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I wonder.... - SUBuddha - 12-10-2013

...how quiet this board will be from 1601-1630 PST today!

Good luck to all trying, like me, to get tickets today.

Re: I wonder.... - SUBuddha - 12-10-2013

Well I was in the Que from 430-515 and they sold out. If that section is green I will be pissed!

Re: I wonder.... - fullmetal - 12-10-2013

No kidding.  I struck out in the land rush.

Re: I wonder.... - stupac2 - 12-10-2013

Next time we're in an in-demand bowl, maybe it would make sense to have people help each other out on here. For instance, I only used 3 of my 6 (I think it's 6) tickets that I'm guaranteed, I easily could've added more had I known fellow Cardboarders would be looking. We could probably make some lives easier that way.

Re: I wonder.... - JeffInCorvallis - 12-10-2013

No joy.  It doesn't make sense - it never seemed like I was in serious danger of missing out last year.  I know we ended up with a bunch of Wisconsin's tickets, but didn't they come later?  Is there really that much pent-up demand?

Re: I wonder.... - SUBuddha - 12-10-2013

This would have been my third, but I am more upset because I wanted to take dad to his 2nd for the 100th and my sister (class of '85) actually wanted to go to her first games since the play.

Re: I wonder.... - 76lsjumb - 12-10-2013

(12-10-2013, 06:00 PM)stupac2 link Wrote:Next time we're in an in-demand bowl, maybe it would make sense to have people help each other out on here. For instance, I only used 3 of my 6 (I think it's 6) tickets that I'm guaranteed, I easily could've added more had I known fellow Cardboarders would be looking. We could probably make some lives easier that way.

FWIW [which, at this point probably isn't much], I think the Rose Bowl allotment was ten, not six.  Six was for the "BCS Championship," as I read it.  In any event, I needed 8, put in for 8, and they took my money for 8.

As for potential MSU poachers, one would hope the Ticket Office folks would have practiced their skills at figuring out who those folks were and "inadvertently" cutting them off mid-transaction...  :o



Re: I wonder.... - SUBuddha - 12-10-2013

76, I have seen on other boards the MSU fans boast about paying the 200$ season ticket reservation so they were guaranteed tickets for the game. Money seems to have won out over alumni.

Re: I wonder.... - pincemob - 12-10-2013

Can someone explain why the AD is taking such high numbers of season ticket applications?  We sold out all 38,000 season tickets this year (that includes the student sections).  I assume at least a small waiting list was already in place.  The remaining 12,000 seats in our stadium go to opponent allocations, group sales, single ticket purchases for season ticketholders, and a few individual tickets.  I estimate the opponents get at least 8,000 (around 15% of the stadium).  That leaves a maximum of 4,000 deposits they could take if they eliminated all the other categories (which does not seem wise).  Sees like a strange decision.  The "bright side" I suppose is that if we again have ~35,000 Rose Bowl tickets to sell only a small % are likely to be poser MSU fans placing deposits. 

Re: I wonder.... - SUBuddha - 12-10-2013

I will be on the phone with U of A, ASU, WSU and UW tomorrow to see about tickets. Will post as soon as I know if they have any.

Re: I wonder.... - TreeFitty - 12-10-2013

are deposits refundable? i hope not.

Re: I wonder.... - fullmetal - 12-11-2013

I don't believe they are.  Essentially, those MSU fans paid a premium to reserve their RB tix.  They could buy the season passes and sell them on the secondary market, of course, but without the marquee Oregon/ND games at home next season, they won't have much to hang their hats on.  Maybe U$C.  Wait, is ND a home game next season too?

Re: I wonder.... - stupac2 - 12-11-2013

(12-11-2013, 02:05 AM)fullmetal link Wrote:Wait, is ND a home game next season too?

Doesn't appear to be: http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-14/pac-10/2014-stanford-cardinal-football-schedule.php

Re: I wonder.... - fullmetal - 12-13-2013

So we'll have very few marquee games on the sched.  Not much resell value for any opponents' fans looking to poach season tix (to guarantee the game of their choice) and resell the rest of the package minus the game of their choice.

Re: I wonder.... - Leftcoast - 12-13-2013

Stanford's uneven schedule was made worse with our move to the Pac 12 North and the heightened stakes of the Oregon game.  Look at this year's home schedule bob-bons: Oregon, Notre Dame, UCLA, Big Game and emerging South power ASU.  If you don 't like that schedule you don 't like college football.

Next year?  Stanford's opponents amount to USC and not much when it comes to marquee eye candy for the casual fan.  It's no wonder the AD was working with Cal to balance our schedule.  Perhaps if Oregon falls off and UW takes up the slack this will not be quite as lop-sided but that still looks years away and even then doesn't even the gap.

On the odd years the AD sells the program, not the schedule.  On the even years they grow our base.

Re: I wonder.... - stupac2 - 12-13-2013

(12-13-2013, 02:45 PM)Leftcoast link Wrote:Stanford's uneven schedule was made worse with our move to the Pac 12 North and the heightened stakes of the Oregon game.  Look at this year's home schedule bob-bond: Oregon, the University of Dead Fake Girlfriends, UCLA, Big Game and emerging South power ASU.  If you don 't like that schedule you don 't like college football.

Next year?  Stanford's opponents amount to University of Spoiled Children  and not much when it comes to marquee eye candy for the casual fan.  It 'a no wonder the AD was working with Low APR U to balance our schedule.  Perhaps if Oregon falls off and UW takes up the slack this will not be quite as lop-sided but that still looks years away and even then doesn't even the gap.

On the odd years the AD sells the program, not the schedule.  On the even years they grow our base.

It really hurts us that the year with more home PAC games is also the year with better games in general. I think the easiest solution would be to switch the ND game, honestly, treat it like a 10th conference game and then our schedule is actually balanced in terms of home games. But that seems unlikely to happen.