The new era of college sports has put Troy Dannen and Nebraska between a rock and a hard place. Unfortunately, Dannen's decision to handle a need for as much revenue as often as possible has also caused a significant split among Husker fans.
Things started less than positively earlier this month when the full details of the Big Red Rebuild of Memorial Stadium were unveiled. Things went from bad to worse among Husker fans when the school's ticket plans for the Cornhuskers' baseball team's games, should they end up hosting a regional.
Nebraska baseball ticket policy is deepening the split among Husker fans
Some Nebraska fans have dismissed both plans as the unfortunate reality of the new era, in which schools need as much money as possible and loyalty be damned. However, Husker fans who believe loyalty to a program that hasn't produced many winners over the last decade-plus should count for something. At the very least, season-ticket holders' loyalty should give them first dibs on tickets to the regional games, should they take place in Lincoln.
The Nebraska AD is making a huge mistake if they stick with this plan. Spitting in the face of season ticket holders that have attended dozens of games in crappy weather this season. Makes zero sense. https://t.co/70Xxbe9V3e
— Josh Peterson (@joshtweeterson) April 29, 2026
Of the two issues, NU's policy for regional tickets is drawing the most ire. While the school hasn't made an official announcement, emails sent to ticket-holders spelled out how seats will work. The biggest deal is that the email states first dibs on tickets will be awarded based on Athletic Fund membership levels on March 18.
A large swath of Husker fans believe that giving the first choice of Regional tickets to donors, rather than season ticket holders, will alienate said season ticket holders. They have a point. Though fans in favor of big money donors getting the seats so they donate more money for NIL believe the season ticket holders are confused about what season tickets should buy them.
Nebraska football fans are already uneasy about the Big Red Rebuild fallout
Nebraska football season ticket holders are feeling the pinch as the Big Red Rebuild will remove thousands of seats when it's finished. It will also remove several seats during the construction. A letter to the Omaha World-Herald laid out how people feel about potentially losing the ability to keep seats they've had since the Bob Devaney coaching days.
"My husband and I are not wealthy donors, but we have been blessed to have seats in Memorial Stadium since my father bought four tickets in 1961, when my brother started college. The eight people from north-central Nebraska who sit in front of us in the South Stadium have had tickets since the '60s."
"Now what? From the LJS, “You might have to give more to stay where you’re at or move to a seat that fits your donation level.”
With season ticket holders cursing Troy Dannen's decisions and other fans cursing season ticket holders for raising a stink, a feud has broken out inside the Nebraska fanbase. For a program that can't exactly stand to lose much more support, things aren't great in and around Lincoln
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