🚨 Nebraska volleyball sets NEW WORLD RECORD 🚨 Playing in front of 92,003 people! | SportsCenter
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- On SportsCenter, take a look back at the new women’s sporting event world record of attendance (92,003) at Memorial Stadium to what the Nebraska women’s volleyball team take on Omaha. Nebraska outside hitter, Merritt Beason joins the show to discuss the significance of the night and what it was like playing in front of a historic crowd.
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This wasn't just about one game. This was a celebration of over 40 years of work and Nebraska pride. People didn't show up to this out of boredom. This was about creating relationships with high school and club players across the state. This is creating in state Division 2 volleyball powers like Wayne State and UNKearney (who played a match before Nebraska vs omaha). This is parents placing a volleyball in the crib with their daughters like footballs with sons. That's 2 generations of investment that created a passionate fan base.
And like with football, Nebraska fans are passionate, and the thing they love most besides a good product are their attendance records. When Wisconsin took one away from Nebraska in 2022, the fans demanded to be given the opportunity to obliterate that record once and for all.
Man bro you know it’s cause the nudes
@@SubtleASMRthat’s wisconsin goofy 🤦♀️
This achievement is so incredible it's hard to process it. 92,000 people for a volleyball game. Can you imagine how crazy this idea must of sounded the first time it came out of someone's mouth? And they actually did it. Nebraska!
To be fair, sustained excellence will bring people to matches, and this is a culmination of over 40 years of people all over the state putting in the work. Nebraska is a bit unique. You have a couple of generations of parents placing a volleyball in cribs for daughters, much like footballs are in the cribs for boys. This wasn't about one match between Nebraska and an in state division 1 opponent. It was a celebration of what the Huskers inspired across the state for their daughters. This was actually a double header. The match in the stadium earlier was between in state division 2 vb powers Wayne State and UNKearney. Also, Husker fans love their attendance records, and when Wisconsin took when from them in 2022, they pretty much demanded an opportunity to obliterate that record once and for all.
@@timmeyer9191 I really appreciate your post. I had no idea Nebraskans had such a cultural connection to volleyball. Seeing 92,000 people fill a football stadium to watch these volleyball games, purely out of local pride and a love for the sport, kinda felt like a proud American moment.
We already knew we were gonna break the record. We love our football and volleyball
@@qaxcgyujmim pretty sure people followed after they banned all transgenders
To compete in women sport. People cane out to support this
@@qaxcgyujm It was political. I dont even know anything about volleyball. The only reason i saw was because of the amount of people saying they went to celebrate that moment. Celebrate REAL women sports. More and more states are following wich is good. And its not a ncaa issue only. If ncaa accepts a man to compete with women but not the state. The player wont be able to compete in that said state. Wich is good for women and women sports
I’m a Mizzou Tigers fan. This is fabulous and good for women’s athletics. Volleyball is a sport that’s so fun to watch.
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This is the best thing that happen in 2023 so far I’m so happy for all the woman 💯💯💯🤯
Congratulations Nebraska Lady Cornhuskers!
Men of culture know what thats about. Volleyball is a top sport to watch these days. Competition is at a all time high.😀
Yes, we have always loved volleyball.
Would you mind defining "men of culture"?
@@pdxcorgidad you must be new to the net.😂
@@Souljourney22 Guess so. Oh well. Thank you for responding.
@@pdxcorgidad men who enjoy looking at the female form. The algorithm brings us, I mean them, together. 😂
I think there should be a professional volleyball league. It would do way better than the WNBA
There is a new pro league. Practicing now- first games are in February. Jason Derulo is a co-owner for the Omaha team.
They have professional vb starting next year! Omaha has a team!
There is one. The Professional Volleyball Federation. Known teams so far are Grand Rapids Rise, Columbus Fury, Omaha Supernovas, Atlanta Vibe, and Orlando Valkyries. San Diego still has to announce their name. But first game is in February 2024.
I think they may beat the WNBA in terms of actually getting people out to the games and ticket revenue. Unfortunately, I don't think volleyball is a sport that translates well as a TV sport.
Professional VB in Europe is huge.
I'm not a Nebraska fan, but I hope they continue doing this for more high-profile matchups like vs another top volletball program or a Big 10 matchup
The whole of Nebraska went to see this game 💀
One thing about Nebraska, they sure do support their sports teams.
Didn't Omaha also set the record??
This is how you celebrate sports! Not by kissing the athletes
You mean sexually assaulting.
btw yes I agree with you.
This was sportscenter top story? Seriously😂
❤🎉drkarenvolleyball🎉
Can coach FROST play volleyball?
