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Huskers heading to Michigan, "The BIg House"

When it comes to legendary stadiums, few can match "The Big House," also known as Michigan Stadium, the site where fans with Husker football tickets will visit Saturday when Nebraska takes on Michigan.
Originally constructed in 1927 at a cost of $950,000, the stadium has grown from its original capacity of 72,000 to its present capacity, which is listed at 109,901. More than 110,000 fans are a regular occurrence at Michigan Stadium, making for one of the loudest and most intense stadium settings for visiting teams and their fans to experience.
An average of 106,300 fans have filled up Michigan Stadium since 1975, where the Wolverines have posted an impressive winning percentage of .825 (179-44-1) heading into the 2011 season.
Michigan Stadium has seen more than its share of historic football games over the years.
In 2003, the stadium held the largest crowd ever to see a Div. I college football game, as 112,118 fans filled up the place to watch the Wolverines beat arch rival Ohio State 35-21 to clinch the Big Ten Conference championship. That year, Michigan set the record for average attendance, averaging almost 111,000 fans per contest, a mark they eclipsed last year after Michigan Stadium was renovated. An average of 111,825 fans hit the turnstiles to watch the Wolverines.
The longest game in Big Ten history was played in Michigan Stadium. On Oct. 30, 2004, Michigan came back from a 17-point deficit to force overtime against in-state rival Michigan State, and eventually came away with an exciting 45-37 victory over the Spartans.
Last year, the stadium was the scene for a world record, as an outdoor hockey rink was installed to host a hockey matchup between Michigan and in-state rival Michigan State. The Wolverines prevailed 5-0 in a game called "The Big Chill at The Big House" and was played before a record crowd of 113,411.
Michigan has ranked first in attendance every year since 1974, with the exception of the 1997 season. It's guaranteed to be an intense, exciting atmosphere when the Huskers come to town, as both teams are in the hunt for the Legends Division title.
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Northwestern football history not that rosy

Northwestern football history is a stark contrast to the history Husker football fans are used to experiencing, and Husker football tickets will be available for this week's matchup between Nebraska and the Wildcats.
When you think about the history of Northwestern, several things come to mind. The school boasts one of the top journalism programs in the nation, a program that has given us such notable sports journalists as Brent Musberger and Michael Wilbon. Several Hollywood legends have degrees from Northwestern, including Cloris Leachman, Shelley Long and Nebraska native Marg Helgenberger. Richard Stolley, the founding managing editor of People magazine, also is a Northwestern graduate.
When it comes to football, though, Northwestern is known more for its failures than its successes.
For many years, Northwestern has been better known as one of the doormats of the Big Ten Conference. Although the program won several conference titles in the early part of the 20th century, but the 1970's they were about as easy a win as an opponent could ask for. Three times in a four-year period between 1978-1981, the Wildcats were 1-42-1. Between 1978-1982, Northwestern lost 38 consecutive Big Ten Conference games. The school's high academic standards, for many years, compromised their ability to field a competitive football program against traditional powers such as Michigan and Ohio State.
In 1992, Northwestern hired Gary Barnett as its head coach, and he quickly turned the program's fortunes around. By his fifth season, Northwestern had suddenly gone from being the conference's whipping boy to the one carrying the whip. After upsetting Notre Dame in the opening game of the 1995 season, the Wildcats went 10-1 and were a perfect 8-0 in Big Ten Conference play, knocking off ranked conference foes in Michigan, Wisconsin and Penn State to earn the team's first conference title and first Rose Bowl appearance since 1948. The followed that up in 1996 by winning a share of the conference title, finishing 9-3 overall.
While Northwestern is not known for its gridiron success, it does have some championship lineage within its program. In the 1940's, Otto Graham broke every existing conference record for passing during his three years as a Wildcat. He came to the school on a basketball scholarship, but was talked into trying out for football. He went on to become one of the all-time NFL greats, leading the Cleveland Browns to six straight championship games in the All-American Football League and the National Football League, retiring after leading the Browns to the 1955 NFL title.
Northwestern has also had its share of All-Americans, with recent names like Pat Fitzgerald, a two-time All-American at linebacker, among the names on the list. Ara Parseghian, one of the many legendary coaches at Notre Dame, was 36-35-1 as Northwestern's coach from 1956-1963.
Northwestern and Nebraska will be meeting for the fifth time on Saturday. Nebraska holds a 3-1 lead in the series history. The last time they met, Northwestern, the Big Ten co-champions, were throttled by the Huskers in the Alamo Bowl, as Nebraska rang up a 66-17 victory. The last time Northwestern visited Lincoln was Sept. 28, 1974, when the then-No. 10 Huskers took care of the Wildcats in a 49-7 decision.
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Ohio State to mark historic occasion in Lincoln

