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New gameday memories will have to wait for Husker season ticket-holders stuck on the outside
- Brent Wagner | Lincoln Journal Star
- Nov 12, 2020
- Nov 12, 2020 Updated Dec 18, 2020
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A worker passes by an empty Memorial Stadium on Thursday.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Each year, when the first home game of the Nebraska football season rolls around, Dan Gelster gets a little emotional when he slips into his seats.
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Cutouts, part of the Sea of Red Sellout campaign, are seen inside Memorial Stadium on Thursday. Nebraska's first home football game of 2020 will be without fans when the Huskers host Penn State.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Celebrating Husker fans through the years
Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy poses with Kiss impersonators Steve Hernandez (from left), Brett Kay, Brett Gotch and Calvin Kramer, all from South Sioux City, on Oct. 31, 2009, at a game against Baylor in Waco, Texas.
Journal Star file photo
Letting loose
A group of Husker fans let loose during the Big 12 Championship Game at Cowboys Stadium on Dec. 4, 2010.
Journal Star file photo
Just cool it
Nebraska fans Cody Siefker (left) and Corey Craig take a moment to cool down, take a break and vent some frustration at halftime during a game against Texas with Nebraska trailing 17-3 on Oct. 16, 2010, at Memorial Stadium.
Journal Star file photo
Fan in balloons
Nebraska freshman Brad Merritt makes his way though Memorial Stadium on Sept. 10, 2011, with balloons to sell to the Husker faithful.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Volleyball
The kill signs were out in force as Nebraska's Gina Mancuso got another one against Penn State at the NU Coliseum on Sept. 21, 2011.
Journal Star file photo
NU Fan Day, 8.18.18
A large inflatable of Herbie Husker dwarfs the large crowd on hand on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, during Fan Day at Memorial Stadium.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Cornhead
NU sophomore Scott Mulholland gazes over Memorial Stadium on Oct. 8, 2011.
JACOB HANNAH/Lincoln Journal Sta
Fans
Nebraska fans try to fire up the team during the first quarter against Virginia Tech on Sept. 19, 2009, in Blacksburg, Va.
Journal Star file photo
2017 sports end
Nebraska fan Aloise Ferris (left) of South Sioux City, Neb. got up out of her wheelchair and danced with Herbie Husker as the Cornhusker Marching Band played as they awaited the team's arrival at the East Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2017, at Memorial Stadium.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Walking corn
Husker fans Noah Stieren (from left), Liz Schwanke, Ryan Stieren, Greg Schwanke and Nate Schultz walk from Cowboys Stadium to their hotel after showing up Dec. 3, 2010, for the Big 12 Championship Game in Dallas.
ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Go Big Red
There were Husker fans in attendance at the Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade, San Diego, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014.
ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Crowd
A fan with a lone corn head cheers on the Huskers at Michigan Stadium on Nov. 19, 2011.
Journal Star file photo
NU football
Husker fans Alec Hogan and Kyle Krowder cheer during the second quarter against Michigan State on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Memorial Stadium.
AMBER BAESLER/Lincoln Journal Star
Natilly dressed fans
Josh Van Dyke (left), Zach Beiermann and Dusty Cejka at Memorial Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011.
LAURA PALES/For the Lincoln Jour
Fan solo
One Husker fan had all the right moves, just no one to watch him, as he danced up a storm during a first-half timeout at the Nebraska women's basketball game against Creighton on Nov. 17, 2008.
Journal Star file photo
BIRCH
Nebraska fan Aaron Birch cheers on the Huskers before the start of the Fiesta Bowl against Florida in Tempe, Ariz., on Jan. 2, 1996.
AP file photo
Nebraska vs. Illinois, 9/29/17
Nebraska fan Corey Nelson of Des Moines, Iowa, didn't last very long on a mechanical bull at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Belly button
Chance Vadnas seems to enjoy getting his belly button painted by Pat Lane (left) as they prepare themselves for some serious fan support of the Huskers for their game against Texas Tech on Oct. 17, 2009, at Memorial Stadium. Nick Deeds paints the back side of Vadnas.
Journal Star file photo
Husker Fans, 10/05/2013
The athletic department will spend $12.3 million to improve the sound system and Wi-Fi connectivity inside Memorial Stadium.
MEGAN FARMER/Journal Star file photo
Corn cookout
Randy Johnson of Northville, Mich., has everything he needs as he prepares for Nebraska vs. Michigan at Michigan Stadium on Nov. 19, 2011.
ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Ohio State vs. Nebraska, 1.21.2012
Red Zone fans show their displeasure at a call against the Huskers during a game against Ohio State at the Devaney Sports Center on Jan. 21, 2012.
Journal Star file photo
Suh
Nine-year-old Ryan Cooksley of Anselmo, Payden Borders, 10, from Broken Bow, and Griffin Wright, 8, also of Broken Bow, carry a message into Cowboys Stadium before the Big 12 Championship Game with Texas on Dec. 5, 2009, in Dallas.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star file photo
Crowd
Nebraska fans filled more than half of the east grandstand at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium on Oct. 31, 2009, in Waco, Texas.
Journal Star file photo
Waiting for tickets
David Hollingsworth of Omaha waits for his tickets to the Big 12 Championship Game at Cowboys Stadium on Dec. 4, 2010.
BOB PEARSON/For the Journal Star
Memorial Stadium
A fan throws up the bones in the student section in the southeast corner of Memorial Stadium on Nov. 21, 2009.
Journal Star file photo
Husker fan day, 8.1
Feeling bashful, 4-year-old Kendal Walton of Lincoln hides under his father, Jermaine's shirt as he gets an autograph from Nebraska running back Brody Belt on Thursday during the annual Nebraska Football Fan Day at Memorial Stadium.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Nebraska at Maryland, 11.23
Transplanted Nebraska fans gather to tailgate before the game against the Maryland on Nov. 23, 2019, in College Park, Md. Ron White (center), formerly of Sargent and now living in New Hampshire, sports a jacket listing the Huskers' national championships. He's joined by former Scottsbluff residents (left to right) Shawn Jackson, Jim Newton, Maggie Jackson and Kim Freouf.
MIKE THEILER, For the Journal Star
Iowa vs. Nebraska, 11.29
A fan holds up a sign that reads, "I survived the season" during Nebraska's game against Iowa in November 2019 at Memorial Stadium.
JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO
College GameDay, 9.28
Gabrielle Union throws the bones in response to Lee Corso (right, wearing the Ohio State mascot's head) choosing the Buckeyes over the Huskers on Sept. 28, 2019, during "College GameDay" outside of Memorial Stadium. Union is an Omaha native.
JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO
Ultimate fans
Bryon Pinkes, Will Dam and Sean Caudill will dressed in custom-made duck-hunting ghillie suits for the 2017 Nebraska-Oregon game in Eugene, Oregon.
Courtesy photo
Nebraska vs. Colorado, 9.7
Nebraska fans in the west side of the stadium celebrate a Husker touchdown against Colorado on Sept. 7, 2019, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
Journal Star file photo
Reach the writer at 402-473-7435 or bwagner@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSSportsWagner.
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A worker passes by an empty Memorial Stadium on Thursday.
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