Ticket demand for this weekend low
October 12th, 2018 at 1:29 AM ^
Of course. I bet if I was attending this game the cheapest tickets would be 300
October 12th, 2018 at 2:32 AM ^
Prices on StubHub held pretty steady, even through the night game announcement, until a couple days ago when the chilly night became almost guaranteed. I'll bet if it was predicted to be a little warmer the prices would have stayed up.
October 12th, 2018 at 6:55 AM ^
I will never understand the wait and see crowd. The game of football is to watch and see, not to be a pessimist and jump back on the wagon after the team wins, or stand on the side and whine at the team if they lose.
Get on the damn wagon and cheer loudly. Loyalty. Only being loyal to a bunch of young men if they win means you only are loyal to them if they give you some kind of privileged expected outcome.
You either support and love your team, or you don’t. That is the same with a quiet stadium unless the team is doing well—fans only buying into the team when they score a TD and being downtrodden mutes when they punt or give up one fucking touchdown and are down only 7-3.
The whole idea of playing sixty minutes is to measure a team over the entire span—not conclude after one or two drives. They are amateurs who are developing their skills—developing them to be more consistent so they can go pro.
What if we were as critical as of the pre-med student who has a bad test or writes a paper that makes a narrow analysis missing some stuff? Do we award degrees based on perfection or overall academic performance? Do we think the pre-med student cannot learn from his or her mistake—or that they do not try or desire to? I mean, if they want to be a doctor they are going to work out their errors. And professors are going to be their to coach them.
The wishy washy fan base we see supported here—I get where the doubt comes, from a decade plus of subpar results—but what do fans do to help support the team and help them get over the bump? Why is our fan base so much in the “show me” mode? I would rather watch Michigan regardless of an outcome than to go get drunk amongst a bunch of other drunk fools who will forget most of a night. I like me some beer and rum, but watching a game sober is fun. Remembering that the competition aspect of a game is fun—from a player’s atandpoint. Maybe that’s the problem—people who never competed in the game don’t understand it’s fun. And people who cannot enjoy competing regardless of outcome. I always want to win—I want to destroy my opponents at any board game I play, but if I lose, at least I played and had some fun. And when I see my kids play each other—that is fun. One is gonna lose, but that’s part of life.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:31 AM ^
You're talking about "sixty minutes" of playing time and fan support.
But the student sections are routinely half-filled when games start, and half-empty when they end. They are good for about 39 minutes.
October 12th, 2018 at 7:52 AM ^
What cold temps. Man up
October 12th, 2018 at 8:06 AM ^
I was wondering about this myself - I thought the night kick and the cold might drive demand down a little bit, but perhaps not as much as it seems right now.
October 12th, 2018 at 8:50 AM ^
Nice strawman. No one has said that they want every game at night and obviously people understand the difference between late fall temperatures in the Midwest and the South.
October 12th, 2018 at 8:53 AM ^
I have not met anyone that wants to have every home game at night. I think that is a huge exaggeration. One home game a year at night is reasonable and can be fun for all parties involved. It is also good for recruiting. Also it has nothing to do with being like the SEC. Hopefully it will create more a homefield advantage if it thins out the "down in front" crowd.
October 12th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
Those same SEC teams playing at night are avoiding temps that are in the 90s during the day... or the 100s if you go further west.
October 12th, 2018 at 8:47 AM ^
Prices don't seem that low, all factors considered. Face value was probably overpriced for this game to start.
October 12th, 2018 at 8:52 AM ^
Face is $125 which is much too high for a non-rivalry game. Of course, when your schedule has ND, MSU, and OSU all on the road the pickings are pretty slim for what will be your "marquee" games. For comparison, PSU is also $125, which to me feels like more of a rivalry.
October 12th, 2018 at 9:49 AM ^
Face is different depending on where your seats are at. Some tickets face is $145 and others face is less. But yeah this is priced too high either way.
October 12th, 2018 at 9:13 AM ^
It's also fall break for the students.
October 12th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
Face value was way too high for this game which is why some are selling at or below FV. It is a big game but for some reason doesn't feel that compelling to me. Maybe it's because Wisconsin lost to byu and the jury is out on UM still.
Also, a lot of people are turned off by the night game not because we are "sit down" people but because I like to have a little party at the house and watch the night games. Not sure why but it's sort of an all day party and then I can just pass out in bed. When you would be coming in from out of town like me it's just easier that way which is why we sold our tickets for this game.
Sold ours $15 above FV.
If UM and UW were undefeated who knows maybe it would feel different. Probably.
October 12th, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
Student tickets demand is unusually high, fifth year here at UM, never seen demand this high besides MSU/OSU. Think we will bring a lot of energy