There was a time when Memorial Stadium was a real weapon for the Nebraska football team. The program has fallen on hard times, and in the process, the stadium has become a much easier place for the opposition to play. One need look no further than the three losses the Huskers suffered at home last year, including a 40-16 butt whupping by Iowa in the season finale.
The national media has seen how Memorial Stadium doesn’t carry the same cache. There was a time when every other opponent would talk about how hard it was to play in Lincoln. They often called it the toughest and loudest place they’d ever been. In a recent ranking by USA Today of the best stadiums in the Big Ten, the Huskers fell all the way to No. 7.
Paul Myerberg put together the ranking, and he explained why he put Nebraska where he did on the list…