Best fans in the world

[Faux Mike Peltz]

I was there. I have no sit Sunday with my son and now I have volleyball with my wife and daughter. The entire event was amazing. Yes the concession lines sucked. Yes the bus situation was a fiasco. But who cares, it’s a one time event and the execution was amazing. And 92,000 with a concert vs 95,000 without one - seems like we’re splitting hairs if that’s our takeaway. The significance of the event and what it meant for the sport of volleyball and the state of Nebraska can’t be understated.

 

[HuscurAdam]

Anyone have any pictures/video of what the stadium looked like after the match, but during the concert. I'm imagining Scotty McCreary playing this enormous venue while everyone is streaming out like a fire drill, with there being only "dozens" of people left by the end of his set.  

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, HuscurAdam said:

Anyone have any pictures/video of what the stadium looked like after the match, but during the concert. I'm imagining Scotty McCreary playing this enormous venue while everyone is streaming out like a fire drill, with there being only "dozens" of people left by the end of his set.  

 

Haha, we left about 10 min. into his set. Daughter had to get up early for school the next day, and you know, the main event was already over. GBR

 

[Huskerpapa]

Going back to the "best fans in the world" statement; I have always rode the fence on the topic.  

I have, in the past, lamented the group of fair weather fans that exist.  That group attends because they simply want to be present at certain events.  They are important; but in a different way.  They put coin in the pockets of the program.  They tend to frustrate me a bit; but they are necessary. 

Then there are the core fans.  The diehards.  Most of us qualify as we live and die with our husker programs.  I am on a high one day (husker vb accomplishment) and then hours later I can't sleep due the football loss. 

So yeah, we may be the best fans, or we may not be; but for a lot of us, we certainly live the various lows and luckily a high every once in a while. 

[HB]

6 hours ago, HuscurAdam said:

Anyone have any pictures/video of what the stadium looked like after the match, but during the concert. I'm imagining Scotty McCreary playing this enormous venue while everyone is streaming out like a fire drill, with there being only "dozens" of people left by the end of his set.  

I don’t have any photos or videos but they are out there.     I stayed for the whole concert.   A vast majority of the fans stayed for the first 3-5 songs.  Then there were steady departures, but at the end there were still thousands of fans present.   Good concert.  For a weeknight in Nebraska, a lot of fans stayed.  Remember, in basketball, we have a lot of fans leave a tie game with 3 minutes left.   

[Norm Peterson]

On 9/3/2023 at 12:57 AM, Faux Mike Peltz said:

I was there. I have no sit Sunday with my son and now I have volleyball with my wife and daughter. The entire event was amazing. Yes the concession lines sucked. Yes the bus situation was a fiasco. But who cares, it’s a one time event and the execution was amazing. And 92,000 with a concert vs 95,000 without one - seems like we’re splitting hairs if that’s our takeaway. The significance of the event and what it meant for the sport of volleyball and the state of Nebraska can’t be understated.

 

The implication I've seen from some corners of the Husker-hating social media universe has been that people just showed up to a Scotty McCreery concert that just happened to have a volleyball game as the opening act.

 

And it makes me wonder does Scotty McCreery regularly draw nearly 100,000 fans to his concerts? Or was this maybe the largest group he'd ever played in front of? A musical act can play whatever venue they want to try to fill. Anything from the Stuart Theater to Pinewood Bowl all the way to PBA. Does Scotty McCreery routinely book stadiums for his concerts? Or does he typically book smaller venues?

 

And if, perchance, it's the largest crowd he's ever drawn, don't you have to wonder if it was maybe the volleyball team that drew the fans?

Edited September 4, 2023 by Norm Peterson

[HuskerFever]

14 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

And if, perchance, it's the largest crowd he's ever drawn, don't you have to wonder if it was maybe the volleyball team that drew the fans?

 

"But there's nothing to do in Nebraska. So when the carnival comes into town and brings along a concert once every twenty years, you go."

