Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Friday, September 20th, 7:00pm CT, FOX

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#276      
Macho Man
big10fan said:
I never said it was good, I said it made perfect sense. I assume you've never tried to move the traffic of 90,000 people into a relatively small area occupied by nearly 20,000 students, instructors and staff at the same time? I haven't, so I'd never imagine questioning why law enforcement, city planners and the university all decide it is the only logical choice they had. Friday night football in the Big 10 is stupid, but what I imagine would be much worse would be trying to figure out the flow of that many people for no reason, when a very smart, logical alternative is available. Insinuating there is something wrong with a university that prioritizes the sensible movement of that many people over a single day of classes is foolish. I ask rhetorically, where has common sense gone in this world?

And of course most the students won't go to class or probably attend online....SO WHAT? About 90,000 people won't go to a full day of work Friday either....SO WHAT? They will all survive. Lighten up for God's sake.
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#277      
aaeismacgychel
big10fan said:
First of all, that's inaccurate. They have gone to an online format for Friday to accomodate 90,000 people coming on campus without the obvious headache of parking of commuters, instructors and other employees at the same time. Seems a very prudent decision, to me. I'd suggest you posting this says much more about your priorities than it does "a lot of today's..."
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Breathe a little, man, it's ok, lol. It's great the school and fanbase is getting this excited for this Friday night football game, but you have to understand the humor other fanbases are going to see in this. It's a 7pm football game and most kids live on campus within easy walking distance to their classes. Is it prudent to account for 90,000 people coming around campus area for pregame and tailgate along with the traffic that brings? Absolutely. But prudent to move a full day's worth of classes online because of the football game? I mean come on now, the only reason that was done is they know students and probably multiple professors are going to be pregaming anyways.

In any case, enjoy the game, hopefully not too much though.
 
#278      
OrangeBlue98
big10fan said:
First of all, that's inaccurate. They have gone to an online format for Friday to accomodate 90,000 people coming on campus without the obvious headache of parking of commuters, instructors and other employees at the same time. Seems a very prudent decision, to me. I'd suggest you posting this says much more about your priorities than it does "a lot of today's..."
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Which just shows another reason why weekday football games are not a good idea. I know this flies in the face of today’s major conference sports landscape, but these are academic institutions first and foremost.
 
#279      
MN-HUSKER
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Illini-Rule said:
I just checked out the Nebby fan site. The one is found was boring and hardly any comments. There may be a different site that I didn't find. By the way Dan.... thank you for such a great site. It always amazes me when I check out other fan sites and see how unsophisticated they are.
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#282      
OrangeCrush71
aaeismacgychel said:
Breathe a little, man, it's ok, lol. It's great the school and fanbase is getting this excited for this Friday night football game, but you have to understand the humor other fanbases are going to see in this. It's a 7pm football game and most kids live on campus within easy walking distance to their classes. Is it prudent to account for 90,000 people coming around campus area for pregame and tailgate along with the traffic that brings? Absolutely. But prudent to move a full day's worth of classes online because of the football game? I mean come on now, the only reason that was done is they know students and probably multiple professors are going to be pregaming anyways.

In any case, enjoy the game, hopefully not too much though.
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Most students in fact do NOT live on campus. The parking around that campus and downtown on game day requires the lots that are used by faculty and commuters to be open otherwise it would create major issues for traffic flow, access to downtown and campus is already complicated on game days on Saturdays when there are no classes. This has nothing to do with pregaming for faculty and students. Stop with the internet boisterous criticism based on lack of facts and simplemindedness. Sure it is fun to poke the bear but doubling down on ridiculous accusations is juvenile. They are ensuring two things get accomplished... students have class remotely so no learning is lost and they are able to accommodate 90,000 people to get IN the stadium in time for kickoff.
 
#284      
Fighter of the Nightman
I find their enthusiasm and frankly cockiness to be so odd and amusing, haha. Like, our basketball fans were rightfully cocky circa 2006 ... coming off of a National Championship appearance, 4 out of 5 Big Ten championships, 2 Elite Eights and 4 Sweet Sixteens in 5 years, etc. However, when we fell on hard times, it actually took a VERY long time for our fans to drop the chicken little nonsense even once we got good again. Pretty much before we made the Elite Eight this year, there was still a large voice within our fan base that made it sound like we were still long suffering.

Compare that to Nebraska right now. They have not been, in any real sense, an elite football program in almost 25 years. A new coach and a 3-0 start that is not any more impressive than ours on paper, and they're literally ALL hyper-confident in at least a two-score victory, lol. It's not like 60%+ are predicting a blowout, and there is a more pessimistic group saying it might be a close game ... it literally seems like over 90% are predicting an easy win. Was Nebraska football in its heyday more elite than Illini basketball? I mean, sure, of course. However, first of all, that is very much an apples-to-oranges comparison beating up on the Big Eight and being placed in a bowl that could crown you "National Champion" right away if that's how the AP voters feel like voting the next week ... not exactly comparable to a one-and-done basketball tournament where you have to win six straight to cut down the nets. Place the AP-ranked #2 Fighting Illini in the 2021 NCAA Tournament Championship Game right after the BTT, and we might very well have a "National Championship." Second of all, even if their heights were INFINITELY higher, any Husker fan old enough to have lived through that is honestly in his 50s right now and has watched a quarter century of football that should have humbled their fans a bit, lol.

