Wisconsin33

Yes! There are two shuttle bus routes that depart regularly (every 20 min) and will take you directly to the stadium. There is one route that leaves from the Capitol Square (State Street) if you are staying around there or parking at one of the big ramps there. There is also one that leaves from the big (lame) tailgating lots by the UW Hospital/ UW Band Practice field (Walnut Street). I really suggest not going the traditional tailgate lot route, though some people do, and a lot of uninformed visiting fans end up being directed there. It is really an afterthought of the Wisconsin game day experience, and really, pretty boring. Additionally, though State Street is always fun, the real game day atmosphere is also not centered there, but rather on Regent Street (lots of people, close to the stadium, beer gardens, brat frys, bars, house parties, restaurants etc.) So, I suggest getting from your hotel to there as soon as possible on game day. Chances are that you won't end up spending a dime, as people will be wanting to get you fed and and buy you many beers- especially if you are actively looking to do so and aren't afraid to introduce yourself. Save State Street for after the game or the night before. Ditch the lame parking-lot tailgates altogether in Madison. You can get that crap in Iowa City if you must have it. http://www.uwbadgers.com/travel/shuttle-bus.html

Sorry, no. A rivalry must be reciprocated. We (Wisconsin) already have one. You can't go around just proclaiming to be someone's rival. I would think Nebraska would be above that?

I hate to say it, but in the long term, it is going to have to be Iowa for you guys. It is not there yet, but it is your only option that truly has any of the ingredients. 1.) The school, in my opinion, must be in a contiguous State. Check. 2.) The school must not already have a mutually agreed upon primary rival. While Iowa may identify Wisconsin or Minnesota as their primary rival at any given year, they are always technically a 3rd wheel to the obvious Wisconsin/Minnesota. It may take a few years or decades, but the neat thing is that the ingredients are there and you are not left without even a candidate (like Penn State or MSU). You have a neighbor that lacks a true bilateral rivalry. Here are the rest of the true pairings in my opinion: Iowa vs Nebraska Minnesota vs Wisconsin Illinois vs Northwestern Purdue vs Indiana Michigan vs Ohio State Penn State very much wanted Pitt to join to conference to address their long grievance of not having any natural rival. They feel like I'm sure you feel right now about wanting U of OK. They may eventually pick either Maryland or Rutgers as a paring, but they have always been awkwardly forced into a rivalry with MSU.

Here is this Badger fan's take: We don't want or care about you. Now go back outside and play with PSU, Maryland and Rutgers. Or the Big XII.

Precisely. This is the very first match-up between the two programs that is even remotely significant. I will agree that if we beat you on your home court, it will screw you over quite thoroughly- an essential half of a rivalry. (Just like we screwed you out of a Rose Bowl in 2012). But the other half of that is that you have to screw US over in some fashion- which has yet to happen in any sport, really. If Nebraska wins tonight, our players will undoubtedly be disappointed, but you are not really screwing us out of anything per se. The #1 seed for the Badgers if far from a given and there are still several tournament games to play. Even if we end up losing out on the 1 seed in the Eastern regional, a 2 seed in the Milwaukee regional is seeming more and more desirable as it would for all intents and purposes give Wisconsin 2 home games 60 miles from campus.

But the thing about rivalries is that they must be mutually accepted. You can't just insert yourself in and proclaim to be another school's rival. That's what you tried to do with Iowa and it flopped. Enjoy the atmosphere that comes with two successful teams meeting for a significant outcome and your team being one of them! That's all that this is- though in the Big Ten it happens in great frequency as we are a great basketball conference top-to-bottom.. Wisconsin is quite used to participating in such meetings year in and year out, and therefore we cannot reciprocate the necessary other half needed to commence a true rivalry. Yet. Check back in 10 years and if the games continue to be yearly ranked match-ups and the series evens out, THEN we'll see about a rivalry. For now, Nebraska is having a nice season after a long, dry history. It is fun either way! Just don't get ahead of yourself with the excitement haha.

Yikes... you guys are starting to sound like grasping Minnesota football fans. Wait a couple more years before breaking out the rivalry trophy design. Good luck today and enjoy the game. Hoping for good officiating and no injuries!

