Wow! I hope you are right! I'm going with 5 other Hoosier fans and we all have red coats.
Anxious to see what the IU turnout is
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I am curious as to why you think this. I hope you are correct.
I'm not sure I'd put it as high as 40%, but I think there will be a good IU turnout.
Let's be real, ND will/should expect to be in the CFP most years. Although I aspire/hope for the same from IU, this very literally could be a once in a lifetime event in our relative backyard. It most certainly IS a first in a lifetime event for most of us. If we've got the money to go, we'll spend it.
15% IU fans is my guess. That’s about 12K and I think that’s good. Maybe we have an upside surprise and there are more… hard to know.
Their are a ton of tickets on StubHub now and prices are falling. This bodes well for IU. 25% of the stadium in crimson and cream may not be out of the realm of possibility.
I bought Sunday night because I needed to know we had tickets so that I could plan my trip. I need to stop looking at ticket prices. Knowing myself, I would not have saved any $ by waiting to buy but I would’ve been sitting in a helluva lot better seats.
Still, I’ve watched a lot of bad football since 1995 and I always said if we caught lightning in a bottle, I’d enjoy every step along the way. Although I always assumed it would be in Pasadena.
Still, I’ve watched a lot of bad football since 1995 and I always said if we caught lightning in a bottle, I’d enjoy every step along the way. Although I always assumed it would be in Pasadena.
Funny enough, if it were the old days, we STILL wouldn't have gone to the Rose Bowl this year. Ain't that a kick in the pants.
Is that right? Has PSU never been to the rose bowl?
EDIT: They went to the rose bowl in 2023, which means we would have won the tie breaker and we would have gone.
If Oregon wasn't in the conference, we woulda tied for first, and the old tie breaker was the team that hasn't been there in the longest time gets to go. Pretty sure that woulda been us.
True enough if you go back to the REALLY old days pre-championship game & pre Big 18. I was still counting all current conference members.
IIRC, the tiebreaker is how Purdue got to go in 2000. They were in a 3-way tie for the conference championship with NW & Mich (beat them both that year) but hadn't been since '67 or whenever it was.
PSU also went to the Rose Bowl after the ‘94 season. Beat Oregon.
I don't worry about cold or snow with this IUFB team as they showed with PU they can put it out of their minds as a number of IU players went out in pregame with no shirts on. Let's knock the shirts off of ND Hoosiers bringing home the victory. No Limits as IU's coaches point out.
Gut.... well, actually I talked to this guy and he told me at least 1/3 but less than half will be IU.... he looks credible to me.
Lots of IU alumni with cash enough for this highlight occurrence in Indiana and NE Illinois. IU attendance on Friday night will be abundant.
An IL of mine did not have enough points to get tickets with the IU block initially but was just contacted about more seats apparently being allocated to IU and they are in!
Glad for him to be able to attend the most consequential college FB game ever played in Indiana. Makes all of us FB fans wonder what the PUkes from W. Laffy are doing Friday night? Crocheting??
Interesting. ND announced that the game was a sellout shortly after their ticket allocation to season ticket holders was completed. Combined with the fact that more tickets were requested by IU donors than were allotted to IU and one has to wonder where any additional seats offered to IU came from. My guess is that your friend was contacted with available seats that came from the original IU allotment after donors who were informed that they got seats decided to forego the opportunity to buy for whatever reason.
Same thing as us most years while they played in the NCAA basketball tournament.
