MY CART SUPPORT HOME STORIES GALLERIES PRESS SHOP ABOUT US CONTACT Story #33: Royal Treatment SATURDAY, 31 AUGUST 2013 BY RYANKTWEEDY@GMAIL.COM Mary Ann: I grew up in a small town in northeast Nebraska, where every Saturday in the fall the Nebraska game was on the radio. When it was time for me to select a college, I had only one choice in mind, and so I got to see lots of Husker games for four years. Now I have moved to Minnesota and have converted my Minnesota husband into a big Nebraska fan. I would like to share our story of the reputation of Husker Fans outside of Memorial Stadium. My husband and I went to the Virginia Tech-Nebraska game at Virginia Tech, September 2009. My husband’s college friends who live in Virginia got a parking pass so we could park on campus. We brought our tailgating supplies and arrived a few hours before the game to relax, take in the atmosphere, and walk around the beautiful campus. When we arrived and began unpacking our gear, we were given the usual friendly jabs from a few VT fans. The afternoon became quite warm and sunny, and we decided to move our tailgating to a shady area. As we settled into our new spot, a young co-ed from VT came over to us and asked if we would like to join their tailgating party. We followed her to their party, and every one of them was very, very friendly and welcoming. As we talked with their fans, we found out that during the week the radio stations were promoting that everyone be very friendly to the Nebraska fans at the game. This was being promoted because the previous year in Lincoln the Virginia Tech fans said they were treated like royalty. The Nebraska fans were so nice to all the Virginia Tech fans in Lincoln and they wanted to return the friendship. They told us that they have never received such royal treatment at an away game and enjoyed their experience in Lincoln. During the course of the afternoon we encountered other Virginia Tech fans who went out of their way to come and welcome us. After the game, which we should have won, several people in the stands came and shook our hands and thanked us for coming. Also, the VT fans were amazed at the number of fans that came from Nebraska – they have never had that many from a visiting team come to Virginia Tech. This experience makes us so proud to be Husker Fans! There is no place like Nebraska!!! GO BIG RED!!! HUSKER FANSLINCOLNNEBRASKANICE FANS READ MORE PUBLISHED IN FAN PERSPECTIVE NO COMMENTS FOLLOW US! Follow @thruthesegates Tags 'skers 1994 National Championship Andy Hoffman Big Red Nation Bob Devaney Broken Leg Canada canadian football Canadians for Nebraska cheering for nebraska college football cornhuskers corn nation Dave Humm Devaney Center devaney years fans football Go Big Red husker fan husker fans husker football husker honeymoon Huskers Jason peter Larry the Cable Guy Lincoln memorial stadium music Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska football nice fans Nic Ehrisman open letter Orange Bowl Sea of Red Team Jack the game of football The Good Life There's No Place Like Nebraska through these gates Tom Osborne touchdown tommie frazier tradition GET SOCIAL © 2013 Copyright by FIC Productions. All rights reserved.