Sellout streak lives to fight another day

[Husker In Oklahoma]

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.

Oh heck, I don’t really care. If, however it serves some underprivileged kids, man, I’m down for that. Hope they enjoy themselves and have a fantastic.

Most of us know, if the losing continues, there will be 10,000 seats unsold. It’s only a matter of time, if the losing keeps up. You’ll see tons of empty seats Saturday. It will be more and more moving forward. Winning is all that will stop that.

 

[Red Reign]

 

[CO4NU]

Man, $12?

I would be embarrassed to tell you what I paid for the Nebraska-ScuM single game tickets in 1994. Southwest endzone.

 

[NY Husker]

Trev is a great speaker. Sharp and smart. Articulates everything well.

 

[Wonderboy]

I know every program in the country would hate to have the fan base support and corporate support that it takes to gain a sell out. Said no one ever.

It is a very dim argument that it doesn't count unless a fan buys it. Can you imagine this conversation at UCLA this past weekend which had about 7 people at their game. Ticket sales manager to UCLA AD Jarmond, "We have a couple of big donors and and Corporation or two that want to buy out all the tickets to the game against Hawaii Saturday. AD Jarmond responds " Hell no we don't want to sell out unless individual fans buy the tickets. Those 7 people in the stands are all we need. Tell those deep pocketed boosters and corporations to spend their money elsewhere". Silly analogy for a silly argument. Ticket sold=athletic department money.

 

[Blue Howl]

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.

Actually, they are being referred to as "underserved," which makes it sound like they aren't getting enough beer to drink.
From the OP article:

The game-day offer will provide complimentary tickets to underserved youth across the state of Nebraska.

 

[Blue Howl]

I know every program in the country would hate to have the fan base support and corporate support that it takes to gain a sell out. Said no one ever.

It is a very dim argument that it doesn't count unless a fan buys it. Can you imagine this conversation at UCLA this past weekend which had about 7 people at their game. Ticket sales manager to UCLA AD Jarmond, "We have a couple of big donors and and Corporation or two that want to buy out all the tickets to the game against Hawaii Saturday. AD Jarmond responds " Hell no we don't want to sell out unless individual fans buy the tickets. Those 7 people in the stands are all we need. Tell those deep pocketed boosters and corporations to spend their money elsewhere". Silly analogy for a silly argument. Ticket sold=athletic department money.

Your hyperbole isn't that far from the truth!

 

[Blue Howl]

I hope Alberts has already started forming a team to develop a plan to reduce the capacity at Memorial Stadium by modernizing it with regular seats, etc. The donors might be able to keep the sell-out streak going this year, but something is going to have to be done soon to keep it going much beyond this year.

 

[Huskerthom]

I hope Alberts has already started forming a team to develop a plan to reduce the capacity at Memorial Stadium by modernizing it with regular seats, etc. The donors might be able to keep the sell-out streak going this year, but something is going to have to be done soon to keep it going much beyond this year.

This I agree with.

 

[EastOfEden]

I haven't checked for a while, but how have we done with that great home field advantage that all of these sell out crowds provide?

It's a silly thing at this point if we are arguing that it shows the great fan support we have. We have great fan support; we don't need to fill up a 90,000 seat stadium to show that.

What we're puttting on the football field no longer can fill the stdium every home game. Why do we argue about it?

Become a winning team again and they will come.

 

[PaSker]

I hope Alberts has already started forming a team to develop a plan to reduce the capacity at Memorial Stadium by modernizing it with regular seats, etc. The donors might be able to keep the sell-out streak going this year, but something is going to have to be done soon to keep it going much beyond this year.

And better yet, sell beer!

 

[Cannon Fodder Husker]

I'm not a fat a$$, even though some may have another perspective, but I found it miserable to try to sit in my assigned seat up in North stadium. I would end up sitting sideways and crushed for 3 1/2 hours trying to enjoy some football. It was then I understood why all those fans over the years had made it a point to get sh^tfaced before the game: It was the only way they could ignore the poor seating conditions.....I would be fine with changing to club-style seats and reducing capacity.

 

[CO4NU]

I call beer "Vitamin P".

And I am always stuck in the middle of a row.

Can't even drink before the game unless your into a sufferfest.

 

[Blue Howl]

I'm not a fat a$$, even though some may have another perspective, but I found it miserable to try to sit in my assigned seat up in North stadium. I would end up sitting sideways and crushed for 3 1/2 hours trying to enjoy some football. It was then I understood why all those fans over the years had made it a point to get sh^tfaced before the game: It was the only way they could ignore the poor seating conditions.....I would be fine with changing to club-style seats and reducing capacity.

That is why I always rent a seat. It "protects" the limited amount of space allotted to each seat.

 

[Blue Howl]

I haven't checked for a while, but how have we done with that great home field advantage that all of these sell out crowds provide?

It's a silly thing at this point if we are arguing that it shows the great fan support we have. We have great fan support; we don't need to fill up a 90,000 seat stadium to show that.

What we're puttting on the football field no longer can fill the stdium every home game. Why do we argue about it?

Become a winning team again and they will come.

We need the revenue from the sold-out stadium to be able to afford the coaches' buyouts.