Football vs. Northwestern

Ronnie Green Author

08/29/2022 Added

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Ronnie Green talks about starting the season outside the U.S. He also talks about his family background from Scotland, some differences in the gameday experience in Dublin and the first week of classes on campus.

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[00:00:00.210]Well, we're gonna be delighted to be joined each
[00:00:02.340]and every football game day by the Chancellor
[00:00:04.620]of the university of Nebraska Lincoln, Ronnie green.
[00:00:06.870]And he's out at a function right now, outside the stadium
[00:00:09.750]but we're able to make contact
[00:00:11.010]with him and great to have him join us here.
[00:00:12.930]This is a pretty cool way to start a football season.
[00:00:15.360]Isn't it Chancellor?
[00:00:16.410]Well, Greg, you know
[00:00:17.763]it's a unique way to start a football season.
[00:00:20.125]Hahaha
[00:00:20.958]Only the second time that the Huskers have been
[00:00:23.431]able to play outside of the United States.
[00:00:26.220]Going back to that Tokyo game, quite a number of years ago
[00:00:29.610]with the Huskers and to be here
[00:00:31.230]in Dublin in this really kind
[00:00:33.060]of special environment to kick off our football season
[00:00:37.020]after kind of a long awaited, you know
[00:00:39.300]they started talking about this almost three years ago
[00:00:42.210]coming to play this game here.
[00:00:44.190]And then we had the
[00:00:45.630]the delay with the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
[00:00:48.960]And it's just really good to be here.
[00:00:51.120]A massive sea of red in Dublin
[00:00:54.150]and on the Emerald Isle leading up to the game
[00:00:57.540]you, it's a site to behold.
[00:00:59.408]It really is.
[00:01:00.241]Yeah. You mentioned the turnout.
[00:01:01.680]We had a pep rally yesterday at a park here in Dublin
[00:01:04.380]and over 5,000 Husker fans were in attendance for that.
[00:01:08.310]You spoke to the group yesterday
[00:01:10.740]they've come from all over the country
[00:01:12.480]all over the world to watch their Huskers play.
[00:01:14.850]And I know you've been over here for a little bit
[00:01:16.830]of time taking in some sites and sounds what do you
[00:01:19.770]what have you been able to see and what have you seen
[00:01:21.300]from Husker fans around Ireland here this past week?
[00:01:23.940]Well, we've got quite a lot of people that have been here
[00:01:26.940]on organized tours for the best part
[00:01:29.940]of all of this week through the Nebraska Alumni Association.
[00:01:34.170]Over 2200 people that have been all over Ireland
[00:01:39.240]as well as Scotland and some
[00:01:41.190]over into Great Britain as well across the Irish Sea.
[00:01:45.270]We were, my wife and I, Jane were part
[00:01:47.850]of a group that started in Scotland on Sunday and Monday
[00:01:51.750]and then came over to Dublin in the middle of the week.
[00:01:55.980]Others have been in Galway and Cork
[00:01:58.290]and Kerry and all over the country here in, in Ireland.
[00:02:02.490]So we've been able to see quite a lot
[00:02:04.200]and to learn a lot about the Irish culture.
[00:02:06.780]And for me, the Scottish culture, I'm Scottish myself
[00:02:09.450]and was able to visit my home plan ancestry
[00:02:12.750]in Scotland as part of this trip as well.
[00:02:15.600]It's just been a wonderful week.
[00:02:18.150]I know we have a lot of people even after the game tonight
[00:02:21.930]that will be staying here into next week
[00:02:24.630]doing a similar set of tours around.
[00:02:26.790]So a, just been a
[00:02:28.410]a great exchange of learning and understanding culture.
[00:02:31.770]You know, there's a lot of Irish in America
[00:02:34.080]a lot of Irish in Nebraska as well.
[00:02:37.110]And a lot of those relationships have been rekindled
[00:02:40.500]if you will here with the Huskers in Ireland.
[00:02:43.440]Word out there, chancellor is
[00:02:44.790]that you did some clothes shopping while you're in Scotland.
[00:02:47.730]Haha, Yeah. I, you know, Greg
[00:02:51.210]I was telling you earlier in the week, I, you know, I
[00:02:54.570]my mother is a, I'm a member direct descendant
[00:02:57.900]of the Clan Colquhoun in Scotland.
[00:03:00.360]We've known that for some time as part
[00:03:02.190]of our family ancestry and you know, all the years I've been
[00:03:05.730]in Scotland, a number of times on business
[00:03:08.580]but I've never had the opportunity to go find her Clan home.
[00:03:12.600]And Jane and I were able to do that
[00:03:14.400]on Monday and it kindled kind of an interest
[00:03:17.160]in me and being full Scott, you know, so I went
[00:03:20.040]and got myself fitted in for a full kilt on Thursday this
[00:03:24.960]this week and have it come into Nebraska later this fall.
[00:03:29.133]And, and I have promised everyone
[00:03:31.170]that I will be debuting that in full, when we're
[00:03:34.710]at the NCAA volleyball finals here in the winter
[00:03:38.820]and when we are in our bowl game
[00:03:41.100]wherever that may be during holiday break
[00:03:44.340]and I'm looking forward to that happen.
[00:03:46.470]Oh, that's fantastic.
[00:03:47.610]Getting busy with the chancellor
[00:03:48.690]of the university of Nebraska Lincoln
[00:03:50.100]Ronnie Green here on Countdown to Kickoff
[00:03:52.110]some of the Huskers out, throwing the football around
[00:03:54.480]have not seen anybody in purple yet on the field.
[00:03:57.270]I'm sorry I don't know
[00:03:58.103]if the cats have arrived here at the stadium or not.
