[Husker] The Husker Nation...

[Jeff Volk]

Greetings from Kansas City...

I will admit right off the bat that I haven't really done more than skim most of the posts over the last few weeks because largely they contain the same boring content -  a mix of:

- SP is the devil. 
- Callahan is an idot.
- Cosgrove is an idiot. 
- Solich is a still a genius who got a raw deal. 

- Etc, etc, etc. - bla bla bla. 

The storyline that does intrigue me is the doom and gloom over the sell out streak and the perception that support for the program is somehow waning amongst the Husker Nation. 

I only know what I see with my eyes, and that makes it hard for me to beleive this is true. 

Why? 

Well, I stood on the field at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, TX a couple of weeks back and looked up at a crowd of 44,000 that was probably 40% Husker fans. 

Then yesterday from the photo deck atop Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, KS yesterday and looked down at a Memorial Stadium record crowd of 51,750 and saw at least 35-40% Husker fans there as well. 

Doesn't that type of road support show that support for the Huskers is still strong? 

Even with the strong possibility that the Huskers will get blown out at USC next season, how many people do you think make the trip to see the Huskers play in the Coliseum? My bet is quite a few...myself included. 

Will the sell out streak end? Maybe? But if it does it is likely to end because so many fans, including a large majority of the ones on this list, would rather figure out a way to watch or listen to the game for free (then sit and pontificate ad naseum on Internet forums) than actually leave the house and go to the game!!!!

Seriously...how many people here on the list that are SOOOO worried that the sell out streak is going to end have attended a game at Memorial Stadium in the last 5 years? How about a road game in the last 10? My bet would be the number is quite low compared to the overall number of members on the list. Living out of state isn't a great excuse either...heck I live in Minneapolis and managed to make it to 2 games in Lincoln and the Baylor and KU games.  

Since the team is obviously so horrible and there will be so many cheap tickets available for the KSU game I encourage those of you who haven't recently to head down to Memorial Stadium on Saturday for a reminder of what a college football game day...and the atmosphere is like. Who knows, you might like it so much regardless of the outcome of the game that you might apply for a seat in one of those 6,000 new seats and help us to continue the sell out streak. 

I have to make the 450 mile trek back to Minneapolis...I hope you all have a great day. 

Jeff