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I just got back from Lincoln about 30 minutes ago and thought I would share my experience and observations. We got into Lincoln at around Noon or so not bad considering I got to Lincoln from Des Moines in 2 1/2 hours! My wife and I beat the traffic there so that was definately nice compared to my other experiences coming into Lincoln. We met up with her cousins who live in Firth at Lazlo's and had a nice lunch there, good food! We decided to try and experience some new things and go to the pavilion and screw around on the outdoor activities they have there with the wife's cousin and his son. I actually won a t-shirt on the free throw event........lol I know I'm retarded.
As we were walking around the southside of the stadium to get to the eastside of the stadium we noticed one of the gates were open, like they always are, and my wife's cousin said hey lets go down there. Next thing you know I'm actually standing on the N in the south endzone getting my picture taken with the wife and no one is saying anything to us! If I would've been thinking I would've ran to the 50 and had the picture taken on that N instead. Then we went over by the locker room and her cousin asks the usher blocking the door if we could take a picture of the horseshoe and actually touch it. The usher had no problem with this and let us.....................at this point I really started to fly on cloud 9. We tried to push our luck and see if we could go to the doors of the locker room and he decided that wasn't going to happen so we left. As we were walking back on the red carpet by the tunnel doors we noticed a bunch of cheerleaders walking through the tunnel. My wife's cousin immediately asks if he could take my picture with them and they said sure. So I have a sweet picture with the cheerleaders now and the wife is just shaking her head lol. I couldn't believe people were just allowing us to walk around and not saying a word. I guess that's a sign of the new athletic directors feelings towards the fans because I guarantee if I tried that last season I would've got my a$$ removed from the area.
The game was a nice game to go to with perfect weather. I really liked how the tunnel walk was more towards our traditions, but was also a little disappointed with it. I would've liked to hear more music for the defense when they came out on the field to help the fans get into a little bit more. I'm sure as the season goes on this will change though. The defense definately played with fire and that was nice to see again. Cody Glenn was a freakin stud! That guy played lights out even though he made a few mistakes here and there. Our defensive line played well at times, but at other times it was like they couldn't get any pressure on their QB. The few times we blitzed they made us pay for it by getting some long pass plays off, but I guess that's to be expected. The secondary definately has some improving to do, but I realize some of those guys are young. Our defense will get better as the season goes on that's nice to say.
Special teams played fairly well and I love how we can kick 44 yard plus field goals again. Niles Paul seems like he will be a good returner and I loved the stiff arm he gave the Western Michigan guy on one of the punts. Our offense played well, but Lucky was unimpressive to me with his running skills, but he still played fairly well. Roy Helu is going to be a fantastic running back and has an extra gear when you need it. The offense slowed down some in the 2nd half and I would've liked to see better clock mgmt by running the ball a little more towards the end.
All in all it was a pretty good first game considering what this team has gone through and I think they will get much better as the season goes on. I read in the Lincoln Journal Star this morning that Barry Turner has been quoted as saying he has never been in a brotherhood like this team is in right now. He said something to the effect that they are playing for one another and love one another so much. Sorry for the long post just wanted to share my thoughts and experiences with you all.
As we were walking around the southside of the stadium to get to the eastside of the stadium we noticed one of the gates were open, like they always are, and my wife's cousin said hey lets go down there. Next thing you know I'm actually standing on the N in the south endzone getting my picture taken with the wife and no one is saying anything to us! If I would've been thinking I would've ran to the 50 and had the picture taken on that N instead. Then we went over by the locker room and her cousin asks the usher blocking the door if we could take a picture of the horseshoe and actually touch it. The usher had no problem with this and let us.....................at this point I really started to fly on cloud 9. We tried to push our luck and see if we could go to the doors of the locker room and he decided that wasn't going to happen so we left. As we were walking back on the red carpet by the tunnel doors we noticed a bunch of cheerleaders walking through the tunnel. My wife's cousin immediately asks if he could take my picture with them and they said sure. So I have a sweet picture with the cheerleaders now and the wife is just shaking her head lol. I couldn't believe people were just allowing us to walk around and not saying a word. I guess that's a sign of the new athletic directors feelings towards the fans because I guarantee if I tried that last season I would've got my a$$ removed from the area.
The game was a nice game to go to with perfect weather. I really liked how the tunnel walk was more towards our traditions, but was also a little disappointed with it. I would've liked to hear more music for the defense when they came out on the field to help the fans get into a little bit more. I'm sure as the season goes on this will change though. The defense definately played with fire and that was nice to see again. Cody Glenn was a freakin stud! That guy played lights out even though he made a few mistakes here and there. Our defensive line played well at times, but at other times it was like they couldn't get any pressure on their QB. The few times we blitzed they made us pay for it by getting some long pass plays off, but I guess that's to be expected. The secondary definately has some improving to do, but I realize some of those guys are young. Our defense will get better as the season goes on that's nice to say.
Special teams played fairly well and I love how we can kick 44 yard plus field goals again. Niles Paul seems like he will be a good returner and I loved the stiff arm he gave the Western Michigan guy on one of the punts. Our offense played well, but Lucky was unimpressive to me with his running skills, but he still played fairly well. Roy Helu is going to be a fantastic running back and has an extra gear when you need it. The offense slowed down some in the 2nd half and I would've liked to see better clock mgmt by running the ball a little more towards the end.
All in all it was a pretty good first game considering what this team has gone through and I think they will get much better as the season goes on. I read in the Lincoln Journal Star this morning that Barry Turner has been quoted as saying he has never been in a brotherhood like this team is in right now. He said something to the effect that they are playing for one another and love one another so much. Sorry for the long post just wanted to share my thoughts and experiences with you all.
