[Husker] count me in

j j jjj112665 at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 27 22:54:41 CST 2004


If Callahan doesn't win football games the AD budget
will suffer greatly. So it is partly dependent on
wether or not BC can win football games.
--- jonlists <jonlists at cbsol.com> wrote:

> The key here isn't a "sell-out streak". The streak
> in itself isn't that 
> important relative to the bigger picture. 
> 
> The real problem is that this will begin to cut into
> the AD budget - and 
> if you want to kill Nebraska athletics - not just
> the football team - try 
> cutting off the $$$$ spigot. 
> 
> Whether Steve Pederson stays or goes should not be
> solely dependent upon 
> Bill Callahan's ability to win football games. If
> the Nebraska 
> department's budget starts to suffer, it's at that
> point that Steve needs 
> to go. 
> 
> Jon Johnston
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> husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 11/27/2004 09:23:33
> AM:
> 
> > > > And to anyone considering giving up their
> tickets next year, 
> > please do so, 
> > > > there are many people who would love to take
> them (like me) so keep 
> me in 
> > > > mind, even though I live about 20 hours drive
> away.
> > > 
> > > and, any tickets that Scott doesn't take, I
> will.  He and I can 
> car-pool.
> > 
> > Be careful when you say "any", because there may
> be more than you
> > can take.  Nebraska fans are good fans, but they
> aren't that much
> > different than most other fans, especially on the
> margins of the
> > 75K who attend.  There are folks for whom several
> hundred dollars
> > (just for a pair of season tickets) is a large
> chunk of their budget.
> > There are others who drag a spouse to the game
> (which is much harder
> > when you go to watch a losing team).  When NU last
> "struggled", in
> > the early 1990s, when many fans and even the UNL
> Daily Nebraskan
> > suggested it was time for NU to get a new coach
> and for Osborne to
> > go, the sellout streak nearly ended and Lincoln
> companies (some of
> > which aren't Lincoln companies any more) had to
> step in to buy tickets
> > the day before the game.  If NU has another year
> like this one next
> > year, it won't be difficult to get season tickets
> for 2006.  If NU
> > doesn't get back to 9 wins in 2006, I think the
> waiting list for 2007
> > season tickets won't be needed.
> > 
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