From two places in the attached article:
"Let’s face it – some college football fan bases are more into their program than others. There’s a reason that schools like Michigan, Ohio State and Alabama have stadiums that seat over 100,000 fans each, while some of their conference mates can barely fill half that number. But loyalty isn’t just based on home attendance figures. Some fan bases, like Nebraska’s, travel extremely well, often turning away games into quasi-neutral affairs. Another element, which every school has had to endure, deals with how supportive its fans stay during a down period."
"Nebraska has not challenged for a national championship in over a decade, but its fans base is still by far the most loyal in the country. The Cornhuskers have sold out a 91,000-seat stadium 333 straight times – an absurd number – dating back to 1962. Nebraska fans don’t take a Saturday off – even if the team is playing on the road.
Ask ND fans – back in 2000, when No. 1 Nebraska traveled to South Bend to take on the Irish, a sea of red invaded Notre Dame Stadium and virtually made it look like an NU home game. There’s a reason that the Big Ten, which has made it clear that it wants to expand to bigger markets for media purposes, made an exception for the Cornhuskers. Hopefully in the next decade, the program can return to its dominating ways and give its faithful more to cheer about."
http://collegespun.com/independents/notre-dame/the-15-most-loyal-fan-bases-in-college-football/16
"Let’s face it – some college football fan bases are more into their program than others. There’s a reason that schools like Michigan, Ohio State and Alabama have stadiums that seat over 100,000 fans each, while some of their conference mates can barely fill half that number. But loyalty isn’t just based on home attendance figures. Some fan bases, like Nebraska’s, travel extremely well, often turning away games into quasi-neutral affairs. Another element, which every school has had to endure, deals with how supportive its fans stay during a down period."
"Nebraska has not challenged for a national championship in over a decade, but its fans base is still by far the most loyal in the country. The Cornhuskers have sold out a 91,000-seat stadium 333 straight times – an absurd number – dating back to 1962. Nebraska fans don’t take a Saturday off – even if the team is playing on the road.
Ask ND fans – back in 2000, when No. 1 Nebraska traveled to South Bend to take on the Irish, a sea of red invaded Notre Dame Stadium and virtually made it look like an NU home game. There’s a reason that the Big Ten, which has made it clear that it wants to expand to bigger markets for media purposes, made an exception for the Cornhuskers. Hopefully in the next decade, the program can return to its dominating ways and give its faithful more to cheer about."
http://collegespun.com/independents/notre-dame/the-15-most-loyal-fan-bases-in-college-football/16
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