Register: Cornhuskers Seeing Red (Against ISU)

**bos** · 07-07-2008, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by CY ST8T

That Husker store is just another reason for me to wear more ISU stuff when I am out in Estes this year hiking!!!

Was just there again last week. There was a ton of Cylonians. Went on the tram up the mountain and there were some on there who chatted my ear off. Was excellent.

**cyfan4St8** · 07-07-2008, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by cys_av8r

I have met 2 decent kNebraska fans, so they do exist.

Chicks don't count. Just because there hot doesn't mean you should think that way!!!

**theshadow** · 07-07-2008, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by MookInLincoln

It is VERY easy to be gracious when you go 60-3 over a five year stretch, it's not so easy when you go 5-7 like last year.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

I've been to Memorial Stadium four times. In 99 and 01, NU fans were pretty cordial because they knew the games would be a romp -- and they were. In 2005, there were several NU fans after the game that literally apologized that their team won. They knew NU had no business winning that game. In 2007, they were pretty reserved...more of a wait-and-see attitude before the game.

Additionally, I had a great football conversation with a Husker fan in the Detroit airport, of all places, on my way to the Army game in '05.

They're not all bad. Maybe the reason the "bad ones" come to Ames is because they can't afford to get tickets in Lincoln.

**weR138** · 07-07-2008, 05:37 PM

I must reiterate in my experience in an equally cornsucker/hackeye rich environment that kNU fans are better in every way, they are:

more knowlegdeable (ironically)
more respectful
politer (even if typically more redneck)

But mostly they don't use every excuse under the sun why they lost. When I asked a fusker relative of mine what happened in the Kansas game his response was, "They whipped us." Not one excuse and not one comment about ISU. Image that coming out of a hackeye's mouth.

**CycloneErik** · 07-07-2008, 05:49 PM

When we lived in Nebraska, we found both kinds easily accessible.

For instance, we met an older Husker at a basketball game (we've started a tradition of seeing the ISU game at the Devaney Center). We were having a nice conversation until he asked, "So, you're been fans for a while." My wife answered, "Oh, no, we're Cyclone fans. Erik graduated from there."
He turned and stared straight ahead, and didn't acknowledge us again.

At the Lincoln Applebee's, they changed the channel so we could watch ISU-TCU in the Houston bowl game, and the whole restaurant was watching and getting into it (on our side

).

Or, my favorite. We road tripped to Devaney this year. We went to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch, and one little boy said to his dad, "Dad, look, CYCLONES!"

It was awesome

**IcSyU** · 07-07-2008, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

When we lived in Nebraska, we found both kinds easily accessible.

For instance, we met an older Husker at a basketball game (we've started a tradition of seeing the ISU game at the Devaney Center). We were having a nice conversation until he asked, "So, you're been fans for a while." My wife answered, "Oh, no, we're Cyclone fans. Erik graduated from there."
He turned and stared straight ahead, and didn't acknowledge us again.

At the Lincoln Applebee's, they changed the channel so we could watch ISU-TCU in the Houston bowl game, and the whole restaurant was watching and getting into it (on our side

).

Or, my favorite. We road tripped to Devaney this year. We went to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch, and one little boy said to his dad, "Dad, look, CYCLONES!"

It was awesome

The Nebraska fans up by Cyclone Alley in the Devaney Center last year did not appreciate us

I think it might have been because 200 Cyclone Alley members were louder than the rest of the Devaney Center combined.

**CycloneErik** · 07-07-2008, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

The Nebraska fans up by Cyclone Alley in the Devaney Center last year did not appreciate us

I think it might have been because 200 Cyclone Alley members were louder than the rest of the Devaney Center combined.

I hate to say it, but that was loud for the Devaney Center. They did much better than my first game there.

We had a lot of Cyclone fans around us, but they were mostly quiet, like they'd been trained not to be too loud about it around those parts.

I enjoyed watching Lil' Red come up to Cyclone Alley and 'act' surprised about the reception he got. I thought he played the whole thing up really well on the way up.

