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  1. Ooops! In the directions I mentioned 13th Street North. Make that 10th street north! Just ask the hotel people, they'll get you to the stadium. Also might as well include the commute from downtown to the stadium: (Downtown Omaha is on the far Eastern side of the city. You will be taking the interstate all the way across Omaha - 15 minutes, then heading West across about 40 miles of Nebraska to Lincoln) 2 hours before the game: ~2 hours 3 hours before the game: 1 1/2 - 2 hours 4 hours before the game: 1 1/2 hours Any other day: 1 1/4 hours Also, one last thing. If you choose to tailgate, it is MANDATORY to drink from red plastic disposable 16 oz cups. You will be ticketed if cops see you with cans or bottles. Just hide them in a cooler in the trunk. Do not attempt to walk around on the sidewalks or streets with the cups either. Just stay by your car in the parking area and as long as you are behaving, you should be fine. Cheers
  2. 1) How long have you been a member of Husker Nation? We'll say since I first remember starting to watch games around 1987 (7 years old) 2) What/who led you to The Nation? Mom and Dad were UNL grads 3) Where are you from originally? Omaha 4) Where do you live now? Omaha 5) Favorite Husker memory? My first game during college, walking from Abel (10th floor baby!) to the Iowa game. That was the most ridiculous pregame EVER 6) Worst Husker memory? Loss to Arizona in 96 season - that really stung. 7) Number of home games attended? Lost count a while ago, never enough though! 8) Number of away games attended? 2 - USC 2006, Washington 1997 - that was crazy 9) Favorite Husker memorabilia/apparel? My trusty red cap, been in service from 1999 to present. Bought it on the first day of college 10) Favorite place to watch a Husker game? (section in Memorial, bar, friends house etc.) Memorial Stadium of course - South Stadium number one! And diet pepsi wins by a hair! 11) Favorite all time player? I'm going to go with Carlos Polk - got schnockered at a party once with him. 12) WCO or Option? Can't we all just be friends? 13) Stevie Pederson or Billy Byrne? Byrne 14) Lil Red or Herbie Husker? Definitely Herbie 15) Favorite Husker play? Well, we're gonna have to go with the pass to Crouch for the TD 16) Favorite game-day beverage? Special Husker Punch - and you'll never get the recipe out of me! 17) How did you find HuskerBoard? (referral source)[/b] Huskerpedia maybe? And any pictures you would like to share (upload via the browse button below). Thanks for sharing your Husker Heritage!! GBR!!
  3. If you must stay in Omaha, be prepared to leave for the game at least 2 hours in advance - and that will get you to the gates with a few minutes to spare. Recommendations: Assuming that you want to stay in a higher end hotel, stay at the embassy suites downtown. It has a very nice interior atrium and the rooms are quite nice. The hotel also has a restaurant and bar. You can also get a very good suite there if you want to spend a little more. Most importantly, the hotel is across the street from the Old Market. The Old Market is the downtown historical area with quaint shopping and what amounts to Omaha's nightlife scene. There are quite a few bars that will be full on most Friday nights including: Billy Frogs, The Dubliner, the French Underground, M's Pub, and such. Just walk around, they are all within about the same 4 block square and many have outdoor patios. If you want something really unique, get a taxi and take it up to the Crescent Moon. Its about 2 miles West of the downtown area and has a great atmosphere. There also have many many exotic foreign beers on tap (makes Old Chicago look like an Applebee's). The downstairs area has an authentic German bar that serves beer out of glass boots - just don't break it, they're $50 bucks each. Leave for the game at least 3 hours before. Preferably 4+ hours early so you beat some of the traffic and you have time to bar hop and go to the book store. Make sure to go to Sandy's and get and "Elk Creek" and then to Duffy's for a "fishbowl." Otherwise Bisonwiches has excellent sandwiches and beer specials. Make sure to try a Runza too. Directions: Go West from the hotel to 13th street, take a right (North). Go about 5 blocks to Cass Street. You'll see signs pointing to interstate 480 South. Take a left (West) on Cass and this literally runs strait into 480 South. Take 480 South to interstate 80 West and go to Lincoln. Get off on the downtown exit and just drive until you hit downtown. Can't help with the parking, we have reserved spots for our cars since before I can remember. There are quite a few places around the outskirts of downtown for $10 - $20 i believe. Hope this helps Brad
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