After an agonizing end to the Bill Callahan era, Nebraska fans couldn't wait to see what Bo Pelini's Cornhuskers had to offer. Nebraska's first spring game under the new coach drew a school-record crowd of 80,149 Saturday in Lincoln, 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 a year ago. 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. "I want to thank the fans and everybody who came out today."

Quarterback Joe Ganz threw for 131 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Reds. More than half his total came on a 77-yard touchdown pass to Curenski Gilleylen, a redshirt freshman who had drawn good reviews from the coaching staff all spring.

The Orange's annual spring scrimmage seemed to end just when it began to get interesting. Chalk it up to the injury bug.

With tailbacks Delone Carter and Curtis Brinkley limited to non-contact plays, freshman tailback Averin Collier recovering from a fractured foot, star defensive tackle Arthur Jones struggling with a nasty cold, and four other players recovering from an assortment of ailments, the Orange ran only 37 plays.

"We were kind of limited with the running back situation and all that kind of stuff as far as the line of scrimmage goes," said junior quarterback Andrew Robinson, who split duty with Cameron Dantley and redshirt freshmen Cody Catalina and David Legree. "We've worked hard this whole spring. We had a lot of guys rotating in there, so we got a lot of work done. It was worthwhile."

A crowd of 26,322 in Columbia, about twice as large as previous years, watched Chase Daniel go 22 for 28 for 195 yards and two touchdowns. Coming off a 12-2 season and Top-10 finish, Missouri's spring scrimmage was nationally televised.