As a Husker fan since my first game in 1970, I must say that for me there is no comparison of watching the game live in the stadium vs on TV. None. It is not even close. The atmosphere and the action in true 3D is completely different. The TV perspective is poor at best and all but destroys the experience for me. I rarely watch the games on TV even if I am available to do so. I prefer to listen on the radio if I cannot be there in person. The radio broadcasts are not nearly as good today as they used to be as the current announcer (Sharp) is just not very good at describing the action. The plays all sound the same. Davison does a nice job of adding flavor and 'color' and helps to fill in much of the missing information. Sharp just has not real ability to paint the picture verbally as the game goes on. I know he tries very hard and does a few things well. I also do not like his voice and his pronunciation of certain words. The past couple games, they have gotten behind on the play by play calls and even missed entire plays during breaks, etc. And, for some reason, the broadcast (on the internet) is several minutes behind the live action. Often, I read what happened on a given play on this site before it is actually reported on the internet radio broadcast. I don't know why the technicals of this but it does not help.
Live viewing of the game also beats the TV coverage because nearly all announcers on the TV networks are so unfamiliar with Nebraska's team and players, etc. that I can't stand to listen to the comments. Statements suggesting a given player is too short, too tall, too thin or too slow to make a given play or something are often totally wrong. The commercials of course ruin most any TV show or broadcast for me as well. I frankly got tired of the commercials inside the stadium back in the day when Dollar Bill Byrne was AD and we were hawking pepsi and mountain dew (Coke was Nebraska's soda anyway for many years and should be returned) on the big screens along with Valentinos pizza more than we were given stats, replays, etc.
I love going to games too, but the home experience now is pretty damn good. The networks have beefed up their game big time.
I can watch the game at home on my 60-inch HDTV in 1080p, go to the bathroom when I want, drink beer, eat cheap food, not worry about the cold weather, etc. The list goes on about the benefits of being at home. Particularly for uninteresting games like South Alabama (or conference games at home like Purdue, Northwestern or Illinois when they're on the schedule), it's not worth it for me to spend a lot of money to travel to Lincoln for a 11 am kickoff considering the benefits at home.
With that being said, fans showing up to watch Nebraska each and every week is rare in today's college football world. The coaches better sure they're able to put the product on the field to match the interest of the fans. It's a reason why Nebraska is a pressure cooker, the fans actually care and invest in the team.