Good job womens volleyball yall the only women sports that knows how to get attention other then lungerie football tgey know how to get attention
Tickets were free I assume?
I think they were $5 for kids and $25 for adults. Believe it or not, there was a secondary market for these tickets above face value.
@@heathkeim3394 That has to set the all time record for money spent to watch women play sports in history too!
Historical? More like stupidity, how can you see from far away end top of the stadium?
I was surprised but you actually could, they also have video boards.
So because you don't like the idea it's not historical? Over 92K people in the stands disagree with you
Just checking to see if you're being consistent, but is it also stupidity to attend the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament games held in a primarily football indoor stadium?
I'm a student at NU, and I was could hear the noise from over a mile from the stadium on campus.
The message this sends to all the young female athletes out there that women's sports DOES matter no matter what the trolls and the misogynists say is invaluable. Lots of future college volleyball players in those stands. So much for "nobody cares"...
To be fair, the issue for women's sports has always been how do you maintain attention outside these one-off events (whether it's games like this or events like the World Cup). Yes the Huskers do draw well and some other college programs but professional women's sports leagues still struggle to get that maintained interest week in, week out that men's sports do and so a lot more work needs to be done on that level.
@@kiroolioneaver8532 Ratings for womens sports have been rising across the board. Its not just Nebraska volleyball and the World Cup. Soccer leagues in Europe are pulling in incredible numbers (this record broke a previous record by Barcelona's womens team just last year). Every major womens professional sports league has seen ratings increase in the past few years and new teams are being added to many of those leagues which is a sign of financial health and growth. The womens NCAA basketball tournament blew off the roof last year as far as ratings. and most importantly advertisers and sponsors have been pouring in which tells you investors see womens sports as an opportunity to make money. and thats the most telling fact of all. just because womens sports are not at the level of the most popular mens sports doesnt mean these kinds of events are a rare exception. the trends are clear.
As a former avid volleyball player this is awesome. Volleyball is getting more and more popular in the states hopefully we get pro level leagues like other countries.
There's a pro level league coming next year (the PVF)
@@kiroolioneaver8532 sweet. I went to the women’s final four and that was awesome hopefully the league is like that
There is one current pro league with a unique format (Athletes Unlimited) and two additional leagues with funding to begin soon (LOVB/League One and Pro Volleyball Federation). Would definitely encourage any volleyball fans to follow and support these leagues however they can: watching through streaming, attending matches, and following their social media presence! The sport is growing and investors and advertisers are taking notice!
@@dotg123 heck yes
@@qaxcgyujm "usually doesn't happen for new sports leagues. They usually will start off in bigger markets"
Yes, and I think this is changing (PVF being an obvious example lol). The MLS has really been the lead on this in recent years putting teams in places like Austin and emphasizing more medium sized markets as opposed to say the WNBA which went to big markets and saw a lot of their franchises fold and fail. You go to where the fans are and/or where you can better market the game.
Awesome!! The attendance at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final between USA and China at the Rose Bowl was 90,185. That record was broken too last night!! ❤❤
At an Omaha University Volleyball Game? It'd be a lot more impressive if powerhouse NEBRASKA at least put another elite program out there to compete against. These were lambs being led off to a slaughter. It just seems like any world record breaking should involve 2 top-tier organizations.
@@beebers99read the reply to the top comment. They said it perfectly.
@beebers99 I think people make the mistake of believing this record was broken because of the match itself. This wasn't about just one match between instate D1 teams. This is the culmination of 40+ years of hard work across the state building Nebraska volleyball into what it is from the grassroots up and Nebraska pride. It was about sustained excellence, building relationships with coaches and players from high school and club teams. It inspire D2 teams in the state like Wayne State and UN-Kearney to become vb powers in their own right (they played a match against each other before Nebraska's vs Omaha). It is 2 generations of parents placing a volleyball in the crib with their daughters like footballs are with their sons. That created a passionate fan base, and when a rival took their regular season attendance record from Nebraska last year, the Husker fans demanded an opportunity to try and obliterate that record once and for all. And the possibility of breaking a US or world record was just the icing on the cake for those fans.
Nebraska volleyball is one of only a handful of collegiate women sports programs that are actually profitable, but that success didn't come overnight. This was a celebration of the work needed and accomplished to achieve this success in women's athletics.
I like it. That’s how you show support Nebraska!! Much love to y’all for supporting y’all sports!
It would be great to see the NCAA Women's Finals in this venue.
Those finals are in the middle of December, so not likely unless it's a dome somewhere--not an outdoor stadium like Memorial.