Very interesting! I don't know if you buy it or not, but I can just tell that you guys have become much more accustomed to the Big Ten just by the way you write your posts on the subject. When you talk about teams in the conference, you do so with the undercurrent of knowing the story lines and be a part of it. Many of you have visited the campuses and interacted with several Big Ten fan bases, which by nature, are more abrasive as a whole than perhaps you were used to before. You have context! You are a part of the story! A kid who was a freshmen at UNL in 2011 will be entering his/her senior year this season and has known nothing but Nebraska competing in the Big Ten! Think about that for a second! Crazy. As far as a rival... it will come. I still think there is hope for Iowa. Iowa has been atypically sh**ty since NU came in. Usually Iowa is quite good and a huge pain in the ass. If you think our (Wisconsin) fans are awful, just wait until Iowa gets a team that they think is good. They will be insufferable, and you will learn to hate them, trust me. I haven't had to deal with it much since 2010 (awesome UW/Iowa game) when they were decent, but I know they will right the sh**ty ship sooner or later. For UW and NU... I'm really not sure. Obviously Wisconsin's main rival is Minnesota. I personally like to save term "rivalry" for an exclusive bilateral series between two schools, but if things keep up the way they have, who knows? I personally hate MSU more than any other team because of our series over the past couple of years (basketball has also added to it), but before 2009, I thought MSU was an automatic win and I could have cared less about them. If we keep on playing very close matches that are of high significance, the rivalry will continue to grow, no doubt about it. We at Wisconsin very much like to play against highly touted conference teams at home and often beat them in the match-up. In 2011, when everyone was making such a big deal out of Nebraska this, Nebraska that.... their fans are going to invade Camp Randall...it was pushing all the right buttons of the Wisconsin psyche, and the result was the fan interaction that you experienced. Defensive? Yes. Over the top? Yes. Heck, we've got remnants of "little guy syndrome" that still lingers over our culture from the past when we used to get invaded by teams and get our asses pounded. Camp Randall is, by nature, not a happy place for visiting fans- especially for big match-ups. That fact was coupled with months of media hype advertising a Cornhusker invasion and a "Sea of Black" and this being Nebraska's big burly entrance into the conference. Plus it was night game. Plus we had just acquired Russell Wilson. Plus our team was pretty darn good that year. Will it be a rivalry? I don't know! But it's been a damn fine series so far!

Hello Huskers! It's the off-season, and so I wanted to stop by and check on you cornheads to see how things are going for you! It's hard to believe that this coming year will mark the 4th season of Big Ten play for you guys. This year will be yet another year of change in the conference with the additions of both Rutgers and Maryland and the re-shuffling of the B1G Divisions. I'm not particularly pleased with the adding of those two schools like I was when we added Nebraska. Nebraska seemed like a great fit as a Midwestern, contiguous neighbor and as an addition that would bring the conference from 11 up to 12. I am however, really happy with the new divisions as the creation of the B1G West means that Wisconsin gets to play all the schools we don't want to ever miss (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern and Illinois...and Purdue). Our rivalry will be sure to develop as we battle for the Division title year in and year out. It's going to be great... much better than these past 3 seasons! I certainly also feel much more used to Nebraska being in the conference. It seems much more normal and the fit is really nice. I've visited Lincoln for the UW/NU football game in 2012 and had a blast. You've played in a conference championship game, you just scored a huge landmark basketball victory at one of the most storied programs in the conference, I'm sure you've won championships in other random olympic sports that I'm not aware of. A lot of you have probably traveled to other B1G cities and venues. And after this year, the new guy spotlight will be squarely off of you and redirected to the eastern schools. So how are you guys feeling nowadays? - Do you feel more at home in the Big Ten Conference? - Has your pining for the old Big XII Conference been remedied at all, or do you still miss those OU/KSU/MIZZ/CU match-ups. - If the Big XII and the Big Ten made a clean deal for you to return to the Big XII tomorrow, would you be happy about it? - What is one perception about the conference that has changed since you've been a member? - My least favorite school in the Big Ten is _______________, because _________________. - How do you feel about Maryland and Rutgers joining the conference. Who would you rather have seen? - What is your favorite B1G football stadium? What impressed you about it? What was your least favorite? - What changes have you seen to UNL? Have there been any notable imporvements yet as far as improved academics, more infastructure, better sports teams? - How has the move affected your brand? It's been a rough couple of years by your standards, but do you think the Nebraska brand is better off now that it would have been had you stayed in the Big XII? Are your struggles due to the new conference? The coaching? The players? Have a great day! Your local Badger

