The Big Ten has seen mixed results when it comes to student ticket sales. While Ohio State and Penn State have thrived, Michigan and Iowa have certainly been struggling to find ways to sell more student tickets for the upcoming season. Throw Nebraska in the same boat as the Wolverines and Hawkeyes.
The Associated Press reports Nebraska still has 1,000 tickets to sell to students. The Huskers started with 8,500 tickets reserved for students at Nebraska. Time is starting to run out, but Nebraska spokeswoman Chris Anderson informs the AP the school does anticipate selling the remaining student tickets before the start of the 2014 season.
To entice students to purchase the remaining tickets, Nebraska has some plans including pregame festivities, a student rewards program and an opportunity to purchase guest tickets. The good news for Nebraska is the school reportedly does well in the month of August with student ticket sales, which makes sense. As college students start to return to campus and start thinking about the fall, those who held off on buying student tickets earlier may decide to finally reserve some tickets for the upcoming season.
One of the reasons tickets may not be already sold out is the home schedule for Nebraska is pretty lousy. Outside of a non-conference game against a Miami team that could be either mediocre or above average in 2014, Nebraska’s home schedule includes Florida Atlantic, McNeese State, Illinois, Rutgers, Purdue and Minnesota. Nebraska’s biggest games of the season all take place on the road at Michigan State, Wisconsin and Iowa. Nebraska does not play Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State this season either.