@timmeyer9191 they could still do like what they do for the Men's Final Four. Play in Lucas Oil Stadium or Mercedes-Benz Stadium, or Cowboys Stadium, etc.
Wish Nebraska had a stadium like the Cowboys to host the elite 8 thru to the finals - they deserve it. Volleyball fans will watch matches no matter who is playing, we just love the sport! love, from a Buckeye
This program just continues to put out amazing young people, I've got to think this has so much to do with the legendary coaches of Nebraska- Cook, Osborne...
i was there, it was amazing. I know this sounds elderly of me but i really just had to look around and appreciate how everyone came to this.
Imagine the roars during the game... the girls probably felt chills down their spines
From a Buckeye, great job Nebraska! America really needs good stuff like this! Just awesome!
If your volleyball team ever reaches the level of National prominence (I know, an INCREDIBLY difficult task considering how elite the Big 10 is in the sport), your football stadium is large enough that you could break this record. Penn State Volleyball already has that tradition of excellence, but they don't have the fan support (rarely selling out their home court). Fortunately for us, Wisconsin’s football stadium is too small for them to try this!
Im from kc but grew up big red fan. My mom would flip out if she saw this if she was here. Good to see this
Stupendous world record 👏👍😃 congratulations Nebraska Women Volleyball team and fans
Go big red!
Started watching womens volleyball 3 years ago Nebraska as a very good volleyball team. Great day for women sports gaining well deserved recognition.
Historic Night. Best fans in college sports ❤. Trev Albert's is a genuine.
Aged poorly unfortunately
My daughter played volleyball in high school. She quit after high school. We both still watch it and support it! She said moments like this make her proud 👏
Good for them. What channel was this on?
ESPN 3+
Big 10 network!!
@@sarahkleckner9439 👍🏾
1:35 Smashing the records. Congratulations for both teams for making history
Nebraska We Lit!
I think this speaks to the Nebraska fanbase more than anything else. Their optimism (to the point where you could say delusional) and support week in and week out for their floundering football program the past five years already had 'em among the best. This pretty much puts 'em at the top of the list, imo.
I love Volleyball too ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good job huskers for making volleyball more known now. Hopefully other universities will follow.
This was perfect timing because the Nebraska fans are excited about their football season starting tonight.
This is genuinely amazing! I hope we get to see more of this!
I should have gone
2 longest sport sellouts in World History belong to Nebraska - football 389 straight going back to 1962 and vollyball with 306 sellouts starting in 2001 - volleyball will surpass football eventually since more games are played per year. Also no one comes close to drawing what volleyball draws per game which is over 8,000.
I ❤️ this for women’s sports and volleyball 🏐 I’ve talked to male coworkers that didn’t believe this story-don’t believe women’s sports could achieve something like this. 🤨 I keep hearing “Not much else to do in Nebraska, so they must have paid them, gave them free stuff”. 😏 I’m glad so many could be there for such a historic event. What a positive experience as well for young girls who might aspire to be athletes one day. These young women athletes should be so grateful for Title 9 and the late Pat Summit. She was such an inspiration for girls athletics and one of the big motivators of this law. I don’t think many of them realize how monumental this was. Congrats to the
🌽 🏐 program 👏👏
This wasn't just about one game. Let those coworkers know this was a celebration of over 40 years of hard work and Nebraska pride. People didn't show up to this out of boredom. This was about creating relationships with high school and club players across the state. This is creating in state Division 2 volleyball powers like Wayne State and UNKearney (who played a match before Nebraska vs omaha). This is parents placing a volleyball in the crib with their daughters like footballs with sons. That's 2 generations of investment that created a passionate fan base.
And like with football, Nebraska fans are passionate, and the thing they love most besides a good product are their attendance records. When a rival school took one away from Nebraska in 2022, the fans demanded to be given the opportunity to obliterate that record once and for all.
tickets were not free and sold out in a few days and Omaha has way more to do then most cities from boating on the river to the best zoo on Earth with a myriad of sports that are heavily supported as the huskers - Omaha is a town of wealth, integrity, hard work and intelligence....most cities do not have the success, intelligence or integrity at a level near what the state of Nebraska does.
That is awesome
Speaking as a Gophers Women's Volleyball fan, I am blown away! Congrats to Nebraska and what a great win for them and women's sports, in general!
Why was this not hyped up more?
Lets stop the nonsense with women's sports. If people are interested they will watch. This is a great example. I love mens and women's volleyball because it not boring like alot of women's sports. There are even a few mens sports i no longer watch beacause the sport just doesn't do it for me anymore more, that includes the NBA. Congrats to both teams on setting this record. You have earned and deserve it. I think a friend i played baseball with in college has a daughter still playing on the Omaha team. If so, congrats to you Ms. Stalpes.
