One of the biggest stories in college athletics is the pride the University of Nebraska takes in it's alleged 290 straight sellouts at it's tomb-like football stadium. That's right, 290 straight times since 1962, the old cement structure has had every seat filled, every ticket sold, and every nut in Nebraska in attendance. I've been going there since 1963, when my Dad brought me to see the Huskers play South Dakota State. As you can see, their schedule hasn't improved much over time.But this "sellout" nonsense is just that. Nonsense. What's that up there in the corner of the South Stadium at the start of the game? Yeah, it's nobody. Three sections, at least 20 rows. Fuzzy math would tell me that's at least 1200 or so seats. Who bought them? What corporation or booster got the phone call Saturday morning telling them exactly how many seats they had to pay 5 bucks apiece for?
Come on Husker fan. It's bogus. It's been bogus since the late 1980's when the same thing happened. It's simple economics. At some point, in a state of 1.5 million people, in a lousy economy, filling 85,000 seats at a football game at $65 apiece to see a lousy opponent becomes virtually impossible. Let it go. It's over.
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