[Husker] CU fans

[Steve Schmadeke]

Looks like none of the other attendees have chimed in, but the crowd  
was never much of an issue from my corner of the stands.  There were  
sporadic bursts of debris from the two student sections that were  
eventually halfway (not entirely) cleared, but it wasn't that much  
more than the burst we got when Oklahoma scored the last touchdown  
against us in Lincoln.  I watched my recording of the broadcast when  
I got home last night.  You may notice during the long delay that the  
CU cheerleaders were all still lined up against the front of the  
stands right in front of the students.  They had their heads (which  
were mostly above the protective concrete) turned towards the field  
and away from the kids throwing stuff from behind them, so they  
weren't too bothered by the possibility of a wayward bottle falling  
short.

That said, the officials did need to take the actions they took and  
the tedious wait in a game that was already a blowout did seem to  
deflate what little energy the crowd had rather than inflame their  
frustrations (which could have been a possibility).

I saw no incidents outside the stadium as we left, though by that  
time there was little black and gold remaining mixed in among the red.

Neither incident of fans running on the field (someone in a Burger  
King costume in the first half and a guy who took off and waved his  
shirt around in the second) resulted in chases.  BK was helped into  
the south stands where security showed up to collect him.  The second  
runner just followed the instructions when security personnel, who  
never left the sidelines, pointed him towards the northeast gate  
(where I could not see what followed after).

In all, Nebraska's 20 point run to close out the first half after  
Crosby's long miss took the crowd out of it and they remained subdued  
the rest of the game.  The events in the student section caused  
little commotion in the rest of the stadium that I could see.  Any  
other confrontations that occurred were isolated enough that I never  
did witness any.

--Steve Schmadeke

On Nov 25, 2005, at 4:57 PM, Theodore Heise wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Crnhusker1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>
>> Good luck to Huskers fans attending the game and getting out  
>> safely...
>>
>
> Amen.
>
> -- 
> Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA
>
> _______________________________________________
> husker site list
> husker at tssi.com
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
>