‘Beneficiant donors’ proceed Nebraska sellout streak


Nebraska’s sellout streak marches on.

The varsity stated Tuesday that two “beneficiant donors” had purchased all of the remaining tickets out there for Saturday’s sport in opposition to FCS opponent Fordham. The tickets will likely be given to youngsters throughout the state of Nebraska who would not usually have the possibility to go to a Husker soccer sport.

“We had two beneficiant donors come ahead and buy the remaining tickets for the house opener in order that we might present these tickets to younger individuals all through the state,” Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts stated in an announcement.

“These donors have a powerful dedication to Nebraska Athletics and perceive our historical past and custom. In addition they have a want for younger individuals, who could not in any other case have the chance, to expertise a Nebraska Soccer sport day at Memorial Stadium.”

The acquisition of the tickets additionally pushes Nebraska’s sellout streak to 376. Nebraska has offered out Memorial Stadium for each dwelling sport relationship again to 1962. It is the longest lively sellout streak in faculty soccer. 

And whereas giving youngsters the chance to attend a school soccer sport is a worthy endeavor, two donors shopping for the remaining tickets to maintain the sellout streak going appears similar to the lengths that NFL groups would go to keep away from being blacked out on tv of their dwelling cities. You could not blame Nebraska followers for not desirous to pay to look at their workforce play a far lesser opponent after the workforce’s opener.

Nebraska misplaced to Illinois in Week 0

It will not be an enormous shock if the sellout streak ends someday in 2021. Particularly if Nebraska struggles once more. The Huskers opened the season with a 30-22 loss at Illinois on Saturday to drop coach Scott Frost’s report with the varsity to 12-21.

Frost, who was the beginning QB on Nebraska’s 1997 nationwide title workforce, got here to Nebraska from UCF after the Knights went 13-0 in 2017. However the Huskers have did not win greater than 5 video games in any of his first three seasons with the varsity and performed poorly in Champaign to open the 2021 season.

Nebraska stated within the launch asserting the Week 1 sellout that tickets stay for the opposite six dwelling video games at Memorial Stadium over the remainder of the season. Will these tickets get bought by Nebraska followers angling to go to a sport or donors wanting to maintain the sellout streak alive? The reply to that query could rely upon Nebraska’s win-loss report.



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