[Husker] The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

It's not a conspiricy. Most all teams seem to report the number of tickets sold rather than the number of clicks of the turnstyles. 

I can't imagine there are many games played where at least some fans don't use their tickets.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:12 pm
Subject: [Husker] The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
> I was at the game yesterday, and I have the sunburn to prove it. 
> There were
> _many_ empty seats throughout the stadium. Obviously, a "sell out" 
> doesn'tmean everyone shows up. Before the game, outside the East 
> Stadium, dozens of
> people were offering tickets for sale with few takers. The announced
> attendance was in the mid-80s, but I don't remember the number. 
> Huskers.comsays: 84,294. 
> <http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1246678>
> Considering that the USC game drew 84,959 according to the same 
> source,these numbers apparently have little to do with the number 
> of people who
> actually walk through the gates.
> <http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLI
> D=1241141>
> 
> If we take the USC number as "The Truth," the Ball State game 
> attendance had
> to have been at least 5,000 less, say 79,000. Since the sell-out 
> streak is
> now the last vestige of pre-Pedersen Husker Tradition, it must be 
> preservedat all costs...