I worked the last Husker-Bucky game (1974) overtime at the stadium, and then back for regular midnight shift (State St was my permanent beat). Wisc, probably pulled off the upset of that year. At the end of the game, the band led an impromptu parade out of Camp Randall and over to State Street. I left to go home and catch some zzz's. When I returned for my shift, we went out totally understaffed to what looked like the last days of Rome. State st was still a street, drinking was wide open age 18, and the night finally ended about 3Am, with several hauled off to the crowbar hotel, or detox and we escorted the firetrucks in to put out the remaining bonfire in the middle of the 500block front of the Pub. During the festivities, we got into a bit of a mini-brawl, and one of my guys missed his target and sprayed me right across the eyes with mace, with my contacts in! I'll take a tazer shot instead of that any day.
Then, the Huskers were previous year national champs, I think, and that year ranked 3 or 4 and undefeated in the non-conference game. This time,the new Big ten Huskers are the 10pt underdog, so if they win, it will hardly be an epic upset. But, however it goes, a good time will be had by all.
Today, they play it safe, staff the event with more cops than ushers and hotdog vendors at the game, suppress the drinking considerably compared to then, and take far more precautions. You probably wouldn't even like it nowadays, Dave.
