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Husker Spring Game "Draft" Intriguing
Published 4/14/2008 at Big Red Network
... Bill Callahan's use of the Red-White Spring Game as a glorified exhibition intended to entertain crowds and woo recruits. Top units never squared off against each other, and scores got a bit out of hand. After a year or so of this, hard-core NU football fans grew pretty tired of the lack of competition. Many folks - BRN included - would like to see a stiffer level of competition in the Spring Game. And we'd hoped Bo Pelini would bring it. Interestingly, according to reports we won't be seeing true ones-vs.-ones action this spring either. My mild disappointment is offset only by ...

$100 Spring Game Tickets? Thomas Tusser Must Have Spent Some Time in Nebraska
Published 4/15/2008 by Jeff Adams at FanHouse
Filed under: Nebraska Football, Big 12, NCAA FB FansIt was Thomas Tusser, of course, who once said, "A fool and his money are soon parted." Perhaps never has this been more true the case of Nebraska fans and the upcoming spring game. The glorified practice recently sold out, which has produced an outrageous market for the now hard-come-by tickets. An AP wire story opens with the following anecdote: The week of the sold-out Bruce Springsteen concert in Omaha last month, you could call a local ticket broker and pay $39 for a seat. For Saturday's sold-out Nebraska spring football game, that broker is getting ...