**arndog77** · 07-07-2008, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclonestate78

This statement couldn't be farther from the truth. There are good and bad Husker fans but making Iowa fans seem decent? This is illogical and quite frankly impossible.

Wow, being a Hawkeye fan reading this makes me feel physically and verbally abused. All Hawk fans are a-holes huh??? Anyway, back to the topic, I have many uncles and cousins that are husker fans, and they never come up with excuses for the debacle for NU last year, the flat out said, "We sucked!" So amazingly there are some descent NU fans out there, but I have experienced some pretty dumb NU fans, and some dumb ISU fans, AND some dumb Iowa fans unfortunately. I will say this, my experience going to the ISU-UNI game with my brother last year at Jack Trice was a good one. He told a bunch of people that my loyalty was with the Hawks and I made it out alive. Actually I was treated with, surprising, a lot of respect. Of course, the phone call I got from my brother the next week after the last second, game winning field goal was painful....it still hurts! All I'm saying is that all teams have their dumb, loser fans, and they have fans that know what they are talking about and show respect to the rival school, even though we want to beat each other brains out.

**MookInLincoln** · 07-07-2008, 07:37 PM

This I agree with. Sat in the hillside back in 2000 or something for an ISU-Nebraska game - many Husker fans around us and not a one that seemed decent, nor intelligent.

I will throw the Husker Nation a bone and say this about the majority of the Bugeaters you will run into at the Jack:

They chase off all the high class play. The only trade that comes in are nothing but the bummers and the drovers, just the dregs.

These guys you run into tailgating are tavern huskers that either can't afford or get ahold of tickets in Lincoln.

**MookInLincoln** · 07-07-2008, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by theshadow

They're not all bad. Maybe the reason the "bad ones" come to Ames is because they can't afford to get tickets in Lincoln.

I think that is a HUGE part of it. Generally, they are decent enough, but I've had it up to my eyeballs about this upcoming season. If they are as good as they think they will be, then I will eat crow and stand corrected.

**linkshero** · 07-07-2008, 08:00 PM

I see Knebraska winning 5-6 games with the game in Ames not being one of them.

If they get lucky against either KU or KSU, they might reach 6 wins.

**Wesley** · 07-07-2008, 09:03 PM

It probably depends on momentum for their team. If they have a poor preseason it may snowball. Barney will make the difference.

**kingcy** · 07-07-2008, 10:43 PM

Nebraska will be good because they hired a coach that wasnt good enough for the AD 4 years ago. TO is back at the Univ and he has forgot more about option football than most of us have ever known. I think the NU fan base is stuck in the past.

Why was NU good in the past. They would take hardworking Nebraska kids, put them in a weightroom, watch them become huge and over power the other team. Then they would put a few athletes on the team from Texas or Calf and run the ball down your throat. They are the only DI school in the state so every kid's dream is to become a Husker it is all they know.

Today, most schools have a good weight program and you have to be athletic to play anywhere on the field. The game is more about speed now than power. When Nebraska is average it is harder for them to go to Texas or Calf to get players. The good instate players get chances to go elsewhere and know there is more out there than NU. Kids still want to play there but most are not DI materal.

Thats just my take.

Remember Bill C was suppose to return the order.

**kingcy** · 07-07-2008, 10:45 PM

It is funny that Chizik and BP have similar resumes but BP gets so much more credit and love than Chizik.

**ornryactor** · 07-08-2008, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

The Nebraska fans up by Cyclone Alley in the Devaney Center last year did not appreciate us I think it might have been because 200 Cyclone Alley members were louder than the rest of the Devaney Center combined.

Oh, that was all kinds of fun... Can't wait until next year; I hope we go back there.

As for my opinion of Husker fans: I've run into one or two morons, but pretty much every one I've met has been friendly and at least halfway intelligent, if not somewhat more arrogant than they deserve to be. That said, I'm hooking up with / dating a really smart Husker girl, so I might be biased.