Huskers attract die-hard following
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Tara Mueller had seen it on the recruiting trip, of course. But she still wasn't prepared to actually be "in" it. As she stretched on the floor, looking at Nebraska Coliseum fill up, she felt something more than freshman jitters.
She'd grown up in Arizona, and it wasn't like this there. She could feel the anticipation as people took their seats. It was going to be packed and loud, and so many eyes would be on her.
Because now she was wearing a Nebraska uniform.
"Sarah Pavan was stretching right next to me," Mueller recalled of the four-time All-American who was then a Huskers senior. "I had never been so nervous. I was probably literally shaking. And I said to her, 'How do you do this?'
"And she was like, 'You'll be fine. It's just volleyball.' "
