The Fundamental Nebraska Problem With Trying To Do A BIackout

[Cy the Cyclone]

Sounds better than "Go Big Scarlet"...Red it is!

[Roll Skers]

Iowa is having a B******* this weekend

[olddominionhusker]

On 10/23/2017 at 3:59 PM, BaytownHusker said:

 

So you are saying it would work if we did a white out?? Or everyone would still B ughh  gripe that its not red...

You could call it a Creamout for the traditionalists!! Even though that sounds horribly wrong...

[Caven]

On 10/23/2017 at 1:48 PM, knapplc said:

 

DING!DING!DING!

 

We have a winner. 

 

Nebraska, demographically, is 86% white. Pale skin washes out the black gear.  Even if we got the university involved and handed out free shirts, we'd still have a half washed-out stadium.  No matter what we do, we'll never have the look we're interested in. 

 

 

I'm sorry but that is crap.  I have seen plenty of schools do a great b*******.  Iowa does one every year and it usually looks great.

 

You can't tell me that Nebraksa is any whiter than Iowa and those black stripes are solid.  The problem with Nebraska doing a b******* is there are too many people like my family who wear red because to do anything else to a Nebraska game just isn't done in their opinion.  There is no way they are going to change what they have been doing for 40+ years.  I just laugh.

[knapplc]

I literally posted a photo that shows what I'm talking about.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

It's swell that people are posting photos from other stadiums, but try finding one that isn't photoshopped.  Those are all post-production shots. 

[HuskerNBigD]

Edited November 1, 2017 by fire mike

[krc1995]

Shouldn't we just dress in our team colors?  You can yell as loud in red as you do black.  Or do terror towels.  They really do cause a visual distraction.   

[knapplc]

10 minutes ago, fire mike said:

 

The top three for sure are from professional photographers.  The bottom one shows what I've been saying in this thread.

[HuskerNBigD]

1 minute ago, knapplc said:

 

The top three for sure are from professional photographers.  The bottom one shows what I've been saying in this thread.

 

s#!t

[HuskerNBigD]

4 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

The top three for sure are from professional photographers.  The bottom one shows what I've been saying in this thread.

 

???

 

 

[knapplc]

3 minutes ago, fire mike said:

 

???

 

 

 

Getty Images. Professional photographer.

Edited November 1, 2017 by knapplc

[HuskerNBigD]

2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

Getty Images. Professional photographer.

 

Damn. The only other one I found was a day game and it didn't look very good.

[knapplc]

It's hard to find a photo from a blackout that hasn't been altered that looks like any of those photos. White people have white faces, pale hands & arms, and it washes out the black clothes. If you see one that has this really neat black shadow effect, odds are really good it's been shopped. Pro photographers do that because their job is to sell visually appealing images.  It's not cheating, it's enhancing. Like a beautiful woman putting on makeup. 

 

I mean, this is not NOT part of the problem.  Caven's right about this, and we've seen it in this very thread.  It's just part of the problem, not the whole problem.

 

33 minutes ago, Caven said:

The problem with Nebraska doing a b******* is there are too many people like my family who wear red because to do anything else to a Nebraska game just isn't done in their opinion. 

 

 

 

Edited November 1, 2017 by knapplc

[Bad2theBONES]

On 10/23/2017 at 1:48 PM, knapplc said:

 

DING!DING!DING!

 

We have a winner. 

 

Nebraska, demographically, is 86% white. Pale skin washes out the black gear.  Even if we got the university involved and handed out free shirts, we'd still have a half washed-out stadium.  No matter what we do, we'll never have the look we're interested in. 

 

 

That b.s.  Iowa Hawkeyes do a b******* amazingly and you are telling me there is way more black peoples in Iowa than in Nebraska? Umm... no. 

[neepster]

The key to doing any of this sort of stuff is to PLAN AHEAD.  Put it LITERALLY on the CALENDAR the school sends to the season ticket holders.  Print it ON THE TICKETS.  Publicize it up the wazzou.  That's what these other schools do... not try 3 days ahead of time to do something complicated.  That's a recipe for failure.