re: Nebraska????

Last year, my brother-in-law's family from NE (and grads of NE) had us join them when their team came to Minnesota. We headed to the campus early to attend the "Husker Huddle" prior to the game.

NE had rented a large campus building with several huge rooms and they were all filled with red-clad fans. The Chancellor spoke, the UN President gave a nice pep talk, the coach said a few rousing words, The AD spoke...there were songs, a DJ played roaring music which was basically a singalong. The cheerleaders were there the whole time, performing, and getting kids (and some adults) up on the stage, and wandering through the crowd. Booze and food was #1.

I've never liked Nebraska, but that day, if I'd had one more drink, hell, I'd have bought a red sweatshirt and a Cornhusker cap.

With that year-round atmosphere, I can see the draw for recruits.