Born and raised in S.Central Nebraska..Now Living in AZ if you can't tell from my thing on the left side of my posts...since 1990
UNL alum. Walked on for ~45min.
Cousin (and HS teammate) started at SE for the Huskers for 3 1/2 seasons during the "Scoring Explosion" years.
Nephew (from Mesa, AZ) attended 4 Husker Summer camps during the Solich years and my Brother still has his Son's "GO HUSKERS!!!" yell at the end of their ans. machine message.
My Brother moved out here after graduating UNL in '75 or '76 which seemed to coincide with us playing ASU in the Fiesta Bowl (14-17) allowing Frank Kush to claim part of the MNC..Which seemed to be the cause of so many Nebraska transplants once we were exposed to sunny skies and 75 deg. days in December.
I make it a point to wear Husker stuff whenever I go on vacation (CA, CO, OH, TX) or to the store, here, but I only ever got approached by fellow Huskers here.
I've been to at least 3 "Husker Bars" in the Phoenix area, but I don't remember ever being in a sports bar out here that didn't have a giant red flag with our "N" (for knowledge) in it. And You can almost always see 3 or 4 in several neighborhoods on "Football Saturdays" out here.
There's even a Husker Store out here where the owner only closes on Home Game Saturdays so she can fly back for the game "And get more stuff"...(Although I've heard rumor there's another store out here..Probably just someone saw my Garage).
I'm still amazed at how many people I've met out here from Holdrege (My hometown).
5 former classmates (Class size of 110) Plus my Brother and his wife and 2 of her brothers. plus ~8 sets of parents of former classmates.
I even once had someone move in down the street from me that was from Holdrege and "sorta" knew my parents.
Last week I met someone a couple blocks away with "Ak Sar Ben Construction" on the side of their pickup.
(Moved here from Omaha).
“The other bowl places are great,” said University of Nebraska director of ticket operations John Anderson. “But there is a following here, the weather is gorgeous and the hospitality is second to none.” Nebraska has played in the Fiesta Bowl a record six times.
Buckeye37 (my Wife) and I bought her a Jeep tonight and the Loan Specialist happened to be from Ogallalla (SWConference rival) and worked at the same Dealership my Mom worked at in Holdrege when he 1st started out.
Lately with all the OSU appearances in the Fiesta Bowl. It seems like we're getting a little outnumbered by Ohio State Retirees who have a couple bars of their own, but we still have over 1000 AZ4NE members who make sure at least One (sometimes two) radio Stations carry each Husker game and the Coaches' show afterwards.
