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Nebraska writer credits CU home opener sellout to Cornhuskers

By Andrew Hughes

Husker Corner's Oliver Vandervoort credited the sellouts Colorado football recently announced to Nebraska instead of the Buffaloes fanbase Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Husker Corner's Oliver Vandervoort credited the sellouts Colorado football recently announced to Nebraska instead of the Buffaloes fanbase Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /
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Colorado football selling out its home opener against Nebraska is something Husker Corner’s Oliver Vandervoort credits to the traveling Big Red fanbase of the Cornhuskers — penning a whole piece about it titled “Nebraska football does Colorado another massive favor.”

“Colorado isn’t going to admit that one reason it sold out this year is because the opposing fanbase bought a ton of tickets, but there are plenty of signs it was a big help,” Vandervoort wrote. “Colorado fans weren’t shy about their worries that such a thing would happen. To some degree, it’s a safe bet that Nebraska football came through. And in the process, ended up doing CU a massive favor.”

CU’s home opener against Nebraska is sold out as well as the Buffs’ family weekend game against Stanford on October 13. Per BuffZone’s Brian Howell, Colorado-Nebraska is just the fourth sellout since 2005, marking the second Husker-related sellout after their last trip to Boulder in 2019. As Buffaloes Wire’s Jack Carlough points out, this year’s game against Nebraska will mark the 77th sellout in Folsom Field history.

Colorado football is a draw with or without Nebraska in 2023

Vandervoort is correct in pointing out the Husker’s impact on yet another Colorado football sellout with Nebraska on the marquee, but with or without the Cornhuskers on the schedule, the Buffaloes were going to be a draw in 2023. Just take a look at the numbers from the program’s April 22 spring game, per CBSColorado.com.

“Sanders’ popularity hasn’t dipped in any way since the winter when he was hired,” CBSColorado.com’s staff prefaced before saying, “The attendance for CU’s ‘Black & Gold Day’ spring game in April was a whopping 47,277 fans. That was more than the last nine versions of the spring game in Boulder combined.”

CU, to most of the country, is the Deion Sanders show at this point. Many want to see if he can replicate his HBCU success at the Power Five ranks, and a larger portion of casual college football fans want to see if his tough love strategy can actually pay off in the modern age.

While Colorado football may not be the brand it is now following Sanders’ eventual departure, for now, the Buffs are one of the sport’s most notable schools.

With or without Nebraska.

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