Well, well, well. “Sirius” is alive and well in Nebraska’s famed Tunnel Walk entrance.

I think.

From my vantage point on the north end of the field, it was hard to hear anything from the speakers as the Huskers trotted onto the field. The distorted sound, on top of a raucous crowd, took away from the effect.

Why can’t Memorial Stadium have better sound quality?

“We’ve got to get those issues worked out,” said Randy York, in his first year as associate athletic director for communications.

From where York stood — atop the Memorial Stadium press box — everything sounded great, he said. But York admitted to hearing conflicting reports from those on the field.

In case you couldn’t hear, it was the same version of “Sirius” Nebraska has used since the Tunnel Walk began in 1994.

Internet chatter last week led many of us to believe otherwise.

“I think everyone thought we were going to jack with the music,” York said, “and that was never even in the blueprints.”

Mike Bohuslavsky, a 28-year-old music guru who grew up nearby Bee, did help produce new music that was used in the minute or so leading up to the actual Tunnel Walk. That music, combined with bits and pieces of “Sirius,” appeared on his Web site last week, under various labels.

“His producer, unbeknownst to him, put something up on the Web site,” York said, “named it, and all of the sudden tried to bill it as, ‘Here’s the Tunnel Walk.’”

Hey, any talk about messing with the Tunnel Walk will throw Big Red folks into a frenzy. The “contraband version” of Bohuslavsky’s Tunnel Walk had more than 100,000 hits by the time “Mikey Bo” knew of it, York said on Huskers.com.

York said Mikey Bo was “very remorseful” about the confusion.

Here come the Huskers?

If it seemed like a normal-than-longer wait for the Huskers to take the field … well, it was.

Players had gathered under the northwest corner of Memorial Stadium and were bouncing around, waiting for what seemed like forever to take the field.

Thank television for the delay.

“We were given a time … I think they changed it up on us at the last minute,” York said.

“You can’t control TV; TV controls us. And they pay big freight to do that, so I understand that. But it was unfortunate.”

Joba fever

A couple Husker fans walking through the southwest entrance of Memorial Stadium before Saturday’s game noted what they considered a local celebrity.

“There’s Joba’s dad!”

One gentleman then pointed to Harlan Chamberlain, father of former Husker and current New York Yankees sensation Joba Chamberlain. Dad was working on the NU event staff.

Perhaps his Yankee hat gave him away.

Joba, by the way, was featured on ABC’s telecast of the football game.

Good reward

Many fans began departing Memorial Stadium late in the third quarter when it was fairly evident Nevada wasn’t going to pull an Appalachian State.

Those fans who remained in the upper sections of North Stadium, though, got a some special treats: Free hot dogs, courtesy of Larry the Cable Guy, who was tossing the goods from his skybox.

Now that’s getting it done.

Reach Brian Rosenthal at 473-7436 or brosenthal@journalstar.com.