As a Wisconsin fan, I have a couple of thoughts on the new divisions : 1. I can't believe how quick people have been to discredit Iowa as if it is some kind of bottom feeder school to be thrown in with the likes of Purdue, Minnesota and Illinois. One poor season and some how their program is completely discredited and taken out of the conversation for competing for Big Ten Titles? Give me a break! That is just bad analysis. If you think Iowa will just "go away" (we could all only be so lucky) you're crazy. It's a strong program and Kirk Ferenz is obviously a good coach. 2. Too much is being made of the "Big 4 Helmet Schools" and how that will impact competition in the league. Another example of lazy analysis. How about looking at some real numbers as they pertain to how competition in this league goes. Here's a few that might make you think twice: Wisconsin has 4 more wins than Michigan over the last 20 years. Purdue has about an even series with Ohio State in the last 5 years. Northwestern won 10 games last year including a bowl game. Illinois has been to the Rose Bowl more recently than Michigan. Iowa has won 8 of the last 11 vs. Penn State. 3/4 teams in the Big Ten Championship Game have come from the West the other was Michigan State. Nebraska is the only "helmet school" to make it to the Indy so far. Wisconsin has won the last 3 league titles in a row. The last 2 outright. Wisconsin has won 4 of the last 6 meetings against Michigan. Penn State has won the Big Ten once in it's entire tenure here. Michigan has won it 5 total times since then and Wisconsin has won it 6 times. 3. Perhaps I am biased, but I also have trouble with this prognosis that Wisconsin is for some reason "trending down" like almost everyone seems to be saying. HOW? Because we're not a historical helmet school who won AP voter-boner National Championshps? Because we have a new coaching staff? Did I miss something that said winning 3 consecutive conference titles is no longer considered a positive trend? Are signing our highest rated recruting class ever this Winter and securing 4 Four Star recruits from our State after our Head Coach left this Spring not positive trends? Does being the only B1G school to have a 1st Round NFL Draft pick not count as a good thing anymore? Does consistantly selling out your 80,000 seat stadium finishing brand-new renovations to your football facilites set to open in 2013 and 2014 mean your program is trending down? No. The truth is, we've been hearing this garbabe from Michigan and Ohio State for the last 20 years. "Wisconsin had it's moment, now the Badgers are naturally going to "trend down" because the traditional powers are surely going to rise back to their rightful places." Heard it in 1994 after winning our first Rose Bowl in 40 years. Heard it in 1998 after winning the conference and a 2nd Rose Bowl. Heard it in 1999 after winning the conferende and a 3rd Rose Bowl. Heard it in 2000 when Ron Dayne left. Heard it in 2002 when we missed a bowl game. Heard it in 2005 when Calhoun and Evans left. Heard it in 2006 when Barry Alvarez retired from coaching Heard it in 2008 when we had a 7-6 season. Heard it in 2009 when PJ Hill left. Heard it in 2010 when John Clay left. Heard it in 2011 when Paul Chryst and JJ Watt left. Hearing it once again with Bielema and Ball leaving. It's been 20 years for god sakes. Why is this time special for correctly predicting yet another inevitable Wisconsin downward trend?

I think it will be a natural progression for both your school and for the conference. It's probably already happening. You'll find yourself following the Big Ten story lines as the years go on and, in turn, you'll find yourself not following your old Big XII story lines. For me, that's a big part of conference identity. I know all the rivalries of the conference, who is playing who any given week and what's on the line. I know all the B1G stadium names, the cities, the coaches and the bars I like visiting when I'm there. I've got memories of traveling to other conference schools and really feeling like part of the story. There's nothing that quite attaches you to the conference happenings like saying "I was there!" After a few years of tuning out to the happenings and matchups of your old conference, those sentiments of attachment to the other schools in the Big Twelve will slowly start to fade and I think you will very naturally become more deeply involved in the happenings of your new conference. The fact that you want to be integrated and that we want you integrated has expedited this process- something that was important when the conference was looking for candidates for expansion. The Big Ten is an incredibly well-established, tradition-filled league that has remained rock solid for over 100 years. We work together on so many levels other than football that once a school is in, it becomes a member for life. Even the University of Chicago is still a member of the Big Ten even though they don't have a football team. They still collaborate with the league in a very important way. We have the best academic institutions and just as Penn State found, you will find your academic situation much improved within the next 10 years. We have the greatest stadiums, the most fans, the best pageantry, the greatest bands, and we continue to be the envy of the country. You will become a part of that and be able to share in the next 100 years of the greatest league- on every level- in college athletics. If you haven't done a brief history check on the league, check out the wikipedia page. It's a great read and will help to get a grasp on the importance of Big Ten history and tradition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference

My last bottom line to clear things up from my end: If you don't want to get patronized on what it's like to be in a big time league, then drop the acting so surprised about how things went in Madison. No one doubts that you are a wonderful, wonderful, historical program coached by Bo Pelini. It's just puzzling that such a wonderful, wonderful program would spend so much time complaining about the same issues that schools like Indiana and Minnesota do.

