In the next year Memorial Stadium in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska will surpass the 290 consecutive sellouts. That is a NCAA record and more than any other school by a long shot. Memorial Stadium means so much to Nebraskans in general. For me, I have had the pleasure of playing in two games there while in high school, one as a freshman and another as a junior. Although the outcome of the game was not how I wanted it, the chance to play in such a historical place will mean so much to me til the day I die. Many people can only dream of going to a Huskers game there but let alone playing on that beloved field turf of Tom Osborne Field twice is something special.
I have attended games there as well. In 2002, when the Huskers hosted the Texas Longhorns but lost the game at the end when the Huskers threw an interception at about the three of four yard line when we could have kicked a field goal to put the game into overtime and had a chance then. It was a devistating loss for everyone, but for me it was really hard because it was my first game that I had ever seen in the stadium.
Now as a child I had the dream of wanting to play for the Huskers, but knew that it would be extremely hard and unlikely. But my heart was not completely broken when I knew that I would not play for the Huskers because one of my best friends from high school dreams came true come signing day when he became a Nebraska Cornhusker.
Not only seeing a game there, playing on that field and seeing one of my best friends play for the Huskers has fullfilled some of that child hood dream of wanting to become a Nebraska Cornhusker.
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