Nebraska’s first spring game under the new coach drew a school-record crowd of 80,149, with some tickets reportedly selling for upward of $100 early in the week.

The Reds beat the Whites, 24-14, in a scrimmage where the first- and second-stringers were spread across both squads to make things competitive.

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.

“I thought it was a pretty special atmosphere,” Pelini said.

In other Big 12 spring games:

¢ At Columbia, Mo., a crowd of 26,322, about twice as large as previous years, watched Chase Daniel go 22-for-28 for 195 yards and two touchdowns in Missouri’s game. Coming off a 12-2 season and top-10 finish, Missouri’s spring scrimmage was nationally televised by ESPNU.

¢ At Manhattan, Josh Cherry scored the Kansas State game’s only points, a 51-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to give the White team a 3-0 victory at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Saturday’s attendance was 15,523. In 2006 – Ron Prince’s first year as head coach – a record 31,875 fans attended the Kansas State spring game. The 2007 spring game drew 16,732 fans.

¢ At College Station, Texas, Stephen McGee completed five of eight passes for 58 yards, including a 25-yarder to Jamie McCoy. About 32,000 fans turned out for a preview of Mike Sherman’s first season as head coach of the Aggies. Sherman took over in late 2007 following Dennis Franchione’s resignation.