A quick trip through the baseball parking lot tailgate found it packed and in full swing 4 1⁄2 hours prior to kickoff. Game opinions and red cups with liquids of personal choice were both in full supply and flowing freely.
On the way to the stadium, it couldn’t help but be noticed Huskers fans were eschewing their normal Nebraska Nice act for plenty of salty remarks directed at our visitors in black and gold who seemed oddly wounded by the vitriol and grumbled under their breath.
It seems odd to those not from either region there is so much intensity for a game between two teams who combined to go 9-15 in 2023, but he we are and we don’t care.