The Sellout Streak & Priorities

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From the vibe and tone that i've gotten from NU officials in the past, TO included... is it fair to say that really the most important thing in all of this, is the sellout streak? Every single time that I can remember when an NU exective is talking legitimate head football coach seating temperature, the sellout streak is always the bottom line. Is this accurate?

If that is the case, is it also fair to analyze what over a decade withought winning will do to the psychology of even the winningest of program bases? Does this said Sellout Streak then, in effect come back to bite us? Are we ultimately being punished for supporting our team, rain or shine (pushing the sellout streak just cuz)? I'm not saying that we all blindly fill the stadium no matter what... we are aware, and I cant think of specific instances where we are attending the game and filling the stadium simply for the sake of filling it.

Let's be honest here... context in mind, the last ten years we have not been "winning". Winning what we know winning as. There will be those that scream from mountain tops that we should shut up and be happy with 4 losses. bullsh#t. Those that argue that Bo is doing the same thing that Tom and BD did in their first years, are clueless as to the context of each situation. Bo would not be relevant at all in those times as a head coach. Bo is arguably not relevant at all in THESE times as a head coach.

My point is, I'm not so sure that the dam sellout streak should be such a barometer for this program and this business. I am questioning if the same passion for winning is shared by the higher ups or is it something, rather, that never really was a passion of the higher ups and it became the perceptional standard, mainly because of two men. As far as I know this is a simple game of fill the stadium for the NU Executives. "Whatever, as long as these f'ers keep buying tickets." I am not suggesting that something should be done now [as far as coaching].. and i'm not suggest that something should've been done before. Simply getting my own barometric measure of the people driving this ship.

**don't take me including TO in the officials aspect as anything than for what it is.
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The sold out streak has been an artificially contrived entity that no longer reflects anything. We could have 60 fans that want to go to the game and there would still be mechanisms in place to keep the "Sold Out" streak alive. Some company or donor would buy up whatever tickets left and give them away on windshields at Wal-Mart, thus proving Nebraska has the greatest fans on Earth.

 
Not the sellout streak, but one thing Osborne said after the recent audiogate stuck with me, and that was this: Nebraska's deeply loyal fanbase is the program's biggest (and maybe single) enduring asset. It's not just about the W's and L's, it's the fan love that has to be embraced and treasured by anybody who helms the program.

The sellout streak is just one indicator of it.

 
I'm so sick of hearing about the damn sellout streak......just win some freakin games especially against teams like Minnesota

 
Bowfin said:
The sold out streak has been an artificially contrived entity that no longer reflects anything. We could have 60 fans that want to go to the game and there would still be mechanisms in place to keep the "Sold Out" streak alive. Some company or donor would buy up whatever tickets left and give them away on windshields at Wal-Mart, thus proving Nebraska has the greatest fans on Earth.
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This.

It's just sad at this point that NU is clinging to the "best fans" mantra like its.......

-true

-meaningful,

-tangible

-fulfilling.

Cuz it ain't.

 
The sellout streak was actually over a long time ago. It is a myth that just won't die.

For instance, even on TV, I could see small areas of empty seats during the South Dakota game. Maybe just like 4-6 in a row or two, or a couple here and there, but there were definitely unoccupied seats.

I guess it gives us one tradition to hang onto that BC didn't destroy, so what the heck?

 
I don't think there are many tickets in the stadium that aren't season tickets. There is the visitor allotment, which prob doesn't count. And there is the student tickets, but I am sure they have always been sold out with a waiting list. There is a waiting list to buy season tickets in the rest of the stadium too. It's such a long waiting list that even after expansion, there are still those who are waiting for a shot to buy tickets. So long as this is the case, the "sell out" streak will continue. A LOT of people would have to refuse to buy their tickets when the annual opportunity arose, so much so that the number of people on the waiting list would not be able to buy them up. If that happens, there might be an issue with the sell out streak.

As it has been said before many times on this board, the sell out streak has nothing to do with attendance. This is evidenced in the fact that attendance fluctuates week to week. Not every ticket is scanned every week, some people miss the game. Also, the attendance takes into account all those working at the stadium for the game, and the rosters and coaches for all the teams as well as the fans and even the media.

 
Bowfin said:
The sold out streak has been an artificially contrived entity that no longer reflects anything. We could have 60 fans that want to go to the game and there would still be mechanisms in place to keep the "Sold Out" streak alive. Some company or donor would buy up whatever tickets left and give them away on windshields at Wal-Mart, thus proving Nebraska has the greatest fans on Earth.
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Okay, so what is the higher ups incentive to ever care about winning, so long as the tickets keep getting sold?? and like you guys pointed out.. even if season ticket holders stop buying, there is a long long line of people who want to buy their tickets. not to mention buying their/our own tickets, like bowfin stated. So my point remains [not that anyone was trying to refute it].

 
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Bowfin said:
The sold out streak has been an artificially contrived entity that no longer reflects anything. We could have 60 fans that want to go to the game and there would still be mechanisms in place to keep the "Sold Out" streak alive. Some company or donor would buy up whatever tickets left and give them away on windshields at Wal-Mart, thus proving Nebraska has the greatest fans on Earth.
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Okay, so what is the higher ups incentive to ever care about winning, so long as the tickets keep getting sold?? and like you guys pointed out.. even if season ticket holders stop buying, there is a long long line of people who want to buy their tickets. not to mention buying their/our own tickets, like bowfin stated. So my point remains [not that anyone was trying to refute it].
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the way this team is playing, we will soon see buyer's remorse.

 
Flood said:
The sellout streak was actually over a long time ago. It is a myth that just won't die.

For instance, even on TV, I could see small areas of empty seats during the South Dakota game. Maybe just like 4-6 in a row or two, or a couple here and there, but there were definitely unoccupied seats.

I guess it gives us one tradition to hang onto that BC didn't destroy, so what the heck?
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If the tickets are sold they are sold, its a SELLOUT STREAK not a BUTTS IN THE SEATS STREAK.

 
tmfr15 said:
I don't think there are many tickets in the stadium that aren't season tickets. There is the visitor allotment, which prob doesn't count. And there is the student tickets, but I am sure they have always been sold out with a waiting list. There is a waiting list to buy season tickets in the rest of the stadium too. It's such a long waiting list that even after expansion, there are still those who are waiting for a shot to buy tickets. So long as this is the case, the "sell out" streak will continue. A LOT of people would have to refuse to buy their tickets when the annual opportunity arose, so much so that the number of people on the waiting list would not be able to buy them up. If that happens, there might be an issue with the sell out streak.

As it has been said before many times on this board, the sell out streak has nothing to do with attendance. This is evidenced in the fact that attendance fluctuates week to week. Not every ticket is scanned every week, some people miss the game. Also, the attendance takes into account all those working at the stadium for the game, and the rosters and coaches for all the teams as well as the fans and even the media.
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They were fairly desperate to finally get all the tickets in East Stadium sold, so there isn't exactly the extensive waiting list you alluded to. I know for a fact as of August 10, the ticket office and athletic department were making calls to people trying to get rid of east stadium for a very small donation level.

Also, did you notice the mysterious visitors section in the new East Stadium that was not initially planned? Couple with the fact that the visitor's sections elsewhere in the stadium rarely are completely filled, I think it's reasonable to infer that they couldn't even sell all of the new seats in the upper East Stadium and made a random visitors section by default not to threaten the so-called "sell out streak."

 
People saying the sellout streak is a farce is so hilarious. There has never, ever been a true sellout by those definitions.

 
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