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Bucket Game Crowd Size

iubhounds

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There have been many Oaken Bucket games on Thanksgiving Saturday. In fact I can't remember when they were not played on that Saturday. I know the students are gone but someone said housing, sororities and frats open Saturday morning so there is a possibility a lot of students will be back in time for the game. Will there will be the normal size student crowd? I wonder though about the crowd size. Even after winning, it's going to be cold, a night game, holiday weekend ... all good excuses for fans not to show up. Like the old days.

Ticket prices online trending in a way that there are going to be a lot of empty seats. Is that possible at 10-1 and a chance to pound Purdue? Will lack of crowd noise be a factor? After all, as bad as they are, the Boilees did score 49 against Illinois with a hellacious 2nd half comeback.

Personally I think IU covers the point spread and possibly doing that by halftime ... yet I still wonder about the crowd size.
 
Although a sell out I’m sure the cold weather will scare off some,plus PUke won’t have many there.
I look for it to be in the 46-47k range.

If those who want to be there read this link and take it to heart they'll be as toasty as if they were sitting in their own home:


Add a blanket and smuggle in a closed cell foam pad (garden kneeling type) to sit on and you're good to go...

There's only a 5 mph west wind forecast with a temperature at Kickoff of 29 degrees (dropping to around 20 by 10:30pm) so it's not as though the games being played in Antarctica...
 
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There have been many Oaken Bucket games on Thanksgiving Saturday. In fact I can't remember when they were not played on that Saturday. I know the students are gone but someone said housing, sororities and frats open Saturday morning so there is a possibility a lot of students will be back in time for the game. Will there will be the normal size student crowd? I wonder though about the crowd size. Even after winning, it's going to be cold, a night game, holiday weekend ... all good excuses for fans not to show up. Like the old days.

Ticket prices online trending in a way that there are going to be a lot of empty seats. Is that possible at 10-1 and a chance to pound Purdue? Will lack of crowd noise be a factor? After all, as bad as they are, the Boilees did score 49 against Illinois with a hellacious 2nd half comeback.

Personally I think IU covers the point spread and possibly doing that by halftime ... yet I still wonder about the crowd size.
When Purdue has faced the better defenses, like OSU, ND, Oregon, and PSU, they’ve only been to muster a total of 16 points. And I would put IU’s defense in the category of one of the better defenses. I’d be surprised if we let them score more than 10 points.
 
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When Purdue has faced the better defenses, like OSU, ND, Oregon, and PSU, they’ve only been to muster a total of 16 points. And I would put IU’s defense in the category of one of the better defenses. I’d be surprised if we let them score more than 10 points.
I agree 100% ... something like 48-10 or 56-7
 
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If those who want to be there read this link and take it to heart they'll be as toasty as if they were sitting in their own home:


Add a blanket and smuggle in a closed cell foam pad (garden kneeling type) to sit on and you're good to go...

There's only a 5 mph west wind forecast with a temperature at Kickoff of 29 degrees (dropping to around 20 by 10:30pm) so it's not as though the games being played in Antarctica...
I agree but I have friends who won’t go to games if it’s raining or below 50,it’s those type of fans I’m referring to.
 
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