December 17th, 2018 at 5:26 AM ^
I know how many “was allotted” but don’t know how many has been sold. Wait, did I get that mixed up?
December 16th, 2018 at 6:08 PM ^
Are you asking because you have a random interest or contemplating buying tickets and are not sure where you will be seated?
The Michigan athletics website shows the sections Michigan was allotted. And if you call the Ticket Office, they will tell where they will seat you now as they have the tickets in hand. And if you are just curious, then you will have to call them and make an estimate based on what they offer you (any seat worse is most likely unsold) because I don't think anyone is going to release that information publicly unless it is sold out. And even if it is not sold out, they may still call it one with tickets still in hand.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:18 PM ^
the ticket office is filled with excellent accommodating patient staff. It's a great resource for these types of inquiries.
(734) 764-0247
(866) 296-MTIX
December 16th, 2018 at 6:20 PM ^
Agreed.
December 17th, 2018 at 6:10 PM ^
"...accommodating patient staff...."? Are the AD offices located in the hospital? If so, wise staffing choice - save money while keeping the patients feeling worthwhile (not to mention earning their keep, lazy sponges).
December 16th, 2018 at 6:34 PM ^
Asking because I like to know how many of our Michigan allotment tickets were sold. I have read that Purdue, OSU, and Iowa have already sold out of their alottments.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:37 PM ^
We have not sold our allotment yet and I am not sure that we will sell all 13,000.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:41 PM ^
Meanwhile you can get Fiesta Bowl tix for $13.
Great job, committee!
December 16th, 2018 at 7:09 PM ^
Seriously. The UF-UCF matchup was delivered to them on a silver platter. Florida officials deny having anything to do with it not happening, but I still don't buy it. Tickets still may not have sold well for that game with both schools so far from Phoenix, but it would have made great TV.
But there wasn't much the committee could do with the other matchups as the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl teams were both locked in. The only real choice they had was which SEC team they sent to Fiesta and Peach. Two SEC teams couldn't meet in a bowl game so Michigan-UCF was never happening. I think Michigan was locked for the Peach Bowl as they had UCF last year, and although they will never admit it, the other 4 New Year's Six Bowls without conference affiliation don't want to host the Group of 5 team, and there was no way the Peach Bowl was getting stuck with UCF two years in a row.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:42 PM ^
Yup. Going to make it harder to sell the allotment with the amount of tickets that will be on Stubhub and other resale sites. I am assuming a large chunk of the people taking advantage of the guarantee for tickets for next year's Peach Bowl CFP semis are ticket resellers. You can already buy tickets for more than $50 under face, and that price is going to drop considering how many tickets are for sale now.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:48 PM ^
Not sure if you can really compare to some other schools if that is what you are doing. Ohio State won the B1G championship, Urban Meyer's final game, and haven't been to the Rose Bowl in almost 10 years. OSU has only been to 2 Rose Bowls in the last 30 years which I found pretty unbelievable when I heard it. Of course that is going to sell out. Purdue is only a 5 hour drive from Nashville with a huge alumni base within a driveable radius of Nashville so some fans could do the game in a single-day or two trip. It would be the equivalent of Michigan playing a game in Chicago or Indianapolis.
I personally think the Michigan turnout is going to be better than expected with locals in the Atlanta area coming out for Michigan's first Peach Bowl, but those people may not buy their tickets through the school.
December 16th, 2018 at 7:06 PM ^
Purdue doesn't have a "huge" alumni base anywhere.
December 16th, 2018 at 7:17 PM ^
Yes you can compare. We finished 10-2, 7th ranked in the country and have more alumni than anyone. We should be able to sell 13,000 tickets to a relatively easy city to get to. We should outsell Purdue and Iowa handily with their records and still may.
December 16th, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^
I disagree and stated why, but I don't think we are going to see things the same on this. There are more factors at play than just looking at "how many tickets did your AD sell?," and I tried to state some of them for you. And I didn't even get into the price of the tickets. Michigan may have a large alumni base, the other B1G schools are not small potatoes. It's what makes the Big Ten such a big brand.
