Husker football puts tailgaters back in action

today's game against UTEP marked the start of a new Nebraska football season kickoff was at 2:30 p.m. but for many of the biggest fans the game day experience starts long before that we got here probably about four to 5 hours before game time we actually set up yesterday for blocks around the stadium fans coming from across the state set up tents tables grills and more forming a network of tailgates thousands of participants deep many bring their own unique style of fandom to the capital city it's a 1951 Fleet line Deluxe car that I've husted up I started in 76 building it and this is what it ended up being so and all having earned the right to their spots through the many seasons already under their belt about 12 years we've had it for probably over 10 years well when Frasier was a freshman so 94 one full lot located a 10-minute walk away from Memorial's entance fills with its regulars seven game days a season everyone here knows the drill and it's no cause for alarm when a few ambulances roll through likely the only emergency vehicles in the city with Kenny Bell signatures on their roof 1992 fully wrapped ambulance stores a lot of everything we need to bring down here though only some of the Tailgators remember the Glory Days of Husker football we've had to adapt to a new style of uh of wins and losses all are optimistic about this year's win total uh eight at least nine to three five five or more five or more but no matter what happens in the stadium the support will always be strong just outside of it rain shine Stow I go reporting in Lincoln Sam Cobb 1011 News just