[Husker] Collier downplays attendance woes, and fails miserably

[Pat Gaule]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=38&u_sid=2092613

Registration required, but here's the relevant passage:

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Nebraska's average actual attendance for nonconference play - 4,947 - is 
the school's worst in at least three decades.

When asked to comment on the record-low crowds, Collier said:

"I don't believe that's correct."

When told the actual attendance figures, as opposed to the tickets-sold 
total being reported on box scores, was less than 5,000 a game, Collier 
said:

"Somebody's guessing at those. I don't know where they are coming from."

When told the release of the actual figures - a turnstile count plus 500 
to account for workers, teams, band and the news media - was approved by 
Marc Boehm, executive associate athletic director, Collier said:

"I didn't know that."

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That's just embarrassing.  Hilarious, but embarrassing.