There is no doubt about it, the Husker fans travel very well. Perhaps the best in the country. However, that does not meen you have a better tradition.
The Nebraska football team is the ONLY show in the entire state. There are no other big time programs or professional sports. None. You're newspaper puts women's basketweeving on the front of the sports page, and it's all over the local news when BC has anything to say. The state of Michigan has 5 Division 1 football programs and all 4 major pro sports. College basketball is also huge there: MSU is a perenial national power, and Michigan BB is still very popular despite being down the past few years. Red Wings, need I say more? Pistons, duh, best team in the NBA. Lions are bad, but the fans in Michigan are die-hard and will always support them (all the while praying for Barry Sanders to come back). Tigers aren't much better than the Lions, but still have a huge following. Within in a years span, the NBA finals and the Super Bowl will have been played in the state.
Nebraska gets excited when they have a volleyball regional in the Quest Center. But that is part of its charm. I live here and appreciate the attention given to all the college sports. I love UNO hockey. But as far as national-level sports, the Husker football team is it (sorry, Jays b-ball is a local thing). So they are ALL there is to look forward too. It's no surprise that college teams in states with few other options have a good traveling fan base (Iowa, South Carolina). With that said, Michigan does have the largest Alumni in the country and does fairly well with locals going to games. But if Michigan were going to a BCS, they would travel. It just takes more than a dissapointing bowl game to get them to do it.