Like I mentioned above, I think there will be more than 13,000 Michigan fans there, but many of them will not have bought tickets through the official Michigan allotment with ticket resellers offering them well under face on Stubhub. Outback Bowl tickets for Iowa fans are going to be cheaper through the AD than through a ticket reseller.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
Michigan received 13,000 tickets.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:41 PM ^
UMBig11: Speaking of the Peach Bowl, any comment on who might be sitting out other then Mr. Gary?
December 16th, 2018 at 8:15 PM ^
At least two more. JH not happy with one or two. Could be as many as 3-5 total.
December 16th, 2018 at 9:33 PM ^
i tHInk i have a GooD idea Of oNe he is mad at.
December 16th, 2018 at 10:36 PM ^
Very nice hint .
December 17th, 2018 at 7:57 AM ^
But there is one more if pUSH came to shove.
December 17th, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
Meanwhile, I haven’t heard of anyone on Florida sitting so this could get ugly.
December 17th, 2018 at 10:04 AM ^
It could be an upHILL battle and a very LONG day if key players decide to sit out.
December 17th, 2018 at 10:19 AM ^
Appreciate the tea leaves. Any word on Aubrey's injury / status?
December 17th, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^
I dont understand why a player would sit out the bowl game yet play in the senior bowl..?
December 16th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
Not sure how many Michigan was allotted but I do remember hearing that the bowl was “essentially sold out” even before teams were announced.
The bowl apparently made it mandatory to buy tickets for this year’s game For people wanting to get seats at the NC game at the venue next year.
December 16th, 2018 at 6:16 PM ^
The Peach Bowl GA tickets are pretty much sold out because of that guarantee. But I don't think it is recent change as you had to purchase for TWO consecutive years (i.e. the two years the bowl is out of the CFP semifinal rotation) to be guaranteed your tickets for next year's semifinal game, and not a bad business decision by the people running the game to guarantee ticket sales on a year-to-year basis.
December 16th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
The sheer pageantry of watching a depleted roster playing in a bowl game on December 29th isn't just selling tickets, it's even selling jerseys in Ohio.
December 16th, 2018 at 10:05 PM ^
You just are choosing to be ignorant at this point because multiple people have pointed out to you that it doesn't matter what date it's on. It's a New Years 6 Bowl.
You complained about the ORANGE BOWL two years ago, acting like it wasn't a big game. Clueless.
December 16th, 2018 at 10:13 PM ^
Get over it, man. It's a NYE6 game but its boring. There isn't anything interesting about it
December 16th, 2018 at 10:21 PM ^
This is not a big game. I'm sorry. It just isn't.
NYE6 or not, it's a pointless and fairly boring bowl game on a date not traditionally associated with big-time college football bowl games. Also see: that Orange Bowl. Watching football on January 1st is part of what makes college football great. Watching football on December 29th is what we associate with bowl games named after lesser fast food chains and gas stations.
Not everything has to be automatically awesome just because it's Michigan.
December 17th, 2018 at 5:35 AM ^
Did someone hijack WD’s login and post that avatar? That is the epitome of precious. Well that and starting with “You just are....” which indicates immature arrogance. But I could be wrong.
December 16th, 2018 at 7:24 PM ^
I'm going.
December 16th, 2018 at 8:35 PM ^
Peach Bowl Stubhub lowest price is $96
December 16th, 2018 at 9:37 PM ^
Good luck in the Peach Bowl! B1G > Everything
December 17th, 2018 at 12:42 AM ^
How magnanimous of you.
December 17th, 2018 at 1:09 PM ^
I was told last week UM may have about 3k unsold tickets. They were hoping Florida would take them but Florida still had a good amount left to sell as well.
December 22nd, 2018 at 2:16 PM ^
As of Friday December 21st, Michigan has only sold 8,200 tickets from their 13,000, leaving about 5,000 unsold.