Nebraska Football: Ohio State Against The Student Section

The game against AN Ohio State football team from the student section perspective.

It was a dark and stormy night the Buckeyes came to town facing the student section. The day that teased to let the heavens pour down held off all night. The whole time during game, I was thinking of the classic comedy movie scene where the character has just experienced a series of unfortunate events and states “at least it is not raining” then immediately proceeds to downpour. I was also surprised to hear how many students were hopeful that we would win. Clemson had just been upset by Syracuse, Washington State had just dropped the soap against Cal, and it was a night game at home. There was definitely a strong but reserved hope that Nebraska could make it a game. Even I began to think we could keep it close that is until I watched Ohio state warm up. The athletes were physically more dominant than ours, and it showed.

Pregame Spectacular

The attitude was not nearly as hostile as it was when Wisconsin came into town the week prior, still the students were ready to fight for the team as long as the team would fight for themselves. This was reflected in the turnout, which was great. People came during a pretty lousy day of wet, cold, and overcast. Generally, attendance in the student section follows the same equation for political elections. Bad weather = bad turnout. What also does not help is the fact that we were such underdogs. Maybe the illusion that we had a chance is what made the attendance so high. That or the fact tickets with a face value of 135$ were going for 20$.