Dope asf
That's a lot of people that's a lot of people
The WNBA wishes they could have this many people at one game 😂
yea that'll never happen. those behind the wnba are so arrogant and demanding. they have little to no fan support. women dont even support them lol
The biggest NBA (men's) regular season game had just over 62, 000 people attending.
It’s not necessary to trash one sport to support another. Plenty of room for all.
@@janicedeknock2701 definitely it’s not as if they wnba loses a tons of money each year
@@timmeyer9191 still better than the WNBA, which has like less than 6000 people at a game
GO BIG RED
Congratulations Nebraska volleyball and a salute to all women's sports.Great job,the entire state of Nebraska in turning out.
I practice basketball, cycling, martial arts,,,but it's definitely volleyball, it's the best, each point is a celebration,,and there are incredible plays,,and this record confirms it...
gentlemen. This truly is the greatest roster to ever stand on the court.
WNBA players shaking! Lol Happy for these girls
Nah fr, that’s awesome 👍
Better than the wnba
Well other Big 10 teams, bar is set pretty high. C'mon now, raise that bar..
Iowa has already scheduled a basketball game for the women at Kinick (sp) stadium but for some reason it is an exhibition, Oct 15th so I guess technically before their season starts.
This is sleek work, friend.
Crazy to think that in the US some colleges and universities have larger stadiums than professional teams. They must think it crazy in Europe and South America that this many people would go to a university level game.
Awesome
Just wow
God bless 🙏 change and repent in Jesus name 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️
They could use some of these players on the football team and win some games😂😂😂
Terrance "BUD" Crawford is the genius behind this
Trans women will want to play volleyball now.
So many people went to see concert lol
Eat your heart out wnba
underrated team
🍦 🍨
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College sports have been a big business since the 1950's. Successful coaches and sports directors often pull obscene salaries compared to the top faculty. Everywhere else in the world, top-notch athletic programs are part of the professional leagues, not the academia. The players are paid for their efforts instead of getting a few perks and a fleeting "celebrity" status while the schools rake in tens of millions every year. This kind of setup at American universities runs contrary to the purported value system of higher education, which was designed to EDUCATE and instill the values of free inquiry and freedom of speech. A young, intelligent student with an independent mind can't help but be confused by the cognitive dissonance involved in the inordinate attention to sports entertainment by their schools' management apparatus. Of course, money trumps everything in America, and lame excuses by the show runners are offered to justify their naked greed, but the unthinking, cult-like crowd couldn't care less.
American universities are the best in the world. If they can be good academically then why not also have sports? You just sound jealous.
College athletes get paid now. Do you live under a rock?
There’s plenty of bright people to run the academic parts of the university, but top coaching talent doesn’t come around every year.
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 Of course, money trumps everything in America, and lame excuses by the show runners are offered to justify their naked greed, but the unthinking, cult-like crowd couldn't care less.
@@KanyeTheGayFish69If you weren't a college sports fanatic, you'd be able to understand what I'm trying to say instead of foolish accusations.
According to the internet, nobody cares about women’s sports.
Yeah WNBA lol
@@elliottwilson2352 those crowds be out in groves too so
I love softball and volleyball! Women’s basketball not so much. 😉😊
No, we don't like watching women's sports that aren't entertaining when ESPN acts like they are. To me personally, a college softball or volleyball game is infinitely more exciting than a WNBA game. It's just more "fun" to watch.
Sometimes the female version of a sport is better. Gymnastics because women are just more graceful. Volleyball because they are tall and gorgeous. Tennis because the court is too small for men now. However, I'm not watching any of them if there's men's basketball or football on. 😂😂😂
Glad to see Nebraska figured out how to fill their stadium...
They’ve done it every game since 1963
@@KanyeTheGayFish69
62. Week 4 against Illinois this year will be the 400th sellout.
I didn't know there were 92,003 people in Nebraska. Sheesh.
Umm the state population is 1.8 million
There’s over 1 million people in the Omaha metro alone
I guess the "Midvale School for the handicapped" was unavailable for this match!
Hahaha 😆
the us women’s soccer team beating their spouses rn😂
It's the shorts. I understand.
You Gotta Understand That It's Nebraska Playing A Team From Nebraska And Either You Go To The Volley Ball Game Or You Ain't Got Nothing Else To Do In The State Of NEBRASKA .LOL.
