UCLA B******

[MLB 51]

Well I let this stew for an entire afternoon. I am new to the forum and wanted to gauge people thought process before being branded an overly excited fan with some radical idea. If it came down to wearing a blackshirt as a fan to guarantee no home losses this year, and being stubborn and sticking to red to see how things play out the traditionalists would win out. I get it, we have gotten used to the idea of not setting ourselves up for failure. It's unfortunate. I attended the 2010 Texas game and suffered the consequences of what was nearly a gimme win over a team that shouldn't have shown up. But we lost because of over confidence. This year that is not the case. We have a young Defense that could use all the help it can get. Half the players lining up to defend their territory this season will be Freshmen who have never taken the field on a Husker Gameday. Why not show them a little support in the form of something unique and new. Look I get it, most people are stuck in their ways and will ultimately refuse to adapt to the times. The stupidest part about this is that if the opponent were a higher profile team and the university itself asked its fans to show up wearing friggin tye-dye, we would be there in a hearbeat waving peace signs and releasing doves. But no, this is just a small group of people saying "Hey since its an alternate uniform night and we need to continue our streak of no losses at home, lets show a little extra incentive and wear what the players we love to watch are wearing." Those of you who reject the idea are no less fans than those of us who agree a couple of novelties go a long way towards landing a 5 star as opposed to a 2 star. I'm more than willing to debate the times have changed and as a fan base we need to adapt to help our team in any way possible. If I have to personally go and stand on O street with a sign on my neck that says "Sign with Nebraska, We've got better corn!" all I'll ask is where to pick my sign up. The kids these days love the alternate uniform craze, just go with it. Does straying from tradition for one weekend really kill 5 national championships, 3 Heisman trophies, and one of the top winning programs of all time? No. It just supports the idea that we as fans are willing to go the extra mile to support our team. True, without the universities support this idea will likely not gain much traction. But then again we as a fan base are supposedly on of the greatest in the nation so lets see it. I will be attending this game and I will be wearing black to support the team that day, I assume most people will debate whether or not to wear the crossbones that day in honor of the special uniforms. I hope its a special day, a win, and a national display of what could be a special season. So please, naysayers, keep your negative comments to yourselves. Don't tell our defense its unproven and unreliable. Instead say we believe in you and we can't wait to watch you develop. In closing, all I can say is 3 weeks to go and Gooooo Biiiiiiiiig Reeeeeeed!

Welcome to the board. Don't sweat this kind of stuff. The problem is, a thread like this pops up every year. You just had the unfortunate luck of not knowing. Keep posting though.

[Landlord]

Well I let this stew for an entire afternoon. I am new to the forum and wanted to gauge people thought process before being branded an overly excited fan with some radical idea. If it came down to wearing a blackshirt as a fan to guarantee no home losses this year, and being stubborn and sticking to red to see how things play out the traditionalists would win out. I get it, we have gotten used to the idea of not setting ourselves up for failure. It's unfortunate. I attended the 2010 Texas game and suffered the consequences of what was nearly a gimme win over a team that shouldn't have shown up. But we lost because of over confidence. This year that is not the case. We have a young Defense that could use all the help it can get. Half the players lining up to defend their territory this season will be Freshmen who have never taken the field on a Husker Gameday. Why not show them a little support in the form of something unique and new. Look I get it, most people are stuck in their ways and will ultimately refuse to adapt to the times. The stupidest part about this is that if the opponent were a higher profile team and the university itself asked its fans to show up wearing friggin tye-dye, we would be there in a hearbeat waving peace signs and releasing doves. But no, this is just a small group of people saying "Hey since its an alternate uniform night and we need to continue our streak of no losses at home, lets show a little extra incentive and wear what the players we love to watch are wearing." Those of you who reject the idea are no less fans than those of us who agree a couple of novelties go a long way towards landing a 5 star as opposed to a 2 star. I'm more than willing to debate the times have changed and as a fan base we need to adapt to help our team in any way possible. If I have to personally go and stand on O street with a sign on my neck that says "Sign with Nebraska, We've got better corn!" all I'll ask is where to pick my sign up. The kids these days love the alternate uniform craze, just go with it. Does straying from tradition for one weekend really kill 5 national championships, 3 Heisman trophies, and one of the top winning programs of all time? No. It just supports the idea that we as fans are willing to go the extra mile to support our team. True, without the universities support this idea will likely not gain much traction. But then again we as a fan base are supposedly on of the greatest in the nation so lets see it. I will be attending this game and I will be wearing black to support the team that day, I assume most people will debate whether or not to wear the crossbones that day in honor of the special uniforms. I hope its a special day, a win, and a national display of what could be a special season. So please, naysayers, keep your negative comments to yourselves. Don't tell our defense its unproven and unreliable. Instead say we believe in you and we can't wait to watch you develop. In closing, all I can say is 3 weeks to go and Gooooo Biiiiiiiiig Reeeeeeed!

