I'd love to see Notre Dame do this next year.
If you want tickets for the Ohio St. game you must buy tickets for three additional if not all home games. I was at the Nebraska & Ohio St games when they played at ND. It was like getting punched in the stomach. Same thing with Georgia. They just had the Nebraska Game on Big Ten Classic and I couldn't help but think what a bunch of phonies are in our fanbase. I'm a diehard like many of you. No way in hell I'd sell my ticket to an OSU fan. For guys and second markets that would, buying tickets for additional games is going to cut into their profits. You can't stop it but maybe it will be controlled.
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As someone who has been to ND games at Stanford, AF Academy, BC and Purdue, I can tell you
the phenomenon is not limited to ND. The Irish “travel well” too. A few times I swore there were more ND fans at Stanford games then Stanford fans.
Setting up these must buy multi-game packages can almost backfire. In your scenario, tOSU fans will buy the packages and dump the non-tOSU games on the secondary market or just leave the seats empty.
A TV game, Neb at Boilers. See of red. Boiler fans left early made it look even worse.
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Was at the Nebraska game. Have never quite viewed the fan base the same since…
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I was there also. Saw a ND fan hand over 5 tix for face value to a Nebraskan. Made me sick.
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Part of the problem is every opponent wants to see notre dame
Ohio state is gonna come in droves to our campus next year. Not sure how to solve the problem in ticketing, It’s part of our mystique and relevance in college football
Actually it’s what makes ND special that everyone wants to go to a game at Notre Dame
I don't know if that is the solution but I too get sick when I think of our "fanbase" that would
sell their tickets to the opponent, especially in those critical games.
I don't think ND has the want to fix things. Jack will talk a big talk, but do nothing.
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There has been fans on other ND sites bragging about the $$$ they made from selling out.
They justify it. I knew the Nebraska game was going to be not good when I was driving in to ND for the game and the tollway was packed with Husker fans. It was a sea of red. Georgia was embarrassing though those fans were very good people. I also thought the Arkansas game would have been the same and I wonder if the Tenn State game will be packed with their fans. The Nebraska game was blamed on faculty for selling out and ND was supposed to put a stop to it. Then came Georgia and Jack said he was going to use the eye in the sky to put a stop to it. I haven't missed a home game in 23 years and believe me, I notice every time. Even the student body will leave early at times. The point of the Marshal or California games is to take in the day, walk the campus, visit the sites, get to your seats early, watch pre-game, tailgate, stay for the whole game and screw traffic. Make it a memorable gameday experience whoever the opponent. I look at the Tenn St game as a chance to meet and greet some of their fans, help them with campus directions, watch their band at halftime, and soak it all in. But, that's me.