Wisconsin's Lincoln Experiences

[Nobody]

This is a mind f#*k. Who wants to be treated WORSE? Clearly this is a school/city/fan base that has never felt the physical pain of frozen oranges pelting the back of their head from a Boulder or a Colombia visit. Or being pegged with urine filled water baloons. Not to mention the feeling of having your tires slashed for having Nebraska plates... and then finally getting your car to the shop only to be told "You're from Nebraska? Get your car the hell out of my shop.. NOW!" I guess thats what happens when you are noobs to success.

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

I can't imagine how loud it would be if the students were field level.

[totengur]

Seemed like a number of "pompous" responses. Too many, "It was nice, but not that great...." comments.

 

I think that is how Wisconsin people sugar coat their guilt over how sh**ty of a job of fans they were at last years contest. I'm sure they thought they were gunna get harassed by us as vengeance for last year. but now after seeing how we treat opposing fans, i bet they just feel like dicks

[Undone]

This is a mind f#*k.

 

+1 to this. I held back from bad mouthing them in the lead up to the game. But now that it's over, I'll admit it...I'm actually glad they lost the way they did. Squandering a 21 point spot on the road. I mean, that's just embarrassing.

 

Act like you been there. Wait...you can't, because you haven't. And that's no disrespect to our resident Bucky or the other seven Wisconsin fans that have an ounce of class, seriously. Maybe they'll take back some class from Lincoln and apply it.

[QMany]

Feel like they are trying to find something wrong. If being too nice is our fanbase's fault, I'm very proud to be a Husker.

[Count 'Bility]

Seemed like a number of "pompous" responses. Too many, "It was nice, but not that great...." comments.

 

I think that is how Wisconsin people sugar coat their guilt over how sh**ty of a job of fans they were at last years contest. I'm sure they thought they were gunna get harassed by us as vengeance for last year. but now after seeing how we treat opposing fans, i bet they just feel like dicks

 

Very correct. They probably thought with the talk of us of how bad it was over there all offseason that we would return the favor, but when that didnt happen, and they found out our hospitality is not a joke, and not a gimmick, that it's genuine, all they can say out of pure envy is "meh, it was nice, but there's better" God dang, get over yourself.

[Junior]

Yea... sometimes getting into and out of the stadium is a nightmare.

 

I've been to Michigan games and Illinois games... not sure how this poster could rate the two on the same level. That's just insanity right there.

[Minnesota_husker]

I have done the whole "minnesota gameday" and it doesnt hold a candle to Lincoln.

 

Minneapolis is fun but isnt a college town like Lincoln.

[Hingle McCringleberry]

Seemed like a number of "pompous" responses. Too many, "It was nice, but not that great...." comments.

 

I think that is how Wisconsin people sugar coat their guilt over how sh**ty of a job of fans they were at last years contest. I'm sure they thought they were gunna get harassed by us as vengeance for last year. but now after seeing how we treat opposing fans, i bet they just feel like dicks

 

I dont get placing Minnesota in the top three places to go. Great Stadium, with a good view of downtown (cause you sure as crap aren't watching the blow out on the field) Tailgate lots were cool. Still had a fan behind us asking if we drove our tractors here, if we had ever seen so many tall buildings before etc... It was to the point my 67 year old mother turned around and told him to shut it, bringing on a "Go back to your corn field lady", at which point my brother sat next to hm for a coming to Jesus moment. I think B1G fans just treat each other like crap. I shook ones hand on the way out thanking them for a good time, and said how excited we were to be B1G, and how nice the new stadium was etc, and he just looked at me with a "who the heck is this guy" glint in his eyes...

 

 

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[sd'sker]

to add a little edge, the next time they come to lincoln i am going to randomly shiv one wiscy fan. it should be serious enough to send waves throughout their fan-base, while only really ruining only one guy's experience.

[RedRedJarvisRedwine]

to add a little edge, the next time they come to lincoln i am going to randomly shiv one wiscy fan. it should be serious enough to send waves throughout their fan-base, while only really ruining only one guy's experience.

And by randomly do you mean the guy in a kilt?

 

I'm gonna open a Punch In Your Facehole booth. And a Piss On You For A Penny booth.

[sd'sker]

to add a little edge, the next time they come to lincoln i am going to randomly shiv one wiscy fan. it should be serious enough to send waves throughout their fan-base, while only really ruining only one guy's experience.

And by randomly do you mean the guy in a kilt?

yes.

[papersun87]

I can't imagine how loud it would be if the students were field level.

Hey New AD . . . *ahem* . . .

[Haspula]

Some interesting reviews of Lincoln and UNL in the link below, mostly positive:

 

http://buckyville.yu...NE#.UGk4bfk4XyA

 

Thoughts:

 

1, On the game, I will only say what I repeated to anybody who asked on Saturday night. This was a gift offered by Nebraska, and Wisconsin declined to accept it. We can complain about calls (refs and UW coaches) all we want, but we had a 17 point lead in the second half. We were badly outplayed from that point on. Badly outplayed.

 

2. Liked Lincoln. Town slightly larger than Madison, and a lot of funky bars on O Street. Visited the market in the Haymarket District on the Saturday before the game. Nice spot that.

