We left home at 10:15am and got to the Region of Waterloo International airport in about 20 minutes. Our flight with Northwest Airlines would take us from Breslau to Detroit and then on to Lincoln, Nebraska.
We arrived in Detroit around 1:45pm and were delayed 1 hour before finally arriving in Lincoln at 5:45pm. We picked up our car (PT Cruiser) from Thrifty and rushed over to the Nebraska Coliseum since the game was starting at 7pm.
We met up with Karen’s brother Ross who had reserved our seats, 2 rows from the floor. Before I continue the story, let me give you a little background. The town of Lincoln and the surrounding cities really support the university’s sports teams. When there is a football game in town, Memorial Stadium becomes the 3rd largest city in Nebraska with 81000 people. When we walked into the coliseum, we were surrounded by over 4000 people wearing red Nebraska shirts ranging in age from 3 to 93. There were even scalpers outside selling tickets to the game.
When the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers came out for their warm up, the crowd got on its feet and started cheering. They didn’t stop until the team left the court. Before the match started, Ross was interviewed by KOLN/KGIN, the local CBS affiliate.
The match didn’t go our way. The AU Eagles lost 3-1 to Huskers but they should be proud of that 1 game that they were able to get from the Huskers. It was really cool to see an NCAA Volleyball Championship game. I’m so glad that we made the trip to Lincoln. I just wish it would have went our way.
After the match, we headed over to the Embassy Suites where the team was staying. We were lucky to spend a bit of time with Liz before we headed over to the Staybridge Suites Lincoln I-80 ($105 USD) for the night.
If I didn’t have Vegas plans, I definitely would have been in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was very exciting to read about the games and I’m sure it was much better in person. Dorothy, thanks for sharing the pics. It was almost like being there. Congratulations to Liz on an impressive volleyball career at AU.