Most of the 10,000 was students. When I got my seat about 15 minutes before game time, I got pretty much the last seat in the student section, and I know there were hundreds of students in line behind me. Shortly thereafter, they started pouring into the old-people-sections, which were previously pretty empty.
This is a result of the new student ticket policy, which is that they've stopped giving out advanced tickets, and they let anybody in at the door with an ID, with no limit that I'm aware of. It worked out with this being a Wednesday night game, because most of the season ticket holders weren't there. It could get real ugly, though, for the next weekend home game...
This is a result of the new student ticket policy, which is that they've stopped giving out advanced tickets, and they let anybody in at the door with an ID, with no limit that I'm aware of. It worked out with this being a Wednesday night game, because most of the season ticket holders weren't there. It could get real ugly, though, for the next weekend home game...