Anytime you get a chance to witness history, like fans with Husker football tickets will get to do Saturday when Nebraska faces Ohio State, it's a really big deal.
Interest in the Huskers' first-ever Big Ten home football game – and the first-ever trip to Lincoln for Ohio State –- is at a fever pitch heading into Saturday night's matchup at Memorial Stadium. And football fans are going to be in for a treat as two of college football's titans knock helmets in this Big Ten showdown.
The Buckeyes come into Saturday's matchup with a 3-2 record. Like Nebraska, Ohio State lost their Big Ten Conference opener, dropping a close 10-7 decision to Michigan State at home. They also lost at Miami (Fla.) 24-6, and own wins over Akron, Toledo and Colorado.
And while Ohio State has been near the top of the ratings for much of the last decade, this year's team is one of transition and turmoil.
Last year, Ohio State players were found to have traded memorabilia for such items as tattoos and money, which is a violation of NCAA rules. Coach Jim Tressell originally distanced himself from the issue, saying he had no knowledge, but reports surfaced that an OSU alum had actually notified the coach of the violations several months earlier. Eventually five players –- including All-American quarterback Terrell Pryor –- were suspended. The coach was suspended, and later resigned, as a result of the allegations.
Those problems have continued for Ohio State this season. In fact, three Buckeye players – including last year's leading rusher (Dan Herron) and returning receiver (DeVier Posey) were ruled ineligible for Saturday's game with Nebraska as a result of taking too much money for too little work in their summer jobs. Both players have yet to play this season, as they were among the players who were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season. An offensive lineman, Marcus Hall, was also suspended for Saturday's matchup between the Huskers and the Buckeyes.
As far as the on-the-field events, Ohio State will bring in an offense that, even with the two suspended players in the lineup, is not nearly as potent as it was last year. The Buckeyes rank 111th in the FBS division in passing yards per game and a middle-of-the-road 54th in rushing. They are also low in points scored, averaging just under 24 points per game.
Defensively, however, is another story. The Buckeyes have always taken pride in their ability to drive opposing offenses crazy, and Ohio State is among the nation's best in points allowed per game, giving up just over two touchdowns per contest.
That should make things interesting as Nebraska looks to bounce back from a subpar performance in last week's Big Ten debut, a 48-14 shellacking at the hands of fourth-ranked Wisconsin. Nebraska has averaged more than 37 points per game so far this season with an offense that is ranked in the top 10 in rushing yards per game (249.8). Defensively, however, the Huskers are still a work in progress. They sit in the middle of the pack in points per game among FBS schools, and Ohio State will test the Nebraska secondary with its passing game when they meet for the first time in Lincoln on Saturday.
This will be the first time Nebraska and Ohio State have faced one another since the 1955 and 1956 seasons. Both games were played in Columbus, Ohio, and in both games the Buckeyes were nationally ranked while the Huskers were deep in the heart of a 20-year case of the doldrums. Consequently, the Buckeyes won both games, 28-20 in the 1955 matchup and 34-7 the following year.
However, this will be Ohio State's first-ever trip to Memorial Stadium, where the Huskers will play before their 317th consecutive sellout crowd, a streak that dates back all the way to November of 1962. More than 84,000 fans are expected to witness history in Lincoln, as Ohio State gets the honor of being the first Big Ten team to play a conference game on the Huskers' home turf.
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Some Nebraska flavor in Wisconsin football program