 

From: All the Haters, probably

[atskooc]

On 9/3/2023 at 12:41 PM, AuroranHusker said:

 

Haha, we left about 10 min. into his set. Daughter had to get up early for school the next day, and you know, the main event was already over. GBR

 

Did anyone boo you for leaving early?

 

[Faux Mike Peltz]

I thought I read that this was Scotty’s largest crowd he’s ever played in front of. Like HB said, first 3-4 songs the stadium was pretty full. Then people started to leave. It was by no means a mass exodus. My family left about 45 minutes into the concert. Walked to the spot where the buses were supposed to be. Thousands of fans lined up and no idea where the line to Lincoln North Star was. Hailed a Uber XL, waited 45 minutes and paid $70 bucks to get back to me car. Totally fine with it. The event was amazing 

[AuroranHusker]

4 hours ago, atskooc said:

Did anyone boo you for leaving early?

 

 

Well, thousands were exiting (in the dark). 

[Faux Mike Peltz]

Not familiar with Scotty other than he was on idol a long time ago. I thought he was actually pretty good. Did some 90’s covers, a brooks and Dunn song and a Brian Adams song. My 13 year old and her 3 friends had no clue…

[Huskerpapa]

2 hours ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

Not familiar with Scotty other than he was on idol a long time ago. I thought he was actually pretty good. Did some 90’s covers, a brooks and Dunn song and a Brian Adams song. My 13 year old and her 3 friends had no clue…

In case anyone wishes to join his fan club..

 

https://www.scottymccreery.com/fans.html

[basketballjones]

I don't disagree with you in the sense that we are the best fans on earth as far as continuing to show up and financially supporting our teams. However, as individuals, this is a nasty, negative, chicken-little, soft fan base that - imo - often does more harm than good with the expectations and vibes we put out. 

I include myself in this btw. I've been embarrassed by myself this week on how I've felt/handled the Minnesota loss, and then subsequently see the Colorado game. It's the dudes first game with a brand new staff and qb - why am I still right in Frost mode? Also - why wouldn't I want Colorado to be good? What kind of soft sh** attitude is that to want an opponent to be bad so we can hopefully win? 

[Dead Dog Alley]

3 hours ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

Not familiar with Scotty other than he was on idol a long time ago. I thought he was actually pretty good. Did some 90’s covers, a brooks and Dunn song and a Brian Adams song. My 13 year old and her 3 friends had no clue…

[AuroranHusker]

THAT CUTS LIKE A KNIFE. . .

 

 

[Huskerpapa]

https://journalstar.com/nebraska-coaches-reflect-pinnacle-arena/article_b6d0871a-4b46-11ee-b581-5bc92a2ccded.html

[Handy Johnson]

After spending a weekend in Boulder I can report the Buffs status a Grade A A**holes is ROCK Solid. 

[hugh42]

10 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

https://journalstar.com/nebraska-coaches-reflect-pinnacle-arena/article_b6d0871a-4b46-11ee-b581-5bc92a2ccded.html

“It was just like dead space, and it just didn’t have a lot of energy,” Miles said. “You had to try and get energy.”

 

Those of us that followed Nebraska basketball well before Tim's arrival know that the statement above doesn't ring true. The atmosphere in Devaney was great in the 80's and 90's. PBA is a great facility, but playing in it doesn't mean the atmosphere will be great. It's the fans that make it great and Nebraska fans have been remarkable in supporting programs that have struggled for years.

[Dead Dog Alley]

57 minutes ago, hugh42 said:

 

The atmosphere in Devaney was great in the 80's and 90's.

 

It really dropped off in the mid 90s when Bill Byrne ruined it by trying to suck up a few more dollars, and put the donor class down by the floor.

 

[jimmykc]

It could be bedlam during the Danny Nee era. W's have a way of doing that.

[kldm64]

1 hour ago, hugh42 said:

“It was just like dead space, and it just didn’t have a lot of energy,” Miles said. “You had to try and get energy.”

