While the jury is still out on just how big a success the Nebraska football team’s Husker Games even was on Saturday, it’s pretty clear that athletic director Troy Dannen is pretty happy with how things went, all things considered.
Dannen talked about the event as well as some other topics during his monthly radio appearance on Wednesday night.
Troy Dannen gives recap on future of Nebraska’s Husker Games
“For me, the most important thing, whether anybody loved it or whether anybody hated it or anything in between on how different it was, the guys had a blast and they rallied around one another,” Dannen said. He and Matt Rhule came together earlier this spring and decided that instead of the usual spring game, the Husker Games would replace the large scale scrimmage.
In its place were several skills events, as well as a garage sale-like offering for fans, where they could buy a variety of equipment and memorabilia at deeply discounted prices.
One of the events saw Dylan Raiola throw a football through a basketball hoop and that had plenty of people in attendance ooing and awing.
“‘Why didn’t you make the other three?’” Dannen said he asked Raiola after the event whe the two were checking out the Nebraska volleyball team take on Kansas in a scrimmage on the Huskers Radio Network. “As if it was an easy thing to do?”
More than 3,000 people attended the NU equipment sale, Dannen said, as 15 years worth of miscellanea was sold. Over 1,000 people toured the Osborne Legacy Complex, and around 9,500 tickets were sold for various other events that took place on Saturday.
Judging by Dannen’s reaction, this kind of thing could end up being a mainstay for the Nebraska football team.