re: LSU@Texas most in-demand ticket in CFB

Once gameweek rolls around I kind of lose sight of ticket prices because I always have my tix well before that, and I know the general rule of thumb for any stadium over 90k seats is patience, but this particular game has a few variable that most big non-SEC games we play don’t:

-on campus
-rarity of meeting between 2 bordering “rivals” that actually never play. While Bama is our biggest game every year, LSU plays Bama...EVERY, year.
-“Texas back” and ready to show the world against an SEC team in an “undefeated matchup”...both teams only undefeated because early season game of course, but nonetheless
-O vs Herman circumstances
-both teams in Top 10 on top of all above circumstances


I have no doubt with patience LSU fans can find cheaper than $300 seats. I don’t care about Texas fans finding seats. That said, and I may be wrong, but this game strikes me as different overall circumstances than most SEC and most non-conference neutral site games we play... I do not expect general ticket prices to fall much. Can someone that really searches diligently end up finding a good deal and/or luck into a ticket? Absolutely, but I think the vast majority of ticket searchers either need to bite the bullet and spend $300+ or come to terms with potentially not being in the stadium. I actually won’t be surprised if we see ticket prices actually begin to rise over the next 7 days.

My brother and sister and Mom went to UT and live in Austin, and the way they’re talking this is like the Super Bowl has come to Austin. They actually think they’re going to win this game and legitimately compete for a national title this year. Winning a game against a depressed UGA team that had no desire to be playing in said game, has Texas thinking they’re elite again despite their slew of roster holes and depth issues.