Are you equating the game in Ann Arbor to the game in Madison? I think the game in Madison was a bit more hyped.

There was plenty of that, but the assertions of Madison being a horrible place continue. It's like you need some sort of wake up call to realize that Madison is not unique in that matter and that you will experience the same as a member of the conference. You act like it was so pronounced and unique but it's obviously not. I almost had to be snotty just to get that simple point across! No one was listening!

Ahh jeeze... the old, "I-don't-have-anything-to-contribute-so-I'll-rattle-off-a-bunch-of-things-we've-won". Ok the post was a bit snarky, but the entire post was pretty poignant to the issue of Nebraska fans targeting Wisconsin as some sort of anomaly of bad fan treatment. In a nut shell: You guys think Wisconsin is some sort of horrible rarity, but I believe you only think this way because you haven't been in the conference long enough. A pretty reasonable response to the barrage of crying about Madison that litter the board. Some how that got turned into a whole slew of rants about National Championships and a lecture on the historical glory of Nebraska Football? What? Hate to say it, but that's usually Michigan's stunt. You'll have to find another trick.

Look... I don't know how to explain this... You gotta drop it with the complaining about poor treatment at away games. You may think you want to be known for it and for having a nice senior citizenesque fan base, but in this league you don't. No one in the conference will empathize with you. You know which schools claim to have the friendliest fans and fans that complain about poor treatment and being unwelcoming in the Big Ten. Indiana and Minnesota. And you know what they do after they are done complaining about poor treatment? They turn around and wish that their own fans would quit acting so lethargic and start showing the type of passion that the successful programs do. Big time Big Ten schools know, expect and respect raucous behavior. It's part of being in an old school, tough, Midwestern conference. Most of the Big Ten schools are huge party schools- especially Madison, Iowa City, State College, East Lansing, Ann Arbor and Columbus. You're not in the Big Twelve or Big Eight or whatever anymore. You chose to join a tough conference. If you had joined the SEC or something, maybe someone would care about 'southern hospitality' or whatever it is that you think is so important. We care about winning Big Ten Championships and going to the Rose Bowl. Not showing the bastards from the other heathen schools our family scrap books. If you haven't noticed, we put a huge emphasis on rivalry games and on rivalry trophies and the lot. The other schools hate us! We hate them! They might take away our chance to play in The Grand Daddy of Them All, after all. They have ruined our seasons in the past, and we've ruined theirs. Do you think Wisconsin fans are happy with Ohio State fans for ruining our chance at playing for a national championship last year? NO! And we're going to show them we aren't happy- just like they showed us last year they weren't happy with what we did to them in 2010. This is the way it is in the Big Ten. You're getting a lesson the hard way about Big Ten Culture. The pressure to win is huge. The Big Ten boys and their fans play rough and it's always been that way. Madison is rowdy for sure, but any of the the great programs and their campuses would exude the same treatment in such circumstances. I can GUARANTEE YOU if you're in a significant game in Prime Time and visiting Happy Valley, Columbus, Ann Arbor, East Lansing or Iowa City, you will be subjected to the same kind of environment. I've been there for it. Is it enjoyable to go to one of these hell-holes and lose in a big game? No! It's not supposed to be. But it's kind of fun if you win. I'm sorry if it's news to you. When the stakes of a game are high (as they were in ours and as there have been in many other Big Ten matches), ticket sales jump up. Fans look forward to game day, The media goes into a frenzy, Fans are eager to party hard and have a blast. Coincidentally beer has been known to greatly enhance the game day experience. It also makes fans rowdy. Big Ten fans are excited to show how tough their stadium is to play in to a national T.V. audience. They like being known for having an intimidating place to play. Who cares if a few whiny babies or old man Osborne complains about it afterward. This means that they win more games and winning more games is important in The Big Ten Conference. Yes- stop the lame "kill them with kindness and object when it isn't reciprocated" mantra that your grandma knit onto your sweater and get with the god damn program already! No one cares anymore and we are getting tired of hearing it. Again- you are actively partaking in what the dumpy loser programs like Indiana and Minnesota do. They complain that they are treated HORRENDOUSLY at every single stadium they visit. Why do they do it? Because they probably just lost. You are way better than that. You had your first Big Ten bullying at Wisconsin. Congratulations. We popped your cherry and we damn well enjoyed it. But don't fool yourself and think that what your 'endured' at Wisconsin last year is going to be any different than the rest of the Big Ten as the years go on. You'll learn sooner or later after you go through enough similar bad experiences and you'll start to bitterly hate the rest of the conference too. Just wait until you lose your first big game at Iowa City. Jesus... Trust me... it'll be just as ugly as what you had to go through last Fall. But before you know it you will have been assimilated. It's just that acting the way you are now is only making you still seem like the-school-that-was-permitted-in-from-the-Big XII-and-is-still-kind-of-weird. You don't want to be like that and we don't want you to be like that, Big Red! Let it go and join the league!