[00:04:00.510]It's been an interesting experience.
[00:04:02.040]Have you noticed any differences about a football atmosphere
[00:04:05.190]for this particular game chancellor
[00:04:06.930]than maybe any other ones that we've
[00:04:09.000]we've seen down through the years?
[00:04:10.363]Well, yeah.
[00:04:11.230]Yeah. Well, sure.
[00:04:12.540]I mean, we're playing in a soccer stadium, you know
[00:04:14.923]or the Europeans like to say futbol, you know
[00:04:18.990]we're playing in a soccer stadium here
[00:04:20.640]at a Viva stadium today and it's a beautiful facility and
[00:04:24.180]but you know, we're playing right on the
[00:04:25.980]the lip of the Irish Sea, you know
[00:04:27.900]Dublin sits right on the sea
[00:04:29.910]looking out toward Great Britain.
[00:04:31.530]That's a little bit different for us
[00:04:33.630]than what we're accustomed to a little cooler here.
[00:04:35.880]As I heard you mentioned earlier in the
[00:04:38.160]in your comments down
[00:04:39.270]in the sixties here, but beautiful, beautiful weather today.
[00:04:44.430]And you know
[00:04:45.270]there's gonna be a big crowd of Irish here today.
[00:04:48.150]So there's, you know, we, we think we're gonna have 13
[00:04:50.940]between 13 and 14,000 Nebraskans in the stands
[00:04:54.480]you know, you know, upward upper 40,000 seat stadium.
[00:04:58.470]So it's gonna be a very red stadium here today.
[00:05:02.280]We think about five to one compared to purple
[00:05:04.950]which we're really happy about, but there'll be a lot
[00:05:07.560]of Irish in the stadiums and they're, they are excited
[00:05:10.980]about this game everywhere you go in Dublin
[00:05:13.500]they're talking about it.
[00:05:14.910]They are, they become kind of students of American football
[00:05:18.330]and know how competitive collegiate football is
[00:05:21.480]in the US and they wanna be part of it.
[00:05:23.700]So it's gonna be kind of an electric atmosphere
[00:05:27.210]and looking forward to seeing our team really
[00:05:30.330]kick the year off in a great way, hopefully
[00:05:33.000]with a very great win and kind of set a signature for
[00:05:37.080]for the weeks ahead and Husker football season.
[00:05:39.780]Well chancellor, I appreciate the time today.
[00:05:41.910]It's been an amazing week.
[00:05:43.140]It's, it will be a week that the student athletes
[00:05:45.720]on this football team, on the training staff, the managers,
[00:05:48.300]all those folks, the band,
[00:05:50.220]the spirit squad they're gonna remember for their lifetime
[00:05:53.160]but they've also missed the first week of class.
[00:05:55.170]As you got school started this past Monday
[00:05:57.030]then I know you'll be anxious to get back on campus.
[00:05:59.820]Not only to see all the students
[00:06:01.050]everybody have a home football game next Saturday.
[00:06:03.120]Yeah, well, I suspect that on Saturday morning
[00:06:06.660]in Lincoln right now that there's gonna be quite
[00:06:09.030]a tune-in of a little bit
[00:06:10.770]of a game atmosphere there in, on campus today.
[00:06:13.680]I'm suspecting that from our students and
[00:06:16.110]and our community in Lincoln, certainly
[00:06:17.910]but they are just finishing their first week of class
[00:06:20.460]been a great first week of class.
[00:06:22.140]As I understand it, that we are happy to get back underway
[00:06:26.490]to be back in full we're really fully back
[00:06:30.360]to pre COVID levels, being on campus together.
[00:06:34.680]When we had freshman convocation on Friday
[00:06:36.900]before we left last weekend to come this way
[00:06:39.930]the freshman class was more engaged
[00:06:42.330]than I can remember in years which was just
[00:06:46.140]wonderful to see and feel that the desire to be there.
[00:06:51.750]So we, we think we got a great year ahead
[00:06:54.270]at the university of Nebraska.
[00:06:55.770]Well, I know you have an event to get to
[00:06:57.781]is it with the Prime Minister of Ireland?
[00:07:00.300]Is that what I, someone told me?
[00:07:02.190]Yeah. So the tailgate
[00:07:04.080]that The Aer Lingus folks are in now is a
[00:07:07.650]we've been through a number of very formal events here
[00:07:10.470]a little more formal here than we're accustomed
[00:07:12.960]to pre-game kind of activities in Nebraska.
[00:07:16.020]So a very formal luncheon that we're engaged
[00:07:18.930]in now honoring some very famous Irish families who
[00:07:23.430]have had a lot to do with bringing the Aer Lingus Classic
[00:07:26.940]into being, the Naughton family in particular
[00:07:29.220]that we spent a lot of time
[00:07:30.450]with here this week
[00:07:33.090]and former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern
[00:07:36.690]is here to present a pretty major award
[00:07:40.380]to them here in a little bit that we're excited about.
[00:07:43.170]So we're in here with a lot of business leaders
[00:07:45.180]and a lot of leaders from the universities.
[00:07:47.010]And so looking forward to getting back in there and
[00:07:49.620]and experiencing that with (inaudible) as well.
[00:07:52.770]You bet, thank you so much.
[00:07:54.150]Enjoy your event.
[00:07:54.983]Get in here and start cheering you and, and your wife
[00:07:57.150]Jane we'll look forward to a great Husker win
[00:07:59.010]and we'll see you in Lincoln next week.
[00:08:00.240]You bet go Big Red.
[00:08:01.460]Ronnie Green, Chancellor of the University
[00:08:03.240]of Nebraska Lincoln joining us
[00:08:04.350]he will each and every week during countdown to kickoff.

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