Bolt VanderHuge

I gave my tickets up last year.  Over $1000 for tickets in  upper north stadium, where getting in took at least 30 minutes.  Going to the bathroom took 30 minutes. And getting home to central nebraska took 90 minutes just to get out of the parking lot, assuming there was a product on the field to stay for.

7 minutes ago, Dan_F_31 said:

I'll be honest. A tiny sliver of me hopes it isn't Frost as Nebraska's next coach just to witness the epic meltdown of this thread. Like a forest where the under brush has been building for decades create all sorts of fuel.  Is that bad?

 

 

1 hour ago, lo country said:

The psychological message this will send through the football world if the prodigal son chooses to not return to NU, his school and birthplace, will be catastrophic IMHO.  How bad must things be if "he" chooses not to return.  Talk about a gut punch.  That might do as much harm as hiring a "google search" coach....

You misspelled "more"

38 minutes ago, Husker John said:

There will be a newer low next week.

And then a newer new lower low the week after...

and then .....

Don't strain - just need to re-adjust and breathe through it.

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3 hours ago, Thurston from Pender said:

The players and coaches are doing their best. Riley and his assistants didn’t come here to fail.

 

Yes, there have been mistakes. We may have different opinions on judgment calls. But there is no need for personal insults and nastiness. 

 

The players are young adults. They, in particular, deserve our support.

 

I also don’t believe in schadenfreude.

 

Nebraska is the home of the greatest fans in college football so let’s act that way.

 I agree - The players are young student athletes and from what I've seen, they (and the opposing student athletes) have been cheered.  As they should be.

Where I disagree - Some coaches are being paid more in a year than I will make in my entire career.  (Oh, and I don't have a golden parachute either.  Just 90 days notice.)

SO - If I'm dropping a few thousand dollars for my family to sit in north stadium and I complain, I feel entitled.  Or maybe we will stop coming.  You can buy my tickets.  

I'm just old enough to remember the 'almost-but-not-quite'  era of the late 80s, although this was mostly though watching my parents and grandparents frustration.  My first real emotional memory is the crushing defeat to FSU at the end of the 1993 season.  Which made crossing the "un" off of the "unfinished business" on my homemade shirt that much better the next year. Later, I remember getting more drunk than I care to admit in college after the OU game with the Stuntz-Crouch pass.  I remember listening on the radio, while on a family trip, to the Independence Bowl loss to Ole Miss.  I remember being really, really surprised (and hurt?) at a 7-7 finish.  

Now my experience as an adult if it were a book title would be, "And Then It Got Worse" 

I have season tickets, because I always wanted them, but now it feels like an obligation.  I have to pay to watch some bad football.  I'm sure some people will say I'm a bad fan for saying that.  Or for me leaving early.  But after putting in 2 hours road time, the cost for parking, food, and then a "donation" for tickets I don't think it's much to ask for some quality product on the field.

My son still likes going to games, mostly because of the pageantry.   But very very soon even he is going to be able to see what is being put out there on the field, and he doesn't have the championship memories to fall back on.

That reply is too long.  Why am I a fan?  Because I'm from Nebraska, I expect Nebraska to win, and I expect them to win because Nebraskans should be able to do more with less rather than less with more.       

3 minutes ago, bisonwiches said:

It’s as bad as Callahan to Nebraska

5 hours ago, HuskerPowerVA said:

Looks like I picked the wrong weekend to quit drinking. 

1 hour ago, grandpasknee said:

Think on the other side.  If you were Scott Frost, looking at the landscape of possible openings this year and next.  Where would you go?

Tennessee?  UCLA?  Arkansas?  Missouri?  

I hope NU doesn't try to low-ball him.

13 minutes ago, Big red surfers said:

My god are we going to end up with 4 wins ?  I just don't see two wins left in them.   

Well you're in luck.  We only need one win to get to 4.  And that's probably where the needle will stop.

3 hours ago, teachercd said:

The good news is the tickets have been sold once.  The bad news is that back to back night games AND poor weather could make this a game where it looks like a lot of fans decided to stay home.

 

This.  I'm going, but it feels like how Church feels sometimes) ... an obligation...and I'm probably going to leave after communion (sorry Father).  Last weekend it took 90 min to get out of our lot.  I didn't get home until close to 2 am.  I actually had thoughts of "Why am I doing this?" - which would be inconceivable to 15 year old me, who always wanted season tickets.  And that's the big worry, I think.  I'm a mid 30s young-ish professional, Nebraska native, who is fortunate enough to have some disposable income, that also has multiple little impressionable kids who for now love going to games with dad.  I know I'm not unique.  The very real risk is if they lose my generation, they will lose the next as well. 

Or maybe I'm just being dramatic, because winning will fix about anything.  

15 minutes ago, HuskerPowerVA said:

I know it is so unlikely it is ridiculous, but nobody here would have taken a bet that Syracuse beats Clemson followed by WSU losing by 34 to Cal last night  A team playing with high emotion at home can do special things.  Such a shame we are at a state where nobody thinks it is at all possible.  Not predicting a win, but rather saddened that we cant even be perceived as the spirited underdog with a puncher's chance. 

I think WSU and Clemson losing hurts our chances.  You know Urban is showing that to his kids saying "See. It happens.  Do you want that to be you?"

Yes, but for the LOW LOW price of ONLY $400* YOU! can say YOU! were there for the Riley turnaround!  Be a TRUE fan!  GIVE MONEY UNQUESTIONABLY!!

*Per seat, per year.  Not including required "donation", food, lodging, travel, or time.  Expected date of maturity 2022.  All investments involve risk.  Not responsible for loss of hair, marriage, or health.  

6 hours ago, Head Coach Scott Frost said:

 Shhhhh Coach.  Quiet.  It could be YOUR money.  Just saying. 

4 hours ago, Isle of View said:

If we beat Ohio State . . . I will set up a retail snow ski shop in hell staffed with flying pigs.

I figure it would look something like this?

41 minutes ago, moveitforward said:

You are correct, and we should support our coach and our team. Although declining in number, there are still too many in our fan base living in the 90s, and think it is as simple as  hiring yet another new coach to return to national prominence. With so many fans with unrealistic expectations, who would want the job? I am glad Riley has stuck with us.

Year 3 has us asking "...can we beat Minn., Northwestern, and Purdue to reach bowl eligibility?".  Or maybe more accurately, acknowledging that beating Minn., Northwestern, and Purdue to reach bowl eligibility would be seen as a stretch and a success at this point.  While some fans may have their ceiling expectations too high, what worries me is that Nebraska is now far below where the floor should be for this program.