Even before fans with Husker football tickets got a chance to warm up to their new Big Ten Conference, they will get a taste of their own medicine when they open up conference play this Saturday as the Huskers take on the top ten-ranked Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium.
Nebraska fans will find some eerily similarities to the program they have come to love and share so much passion for, from the team's colors to some of its offensive traditions.
The kinship starts at the top with the school's athletic director, Barry Alvarez. Longtime Husker football fans will remember Alvarez, who is a 1969 graduate of the University of Nebraska. He played his college football under legendary coach Bob Devaney, and was an assistant and head football coach at two Nebraska high schools before he entered the college ranks as an assistant to Hayden Fry at Iowa in 1979.
Alvarez was a part of the coaching staff at Notre Dame during their national championship season in 1988 before he moved to Wisconsin, where he turned the Badgers into a Big Ten powerhouse and a perennial nationally-ranked program. Before his arrival, the Badgers had gone 9-36 in their previous four seasons. In the next 16 years, he went 118-73-4, won eight of 11 bowl games and coached three Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions. His back-to-back Big Ten championship teams in 1998-1999 were the school's first in more than a century, and he is one of 10 coaches in conference history to have won 100 games at one institution.
While not as prevalent in the history books, Wisconsin has had more than its share of high-profile award winners. Ron Dayne won the Heisman Trophy at Wisconsin, one of three Badger  players to win major awards during the Alvarez era.
As far as the history between Alvarez' alma mater and his current employer, the two teams have played each other five times, with Nebraska holding a 3-2 edge. Wisconsin won the first meeting between the teams in 1901 (18-0), but Alvarez' former coach beat Wisconsin in 1965 (37-0) and 1966 (31-3). Current Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne split two games against Wisconsin during his first two years as head coach, beating the Badgers 20-16 in 1973 and losing a 21-20 heartbreaker in Madison the following year. Saturday's matchup between Wisconsin and Nebraska will be the first meeting between the two teams in 37 seasons.
A lot of experts have designated this matchup as the potential matchup for the first Big Ten Conference Championship game this December in Indianapolis. Both teams will be playing their first conference games of the season in this Saturday's matchup, and the two teams are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, in the latest AP top 25 poll.
Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema has the Badgers playing at a very high level after taking over for Alvarez as head coach five years ago. He won his 50th game as head coach in last week's win over South Dakota, and his 50-16 record is among the top five winning percentages among active coaches with at least four seasons of experience in the FBS division.
The Badgers are capable of putting up a ton of points. Last year, they finished the season by scoring 201 points in their final three regular season games, including an 83-20 pasting of Indiana and a 70-23 walloping of Northwestern. They finished the season last year with an exciting matchup against TCU in the Rose Bowl, coming up short as the Horned Frogs rallied for a 21-19 win.
Don't miss out on what will be a historic and exciting first Big Ten Conference matchup for the Husker football team. Get your tickets to see Nebraska take on Wisconsin this Saturday afternoon in Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisc. Great seats are available for the Nebraska vs. Wisconsin game now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.

Husker football to be featured on Big Ten Network

The Husker football program has enjoyed some incredible moments over the years, and fans with Husker football tickets will still remember some of the dramatic wins in recent Nebraska history.
Some of those great moments can be relived this weekend, as the Big Ten Network is going to feature the University of Nebraska as it enters into the conference on Friday. The network will spend the Fourth of July weekend featuring its newest member in some of its biggest football games in recent memory.
The network will officially welcome the University of Nebraska at 11 a.m. on Friday, and at 12 p.m. the will replay Nebraska's Orange Bowl win over Tennessee in 1998, a game that was the last for legendary coach Tom Osborne and resulted in Nebraska winning the national championship (new conference foe Michigan shared the title that season, winning the AP writers' poll).
Features on Nebraska's wins over Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl will be shown, as well as features on the 1994, 1995 and 1997 national championship teams. Also scheduled are replays of the volleyball team's 2006 national championship win over Stanford and last year's win over Missouri in the final conference football matchup between the two long-standing foes.
The conference network will also have a live chat with former Husker football standout Ahman Green, as well as interviews with coaches Bo Pelini (football), Doc Sadler (men's basketball), Darin Erstad (baseball), John Cook (volleyball) and Rhonda Revelle (softball). Osborne, now the school's athletic director, will also be featured this weekend.
It should be a fun weekend for Husker football fans, and will get fans in the mood for what should be an exciting season of college football as Nebraska officially joins the Big Ten Conference.
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Don't look for Bo to jump ship for alma mater

The big news in college football this past week was the sudden resignation of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, which came in the wake of a growing scandal involving current and former players trading memorabilia for tattoos, money and drugs.
The big question for fans with Husker football tickets is: does this mean Bo Pelini will leave Nebraska to coach his alma mater?
There are a lot of "what ifs" surrounding the situation right now, and Husker football fans shouldn't worry, at least this season, about whether or not the man who has re-ignited the Nebraska engine will jump the tracks and return home to coach in his home state.
First, Ohio State is keeping the job in house for now, as co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell will serve as interim head coach. Depending on how he does this year, and what kind of sanctions the NCAA slaps Ohio State with once things are all said and done, Fickell may be replaced by a big-name coach who could help bring Ohio State back and ride out the storm that comes with NCAA sanctions.
A number of media outlets are citing Pelini as one of several national candidates for the job, along with former Florida coach Urban Meyer and Mike Stoops, a former classmate of Pelini's and the brother of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops.
Several other names are being mentioned, including Alabama coach Nick Saban, but if history is any indicator, Ohio State will want, at the very least, somebody with ties to the state of Ohio. An Ohio State alum or former assistant coach is probably the preferred route. And while Pelini would fit that description, as a former player, unless he wins a national championship at Nebraska this season, it is doubtful that he will leave Lincoln for Ohio State.
It should be an interesting year in college football, especially in the Big Ten. You can get great seats to see Husker football in action this season with tickets from Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.

