Right. And I asked if anyone was buying them? Prob not.
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Sellout streak lives to fight another day
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Gotcha, I doubt it
So did these donor pay full price? Or did the University make them a deal? Buy 100, get 2300 free?
If it came to an end, it may give Frost a good shake. On the other hand, it continues the high revenue for the program and continues the path to a potential buyout. Carriker said to slow down with that talk but IMO, it is put up or shut up time. No more excuses and Frost needs to do something special after a complete flop at Illinois. Something REALLY special like a win against Oklahoma or Ohio State. I don't see it happening. Do another stadium expansion... $20M is a lot of tickets.
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We’ve seen plenty of empty seats during non conference games for decades, especially when playing directional universities in less than favorable weather. Toss in Covid and the number of people staying out of crowds, and it’s just not that out of the ordinary. I don’t think people staying home would be much different if we’d win last Saturday by 2 TDs. It’s a less than exciting opponent and Delta is on people’s minds.
We just had a meeting today and a conference I’m supposed to go to in Hawaii next month has had 80 people out of 240 cancel in the last 6 days. People staying home is less about last week’s game than it is about the other factors.
Just to tie these together, in the past, the standard allotment that was given to the visiting team was considered sold. Trev says he's counting it differently, and if they return their tickets, they need to be (re)sold. So by traditional standards, this was a regular sellout without any donor intervention needed, it's just that we've upped the requirements, and then the appetite wasn't there for the usual extra buys where people were waiting in the wings for second chances.
Husker sellout streak survives thanks to 'Red Carpet Experience' for underserved children
Nebraska football's record 375-game sellout streak will survive for at least another week thanks to a new program aimed at giving economically underserved kids a chance to see the Huskers
Of course not, no one else can claim anything even remotely close to it!
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Some of you are pretty pathetic. Miserable people will always be miserable, even in times of celebration. I think it's great that these kids will get to go, even if it was intended to keep the sellout streak alive. I also don't care how much the donors paid. Those complaining should have offered up full price if it bothers you so much.
When I see people respond like this, I know we are not the greatest fans in college football. We are probably some of the worst. Get over yourselves and stop being so critical and offended by every single little thing they do down there.
When I see people respond like this, I know we are not the greatest fans in college football. We are probably some of the worst. Get over yourselves and stop being so critical and offended by every single little thing they do down there.
Marines do think alike. Your thoughts are exactly mine on this subject.
The sell out streak is OK I guess but it's hard to be proud of a propped up achievement.
The sell out streak is about Nebraska supporting the team win lose or draw and coming out in force to see the team we love no matter what. Is that what's really happening? No.
What's happening now isn't that. It's some rich people manipulating the truth so we can have a record on paper. Technically it's real but it doesn't really mean what we pretend it means.
If they gave every extra ticket to kids and those kids filled every empty seat I could change my mind but most of those tickets go in the trash.
If nobody showed up and Warren Buffet bought all the tickets we could claim another sellout but it would be clear to the world that it's a hollow record.
If it makes everyone feel good, go for it. I'm not advocating for it to end. Just don't kid yourself that it means something more than it is.
The sell out streak is about Nebraska supporting the team win lose or draw and coming out in force to see the team we love no matter what. Is that what's really happening? No.
What's happening now isn't that. It's some rich people manipulating the truth so we can have a record on paper. Technically it's real but it doesn't really mean what we pretend it means.
If they gave every extra ticket to kids and those kids filled every empty seat I could change my mind but most of those tickets go in the trash.
If nobody showed up and Warren Buffet bought all the tickets we could claim another sellout but it would be clear to the world that it's a hollow record.
If it makes everyone feel good, go for it. I'm not advocating for it to end. Just don't kid yourself that it means something more than it is.
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No one is going to catch it, and if they ever do, we will all be dead by then.
You left out Nebraska in your list, who by the way, would go 1-2 against that group (and possibly 0-3)
Lol, look at the stuff we will invent to justify the sell out streak being saved by donors. "Underprivileged youth" attending a football game all of a sudden is a priority in 2021?
Lol, riiiiiiiight.
Lol, riiiiiiiight.
