Did not think I'd read this so soon

[SemperHusker]

I'd don't like the thought of the streak ending (kinda all we have left) but this is a BS move. The stands will tell the story. Big empty spots at kick-off mean no sell out to me. This gimmick is just sad.

 

[HuskerWeatherman]

They bought the tickets for an individual game or two.

Part of why this may continue to be a theme is that a block of tickets are allotted to opposing teams, who can return their unsold/unused tickets I think up until about 2 weeks to go. So we'll keep getting newly available unsold tickets for upcoming games if their fans aren't buying, and regardless of what fans have done up until that point, there has to be fresh last-minute demand to keep the sellouts happening.

We've definitely had many games in past seasons when opposing fans returned unused tickets that came available late. And didn't need a BOGO to sell them. Why wouldn't this have happened for the Northwestern game a couple weeks ago? I tend to think the biggest factor in driving a BOGO is our own fans losing interest as the losses mount. And it's become a large enough number of unsold tickets that simply hoping a local charity will buy them up won't be enough.

 

[2010sAreNeverComingBack]

We've definitely had many games in past seasons when opposing fans returned unused tickets that came available late. And didn't need a BOGO to sell them. Why wouldn't this have happened for the Northwestern game a couple weeks ago? I tend to think the biggest factor in driving a BOGO is our own fans losing interest as the losses mount. And it's become a large enough number of unsold tickets that simply hoping a local charity will buy them up won't be enough.

We didn't always sell them. But they were considered "sold" since they were sold to the opposing athletic department. Trev has said on record that they need to re-sell to be counted, but that hasn't always been the case.

So there are combining factors in Nebraska with both higher standards & reduced demand. But also regardless of demand here, there can be varying numbers of newly available tickets that will pop up late for each game, depending on how the other team's fan base travels. I would guess that the Northwestern fans travel here better than Purdue's, which may also have played some role.

 

[cthusker]

Honestly never thought it would come to something like this but probably 5 LOSING seasons in a row can suck the life out of our fans and programs reputation. :Cry:

 

[Elwood von Kiowa]

We didn't always sell them. But they were considered "sold" since they were sold to the opposing athletic department. Trev has said on record that they need to re-sell to be counted, but that hasn't always been the case.

So there are combining factors in Nebraska with both higher standards & reduced demand. But also regardless of demand here, there can be varying numbers of newly available tickets that will pop up late for each game, depending on how the other team's fan base travels. I would guess that the Northwestern fans travel here better than Purdue's, which may also have played some role.

I think it happened last Saturday in MN. Win that one and the sellout is a done deal. Lay an egg and you have to offer a BOGO to sell the remaining tickets.

 

[huskernut]

Well good, now both good Huskernut and evil Huskernut can go.

 

[CPUHog]

His answer to that would be that it takes a long time to change the culture and the culture was so bad that it took longer than he thought.
Which is pure BS

Changed a lot of organizational cultures, have you?

 

[BubbaGene]

Well good, now both good Huskernut and evil Huskernut can go.

This wins the internet for me today. I'll be going fishing with a case of Hamm's.... see you guys tomorrow.

 

[Bigger Ed]

Well good, now both good Huskernut and evil Huskernut can go.

You are just beside yourself today, arent you?

 

[lincoln84]

And I bet this doesn’t move many tickets either.

 

[TFrazier]

 

[TFrazier]

Can you imagine what the ticket office must be thinking if Frost is retained and they have to sell season tickets next year?!!

 

[HuskerWeatherman]

I would guess that the Northwestern fans travel here better than Purdue's, which may also have played some role.

You may have points with some of your thoughts, but I think this one is unlikely.

Northwestern's undergrad enrollment is 8,200. Purdue's is 35,000. Let alone the fact that I doubt there's many Northwestern fans traveling to see a bad team play this season. Purdue, on the other hand, just came off a huge win, and is ranked.

That's why I'm curious what changed between the Northwestern game and the Purdue game that we have now reached BOGO level. I really doubt it's because Northwestern fans were gobbling up their ticket share more so than Purdue.

 

[Pops]

I think it's a cool streak that Husker fans should take pride in, even if it's been held up by boosters or businesses at times. It makes sense to pull out all the stops to keep it going.

That said. Frost is coming back. I've resigned myself to it. If he steps on his own todger again in the opener vs. NW in Dublin, the streak will end vs. North Dakota on Sept. 3.

He will be gone after Iowa

 

[BigRedAvenger]

With the purchase of 3 tickets you get 3 free tickets and a chance to kick a PAT during the game.