I have not lived in the state of Nebraska since I was 18 and went into the Corps. I have also never made enough money to make regular pilgrimages back to Lincoln. So a majority of the games i attended have been road games. Some of the experiences have been fun some not so much. Just curious what everyone's best and worse experiences were at road games.
My worst was at UCLA 1988. It was bad not just for the fact that we lost the game. (This may have been the best UCLA team ever. Troy Aikman was a senior.) IT was the fans. They absolutely were in a mood to fight with Husker fans that day. I was a 25 year old Marine and a good friend from the Corps went with me. Mid 4th qtr we decided to leave because we hoped to beat the traffic. We were not talking trash or anything. Why would we, we were losing pretty bad. However as we walked up the stairs toward the exit. I guy just swung on me. I ducked it pushed him into the crowd and kept walking. three rows up it happened again. By the time we got out of the stadium 4 different people had swig at us. Fights were breaking out everywhere. Once we got out of the stadium. We are walking to our car and we hear. "That's right Husker P*&^^%*s just leave. We turned around to see who was yelling and the guy was a huge guy. Like 6'5" probably 300 plus pounds. Discretion was the better part of valor so we turned back around and walked to the car. My buddy said, "I would have kicked his butt but I was afraid if he fell on me you would not be able to lift him off me." We both laughed then spent 4 hours trying to get back to the freeway.
My best was MD this past year. 1st it was probably our most dominant performance of the last 3 years. Second MD has a hype guy that wanders the sidelines. He was set up right in front of us. His job is to get the MD crowd hyped and give the opposing fans a good natured ribbing. He and I went back and forth all game. After like our 4th or 5th TD he says, "You huskers are greedy you need to share." Now I am a fat guy. not big FAT. I stood up and said. Nebraska fans are hungry and we like to eat. I said this while rubbing my belly He turned and walked away. A husker fan a few seats down said. "He walked away because he was laughing to hard to respond. " He gave me the thumbs up. The weather was miserable but it was a great day. Good food, good fun just a great day.
My worst was at UCLA 1988. It was bad not just for the fact that we lost the game. (This may have been the best UCLA team ever. Troy Aikman was a senior.) IT was the fans. They absolutely were in a mood to fight with Husker fans that day. I was a 25 year old Marine and a good friend from the Corps went with me. Mid 4th qtr we decided to leave because we hoped to beat the traffic. We were not talking trash or anything. Why would we, we were losing pretty bad. However as we walked up the stairs toward the exit. I guy just swung on me. I ducked it pushed him into the crowd and kept walking. three rows up it happened again. By the time we got out of the stadium 4 different people had swig at us. Fights were breaking out everywhere. Once we got out of the stadium. We are walking to our car and we hear. "That's right Husker P*&^^%*s just leave. We turned around to see who was yelling and the guy was a huge guy. Like 6'5" probably 300 plus pounds. Discretion was the better part of valor so we turned back around and walked to the car. My buddy said, "I would have kicked his butt but I was afraid if he fell on me you would not be able to lift him off me." We both laughed then spent 4 hours trying to get back to the freeway.
My best was MD this past year. 1st it was probably our most dominant performance of the last 3 years. Second MD has a hype guy that wanders the sidelines. He was set up right in front of us. His job is to get the MD crowd hyped and give the opposing fans a good natured ribbing. He and I went back and forth all game. After like our 4th or 5th TD he says, "You huskers are greedy you need to share." Now I am a fat guy. not big FAT. I stood up and said. Nebraska fans are hungry and we like to eat. I said this while rubbing my belly He turned and walked away. A husker fan a few seats down said. "He walked away because he was laughing to hard to respond. " He gave me the thumbs up. The weather was miserable but it was a great day. Good food, good fun just a great day.