College Football 2022

Got a presale code today. Seats start at €60 & tun to €230

Did you get the code on the OTB mailing list ?

I got it as well and remember looking at seats for e60, but seem to have lost it.

On Ticketmaster now it's only the VIP packages that are for sale.

Was it on Ticketmaster I saw the e60 seats or am I losing my mind ?

Had a look there. Lower Hogan tickets are €225.00!!! 😲

The code they supplied in the email seems to be for the same price as the ticket in the same area of the field

I don't think that will happen - the game will be on Fox (as are most BIG10 games), so I'd be surprised if ESPN sent a crew for a game they don't have on their network.

Anyone recommened any previews of the game, players to look out for ect?

They'll probably be preview videos next week.

The big thing for Huskers is the QB. Martinez transferred out at the end of last year, after two pretty lacklustre seasons which was preceded by two strong years including his name being mentioned in the same sentence as the Heisman Trophy.

Casey Thompson is a transfer in from Texas (Longhorns) looks to be the starting QB, but Chubba Purdy (transfer in from Florida) could also be a contender.

My father-in-law (American visiting) was at the one for the 2014 game and he enjoyed it a lot.

We will be at the Husker designated bars. They will travel well, I think, so I anticipate a good atmosphere.

Judging from videos of the last couple of times football has been in Ireland, the promoters arrange for the respective college band / cheerleaders to be at the designated bars to hype everyone up.

It of course won't be a true tailgate.

Remember too that there will be drink available in the stadium. The US visitors for the ND/Navy game were so surprised at this. In the US, all college games are dry in the stadium, hence the nature of the tailgates as they will have 4+ hours after without booze.

Not all college games, in north Texas we were always able to get beer in the stadium. Smaller team and not a huge crowd at matches (was a lovely atmosphere though!) so probably a factor, but far as I know you can get beer at University of Texas games as well.

ND is farcical, no beer at all in the stadium but just a few meters away people are hammered in the car park.

I'd enjoy this one, wouldn't surprise me if it's the last.

Tickets sales have been poor, they've had to do some amount of marketing spend on it.

The sponsors spending money handover fist.

Pity really, but ticket prices and hotels probably not a great combination.

I believe the commitment is a few years, can't remember top of my head.

But this isn't making money, the only real benefit is it's essentially similar to Patrick's day for business people, doing trade deals over dinner in the days before.

Aer Lingus putting in a massive effort with it.

I think it's a lot to do with the teams.

NCAA football is super niche in Ireland.

Northwestern doesn't have the same name recognition as Notre Dame or BC for example.

Nebraska may have slightly better name recognition I'd guess, but not much.

But a lot of people have heard of ND and also "The fighting Irish" so that will be a bigger draw

Personally I'd prefer this game to a ND v Navy matchup.

This is a conference matchup in a Power Five conference, albeit that the two teams are pretty low in the Big 10 rankings.

I personally think it has more "authenticity" as a game than one between an independent and a AAC opponent, which always strikes me as one of those Week 1 games that are glorified preseason games.

All depends on the teams. Notre dame brought about 40k last time didn't they. Penn state brought huge numbers too and a decent whack from Georgia

Maybe less travelling post covid? I'm guessing the same amount of Irish will go just less travelling fans.

The nature of the game with people walking around/at bars/huge areas of seats reserved for bands ect it never really fells like a full house anyway.