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.