Sellout of Illinois Game Keeps Husker Streak Alive

Nebraska soccer’s dwelling sellout streak will survive not less than one other week. All tickets to Saturday’s recreation in Lincoln in opposition to the Illinois Combating Illini have been offered.

Per week in the past, about 120 seats for the Illinois recreation remained out there on the Nebraska Athletics ticket website. Over the following days, the quantity steadily dropped, and by Tuesday night it was all the way down to 37. Then, on Wednesday morning, voila! The sport was listed as offered out.

From 37 to zero in a single day? Whereas a sudden surge typically ticket shopping for may need occurred with a top-20 opponent coming to city, one can not help however suspect that somebody swooped in and purchased three dozen or so tickets to safe sellout standing.

After all, that does not imply you are out of luck if you wish to be inside Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. CDT kickoff. Seats for lower than $40 aren’t troublesome to search out on the resale market.

As for Nebraska’s two different remaining 2022 dwelling video games, the variety of unsold tickets has been whittled down over the previous week. A take a look at the figures:

Minnesota, Nov. 5
• Wed. p.m.: 133
• Per week in the past: ~198

Wisconsin, Nov. 19
• Wed. p.m.: 60
• Per week in the past: ~268

The Wisconsin recreation seems to be a lock for sold-out standing after greater than 150 tickets have been offered previously 24 hours — one other burst of exercise which may not be fully natural. The Minnesota recreation ten days from now’s shaping up as somewhat bit extra of a down-to-the-wire scenario, however the quantity is just not removed from what the Illinois determine was on the ten-days-out juncture.

The sport in opposition to Illinois would be the Huskers’ 387th consecutive dwelling sellout, an NCAA-record streak that started in November 1962 throughout Bob Devaney’s first season as head coach.

The Huskers have posted a 317-69 document at dwelling through the sellout streak. On Saturday, they may attempt to make it 318-69 whereas going for his or her first win over an Related Press-ranked opponent, dwelling or away, in somewhat over six years.

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