[Husker] Penn State / NCAA deal

[Nick Chevance]

Thanks, Mike.  That's pretty much the way I remember it, but there
still is a lot of animosity towards Byrne, it seems.

Yeah, I can't afford season tickets now (not that I have even the
ability to purchase them), but you can't argue with the improvements
in both the athletic department facilities and in fan amenities.
These things cost money, and we as fans seem more than willing to pay
for it.

Now, my wish list includes improvements to access to restrooms in the
east stadium.  They kinda left that out when they did the north
endzone. If I am able to get season tickets in the new sections, it
would be nice not to have to hike a half mile to pee.

Nick

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:
>> In an effort to break away from this topic just a bit, yet keeping it
>> Husker-related, I've often heard criticism of Byrne, but I guess, in
>> comparison with his successor, was he really all that bad?  Yes, he
>> wasn't Devaney, but then no one was, not even Osborne.
>
> Bob Devaney was a good ole boy as AD, Bill Byrne brought a much
> needed business approach to the department.  It seemed more than
> just symbolic that a few months after he was brought in, a large
> chunk of Memorial Stadium fell, infrastructure maintenance was
> not Bob's forte.
>
> In doing so, Bill offended a bunch of good ole boys who resented
> having to pay a lot more money for tickets, because Bob thought
> an outstretched hand was something to shake while Bill thought
> it should have money in it.
>
> One of the things that Osborne learned in his relatively short
> political career is that fund-raising was top priority.  He
> has not fogotten that lesson as AD.
> --
> Mike Nolan



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