 

 

First - Use some paragraphs man. Ouch, my eyes hurt.

 

Second - Really, here's the thing. Far less people are actually set in their ways than you think. In fact, we could do a B****** and it would be awesome. The issue here isn't resistance; it's logistics. There's no way that a grassroots effort by a bunch of laymen is going to inform and provide incentive for 91,000+ people to all wear black. It just won't. Especially when such a huge percentage of that crowd is 50+ years old and doesn't have the familiarity with facebook and other social networking that younger people do.

 

The only way this would ever work well is if the athletic department does it. Otherwise, it's going to be half-assed, and most of us don't care if there is a black-out as much as we do care that whatever we do it needs to be done right.

 

It's not an evil idea. It's just not originating from the right source. Welcome to the board, though. Stick around for a while yeah?

[The Dude]

Obligatory.

 

[BIGREDIOWAN]

I like the black towel idea and I'm not against the B****** idea, but it either needs to be done 100% or not done at all! I've always said I would love for the visiting team to come out and the entire stadium to be blacked out and be completely silent and just stare at them.................I think they'd be like, "Holy hell, what have we done!?"

[74Hunter]

Obligatory.

 

 

I've never Watched That Before, Wtf?!?!?!?

[knapplc]

Nothing better to wear on a hot late summer day than a black top while crammed into a stadium with 90,000 of your best friends. If there wasn't much breeze we'd probably have about 50 people carted out of there by the paramedics.

[Husker from Kansas]

I like the black towel idea and I'm not against the B****** idea, but it either needs to be done 100% or not done at all! I've always said I would love for the visiting team to come out and the entire stadium to be blacked out and be completely silent and just stare at them.................I think they'd be like, "Holy hell, what have we done!?"

 

Ha! that is a great idea! if we did that to UCLA they would crap their pants!

[Husker from Kansas]

Nothing better to wear on a hot late summer day than a black top while crammed into a stadium with 90,000 of your best friends. If there wasn't much breeze we'd probably have about 50 people carted out of there by the paramedics.

Sometimes you gotta break a few eggs!

[Redux]

The student section was able to pull it off a few years back. With the correct build up and momentum it could be a really great moment in Husker lore. If Penn State fans can do a white out why cant we do a black out? I totally get that the older fans don't grasp the concept of new fangled ideas such as this but all great traditions and special events have to start somewhere. Next I don't know why the word black-out keeps getting censored and it makes the thread look childish and for that I apologize. We are only 3 weeks out from kick off and for a movement of this magnitude to occur would take some serious dedication that clearly won't happen without everyone's full support. By the way I can't seem to drop down and use paragraphs, not sure if it's an issue with internet explorer or what but believe me when I say I'd love to be breaking up my posts into paragraphs.

[Always a husker]

The student section was able to pull it off a few years back. With the correct build up and momentum it could be a really great moment in Husker lore. If Penn State fans can do a white out why cant we do a black out? I totally get that the older fans don't grasp the concept of new fangled ideas such as this but all great traditions and special events have to start somewhere. Next I don't know why the word black-out keeps getting censored and it makes the thread look childish and for that I apologize. We are only 3 weeks out from kick off and for a movement of this magnitude to occur would take some serious dedication that clearly won't happen without everyone's full support. By the way I can't seem to drop down and use paragraphs, not sure if it's an issue with internet explorer or what but believe me when I say I'd love to be breaking up my posts into paragraphs.

[Landlord]

The student section was able to pull it off a few years back.

 

 

That's because the official student t-shirts were black.

[TheRedCarver]

The only way this would work with the entire stadium would be if the athletic department would pass out t-shirts to everyone when they scan your ticket.

[The Dude]

We should do a cream-out.

 

Wait, scratch that.

[Redux]

Misery loves company

[Goal-line]

Looking to start a movement. Let's black-out the stadium against UCLA. I'm not talking about ruining our tradition and the Sea of Red. I'm talking about one game to set the tone for the season. The players will be wearing Black Alternate uniforms so why shouldn't the fans in attendance. Lets face it, the young Defense will need all the support it can get this year and what better way than to represent our Blackshirts. The Bruins wouldn't know what to think when they come here to play against what will be an athletic and fast defense with a crowd that could be more intimidating than we've ever imagined it can be. Even if you don't get the chance to attend the game itself I urge everyone to help spread the word towards the cause. Here is the facebook link to help promote this idea. Lets strike the fear of the Blackshirts into the Bruins. Go Big Red! https://www.facebook...77994085635266/

Because NU does not have black as one of the two school colors.