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As football nears, Husker athletic department searches for ways to involve fans

If Thursday's scrimmage by the Nebraska baseball team said anything, it's that Husker fans have an appetite for live sports.

A big appetite.

That hunger only figures to grow as a revamped football season grows closer, now just five weeks from getting underway the weekend of Oct. 23-24.

It's a hunger that won't be satisfied inside Memorial Stadium, as the Big Ten said in restarting the season that fans wouldn't be allowed into the league's venues as part of strict health protocols.

So for an athletic department that prides itself on its ability to involve and motivate its fans through social media, the task ahead is a large one.