It was the fans’ turn to take the field on Saturday, Aug. 8.

Fan Day 2009 gave way to thousands of Big Red fans with posters, programs, jerseys, helmets and T-shirts, trying to get autographs from Husker players and coaches. The fans were from all over Nebraska and beyond. The lines were already meandering well into the university’s campus an hour before the event started. Once the gates opened and the fans got inside the stadium, they plotted out which lines to wait in and which to pass. It was crowded, and they had to hurry to get the most out the afternoon.

One common reaction, from both the young kids playing catch with the footballs they just got signed and the adults who have been coming to fan day year after year, was to take a knee and rub their hand back on forth on field turf, leaving a brief impression of their hand on the turf that owns the state’s attention during football season.

Here's the second of Fan Day Dispatches...we'll run them throughout the next week!


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Wes Cammack, a fifth-year walk-on wide receiver, had his own cheering section at fan day. Close to 20 members of his family were on hand to wait in line to get his autograph.

Five-year-old Gage Cammack, remembers getting a running start and careening into his padded-up older cousin after the spring game.

“That’s the fun part of having a cousin that’s a football player,” Gage said.

Cindy Cammack, Wes’ aunt, said Wes is the first person from the family to suit up for the Huskers.

“We’ve been Husker fans forever,” she said. “It’s a special time; to have a family member on team…You just hope he gets an opportunity.”

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