"I'm not letting those go," he said, noting his grandfather first started attending Husker football games in the 1930s.
The tickets, though priced the same as virtually every one of the 90,000 other seats in Memorial Stadium, come with a required $2,000 per seat contribution to the Nebraska Athletic Department.
Similar donations — amounts vary — are tied to seats throughout the stadium, and in other sports. And it's not just a Nebraska thing. Donations tied to tickets are common for athletic departments across the country.
This month, those athletic departments, including Nebraska, are encouraging boosters and season ticket-holders to take advantage of a tax break before it disappears Jan.