I think what contributed to the seemingly baseless poor treatment of Nebraska fans had to do with the hyped up "invasion" that had been talked about in the weeks prior to the game. In the dark ages of WIsconsin Football (late 1980s) Camp Randall used to get invaded all of the time by opposing fans. That's embarrassing for any school. Once Alvarez turned things around, Camp Randall Stadium transformed from a place of sparsely populated bleachers with a few thousand intoxicated partiers and no home-field advantage, to a jam-packed electric stadium filled with that same party culture and a bunch of starved fans that managed to create an environment where the Badgers almost never lose. It was like finally reaching the oasis after spending years and years in the desert. So you see, Wisconsin fans are fiercely protective of that reputation and Camp Randall's tough environment. At the same time, they're also still sensitive to opposing fans who for many years invaded the stadium and made it their own. I suppose it's a bit of lingering small man's complex. You have to remember that Wisconsin has only been on the national scene for about 20 years. Before that we were the conference doormat. We were Indiana. We were the sure win on the slate. We were glorified punching bags and the joke of the conference. Wisconsin fans still remember that, and they don't want to go back to that. We may have a reputation for being poor hosts, but at least we don't have a reputation for being a doormat. Did you know that our Athletic Department has not allowed a visiting band to perform in the stadium since Illinois visited in 1995? It's true! Most Big Ten Bands won't even bother trying to come because of the way they've been treated by fans and in particular the student section. Your band coming last year was as close to a band visiting that I've seen in years. Is it a good thing? Not necessarily, but to many, it's tolerated and is seen as better than "the dark ages." And at this point, it's sort of morphed into our reputation. We may have long since evolved from needing to be nasty to opposing fans, but people come to expect it and it's almost part of a lore of visiting Madison. Something of a forbidden fruit or an open dare or something. You also can't admit that Madison is pretty sweet beyond the football aspect and it's probably the best college town in the country. So you take the recipe of: 1 Part - Nebraska fan's claim to fame of sending hoards of traveling fans who like to "invade" stadiums, and in particular, the 40,000 that were being projected to fill Camp Randall. 1 Part - Wisconsin fans who are notoriously protective of Camp Randall and creating intimidation and difficulty for visiting teams and since there were supposedly going to be hoards and hoards of Nebraska fans attempting to take over the stadium, and the fact that there was probably a lot of over-compensation in the heckling department to make sure that didn't happen. And you get about what happened to many that night. I can't say that I'm particularly happy that it meant that Nebraska fans got treated poorly, but I can't also say that I'm not at all surprised given those to factors and how talked up the invasion was supposed to be. It was an unfortunate butting of two opposite ideals. You also have to remember that we are used to Michigan, Iowa and Ohio State fans which are pretty terrible visitors in and of themselves and certainly not angels when they host. You'll find that out in time.

I'm very sorry to those of you who were personally treated poorly during your visit to Madison this Fall. Very disappointed to hear this.

