On the road? No.

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On the road? No.

Author: TakethetrainKnute (33742 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 2:29 pm on Aug 23, 2025

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A “sea of red” in Nebraska is expected…

In South Bend …it was a pathetic and disgusting showing.

Was there with 4 friends. Never considered selling our tickets for a millisecond.

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Has a FR (RS) ND QB ever started the opening game of the season on the road against a top 10 team? [NT] - Hensou - 2:03pm 8/21/25 (29) [View All]
- The N is too small to be meaningful. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:14pm 8/21/25
- It almost happened in 2001. - jakers - 4:09pm 8/21/25
  - That was the sea of red game, right? - Chris94 - 3:40pm 8/22/25
    - No, that was 2000. I'm talking about the road game the following year. - jakers - 3:40pm 8/25/25
    - On the road? No. - TakethetrainKnute - 2:29pm 8/23/25
      - The lefty professors sold their tickets and some nerdy graduates did too. Disgusting!!! [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:12pm 8/23/25
      - I was there too. JJ returned a kick, the momentum was palpable...and Davie chose to not try to win - BaronVonZemo - 8:09pm 8/23/25
        Arnaz Battle's wrist was broken - ndunabomber - 12:41am 8/24/25
    - . [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 2:29pm 8/23/25
    - The sea of Red game with Nebraska was in 2000. [NT] - Irish_Demon - 3:51pm 8/22/25
  - I was at the A&M game, it was brutally hot. - PaND - 9:34am 8/22/25
    - Amazingly, he did not know this. - jakers - 11:17am 8/22/25
      - I’m still surprised at how over his skis he was as a head coach [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 1:50pm 8/22/25
        Quite a few were. A terrible coaching search and Holtz's endorsement got us there. - jakers - 3:11pm 8/22/25
- Rick Mirer started and beat #4 Michigan (at home though) in 1990. - AlbanyIRISH - 2:18pm 8/21/25
  - Was that the first true “night game” at ND? - NDblues - 8:12pm 8/21/25
    - No, it was against Michigan, but in 1982 [NT] - Irish_Demon - 10:51pm 8/21/25
      - Thanks for the clarification. - NDblues - 12:55pm 8/22/25
      - Yes, I was there as a student. Musco Lighting Co. Nigel remembers also [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:44pm 8/21/25
        Same here [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 8:01am 8/22/25
        They were just lights on a crane. Lol. But it was the bees knees. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:16am 8/22/25
        Those were the days!! [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 11:11am 8/22/25
        I recall the white paper hats they gave students for that game. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 7:40pm 8/22/25
    - They brought in portable lights for games years before that. - NedoftheHill - 9:12pm 8/21/25
      - Yup - Musco Lighting Company - Nigel Tufnel - 10:52pm 8/21/25
      - Lights were permantly installed with the stadium expansion for the 1997 season - Irish_Demon - 10:50pm 8/21/25
  - Hell of a game - ndunabomber - 4:47pm 8/21/25
  - My first game as student. He was on cover of SI after that, the golden child [NT] [LINK] [IMAGE] - ndphysics - 3:46pm 8/21/25
  - Plus there was a fluke play that really helped us. I still expect us to handle Miami. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 2:44pm 8/21/25