National champion coach likes Huskers' chances

When a guy who has won two national championships and led three undefeated teams to bowl-winning efforts talks about the Nebraska football team, fans with Husker football tickets have to like what they hear.
Former Florida coach Urban Meyer told the Omaha World-Herald recently that he likes what he sees from the Nebraska football team as they head into their first season in the Big Ten Conference.
Meyer was a graduate assistant at Ohio State when Pelini was a freshman defensive back, and he likes where Pelini is taking the Huskers as head coach.
"It's right there," Meyer said, adding that if quarterback Taylor Martinez plays as well as he did against Kansas State last year – a game Meyer saw in person – the Huskers have a good shot at winning the Big Ten in their first year.
Meyer borrowed a lot of his offensive philosophy from former Husker football coach Tom Osborne.
"When I first started at Utah with Alex Smith, we took a lot of concepts from Tom Osborne's style of offense," he said. "By accident? No, absolutely not. There's probably no one who ever did option football the way Nebraska did it."
The Huskers will gear up for what should be an exciting year of college football as they enter the Big Ten Conference. You can get great seats to see Husker football, both home and away, right now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.

Just like old times – NU vs. OU for Big 12 title

If you've had Husker football tickets over the years, you will no doubt remember the old days when Nebraska played Oklahoma for the conference championship.
In the old days, that matchup was always one of the games of the year, one of the games that determined who would play for a national championship. During one stretch in time, Nebraska and Oklahoma either won or shared the Big Eight title on an annual basis, and the winner usually found themselves in the Orange Bowl playing for a national title.
Those two old rivals are getting together one more time this weekend, as the Huskers face the Sooners in the Big 12 Conference Championship this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The winner will receive the conference's BCS bid to play in the Fiesta Bowl, while the loser likely will wind up in the Alamo Bowl or the Cotton Bowl.
This is only the second time Nebraska and Oklahoma have met for all the marbles since the Big 12 Conference was formed in 1997. Oklahoma won that meeting in 2006, one of five conference titles they have won in Big 12 play.
Nebraska will be playing with a question mark at quarterback. Taylor Martinez was held out of last week's 45-17 win over Colorado, and his status is day-to-day according to coach Bo Pelini. Cody Green has proven to be an effective replacement the past few weeks, and Pelini hinted that both signal-callers may be used in Saturday's game.
Oklahoma reached the big game with a wild win over in-state rival Oklahoma State on Saturday. The two teams combined to score 40 points in the final period before the Sooners held on for a 47-41 victory. The win put the Sooners, Cowboys and Texas A&M in a three-way tie for the top spot in the South Division. The conference uses the latest BCS standings to break a three-way tie, and Oklahoma's No. 9 ranking in the BCS standings (compared to 14 for OSU and 18 for A&M) put the Sooners in the title game, setting up a battle of old Big Eight rivals.
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Huskers bid adieu to Big 12 this Friday

What has been an interesting and controversial season of Big 12 football finally comes to an end Friday for fans with Husker football tickets when Nebraska plays host to Colorado.

It's the last regular season conference game for Nebraska in the Big 12, as they make their move east to the Big Ten Conference beginning in 2011. Coincidentally, it's also the last Big 12 game for Colorado, as they will join Utah in what will become the Pac 12 Conference.

Colorado designated Nebraska as its rival in the early 1980's when then-coach Bill McCartney felt the history between the two teams needed a little spicing up. Husker fans laughed at the notion of Colorado being its rival, as it already had a healthy rivalry going with Oklahoma at the time. By the late 1980's, though, Colorado had found a way to beat Nebraska and make it an interesting matchup, and the two teams have gone on to win national titles in the years since the rivalry was conjured up by McCartney.

Recent years have been interesting, with Colorado racking up 60-plus points on Nebraska twice in the decade, a feat Nebraska used to do to Colorado on a regular basis. This year, the Buffaloes have struggled and were forced to fire their coach in mid-season, yet can become bowl-eligible if they come to Lincoln and upset the Huskers in their annual Thanskgiving weekend matchup.

You can get tickets and be a part of history for the last regular-season conference matchup between these two teams. Get your tickets to see Nebraska host Colorado now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.

Husker-Jayhawks rivalry dates back to 1892

Husker football tickets will be hot this weekend for a big matchup between Nebraska and Kansas.
These two teams know each other pretty well. So well, in fact, that their rivalry is one of the longest-running continuous rivalries in all of college football, dating back to 1892.
Nebraska has dominated the series between the two teams, although Kansas has picked up some notable wins in recent times, including an unbelievable 76-39 win in 2007.
Kansas comes to Nebraska struggling under first-year coach – and former Nebraska quarterback and assistant coach – Turner Gill. Gill has had his ups and downs during his first season in Lawrence, posting an upset win over Georgia Tech and a loss to North Dakota State. Last week, Kansas came back from a 28-point deficit with 35 points in the fourth quarter to beat Colorado.
It will be an interesting day for Husker football fans, as a legend returns to coach against his alma mater. You can see Kansas take on Nebraska with great tickets from Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.