They need to re open the secondary market for student tickets. Not being able to sell tickets when you can't make it makes the student section look empty.
Big Ten Championship Game is selling like preseason NFL on StubHub
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They need to re open the secondary market for student tickets. Not being able to sell tickets when you can't make it makes the student section look empty.
That's because Alabama plays in it every year, their fans have probably bought tickets to it for the next decade.
There are THOUSANDS of good seats available on StubHub that are cheaper than buying from Penn State even with the fees.
Thank you captain obvious. When did I ever say that everyone should buy from Penn State? (Is that even an option anymore?)
Iowa is THE team in terms of sending people to big games on the road, but we might be second...
I'd say PSU ends up with 25,000 in Indy for the game, with a slight home field away from home advantage on the indoor field turf.
I'd say PSU ends up with 25,000 in Indy for the game, with a slight home field away from home advantage on the indoor field turf.
That's not correct. The students get unfairly, IMHO, ripped for empty sections. However, that's not something that they control, unless every one that has a ticket comes to a game. Every other seat in the stadium is assigned, so even if 1/3 of the ticket holders don't attend, the stadium still looks pretty full. The student sections are GA, and PSU directs the students in to certain seats, so that there are no gaps between them. So the empty sections are a combo of trouble getting thru the gates, students not showing up, and/or students not electing to try to sell or unable to sell their tickets.
As for opening up the secondary market for student tickets, I think that's a mistake. The biggest reason that was closed was that students were not guaranteed tickets (i.e., you bought them online, if you got through, but you weren't guaranteed a tic just by being a student), so a number of students were buying tickets for the express purpose of making money on them (i.e., they had no intention of attending, but if they could get something that wasn't available to all, they knew they could make a profit on selling it).
Also, keep in mind that student tickets are available to students at all of the campuses. And student from branch campuses do purchase them. It should not surprise anyone that some of those students don't make it to each game, and also have trouble selling their tickets to the less glamorous games.
I expect a lot of fans are saving funds for going to the championship game against Alabama
Well - its also a 5 hour drive from Madison to Indianapolis and an 8 hour drive from State College. With the added negative being that you have to drive through Ohio.
Well, according to the selection committee comments (and their rankings) they've made the big ten championship game about as meaningful as an NFL preseason game with regard to the playoff, so.........
There will still be a decent amount of Penn St fans there but not as if it was being played in NYC, DC, or Philly.
So you are a Michigan dickhead, huh?
Considering the Big Ten championship game took place the same time as the ACC championship game, very good ratings.
Penn State/Wisconsin scored a 5.3 final rating and 9.2 million viewers in Saturday’s Big Ten Championship on FOX, up 51% and 50% respectively from Ohio State/Wisconsin in 2014 (3.5, 6.2M).
The Nittany Lions’ win ranks third out of the six Big Ten title games (dates back to 2011). It also ranks third all-time among college football telecasts on FOX, excluding bowls, behind the same two games.
The Big Ten Championship scored the second-best college football numbers of the weekend, behind the SEC Championship earlier in the day (6.6, 11.1M) and ahead of the concurrent ACC Championship on ABC (3.3, 5.3M). It scored the sixth-largest audience of the season and the second-largest Big Ten audience.
