OnTheEdge

anyone else heard this rumor?

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I LOVE THIS!!!! ROCKIES vs PHILLIES HUSKERS vs MIZZOU Can it get any better in sports in the Midwest!!!!! Go Big Red (and Purple)!

I agree completely, the main point is there is never enough planning. To have a black out would take a lot of communicating across the state and the internet. i think it would be amazing to see - but like you said, it will never happen.

They are ridiculous, but in light of what has transpired with our defense...I think it's more of a motivating factor and showing we still believe in them. I could be wrong. I know it shouldn't take a "B******" that won't happen to motivate those young men, but the fact remains I suppose. I guess I've always (since my first game when I was young) always thought of a Husker home game as special because we had two teams besides the team we were playing. We WORE RED for the offense to let them know we were there (without sounding out). We WERE LOUD to support the Blackshirts. Maybe I'm wrong - but that is how I looked at it.

In case you haven't seen it, Facebook has a number of groups with members attending the 'B****** at the Iowa State Game". Blackouts are ridiculous: 1. Violates Husker Law #1 - Wear Red 2. It is always done half-assed. 3. It is ONLY the student section - the only people in the stadium who are dumb enough to break tradition. Your thoughts?

live (with a few second delay)

NU Athletics: '08 budget $2 million smaller BY RICH KAIPUST WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN — Nebraska's athletic budget is scheduled to decrease by more than $2 million in this fiscal year, and a major reason is an 18-percent decrease in debt payments. Nebraska's expenses for the 2007 fiscal year, which ended June 30, included almost $10.2 million in debt and lease payments. That figure is projected at $8.3 million for 2008. Nancy Kenny, chief financial officer for the NU athletic department, said the lower figure is the result of recent payoffs of a lease agreement for Haymarket Park and an improvement project for the Devaney Center. "The rest of our debt is primarily associated with the West Stadium skyboxes and this new building (Osborne Complex)," Kenny said Tuesday. "Like most Nebraskans, we strive to be very aggressive in the lowering of our debt obligations. This is a priority for us, and we are very proud of our track record in this area." Nebraska projected its 2008 budget at $66.7 million. The 2007 budget was $68.9 million. The 2007 budget included a one-time expense for the $5 million video board at Memorial Stadium. That was mostly covered under transfers from the University of Nebraska Foundation, which are projected to drop from $16.8 million to $10.8 million. Ticket revenue is projected to increase 13 percent to $31 million in 2008. Football ticket prices increased 8.3 percent this year. Kenny said another portion of the increased revenue will come from men's basketball — with three more home games, a slight increase in ticket prices and an expected rise in sales. The budgeted deficit for Husker basketball is just more than $675,000, but Kenny said that figure does not include television-related revenue. If included, she said, "men's basketball would finish in the black." NU's debt payments will decrease again in 2009 when the last payments are made on the 10-year bond for the $36 million West Stadium project. By 2010, the only major debt to be paid off will be the remaining portion of a 20-year bond for the $35 million borrowed for the Osborne Complex and North Stadium renovation. Of the $40 million the athletic department hoped to raise, Kenny said, current contributions and pledges total about $31 million. About $3.5 million in revenue is generated annually by the new North Stadium seats, skyboxes and contributions that go with them.

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!!!! GBR

hmmm.... positives.... We're not Notre Dame!

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Congrats to the struggling Huskers! Despite playing the way we have - we are STILL RANKED!