GSG Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 So me and 5 friends get into Illinois around 5pm, after stopping at a sweet BBQ joint along the way. We check in and hit the town. Friday night we hit up, Legends, Murphey's, KAMS and Firehaus...Lots of NU fans and not a huge sense of excitement for the game. The Illini fans were fantastic. KAMS is awesome! Super dive, cheap drinks and a smell that will make you sick! Also the floor was super sticky. Saturday we ended up at Joe's Bar...the location is amazing, 10 feet away is a huge frat house, can't remember which one but basically it would be a college students dream! The place was pretty packed and rocking with fans. We hit up some tailgating spots at the Grange Grove...right in front of the stadium. Get this...you grab your spot the night before and THEY watch it for you. It opens at 7am the day of the game and get this...IT IS FREE! So I saw some dudes with a keg and went up to them, they said they did not even know if they could bring kegs into the spot but they had a two wheel dolly and brought it from their frat house that was just a block away! That's right...frat houses right by the stadium AND you can bring in kegs! So they let us drink with them...it was a blast! We grabbed tickets on stubhub, 7 rows up from the sideline (30 dollars) and went into the game. It was so freaking windy the entire time and rained a bit as the game went on. I still rank the bar scene in Lincoln as 1...but now my list goes Lincoln Illinois Wisconsin Northwestern Minny The fans were great...one guy when we were walking out said "Man, that kind of stuff usually happens to us" he was an Illini fan. Did you or did you not hit the 100 beer mark? Quote Link to comment
Creed Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Never been and no desire to go. Just seems like glorified MAC experience in a crap stadium. Just seems like UI doesn't want to make any investment in coaching facilities etc and want to suck off the B1G teat. I am sure they will go cheap on their next coaching hire. Uhh, what? are we now sucking off that same teat????? I am fairly certain Nebraska makes money for the B1G and is dedicated to football but the last coaching hire is something you see from the likes of Illinois & Purdue Quote Link to comment
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