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Ohio Stadium was like 40% UT fans for their playoff game; it didn't matter. If the team is actually good, it shouldn't matter.

That said, the OSU/UT game was an extreme aberration; that almost never happens at OSU or at other 'major' schools, as it appears to do at ND. If there is an "invasion" it reminds us again how unbelievably cheap ND fans are compared to other fanbases.
 
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IrishLax said:
Concepcion is a dude, for sure. And he's a guy I hoped we'd get in the portal.

I am not that sold on Craver or the overall depth at WR. I feel like teams that have "one guy" we can play Moore on them and be fine. I think Craver has inflated stats from playing against two unathletic defenses but we'll see.
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Hope you’re right b/c he can fly
 
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Some Irish Bloke said:
I really have no idea where people are getting their information:

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Sold out.
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So it’s a typical ND home game vs an opponent who travels. Sells out early only to see a shit ton of those tickets find their way to the secondary market in hopes of profit from opposing fans. Brice was saying the secondary market is extremely soft on ND tix & some are reselling for less than face. Serves the bastards right.
 
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IrishTusker said:
Ohio Stadium was like 40% UT fans for their playoff game; it didn't matter. If the team is actually good, it shouldn't matter.

That said, the OSU/UT game was an extreme aberration; that almost never happens at OSU or at other 'major' schools, as it appears to do at ND. If there is an "invasion" it reminds us again how unbelievably cheap ND fans are compared to other fanbases.
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You do realize that Notre Dame has far fewer alums than most state school powers and that most of them do not live within easy driving distance of campus? Non-alum fans are often similar.

Unless you’re in Chicago, northern Indiana, maybe Indy or someplace in Ohio west of Cleveland, attending a game at Notre Dame requires hotel rooms and often plane tickets. For me and most of my alum friends going to a game is a four-figure proposition, with the ticket itself being the least of it.

Whereas places like Ohio State and Georgia and Oregon basically mint alums who live within a two-hour drive and can sleep in their own bed after a night game. It’s not the same thing.
 
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stlnd01 said:
You do realize that Notre Dame has far fewer alums than most state school powers and that most of them do not live within easy driving distance of campus? Non-alum fans are often similar.

Unless you’re in Chicago, northern Indiana, maybe Indy or someplace in Ohio west of Cleveland, attending a game at Notre Dame requires hotel rooms and often plane tickets. For me and most of my alum friends going to a game is a four-figure proposition, with the ticket itself being the least of it.

Whereas places like Ohio State and Georgia and Oregon basically mint alums who live within a two-hour drive and can sleep in their own bed after a night game. It’s not the same thing.
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Yeah, I know ND is different (I didn't hang around SB after graduating). But this game sold out right away. These aren't people who didn't want to buy tickets because the tickets + travel + hotel + etc. is too expensive. We're talking about ND fans who bought tickets and re-sold them (often to A&M fans, presumably) in order to make money. (And the university gets a cut of that now, I believe, so it isn't innocent, either.)

Any ND fan who does that should be banned from buying tickets. Resale should be only to other ND fans (I'm sure there is a way to arrange that) or just donate the tickets to locals or something.
 
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i went to a local south bend news site and saw they are calling for scattered thunderstorms for saturday evening
 
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IRISHDODGER said:
So it’s a typical ND home game vs an opponent who travels. Sells out early only to see a shit ton of those tickets find their way to the secondary market in hopes of profit from opposing fans. Brice was saying the secondary market is extremely soft on ND tix & some are reselling for less than face. Serves the bastards right.
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No shit, sellouts. Must mean not as many Aggies are traveling as we thought?
 
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arndtjc said:
If it’s motorcoaches thats like 800 people. Not that big of a deal
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And that aggie war hymn was not very loud at the Cubs game. Nothing like when UGA fans invaded Wrigley the day before our game against them.
 
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stlnd01 said:
You do realize that Notre Dame has far fewer alums than most state school powers and that most of them do not live within easy driving distance of campus? Non-alum fans are often similar.

Unless you’re in Chicago, northern Indiana, maybe Indy or someplace in Ohio west of Cleveland, attending a game at Notre Dame requires hotel rooms and often plane tickets. For me and most of my alum friends going to a game is a four-figure proposition, with the ticket itself being the least of it.

Whereas places like Ohio State and Georgia and Oregon basically mint alums who live within a two-hour drive and can sleep in their own bed after a night game. It’s not the same thing.
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ND is a hell of a lot closer to Michigan than it is to Chicago, Ohio, or Indianapolis. How did they not make the cut? I used to drive from the middle of the Lower Peninsula and back in the same day.
 
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Yeah tbf, ND alums / fans spent A LOT on 4 playoff games at the end of the year. It makes sense for the home demand to go down slightly after that to save up for another run or just try to save some money.

My dad and I typically go to 2 home games. This year we’re likely just doing one bc of the above.
 
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IrishTusker said:
Ohio Stadium was like 40% UT fans for their playoff game; it didn't matter. If the team is actually good, it shouldn't matter.

That said, the OSU/UT game was an extreme aberration; that almost never happens at OSU or at other 'major' schools, as it appears to do at ND. If there is an "invasion" it reminds us again how unbelievably cheap ND fans are compared to other fanbases.
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Can you name any private school where this isn't true?
 
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Last I heard is 20% chance of rain, ND has played in all types of weather. Has A&M?

Gameday, go Irish ☘️
 
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SportsingHard said:
ND is a hell of a lot closer to Michigan than it is to Chicago, Ohio, or Indianapolis. How did they not make the cut? I used to drive from the middle of the Lower Peninsula and back in the same day.
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Sure. Michigan too. Though I was thinking about larger cities and Detroit is farther than Chicago or Indy. Most people aren't driving three hours home after a night game.
 
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