Nebraska v. Illinois 2021 Ireland!

[RedinIowa]

We are looking into attending, it should be fun. I will say it sounds more enjoyable than Champaign. Maybe we can attract a soccer style kicker.

 

[Morgan Steele]

I'm N.

 

[DuckTownHusker]

Southeastern Louisiana replaces Northern Illinois on the 2021 schedule. It will be an SEC-style November game against an FCS opponent.

This is the silver lining to the whole thing.

The whole 2021 schedule is weird, but may be good? We get Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin at home. Oklahoma and Michigan State are on the road, and it's weird to close out the season against Minnesota instead of Iowa.

Murderer's Row in the first half of the season. Freaking Oklahoma, MSU and OSU in three straight weeks, two of which are on the road. But we do get effective BYE weeks later in the year, which break UM/Iowa and Wisky/Minn into two nice little chunks.

The final three conference games are Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, so the West could really be up for grabs until the final week.


08/28 Neutral Site - Illinois
09/11 Buffalo
09/18 @Oklahoma
09/25 @Michigan State
10/02 Ohio State
10/09 Northwestern
10/16 @Purdue
BYE
10/30 Michigan
11/06 Iowa
11/13 Southeastern Louisiana
11/20 Wisconsin
11/27 @Minnesota

 

[Morgan Steele]

Misery loves company but this post on the game from an Illinois football forum made me laugh out loud:

Think of it this way. We're making Nebraska fans travel THAT much farther to fill our stadium.

 

[the fountainhead]

We are on the way to Dublin our win total!

 

[huskernut]

Lot of Irish in Chicago and Illinois is in Chicago. Maybe that's where it came from. Let's of Irish in Nebraska too for that matter. I'm one of them.

 

[huskernut]

We are on the way to Dublin our win total!

That's so bad it's good.

 

[Phillysker]

I am intrigued. Always wanted to see London, Scotland and Ireland. Totally in if I can afford it.

 

[lincoln84]

Cool for fans I think? But why does DONU want to get fans drunk in Ireland?

 

[RogelioVB]

Younger daughter spent 10 days in Ireland in 2018 and loved it, especially the local brew. She has been encouraging me to go and pay her to be the tour guide. This might be a fun vacation for us IF the Huskers will be playing reasonably quality football in 2021. Any bets ?

 

[the fountainhead]

That's so bad it's good.

I agree. Couldn’t stop myself

 

[dparks]

So looking at the schedule it appears that we lost a home game. Am I correct or am I wrong?

I believe we were suppose to play Illinois in Champagne that year and we are scheduling SE LA for a home game the weekend we were suppose to play at Illinois. So, if I read it right, we are gaining a home game and not playing a road game at the opponents stadium.

 

[Bigger Ed]

The whole 2021 schedule is weird, but may be good? We get Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin at home. Oklahoma and Michigan State are on the road, and it's weird to close out the season against Minnesota instead of Iowa.

Thanks former AD/HC.

 

[NU_Alum]

Younger daughter spent 10 days in Ireland in 2018 and loved it, especially the local brew. She has been encouraging me to go and pay her to be the tour guide. This might be a fun vacation for us IF the Huskers will be playing reasonably quality football in 2021. Any bets ?

Yes, 2021 is when I think we compete for the West/B1G title, even with that insane schedule. I've been a year 3 is better but 4 is the year guy for awhile now.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Futball. Need to practice flop plays.