Manufactured is just the wrong word for the argument. Is it an organic/natural fan sellout or a corporate/booster aided one basically. But what event only has tickets bought by fans these days?
Yep, '07 Oklahoma State was half empty. I understand that it is important for the university but I would be lying to say I don't believe it was artificially propped up.
It was half empty at half time because we were getting our a$$es kicked. Official attendance at the gate was over 84k. Quit making $hit up. Yeah we stunk, but the fans still showed up until it was obvious we weren't going to be competitive. 38-0 at half time.
That isn't the only game since then. It's good for the university to present it as a sellout streak but it's been artificially goosed a few times to keep the streak going. I don't think there would be much of an argument calling it out if it was another team that did it. However, I understand people get protective of the streak and can believe what they want to believe. You won't change my opinion and I won't change yours so I will drop it.
"Attendance data is paired with tickets sold with coaches, players, media, game officials and other stadium personnel" ....I don't know what all factors get actively added together, but the attendance number not being the scanned tickets number is absolutely accurate.
"While announced attendance data — which pairs paid tickets with coaches, players, media, game officials and other stadium personnel — routinely puts NU’s attendance at games in the upper 80,000s for recent seasons, Nebraska also keeps track of how many fan tickets are scanned as they enter the stadium gates. It provides an additional layer of insight at fan attendance.
That data shows 79,105 fans had tickets scanned for the CU game, the much-anticipated contest watched by 6.3 million viewers on NBC. NU extracted revenge its 2023 loss in Boulder. Fans stormed the field afterward in celebration."
Nebraska football scanned ticket totals reveal big box office for Colorado game
Scanned ticket totals revealed Nebraska's win over Colorado ranked among the best-attended games in the last decade at Memorial Stadium.huskerextra.com
"The Buffalo and Ohio State scanned ticket crowds were the third and fourth smallest since 2014, just ahead of 2018 Illinois (54,838 in frigid temperatures) and 2019 Iowa, which had 60,232 scanned tickets.
The 2021 season was the first that had only two games with scanned ticket totals above 70,000, as well. Because the Big Ten didn’t allow fans outside of family and close friends during the COVID-shaped 2020 season, there is no relevant data from that year, and the sellout streak was put on hold.
Wow. I Wondered if anyone else remembered those day's. They would open the west side gates, and let you in. We would hang out on the sidelines, with the players, during the games. Don't think that would happen now days. Good times.I've taken a lot of pride in the sellout streak since I was a kid in the BobFather days when it began.
I remember going to games as a kid with my friends and the gates would swing open to just walk in free at halftime, and sometimes before. Us kids could always find empty seats.
Then the sellout streak began and the gates stopped opening up. Bummer for us kids but LONG LIVE THE SELLOUT STREAK!
