Is this game in danger of not being a sellout?

[wilbury]

Completely false.

FWIW, I tailgated with 2 students who requested tickets, got the confirmation email back stating that they were in the lottery prior to the deadline and didn't get tickets. Did they do something wrong? Some said emails went to spam folders, etc. I don't know but there were issues.

Something else I thought was interesting - almost none of the regular season ticket holders that sit around us were at the game. It was mostly new people. That might not be the same everywhere in the stadium, but given the fact that many regular attendees couldn't make it for whatever reason, getting 106K there for the game was pretty impressive.

 

[diontechristmas]

I went with my son and we had a great time. It was his 1st game an he loved it all and wanted to stay until the final whistle. The roar and post TD celebration after the Rojas pick 6 was as loud and exciting as I’ve ever experienced.

Despite all the “ticket” issues there were still over 100k in the seats and a great college football environment.

 

[Obliviax]

I went with my son and we had a great time. It was his 1st game an he loved it all and wanted to stay until the final whistle. The roar and post TD celebration after the Rojas pick 6 was as loud and exciting as I’ve ever experienced.

Despite all the “ticket” issues there were still over 100k in the seats and a great college football environment.

According to Scott Paterno, the largest crowd to ever see a college playoff game in person...

 

[PSUWrestlingFanSince2011]

FWIW, I tailgated with 2 students who requested tickets, got the confirmation email back stating that they were in the lottery prior to the deadline and didn't get tickets. Did they do something wrong? Some said emails went to spam folders, etc. I don't know but there were issues.

Something else I thought was interesting - almost none of the regular season ticket holders that sit around us were at the game. It was mostly new people. That might not be the same everywhere in the stadium, but given the fact that many regular attendees couldn't make it for whatever reason, getting 106K there for the game was pretty impressive.

I reserved our season ticketholder ticket and parking pass, got confirmation but PSU ticket office said none were reserved.

 

[fastlax16]

According to Scott Paterno, the largest crowd to ever see a college playoff game in person...

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Record will stand until we break it or Michigan hosts a game.

 

[Lion_Backer]

According to Scott Paterno, the largest crowd to ever see a college playoff game in person...

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Well, this is what Bing had to say re Scott's post:

The largest crowd ever at Beaver Stadium was 110,889, which occurred during a game against Ohio State on September 29, 201815. The stadium's official capacity is 107,282, and standing-room crowds have exceeded that on numerous occasions2. Another record-breaking attendance was 111,030 during a game against Michigan on November 11, 20233.

 

[OzLion]

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Something else I thought was interesting - almost none of the regular season ticket holders that sit around us were at the game. It was mostly new people. ...

I wondered if the crowd would be louder/more enthusiastic if there were a substantial number of people there who normally don't get a chance at season tickets. Maybe people attending a game for the first time?

 

[Obliviax]

Well, this is what Bing had to say re Scott's post:

The largest crowd ever at Beaver Stadium was 110,889, which occurred during a game against Ohio State on September 29, 201815. The stadium's official capacity is 107,282, and standing-room crowds have exceeded that on numerous occasions2. Another record-breaking attendance was 111,030 during a game against Michigan on November 11, 20233.

 

[Lion_Backer]

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Playoffs

Now you want to talk about playoffs...

I obviously missed that very important word.

 

[fastlax16]

I wondered if the crowd would be louder/more enthusiastic if there were a substantial number of people there who normally don't get a chance at season tickets. Maybe people attending a game for the first time?

It makes sense. Everyone who was there really wanted to be there and had to put some effort in to make it so. Not like the season ticket package where you've definitely got games people wouldn't have gone to if not for having to buy the complete package.

Can't track it but I bet the average age of attendees skewed much younger than a typical game if you exclude the students from both data sets.

 

[ryoder1]

Yes. Crowd was loud (TV was mic'd up very well) and caused several issues for SMU.

Also, can we put to rest the "can't do a White Out when it'd cold" narrative? Fans had plenty of white. The snow added to the visual.

Good point. People found a way. Crowd was super loud and disrupted Jennings into a bad game. Makes me think maybe we go for a noon white out versus Oregon next year since we know Fox will have it at noon.

 

[ryoder1]

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Joe's son?

 

[fastlax16]

Good point. People found a way. Crowd was super loud and disrupted Jennings into a bad game. Makes me think maybe we go for a noon white out versus Oregon next year since we know Fox will have it at noon.

Oregon says they get louder than we do so it won’t matter…

 

[ryoder1]

Oregon says they get louder than we do so it won’t matter…

They have never experienced a screaming student section on a 4th and 5 from our 10 yard line in the south end zone, 4 minutes left down 21-17.

 

[diontechristmas]

I wondered if the crowd would be louder/more enthusiastic if there were a substantial number of people there who normally don't get a chance at season tickets. Maybe people attending a game for the first time?

Probably some who don’t get there all that often.

I do have to say that I saw more fall down drunks than normal. I was at the Washington game as well, and I’d say the overall inebriation level of the crowd was higher against Washington, but I saw a lot of folks just black out or falling over on Saturday. I think people really speed raced their boozing for the noon kick and it wasn’t great.

One guy somehow snuck a 30 pack into the game and was sucking them down in line for the bathroom. He could barely put a sentence together but was still firing them back.

 

[diontechristmas]

Oregon says they get louder than we do so it won’t matter…

Ha, with their 54k seat stadium. Literally half of what PSU can pack into the Beav.

 

[diontechristmas]

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Credit to the SMU fans that made the trek, but a big part of the “ticket” issue was the very small demand from the visiting team. Hoosier fans were chomping at the bit to get tickets. Tenn brought around 30k fans to the Shoe. SMU maybe 7-8k?

 

[Obliviax]

Credit to the SMU fans that made the trek, but a big part of the “ticket” issue was the very small demand from the visiting team. Hoosier fans were chomping at the bit to get tickets. Tenn brought around 30k fans to the Shoe. SMU maybe 7-8k?

Good point. SMU is really a small school. About 12,000 students and haven't been a football power for several decades. Plus, this game location was pretty much last minute. Getting tickets on one of the biggest travel days of the year a week before the game was a financial challenge. Dallas to state college was probably north of $1,000 if you could get them at all. Then the hotels were charging $1,000 night. You could fly into Pitt or Philly but you are really just offsetting the costs. Those were probably ~ $700 but you'd have to rent a car for the 2 to 3 hour drive for a noon kickoff game.

Indy and Tenn fans could simply drive.

 

[doctornick]

Credit to the SMU fans that made the trek, but a big part of the “ticket” issue was the very small demand from the visiting team. Hoosier fans were chomping at the bit to get tickets. Tenn brought around 30k fans to the Shoe. SMU maybe 7-8k?

Of course. No one actually thinks the resale prices for ND vs PSU had anything to do with the respective fan bases of those teams, do they?

ND Stadium has literally 30,000 fewer seats than Beaver Stadium and they were playing an opponent that is the flagship school from their own state with a gazillion alumni around. Of course ticket demand would be higher. It’s not remotely comparable to PSU playing a smaller private school from Texas.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Record will stand until we break it or Michigan hosts a game.

Until we play a home playoff with 4:00 or 7;30 kickoff.