I must admit, I admire the passion, and I frankly wish our fans had a more naturally optimistic outlook that promoted Illinois as the greatest thing since sliced bread even when we were down ... it would go a long way toward filling our stands more consistently and teaching young Illinoisans to be proud Illini fans. However, there is a line that any rational human being should draw, too, and I expected a bit more humility from a fan base that everyone is always slobbering all over about how polite and welcoming and nice they are. I do not doubt there will be many 70-year old gentleman dressed like Mr. Rogers tomorrow night in Lincoln who will graciously welcome Illini fans to come have an appetizer at their tailgate and ask them how they are enjoying Lincoln so far, lol ... but their online fan base is at least as nasty and combative and undeservedly arrogant as any out there that I have seen, personally.
 
#285      
gary?
big10fan said:
I never said it was good, I said it made perfect sense. I assume you've never tried to move the traffic of 90,000 people into a relatively small area occupied by nearly 20,000 students, instructors and staff at the same time? I haven't, so I'd never imagine questioning why law enforcement, city planners and the university all decide it is the only logical choice they had. Friday night football in the Big 10 is stupid, but what I imagine would be much worse would be trying to figure out the flow of that many people for no reason, when a very smart, logical alternative is available. Insinuating there is something wrong with a university that prioritizes the sensible movement of that many people over a single day of classes is foolish. I ask rhetorically, where has common sense gone in this world?

And of course most the students won't go to class or probably attend online....SO WHAT? About 90,000 people won't go to a full day of work Friday either....SO WHAT? They will all survive. Lighten up for God's sake.
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#286      
kmunt09
ONLY 17 MORE HOURS!! 🔸🔵🏈

I hope being an underdog fires up the players!!! 💪🏻 Let’s have a good first quarter, settle in, and let it come down to the end and hope for the best.
 
#287      
ptgrd23
If we had been that good we would be cocky as well - they fell into abys after firing Bo Pelini for going 9-3 and 10-4.
5 national championships, 25 conference championships in 41 years
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#289      
Orange_Blue
Fighter of the Nightman said:
I find their enthusiasm and frankly cockiness to be so odd and amusing, haha.
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I read two separate Husker boards with predictions. The average was Neb 35ish to Illinois 10ish points (some were wild like 48-3). I kept reading page after page to see who gave respect and it was generally those who actually know football. For their top posters, scores were 21-17 or some variation.

At first I laughed, then I realized that they think they will steamroll us.

If/when we win, much of their fanbase will have to reconcile a lot of feelings. In my mind, I am seeing a slight Nebraska edge (TD or less), mostly because of the homefield advantage. Go Illini!
 
#292      
blackdog
Orange_Blue said:
I read two separate Husker boards with predictions. The average was Neb 35ish to Illinois 10ish points (some were wild like 48-3). I kept reading page after page to see who gave respect and it was generally those who actually know football. For their top posters, scores were 21-17 or some variation.

At first I laughed, then I realized that they think they will steamroll us.

If/when we win, much of their fanbase will have to reconcile a lot of feelings. In my mind, I am seeing a slight Nebraska edge (TD or less), mostly because of the homefield advantage. Go Illini!
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Not necessarily responding directly to you with this but more a bigger point. For our fanbase it's still very likely that we lose this game and we are not immune from doing a lot of the same things we saw from the Kansas fanbase and melting down after a loss, even one we were the underdog in. If you look at the predictions in this thread almost all of them have us winning so we are setting ourselves up for disappointment if we lose what is going to a be a VERY tough matchup in an EXTREMELY hostile and fired up environment.

With that being said let's go out, beat the pants off them, and send all those rabid Husker fans home wondering when they really will be "back"
 
#293      
mhuml32
blackdog said:
Not necessarily responding directly to you with this but more a bigger point. For our fanbase it's still very likely that we lose this game and we are not immune from doing a lot of the same things we saw from the Kansas fanbase and melting down after a loss, even one we were the underdog in. If you look at the predictions in this thread almost all of them have us winning so we are setting ourselves up for disappointment if we lose what is going to a be a VERY tough matchup in an EXTREMELY hostile and fired up environment.

With that being said let's go out, beat the pants off them, and send all those rabid Husker fans home wondering when they really will be "back"
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I'm fully expecting some folks saying "We should try Leary", "bench everyone in the interior offensive line", "Why is Jamison such a good coach when we can't stop Nebraska running for X yards on us?" or other versions.
 
#296      
Battle89
Thanks Mr. Husker. I agree, I do prioritize education over football. Might be different in Lincoln. I'll leave it there as I know others have already weighed in.

@illini0440 said it best, those students that would have gone to class will still participate, those who wouldn't have wont.
 
#297      
RockfordIllini
Rewatched some of the game from last year. Nebraska may not have been very good last year but we weren’t very good either. And we beat ourselves in that game. Opening drive we don’t get an inch in 2 plays cost us 7 points, and then we don’t field a kickoff (I’m with Robert. How have we never learned to use the wind to our advantage?) leading directly to another 7 points. That’s 14 points in a 13 point game. And there were at least 2-3 potential interceptions that went right through our hands.

I’m sure they are better but so are we. We eliminate self inflicted wounds and it should be a close game. If we can contain their run at all and force their frosh QB to throw it, I think we can pick a couple off and we just might win.
 
#298      
BWBW
I seem to recall someone saying that some of the D backs who left this off season weren't willing to "tackle or lay the wood" or words to that effect. Everyone who plays this year is more than willing to do so. That may count for something.

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