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Iowa Band Member accuses Huskers of not participating in "The Wave"


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To be fair this was something that I noticed as well.  Almost all of the Husker team was waving as well as all of the Husker coaches.  In all of the other games this year, the active players on the field take about 30 seconds to wave from wherever they were on the field and then huddle up and get their heads back in the game.  That is what didn't happen this time.  All of the coaches and players on the sideline were waving, but the defense didn't.  To be fair they were backed up against their own goal line at the time and were trying to keep it a one score game so they definitely had other things on their mind.  It didn't make me mad or think that they don't like the kids - they just were focused on the game.  By the time they got back to their sideline the coaches were probably turning to start coaching them up.  This is probably also why the band member noticed as the players were right in front of the band when the waving started.  (And yes it was a dumb thing for her to take to twitter about).

 

The Wave started last year as that was the first year that the hospital existed.  You can see the top floors - including the observation floor where all of the kids that are able to leave their rooms go for the game - from everywhere in the stadium.  Those too sick to leave their room they try to get on the upper floors facing the stadium so they can see as well.  For the first few games last year it was just the fans as Ferentz didn't want the story to be about the team in any way and he thought that the team waving would shift focus, but then one of the visiting teams asked our athletic department if they could wave as well and so the teams and officials started to join in.

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49 minutes ago, Caven said:

To be fair this was something that I noticed as well.  Almost all of the Husker team was waving as well as all of the Husker coaches.  In all of the other games this year, the active players on the field take about 30 seconds to wave from wherever they were on the field and then huddle up and get their heads back in the game.  That is what didn't happen this time.  All of the coaches and players on the sideline were waving, but the defense didn't.  To be fair they were backed up against their own goal line at the time and were trying to keep it a one score game so they definitely had other things on their mind.  It didn't make me mad or think that they don't like the kids - they just were focused on the game.  By the time they got back to their sideline the coaches were probably turning to start coaching them up.  This is probably also why the band member noticed as the players were right in front of the band when the waving started.  (And yes it was a dumb thing for her to take to twitter about).

 

The Wave started last year as that was the first year that the hospital existed.  You can see the top floors - including the observation floor where all of the kids that are able to leave their rooms go for the game - from everywhere in the stadium.  Those too sick to leave their room they try to get on the upper floors facing the stadium so they can see as well.  For the first few games last year it was just the fans as Ferentz didn't want the story to be about the team in any way and he thought that the team waving would shift focus, but then one of the visiting teams asked our athletic department if they could wave as well and so the teams and officials started to join in.

So basically shes doing exactly what Ferentz was trying to avoid by shifting the focus on the team and her

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