 

Those of us that followed Nebraska basketball well before Tim's arrival know that the statement above doesn't ring true. The atmosphere in Devaney was great in the 80's and 90's. PBA is a great facility, but playing in it doesn't mean the atmosphere will be great. It's the fans that make it great and Nebraska fans have been remarkable in supporting programs that have struggled for years.

 

Supportive and showing up is not the same thing as a good atmosphere with alot of energy and being loud.  I would agree that the NU basketball crowds at PBA are not that great overall.  I watch other college basketball games and see the large student section behind the basket going crazy and we just don't have that same energy for the vast majority of games.

[basketballjones]

2 hours ago, hugh42 said:

“It was just like dead space, and it just didn’t have a lot of energy,” Miles said. “You had to try and get energy.”

 

Those of us that followed Nebraska basketball well before Tim's arrival know that the statement above doesn't ring true. The atmosphere in Devaney was great in the 80's and 90's. PBA is a great facility, but playing in it doesn't mean the atmosphere will be great. It's the fans that make it great and Nebraska fans have been remarkable in supporting programs that have struggled for years.

That all being said, it didn't earn the nickname "The Library" by accident. 

[Norm Peterson]

23 minutes ago, kldm64 said:

Supportive and showing up is not the same thing as a good atmosphere with alot of energy and being loud.  I would agree that the NU basketball crowds at PBA are not that great overall.  I watch other college basketball games and see the large student section behind the basket going crazy and we just don't have that same energy for the vast majority of games.

 

I have made this point before somewhere on this board.

 

The problem is not the crowd per se.

 

The problem is the architecture of PBA.

 

Back in Devaney, it was basically one continuous plane from floor all the way up to the nosebleeds. The guy in the row farthest from the floor could see the entire audience arrayed below him all the way to the courtside seats.

 

At PBA, there are four layers: the lower bowl; the luxury box level; the 200 level; and the 300 level.

 

And here's why that's a problem: All those levels are structural barriers between the crowd and the game. When you're up in the 200s or 300s, you feel separated from the event. It's almost like you're watching it on TV or something. It's hard to get into the cheering thing when you feel like nobody is going to hear you except the crotchety geezer who's going to complain you're standing in his way.

 

At Devaney, I could stand up and exhort the rest of the crowd to stand by waiving my arms upwards, and half the crowd could see me. Now, the only people who would see me would be the people in the three rows behind me in my section.

 

The architecture of PBA is not conducive to crowd involvement. We could mitigate that architecture somewhat if our CHEERLEADERS would, y'know, like lead CHEERS or something.

 

Instead, what we get is that infernal "GOOOOO BIIIIIIIIG REEEE'ED --- GO! BIG! RED!" cheer. 

 

By itself, that's not a bad cheer necessarily, but it doesn't lend itself to a crowd sustaining the cheer like the cheers we used to have at Devaney. Y'know, the "DEE-FENSE (clap clap) DEE-FENSE (clap clap)" cheer OR the "GO BIG RED! (clap) GO BIG RED! (clap)" cheer. These were cheers the cheerleaders could lead and the audience could repeat and it could be sustained for lengthy periods of time.

 

But, not only do we have an architecture of PBA that literally stratifies the fanbase into levels that separate half the audience from the action, we ALSO no longer employ cheers that the audience can sustain.

 

That's the problem.

[Huskerpapa]

52 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

At Devaney, I could stand up and exhort the rest of the crowd to stand by waiving my arms upwards, and half the crowd could see me. Now, the only people who would see me would be the people in the three rows behind me in my section.

The fact that someone has to exhort the crowd into action could be considered a problem.

[Norm Peterson]

26 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

The fact that someone has to exhort the crowd into action could be considered a problem.

 

Actually, it was usually contagious. You see people start to stand up and shout and you join them.

 

Nowadays, nobody stands up. There's no point. People can't see you stand so no one follows suit. So, you remain seated. And that's also contagious.