 

3. It is almost exactly 8 hours from Madison to Lincoln, including two stops.

 

4. Serious problem with ingress and egress from the part of the stadium we were in. When somebody told us we should get there an hour before the game, they weren't kidding. I missed the kick-off. Most everybody else made it but barely. Other than getting into and out of the seats, the stadium is impressive: large and loud, a real B1G stadium.

 

5. Really friendly fans. Probably the friendliest in the B1G. We basically invited ourselves to a couple of tailgates and were welcomed with open arms. I don't know how many times we were asked, "How are you being treated?" Some folks made specific reference to the terrible treatment they got here last year, and I think were making a huge attempt to be nice.

 

6. All that being said, there was something ... I'm not sure ... antiseptic (?) ... about the entire experience. I went out to a couple of places after the game, wearing my kilt and beret, and nobody said anything except "Good game." Lincoln is a very clean city. There is no metro area, so you've got a city of 250,000 but nothing like a Fitchburg, Verona, Monona or Sun Prairie nearby. It is a nice city, but nothing close to Madison, Iowa City or even MSU in terms of some natural beauty. I sort of felt like the only real passion I saw was actually in the stadium -- and even that wasn't all that passionate.

 

7. This trip now completes (again) my visitations to all B1G locales.

 

8. They are building a big new arena for Nebraska basketball, near the Haymarket area and to be called the Haymarket Arena. I think I was told it is jointly owned by the University and the City, so also will be used for lots of other events, like concerts.

 

9. I haven't decided for sure where Lincoln ranks in B1G football road trips, but it did not dislodge Clummis and Happy Valley from the top, and likely did not dislodge my #3, Minneapolis. Where it ranks in that next group of the middle roadies (Iowa, Purdue, MSU), I'm not quite sure yet, but as a general matter, I would put it somewhere in that cadre. If there had been a little more fire in the Huskers, I might put them at the top of that list, but the "Nebraska Nice" pushes it down IMO. I kind of missed some out-of-control Hawkeye or Husker yelling at me. But Lincoln is definitely much better than what I consider the dregs of B1G football roadies (Michigan, Indiana, Champagna, Northwestern).

 

10. Loved the Cornhusker Inn.

 

11. A road trip I'd make again.

 

 

12. Should have won the game. A gift declined.

13. Women in Lincoln should be fed more cheese and dairy instead of corn so they can match ours back in Madison:

 

[beanman]

Some interesting reviews of Lincoln and UNL in the link below, mostly positive:

 

http://buckyville.yu...NE#.UGk4bfk4XyA

 

Thoughts:

 

1, On the game, I will only say what I repeated to anybody who asked on Saturday night. This was a gift offered by Nebraska, and Wisconsin declined to accept it. We can complain about calls (refs and UW coaches) all we want, but we had a 17 point lead in the second half. We were badly outplayed from that point on. Badly outplayed.

 

2. Liked Lincoln. Town slightly larger than Madison, and a lot of funky bars on O Street. Visited the market in the Haymarket District on the Saturday before the game. Nice spot that.

 

3. It is almost exactly 8 hours from Madison to Lincoln, including two stops.

 

4. Serious problem with ingress and egress from the part of the stadium we were in. When somebody told us we should get there an hour before the game, they weren't kidding. I missed the kick-off. Most everybody else made it but barely. Other than getting into and out of the seats, the stadium is impressive: large and loud, a real B1G stadium.

 

5. Really friendly fans. Probably the friendliest in the B1G. We basically invited ourselves to a couple of tailgates and were welcomed with open arms. I don't know how many times we were asked, "How are you being treated?" Some folks made specific reference to the terrible treatment they got here last year, and I think were making a huge attempt to be nice.

 

6. All that being said, there was something ... I'm not sure ... antiseptic (?) ... about the entire experience. I went out to a couple of places after the game, wearing my kilt and beret, and nobody said anything except "Good game." Lincoln is a very clean city. There is no metro area, so you've got a city of 250,000 but nothing like a Fitchburg, Verona, Monona or Sun Prairie nearby. It is a nice city, but nothing close to Madison, Iowa City or even MSU in terms of some natural beauty. I sort of felt like the only real passion I saw was actually in the stadium -- and even that wasn't all that passionate.

 

7. This trip now completes (again) my visitations to all B1G locales.

 

8. They are building a big new arena for Nebraska basketball, near the Haymarket area and to be called the Haymarket Arena. I think I was told it is jointly owned by the University and the City, so also will be used for lots of other events, like concerts.

 

9. I haven't decided for sure where Lincoln ranks in B1G football road trips, but it did not dislodge Clummis and Happy Valley from the top, and likely did not dislodge my #3, Minneapolis. Where it ranks in that next group of the middle roadies (Iowa, Purdue, MSU), I'm not quite sure yet, but as a general matter, I would put it somewhere in that cadre. If there had been a little more fire in the Huskers, I might put them at the top of that list, but the "Nebraska Nice" pushes it down IMO. I kind of missed some out-of-control Hawkeye or Husker yelling at me. But Lincoln is definitely much better than what I consider the dregs of B1G football roadies (Michigan, Indiana, Champagna, Northwestern).

 

10. Loved the Cornhusker Inn.

 

11. A road trip I'd make again.

 

 

12. Should have won the game. A gift declined.

13. Women in Lincoln should be fed more cheese and dairy instead of corn so they can match ours back in Madison:

 

 

God I'm horney right now.