At the end of last season, all Nebraska fans could talk about was what a disgrace former head coach Bill Callahan had made their program. New head coach Bo Pelini has changed all of that as over 80 thousand fans turned out to see Nebraska’s spring game.

Many paid as much as $100 to see the game, as reported by The Associated Press:

The crowd was the second largest for a spring game in college football history behind the 92,138 that showed up at Alabama last spring. The scrimmage was declared a sellout 10 days before, and some ticket brokers were finding buyers willing to pay 10 times the face value of $10 for a reserved seat.

Fans lined up outside the stadium gates three hours before kickoff. Minutes before the scrimmage, some folks were giving away their tickets, and early in the second half large sections of the general admission seats in the north end zone had cleared.

“We’re not where we want to be, but we’re headed in the right direction,” said Pelini, LSU’s defensive coordinator last season. “We’ve set ourselves up to the point where the guys are starting to gain confidence. The discipline, focus and effort are there. If we continue down this road, we’ll be just fine come fall.”

Quarterback Joe Ganz claimed that he could sense the fans were in a different mood than they were during last season. During the game Ganz threw a 77-yard touchdown pass to Curenski Gilleylen and the crowd went nuts. Ganz was able to get the ball to Gilleylen perfectly in his stride as the receiver beat cornerback Anthony West for the touchdown.

Other highlights include Marlon Lucky and Roy Helu both running for a touchdown in a game where the Reds beat the Whites 24-14.

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