Hello Husker fans- A group of fellow Badger fans and I just purchased our "student away tickets" to the Wisconsin @ Nebraska game for this Fall in Memorial Stadium. I can't tell you how excited we were to secure those puppies through the regular student ticket sales this morning. Not sure what we would have done if we didn't get the tickets that way. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone could tell me off hand if they know where the visiting fan sections are in Memorial Stadium and in particular where the visiting "student section" is seated. My gut tells me that we'll be stuck up in some forgotten corner with poor sight lines, but I'm up for pleasant surprises! Thanks ahead of time. -Wisconsin33

Thanks for all the great feedback so far- definitely appreciate it. How's the cab situation in Lincoln? Are they pretty plentiful? How are the rates? I'm trying to decide between paying for a cheaper hotel that is further away from the action and having to take cabs back and forth or paying more and staying in a hotel that is closer to the stadium and then not having to deal with cabs if they are bad like some cities. (East Lansing was a mess ... we had to wait an hour and a half at bar time because the entire city apparently had "run out" of cabs). Also- for tailgating at "The Res" or "The Haymarket" you can just pull in there early on gameday and park anywhere? Do you pay right then and there, or is there a pass that I have to buy ahead of time?

A big hello to my Corn Husker brethren from Wisconsin. I first want to start out by expressing the absolute pleasure it was to host so many of you at our university this past Fall as well as in the city of Madison. Never in my life have I encountered or experienced such a wonderful, loyal and knowledgeable group of supporters as when Nebraska fans - all 30,000 (or more!) - came up to support their football team. We sure hope that you enjoyed yourselves and that it was a worthy start to the new traditions that we are sure to build between two great Midwestern States that love their only college football programs. Well, just as excited as we were to meet Nebraskans in Madison this last year, I think many (though probably not AS many as Husker Nation) Badger fans will be equally as excited to return the favor and make the inaugural visit to Lincoln this Fall to see your wonderful university and beautiful football stadium. In fact, I'm writing this inquiry because I know I, as well as a group of fellow Badger fans, are very interested in making the trip this Fall for the Badger/Husker game! While we are still very much in the early planning stages of our trip, I'd like to get some good insight from the people who know best- you all! I'll try to keep it simple, but any information that you'd be willing to give to help us out would be greatly appreciated! In all, I'd expect our particular group to be about 15 people. We're all either in college still or recent graduates who would still probably be looking for the "student experience" as it pertains to game day in Lincoln. I'll post some questions and hopefully that will help make things easier: 1.) Tailgating: As I just mentioned, we're a group of about 15-20 college-aged fans who are looking forward to both taking in as much of Nebraska's game day as possible, as well as settling down for several hours before kickoff to meet, eat and drink copious amounts of alcohol at a great location where we would be around the center of action as far as students go. I know this routine differs form place to place- for example if you were in Madison last Fall, you would have noticed that there were not real "tailgate lots" or parking lots where students and other fans often party before kick-off, but rather a series of house parties on campus and beer gartens tucked in and amongst the many bars and restaurants near the stadium. At other places like Michigan State or Iowa, they'll have huge plots of land like parking lots or golf courses sectioned off for people to park their cars and do a more traditional tailgate. What's the routine in Nebraska? Where is the center of action? Do students usually end up at different places than everyone else? Where would you recommend our group setting up to be in the midst of Nebraska game day glory? Are there any kind of special passes or anything that we should start thinking about? 2.) Parking/Cars We'll probably have several cars, but we certainly won't be bringing them all to the tailgate. Where would be a good place to park extra cars within walking distance of the stadium? For the 1 or 2 cars that we'd probably want near our tailgate for supplies and set-up, can you usually just bring them right along to the site? Are there any special passes that we'd need to obtain to get into a good spot? 3) Hotels/Nightlife We're college kids, so we're probably going to be OK with staying pretty much anywhere so long as it's half-way decent and it's semi-close (at least a cab ride's distance) from Nightlife and the Stadium. Any suggestions for something pretty inexpensive that would cater to that? The closer the better. More importantly than that, where should we be for Friday night to take in the night life of UNL and Lincoln? We'd probably be interested in the pretty typical college bars and hotspots of your campus. Even though you might think of some of them as 'douchy' or 'fratty' or 'overcrowded' because you went to school there- as long as it's a happening place and there are lots of drinks and people- we honestly won't care because we're just visiting. For example... I cringe to send people to State Street Brats or Kollege Klub here in Madison because they are packed full of douche bags and sorostitues on any given night, but for visitors and first-timers, they are certainly neat inside and full of energy and so I swallow my pride (and my much more boring local favorite that I wanted to recommend) and send them there because I know that's what they're probably looking forward to. Does that make sense? With that in mind- where are some places we need to go to get our eat and drink on while we are visiting campus? 4) Other recommendations Any other ideas or recommendations or must-sees while we visit? Any advice on tickets or whether it's worth it to try and get student tickets? Where's the visitor section? Alright- Thanks for all the help in advance and I'll let you know that we are really excited to come see your city this Fall!