The Fundamental Nebraska Problem With Trying To Do A BIackout

[knapplc]

Ohio St is attempting a b******* this weekend.  

As you've pointed out, Black is not a primary color for Nebraska (or a secondary color for that matter).

It is, however, on OSU's primary color palette.

Odd thing is, even though Black isn't on Nebraska's palette anywhere (primary, secondary or accent colors), it's used everywhere. 

For a color we don't even avow on our official school palette, we sure use it a lot.

 

[jaws]

Ohio St is attempting a b******* this weekend.  

For a 3:30 game. It won't look good. 

 

[Cdog923]

For a 3:30 game. It won't look good. 

This begs the question: why the hell isn't PSU/OSU a primetime game? 

 

[jaws]

This begs the question: why the hell isn't PSU/OSU a primetime game? 

Off topic but... Both schools have had enough night games and both coaches have complained about the amount of road night games. As a Buckeye fan, I like the 3:30 start.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

This begs the question: why the hell isn't PSU/OSU a primetime game? 

FOX selected it to air in the afternoon and lead into World Series Game 4.

 

[Cdog923]

Off topic but... Both schools have had enough night games and both coaches have complained about the amount of road night games. As a Buckeye fan, I like the 3:30 start.

FOX selected it to air in the afternoon and lead into World Series Game 4.

This makes sense, but for two top 10 teams, this begs for a primetime slot. 

 

[ColoradoHusk]

This makes sense, but for two top 10 teams, this begs for a primetime slot. 

FOX had the first choice over ESPN, and picked that game.  Can't really control for their time slot.

 

[Cdog923]

FOX had the first choice over ESPN, and picked that game.  Can't really control for their time slot.

Well, and it makes a ton of sense for Fox to put it right before the World Series.

 

[knapplc]

Hold the actual phone.  It turns out Black IS one of Husker Athletics' primary colors.  I asked around and was directed to this:

This is from the "Branding" page on the Husker site. 

 

[Cdog923]

Hold the actual phone.  It turns out Black IS one of Husker Athletics' primary colors.  I asked around and was directed to this:

This is from the "Branding" page on the Husker site. 

b******* it is! 

 

[URSS]

I took this photo just before the Wisconsin game started and got a pretty decent representation of the crowd at what was supposed to be our Blackout.  As you can see, there's quite a bit of black in the stands.  Lots of red, some white/gray, etc. But mostly black, which is impressive for a social-media based campaign that started maybe a week before the game.  This is as solid of an effort from the fans as you're going to see unless the University partners with Adidas to give everyone a free shirt. 

But there's still a huge natural hindrance to the whole thing, and it basically means we can't really ever do a true Blackout at Nebraska.

Can anyone tell what the problem is?

Can't speak for anyone but me- I don't like the b******* and would never do it.  The school's main color is scarlet red and that is what we are known for in the football world.  I don't like seeing people in white or gray even if its Husker apparel.     I heard a Washington State dad tell his son once that he had never seen so much red.  Stick with red!

 

[Redux]

Because it's a stupid idea.  I don't own any black Husker gear, so they're asking me to wear something in generic black instead of the school colors.  I own a red hat, red shirt, red sweatshirt, and a red coat with Husker logos.  I don't own any of that in black.  So why not stick with the sea of red thing.

Plus, the opponent at the time wears red.  So there are likely thousands of them sprinkled around in the stadium;  like the guy with the W hat 3 rows down in the picture.  Better to blend them in.

At least Penn State is smart enough to pick one of their school colors.

Great, let's just keep the Sea of Red tradition.

I will tell you if I attended a game where they tried to do a coloring type gimmick I would wear red. Why? Because part of Nebraska is the Sea of Red. I don't get to attend many Nebraska games, so any chance I get to attend a game I wear red to be apart of the Nebraska tradition.

The fact that NU's colors are Scarlet and Cream wouldve been my answer.

Disagree with you Knapp. I didn't see non-b******* because of skin color. I saw non-b******* due to red shirts.

Other than the way the bleachers sit and make faces the prominent background coloring, ^this is why we can't have a black out.

Agree 100% that if we would hand out shirts we could do it.  Even then though, there would be a large amount of fans that got offended by the idea of wearing black because sacrilege and what not.

 

[HuskerNBigD]

Hold the actual phone.  It turns out Black IS one of Husker Athletics' primary colors.  I asked around and was directed to this:



This is from the "Branding" page on the Husker site. 

Youre gonna make some minds explode, knapp

 

[The Dude]

Hold the actual phone.  It turns out Black IS one of Husker Athletics' primary colors.  I asked around and was directed to this:



This is from the "Branding" page on the Husker site. 

You are fake news.

 

[In the Deed the Glory]

Hold the actual phone.  It turns out Black IS one of Husker Athletics' primary colors.  I asked around and was directed to this:



This is from the "Branding" page on the Husker site. 

Wait, we are officially Red and White and not Scarlet and Cream????