First Football Game

You may be amazed but yes, it was my first football game ever. Virgina Tech played the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln. Living in Nebraska it is inevitable that you will be accosted by die-hard husker fans that insist Memorial Stadium in Lincoln is the best venue ever dreamt by man for football. We contemplated for years about braving the crowds, traffic and crazies to attend a game but the tickets were always so expensive and we are not football fans in general so the years went by and we'd never made an effort to get tickets and go. We heard that Virginia Tech was going to play the Huskers for the first time ever and it was going to be here in Lincoln. Since my husband graduated from VT we made an effort to get tickets; a wonderful couple in our church has family in Virgina and got a whole host of tickets so we sat with the visitors and wore our VT gear from years past. It was fun to dig out the old sweatshirts and parade around with the crazies who came to Nebraska from Virgina. I guess I'll never understand as I am not a sports fan of any kind. (Who has hours upon hours to sit and watch games on TV, and the brain power to keep it all straight?)

I must admit - they were right. I was astounded by the shear number of husker fans that came to the game all wearing red. Even those who didn't have tickets sat out on the practice field and watched a giant screen showing the game. It was almost like a carnival there were tents with red stuff to buy and vendors of every flavor to satisfy any craving. High school kids gave out red helium balloons for free to be released when the Huskers scored their first touchdown. Wearing VT stuff and sitting in their section I had no choice but to hope that the balloons would be carried home that night by the masses in red. I was not disappointed however when the Huskers scored and the thousands of red balloons filled the air.

All in all it was a great experience. The crowds were a bit much for me and the traffic getting home was something I'm trying to block out so I doubt I'll venture out to another Husker game but I'm glad I went.

And I'm glad Virgina Tech won. ;)