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Heading to Ireland! Northwestern players have awesome reaction to 2022 overseas game vs. Nebraska
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Some big news hit Evanston on Thursday, as Northwestern learned that it had secured an overseas game against Nebraska for the 2022 season.
Because this year’s Illinois-Nebraska game in Ireland was called off because of the pandemic, the Huskers had been looking to still make a trip across the sea in the near future. Nebraska was able to come to an agreement with Northwestern and the B1G and the two schools will now play in Dublin to open the 2022 season.
Northwestern’s football players also learned of the confirmed game in Ireland, and Pat Fitzgerald surprised the team with the news. It was an awesome reaction:
When the lads found out that we are going to Ireland 🇮🇪@cfbireland | #GoCats pic.twitter.com/uUmEYb3W4s
— Northwestern Football (@NUFBFamily) May 20, 2021
The Huskers were scheduled to open the 2021 season vs. Illinois in Ireland, but the pandemic caused that game to be canceled. Nebraska and Illinois will instead open the season in Champaign.
The game vs. Northwestern will take place during Week 0 on Aug. 27, 2022. The Huskers are also playing Illinois during Week 0 of this season.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB