[NU Sports] Nebraska game

[Mike Nolan]

> I was checking the forecast for tomorrow's game to help figure out what to 
> pack, and it looks like it's going to be a nice day, but very windy--sustained
> winds out of the south at 25mph, with gusts over 40. As I recall, the 
> south stadium is pretty tall, so the on-field effects of the wind might not 
> be as significant as they would at Ryan Field, but I'm guessing they will 
> have an effect.

I've sat through quite a few games in Memorial Stadium, the south stands
don't really block the wind that much, especially when it is strong.
(Bernoulli effect, I suppose.)

I've seen punts that looked like they hit a brick wall, I've even seen one 
shanked punt that was blown backwards and wound up with negative yardage
despite not being touched by the receiving team.  

Punts, kickoffs and Martinez's ugly lobbed passes might be severely affected,
but Nebraska's bread-and-butter has historically been the running game,
and they seem to be moving back in that direction.  Even Tom Osborne
commented on this in the last week when he said that some of the plays
in the playbook are starting to look familiar to him.  

I think the Nebraska field is still fairly heavily crowned, too,
even though they went from Astro-Turf to Field Turf some years back.
--
Mike Nolan