[sounds of a crowd]
Being in the Big Red Express is
getting to support the other athletes
and not just, you know, being in
marching band doing football.
There's you know, 90,000 people there, but
it's a little smaller, and a little more
intimate, I feel more, attached and
involved in the game.
[sound of live music]
The new arena is, fantastic,
it's such a wonderful addition to,
Husker athletics, and the City of Lincoln
in general, the stuff they can do
during games with the lighting,
the screens, even the sound system
is better, and it's just a really fun
place to be and we sound really good there
"yeah Go Big Red"
Well if you just like playing,
if you just like playing your instrument
and you like going to athletic events, and
you don't want, a huge time commitment
Big Red Express is the perfect fit.
Because, it's easy with your schedule,
I still get great grades and all that,
No stress at all, and it's still something
I can talk about have a good time doing it
and still get to use my talent, and
use it to contribute to,
the athletics setting, and environment.
The Big Red Express, is the,
is the heart and soul of
the student section.
I would have to say the Big Red Express
is important to the Husker athletics,
because, we branch out and we support
other athletes, I know in the past
couple of years we've even sent,
a small part of the Big Red Express to
gymnastics meet, and we got to play there,
and that was a lot of fun, it really
opened my eyes to some of the other
sports and I hope to get to some other
gymnastics meets because they were
really impressive.
We've had, there were people there that
were "Oh, you know, thank you for coming
and playing the fight song" and it's not
a recording, it's a little more personal.
it's really cool because the
student section has started to pick up
on things that we like to do,
like after free throws, if the team
makes it we will do a little cheer
and they have started to pickup on that
so, that's really cool.
[drum sounds]
I think my favorite part about being
a member of the Big Red Express
would be getting to meet different people
who I wouldn't meet probably,
any other place, we all share
the same interests, music and sports
so that gives us something to really
connect with.
I've made a lot of friends through,
being a member of the Big Red Express.
[the] cool thing about having your
basketball arena in a concert venue
is you've got all these cool effects you
can do that really make it an event
[music and crowd sounds]
If you love music and you love sports
this is the best of both worlds
and you can get into the games for free
so, you don't have to spend money
on student tickets and get to play,
fun music and be around fun people,
be a real game changer in the
outcome of the game sometimes.
Wow there really is no place like Nebraska
there really is no place like Nebraska.
there is no place like nebraska
"Go Big Red"
[crowd chanting] "Go Big Red"