The lights went down, and a room full of former Nebraska football players that had been loudly reminiscing got quiet real quick.
The days of the ultra-demanding, physical, borderline sadistic workouts of the early and mid-1990s were long past, melted away into smiles and hugs among the dozens of players who gathered in The Rococo’s lobby before the screening began.
Flashing lights five minutes before 7:30 did little to break up the party. Finally, at 7:40, the lights went down, the sound went up, and those days from 30 years ago that had become nothing more than memories were suddenly flashing in front of the eyes of the men who lived them.