I think those tickets probably are fairly decent, though I’m not a ticketholder in that area. My guess is that they’re about the 10 yard line. In the east and west stadiums, it’s better to be higher than lower as the pitch of the stadium is such that it’s sometimes hard to look out over people standing on the sideline.

Hopefully someone who has sat on the east side regularly around section 3 can fill us in.

Uff da…. I don’t get back for many home games, but I’ll be back for the first one this season. I have family in Lincoln, so I don’t ever have to deal with hotels – they might find pretty sparse pickings on those.

Parking – whenever I go, I usually park in the same parking ramp in the Haymarket area, I think it’s right across the street from Barry’s. Obviously on game day you’ll have to get there darned early to get anything that close.

Need more people to chime in here……

Don’t hear that much around here!

My sister and I told my Brother in law the news last night. He was pretty thrilled!

His Aunt (His Mom’s sister) had called shortly after we told him, and she told him a story about her and his Mom driving down through Oklahoma years ago on a day when Nebraska and Oklahoma were playing in Norman.

There were quite a few vehicles on the road with Sooners stuff on them. Well, his Mom happened to have a pair of Cornhusker socks on, so her answer to them was to take her shoes off and dangle her feet out of the window at them!

Later they had stopped at a convenience store, and as they were leaving, his Mom stopped and yelled “GO HUSKERS!!!” Priceless!

Her passing was quite unexpected. I would imagine she’ll be with them at that game, and I’ll bet she has a heaven made pair of Husker socks on too!

I’m a season ticket holder, so I’ll try to light your way the best I can. East Stadium, Sec. 3 Row 47? Hmmm…. the only downer is that they’ll be under the balcony, so they might lose some of the ambiance. There are TV’s mounted underneath the balcony in case you miss something.

 As far as the parking, there are two routes to try. If your sister and brother in law want to try parking downtown, it’s do-able, but the key is GET THERE EARLY! There are people always holding “parking” signs for anywhere from $5 to $20. If they don’t want to mess around with that, the city has shuttle buses that run from several locations around town. They start busing people to the stadium 2 hours before kickoff. For more info on that, you can try calling/e-mailing the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, The Lincoln Journal-Star, or the UNL Athletic Dept. I’m sure somebody will help you out.

 As far as places to stay, they’ve built a ton of motels in Lincoln the last 10-12 years but I can’t make any promises. You’ll have to check online for room availability. If you want to check for motels in one of the towns near Lincoln, try Crete or Beatrice, where I live.

Keep us posted on how the search goes. Tell your sister and brother-in-law I’ll see them at the game. I’ll be one wearing red.

I’ll have them look for you! LOL!

Beatrice is one of the places I actually was thinking about when I was checking into things the other day. It’s what, about 40 miles south of Lincoln? I know they said they probably won’t want to try to drive all the way back after the game, but that wouldn’t be a bad drive.

I appreciate the help!

Just checking to ask how the motel search is going?

I just prefer behind the goal poasts though.

I haven’t talked to my sister much and don’t know if they’ve done much of anything as far as rooms. I will see them tomorrow night at my nephews football game and will find out more then.