The Husker Games - April 26th (Spring Game Replacement)

Unfortunate there is no game this year but I get it. No longer worth coming up from Kansas without it now sadly. 

 
So will the Volleyball Match be an official match for the 2025-26 season?

Like a very, very early non-conference match?

 
TGHusker said:
So will the Volleyball Match be an official match for the 2025-26 season?

Like a very, very early non-conference match?
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No, it's an exhibition.  They've played an exhibition match in the spring for the past several years at different places around the state.  They were looking to play in Ord this year and that one may still happen so there might be two exhibitions this spring.

 
Decked said:
Unfortunate there is no game this year but I get it. No longer worth coming up from Kansas without it now sadly. 
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I actually like it...let's be honest Spring Games literally provide nothing but injury opportunities. This new format provides an all around fan experience.

 
Clemson is still having a spring game.

I can't get over how lame this idea is for the fans.  

There are people that have gone to spring games for 25 years in a row.  I have probably been to the last 12, it is an event, a reason to gather with friends to hit up some old bars, to walk around lincoln and to get a little football fix.  

Consider the ball dropped on this idea.  100%

 
Decked said:
Unfortunate there is no game this year but I get it. No longer worth coming up from Kansas without it now sadly. 
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You need to buck up and cheer up.

You also need some love in your life.  

May I suggest Rumpelstiltskin?  chuckleshuffle

 
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Decked said:
Unfortunate there is no game this year but I get it. No longer worth coming up from Kansas without it now sadly. 
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I'm a transplant, (only been in Lincoln a little over 10 years), but has it really been worth 'coming up' from anywhere any time recently?  I can definitely see that back 20+ years ago it was probably a pretty hardcore game, but I believe it was when Riley was HC that the big news was the spring game was actually going to resemble a real game.  Again, I'm rather a newbie around Nebraska compared to most of you, but I have always thought the spring game was an experience for small children-some football and a lot of chances to get autographs/stand next to big dudes.  I would consider myself a pretty decently converted fan, but I don't think I have ever watched a spring game, nor ever worried about not seeing it.

 
A reason not to attend the spring games IMHO is if Trump actually attended.  Why would they even consider politicalizing such an event?

Some other pretty lame ideas listed below.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/nebraska-football-pitched-trump-pelini-visits-to-promote-spring-game-report/ar-AA1C1sw8?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a7850e529e9c4a55b8bc6a4989fd19f4&ei=9

Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule didn’t approve of every item on the long list, but some of them did catch his initial interest.

Most notably, Rhule was interested in inviting President Trump and welcoming back former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini.
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Apparently, there were a ton of options on the table for what to do with the spring date, brought up by Nebraska associate athletic director Brandon Meier, as revealed by CBS Sports.

Some, but not all of those ideas, included...

─ An open practice and a 12 to 45 minute scrimmage

─ Invitation to President Donald Trump to attend the stadium

─ Welcome back former Cornhuskers football coach Bo Pelini

─ Tractor pulls

─ A 7-on-7 flag football game

─ Football skills competition

─ Autograph session where fans can meet players and coaches

─ Sand volleyball featuring Nebraska players against football alumni

─ Punt, pass, kick competition for kids

─ John Cook roping exhibition, named after the former Huskers volleyball coach

─ BMX bike exhibition

─ A musical concert

─ Cornhuskers “garage sale” on the concourse

─ Fastest student on campus foot race

─ Tug of war involving sorority sisters

─ Free car/truck giveaway

─ BBQ competition

─ Go cart races

─ Dunk tank

─ Pancake feed on the concourse

─ Bring in the National Guard or other military formation in a game or other competition

 
Gotta love the John Cook idea, it would send a clear message/motivate Rhule, 'start winning and look at the animals you can have bonused to you!'  

 
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