure as will the new addition to Memorial Stadium. With all of the research space and the addition to the stadium I really like it. I just wish there were some pictures or renderings as to what the inside of the new section of Memorial Stadium will be like. How the concourses and everything will look etc. Will there be escalators, etc. Anyone seen anthing?

So I looked on my account on huskers.com and it looks like our seats have been moved over to the new section on the east side almost at the top but we are excited! Has there been a drawing of what the insides of the new addition will look like? I am assuming there will be new bathrooms and concession stands in there for the people even clear up high like myself. Will there be escalators etc to get people in and out? Hopefully the access will be better than it is for the north stadium up high!

I requested to be moved to the new section when it was offered to season tickets last fall/winter. I called the ticket office a couple of weeks ago and I was told that they would be mailing out notifications by the end of May. I am still waiting to see if I get to move or not. I really want to know!!!

Gotta get win 1 tomorrow out of the chute. If we have a chance at all, which with our bullpen shortcomings I really am beginning to doubt, we gotta get to the championship game in as few games as possible. It would have been nice to get the first round bye to help in that regard but the debacle Saturday against Michigan prevented a shot at that. Lets come out mad and put a whooping on the Wolverines to pay them back for the 19-9 game and move on to Beat the Buckeyes. Starters need give us quality starts to preserve the bullpen which basically consists of 2 guys at this point. Vogt and Roeder are the only guys who are somewhat consistent. Vogt can have issues but from what I have seen Roeder is money. It is a big park so hopefully the offense can get going, lots of hits and movement on the basepaths. Lets put pressure on everyone early and often. GBR!!!

We don't need better PR. You start by not letting guys like Harland Gund (2007 - now plays for the Falcons), or Trevor Robinson (2008 - Bengals), or Shaun Prater (2008 - Bengels), or Jon Lechner (2009 - beast @ Ohio) get out of state. Robinson is the only one of these we recruited hard. ...and you maybe take some risks on James Davis (2009), or Bryce Dietz (2010 - who's having a solid start to his career at Ohio), or Cole Fisher. You definitely grab a state champion wrestler Mike Shoff (2012), and possibly a small town kid with a good frame in Drew Ott (2013). Instead we move in and gave the Nebraska scholly's to Sutton when we were looking desperate at TE (which may turn out ok), or to Marsh knowing he'd likely never play QB here, or Tyler Evans who was a speedster but a stretch behind the talent we have at WR. Historically this state does not produce a lot of talent at the skill positions. I'm sure someone will list off a bunch - but you can probably list of 4 times as many linemen. However, some of the most dominant guys in the trenches have been Nebraska born. It starts there. We had how many walk-ons starting on the OL last couple of years? And those are just the ones that we didn't let get away. If we'd given out some scholarships to some local kids the lines might look a lot different. There's big, smart kids with a ton of drive in the state. They don't all have to be expected to walk-on. I think we need to re concentrate our efforts to fill the pipeline there. A start yes but I don't think we get to winning conference and national titles on that alone. Am I in favor of getting as much local talent on the roster as possible, sure. Within the state, 500 mile radius you bet. Don't care where they come from they just need to get here and compete. I do like the idea of the local/walk on mentality in terms of work ethic etc but we need the horses. In terms of PR/marketing I was getting at could/should we run campaigns in areas known for producing elite talent in TX, FL and CA to put our brand in the minds of hs coaches and players to consider us more?

Well that is good, I had not heard of that. What else can we do? It is good to be recognized by the media but how can we translate that to recognition by potential recruits and ultimately getting those recruits on campus to win us titles in Lincoln?

Winning helps but we got to get the talent to win. How do we go about getting the stud players in the trenches to chose us to get where we are winning and it is not as much of an issue? We have to turn the tide somehow and create some buzz. It is a which came first the chicken or the egg question.

I know that we have partnerships with marketing firms regarding advertisements in the stadium etc but what do we do in terms of PR and other marketing? I have noticed that other schools on their websites list the coaches and also list their twitter handle to follow them on twitter. I know we fight an uphill battle with recruits and the like in terms of exposure in more talent rich parts of the country. I hear quotes from them that they are hearing from Nebraska but don't know much about them and the like. I mean this is not the mid 90's anymore. Most of these kids were in diapers when we were dominating. What are the rules for a university to put together a PR campaign to really get our brand out there and get noticed? Advertisements, social media, what ever to really bring about some solid brand awareness for our athletics programs. Would there be an opportunity to really break the mold and become cutting edge in this department? I know Bo is not much of a twitter person and is not so much in terms of social media either but could we use the additional staff in the department to do some of this stuff? Could we partner with a PR firm or Marketing firm to really push our brand? Would it be worth it to do some of the stuff Oregon and Ok St do to really get our name out there to recruits? I just feel that the 500 mile radius is important to concentrate on but even in that I don't think we can get back to winning titles and keeping up with the SEC and the Ohio St's of the world. We really need to be smarter and better on all levels. What do you think Husker Nation? What can we do to regain an edge and get back to winning like we all want to? Recruit, recruit, recruit! GBR!!!

Nebraska doesn't get a full share until 2017. Not sure how this all works out or if that can be negotiated to be sooner or what. The specifics of the transition to my knowledge have not been fully released.