Huh
@@TheLaron2006 Watch The Grass Grow.
You’ve clearly never been to Nebraska
Not one man on either team pretending to be a woman. Awesome for keeping it real and legitimately female.
Blame name image and likeness for the rise in women sports and people watching them.
Pathetic, this is fake. The crowd wasn’t there to watch the volleyball (I mean it wasn’t even a final, it was the third game of the season against a team that hadn’t one) they were there to set a record. Disgusting
Jealous Wisconsin fan
Nebraska fans had to have something to cheer since their football team sucks. The result of hiring alcoholic Scott Frost. 😂
Love how they keep hiding the stage for the concert. Let’s be honest nobody came for the game.
The game sold out BEFORE a musical act was even announced... 2 months before.
@@tmkauth yeah right. Why wasn’t it news then?
@BigNick88629 It was, the staium sold out in less than 48 hours by April 27. The decision was then made to add more seats and floor standing to go after the official world record. On June 5 th Scotty McCreery was announced as a musical act. Oh, and this is the largest crowd he has ever played in front of also by a large margin. (Would post links but youtube won't let me.)
@@tmkauth sounds fraudulent if UA-cam won’t let you share it. Rumors also were they were trying to break a world record. It wasn’t because people came to see the women’s volleyball team.
@BigNick88629 it was to break a world record, but that also started to murmur AFTER the first 82,900 seats sold in 48 hours. Search nebraska sells out tickets in 48 hours and scotty mcreery announced for Volleyball day.
Super cool. Now if only the fans allowed the ladies the right to control their own bodies. Or didn't boo them when they don't stand for the national anthem. Actually nvm. That isn't going to happen, esp when softball pitcher Jordy Bahl's transphobia is cheered by the fans. And apparently most of the athletes at the school. So I guess that tracks overall with the state. Carry on.
Ugh, that's ten seconds I will never get back.
@@dexterwestin3747 Yeah. That's how time goes.
Please define transphobia.
@@duckmercy11 No.
@@pdxcorgidad Then stop crying about it.
The record is nice but is not the world record for women’s event, that belongs to Mexico in the 1971 women’s World Cup fina that had 110,000 people.
@@qaxcgyujm they do, they have actual footage and record of it in Mexico.
@@qaxcgyujm it is, it’s in Spanish so unless you can read it you won’t find it in English.
The nudes did amazing for women’s college volleyball 🕺🏽
Awesome but really Omaha? Why not do it when Minnesota comes to town?
This was a celebration of Nebraska volleyball and made 100% sense. The participants were all state universities/colleges. Creighton is another DI school ranked in the Top 20 but they're already scheduled to play each other soon.
NOTHING TO DO IN CORN STATE..... WHY NOT
Is this for real or just trolling?
There really is nothing to do in Nebraska.
You can go hunting right lol.....
There's no reason to downplay a world record. Your comment is unoriginal and out of touch. If you can't find anything to do, it's a problem with the person, not the place.
@@micahbader3096the comment is quite accurate 😂. But nonetheless women’s volleyball is fun to watch
What is there to do in Champaign Illinois, Manhattan Kansas, Columbia Missouri, Lansing Michigan, Lexington Kentucky, Tuscaloosa Alabama, state college Pennsylvania, Tucson Arizona, Lubbock Texas, Fayetteville Arkansas…. I could go on and on. These are all big time university towns. None of them have done this.
I get you’re just trolling, but seriously, there’s tons to do in Lincoln, just like any US city with nearly 350k residents. Visit and find out for yourself.
Wisconsin fan here. Yes it's fun and glad this makes Husker fans feel good. But doing all these just for a record's sake and cancel the entire school particularly along the way, is just totally wrong and not setting your priority straight as an education institution. No wonder you are no longer in the AAU and as the only exception you don't really deserve to be kept in the B1G.
Wouldn't it be easier for you to just admit you jealous?
Green Bay Packers, haha are you serious!? B1G worthiness is what I’m talking about here in case you can’t understand. You can just go to B12 or SEC I’m sure they’ll love it. How about doing a favorite for your state's next generations and spending some efforts at bringing up your academics such as getting back to AAU like you once did and don’t lose it again. Once that’s accomplished like the rest of B1Gs and gotten your educational priority straight, you deserve the seat in B1G and wouldn’t hear me saying a word for pulling such a show.
Wow someone is a a angry little man
Yes Wisconsin fans are perpetually jealous of Nebraska. Nothing new here.
@@jj51688Nebraskas getting back into the aau soon. Not like that means anything outside of B1G anyway, plenty of elite universities are not in it.
The entrance was 🔥