Reminder: Gopher tickets go on sale Friday at 5 pm

[SDbison]

Well, yeah, there's more than reason there will be more Bison fans at their Gopher game than Cornhusker fans. Still won't change the game day experience...

I think all Sid was saying is that before Friday, the NDSU game had sold more tickets than any other game. He wrote the story before tickets went on sale so

BTW, I wouldn't discount Minnesota fan interest in the Bison game as much as you have - after all, if you are from Minnesota and want to see Minnesota kids play DI football, your best choice is an NDSU game. Remember how many tickets Nate Safe's presence sold?

Knowing Nate's dad and family a bunch of them will likely be there for this years game.
I agree, there is more interest in Minnesota regarding the NDSU game than most Goofer fans are willing to admit. They think they are too good for us and like to downplay NDSU's football tradition. Too bad they don't have one of their own.

[mnriverbison]

BTW, I wouldn't discount Minnesota fan interest in the Bison game as much as you have - after all, if you are from Minnesota and want to see Minnesota kids play DI football, your best choice is an NDSU game. Remember how many tickets Nate Safe's presence sold?

I guess I'm gauging MN fan interest based on the ticket-holders who I know (I work with the U of M so that is a lot) and by and large they view almost all non-conference games the same. A few know Bison alums and may go for that connection, but outside of that the game isn't viewed any different than Miami OH. The Husker game is a legit helmet school making their Big Ten debut on homecoming. It isn't discounting interest in NDSU to say that Gopher fans are more excited about Nebraska and therefore tickets to the Bison game will be more available and for less

Also- why is it blasphemy to say that Nebraska has a larger and better-traveling fanbase than NDSU? Or that Nebraska is a better draw than NDSU? Those seem like pretty indisputable statements.

[Gully]

I guess I'm gauging MN fan interest based on the ticket-holders who I know (I work with the U of M so that is a lot) and by and large they view almost all non-conference games the same. A few know Bison alums and may go for that connection, but outside of that the game isn't viewed any different than Miami OH. The Husker game is a legit helmet school making their Big Ten debut on homecoming. It isn't discounting interest in NDSU to say that Gopher fans are more excited about Nebraska and therefore tickets to the Bison game will be more available and for less

Also- why is it blasphemy to say that Nebraska has a larger and better-traveling fanbase than NDSU?

I think you're right and that's why there could be 1/2 of the stadium chearing for NDSU.

[Gully]

I think you're right and that's why there could be 1/2 of the stadium chearing for NDSU.

I should clarify...I agree with part of your post. I'm not sure about the part that says there will be a lot more available and cheaper than the Nebraska game. Right now, it appears that tickets that are available are going fast.

[mnriverbison]

I think you're right and that's why there could be 1/2 of the stadium chearing for NDSU.

That's what I'm saying! I know the numbers will never work out the same as the dome, but I think we could be looking at 15k for this game. And I hope everyone is out at the bars or tailgating all day.

[Gully]

That's what I'm saying! I know the numbers will never work out the same as the dome, but I think we could be looking at 15k for this game. And I hope everyone is out at the bars or tailgating all day.

I think it could be even bigger than that. But we'll never know for sure.

[goldenshower]

I think it could be even bigger than that. But we'll never know for sure.

There might be 10k bison fans at the game! I would by shocked if there were more than that! I recently sold my gopher vs bison tickets because the old lady told me I had to give up a couple tickets since I'm going to the usc game and the game in east lansing.

It will be a fun game but gopher fans aren't excited about ndsu and we aren't fearing a loss. Just a non conf game that most don't care about unless we know a bizon fan who doesn't live in reality and tells us about how dominate the bizon are...

[344Johnson]

There might be 10k bison fans at the game! I would by shocked if there were more than that! I recently sold my gopher vs bison tickets because the old lady told me I had to give up a couple tickets since I'm going to the usc game and the game in east lansing.

It will be a fun game but gopher fans aren't excited about ndsu and we aren't fearing a loss. Just a non conf game that most don't care about unless we know a bizon fan who doesn't live in reality and tells us about how dominate the bizon are...

I see 2 or 3 things wrong with this statement. I shall be very civil about this.

Ten thousand is the one thing I see wrong that I very well could be wrong about. I think too many Gopher fans will sell tickets for this game for NDSU to have at most ten thousand, I am anticipating 15K for this game. The playoff push the Herd had will be a big reason a lot of people on the fence about going will end up going. If this was the 7-5 team after the Misery St. game then I would completely agree with your 10K at most prediction.

Why wouldn't you be fearing a loss? If you don't fear this as a loss than what do you fear as a loss? Your a low-mid Big 10(12) team so you can't fear losing to Ohio St., Nebraska, Penn St., Wisconsin. The games you would theoretically fear losing are to teams like NDSU, Miami (OH), etc. because those are the games that the fans can honestly look at and say that we have no excuse to lose this game. Hell, Mason's firing can be attributed to three things, Almost losing to NDSU, losing to NDSU, and the big reason is the Texas Tech debacle.

Outside of Lakes and a few others, I would have to say most of us are pretty rational, we aren't clamouring for a Big Ten invite or anything stupid like that. The Bison are by no means a dominant program, we have not been anything above a solid FCS team. We have had dominant teams, average teams, and downright awful teams all in the past 5 years. But are we being irrational when we go into a game against Minnesota expecting a W? Not really. Back in '06 I went to the game hoping the Bison could keep it within a couple of touchdowns. In '07 I was thinking that the Bison would pull it off. SDSU played a good game with Minnesota(and Nebraska which I think they should get more credit for but I digress), and USD went in and won last year. The teams up here are not afraid of the Gophers and have no reason to be. Can you give me a pros and cons list showing why the Bison shouldn't feel like they are fully capable of winning this game? If you can, I will be more than happy to label myself an "irrational bizon fan."

[mnriverbison]

There might be 10k bison fans at the game! I would by shocked if there were more than that! I recently sold my gopher vs bison tickets because the old lady told me I had to give up a couple tickets since I'm going to the usc game and the game in east lansing.

It will be a fun game but gopher fans aren't excited about ndsu and we aren't fearing a loss. Just a non conf game that most don't care about unless we know a bizon fan who doesn't live in reality and tells us about how dominate the bizon are...

Help me out. I think we both agree that Bison fans are pumped about this game and Gopher fans generally don't care. So how does that not lead to more than 10k Bison fans? Virtually every non season or student ticket will be bought by Bison fans. Plus, virtually every season ticket which goes on sale through secondary market will be bought by Bison fans. So work me through the numbers. How many season + student tickets are there and how many extra seats does that leave? Additionally, how many season + student tickets will be sold because Gopher fans don't want to go to the game? It sure seems like more than 10k will be available.

Also- nobody cares if you guys aren't afraid of losing. But you should be scared. An FBS team at home should win by 20+ points. Care to make a wager on that spread?

[Gully]

There might be 10k bison fans at the game! I would by shocked if there were more than that! I recently sold my gopher vs bison tickets because the old lady told me I had to give up a couple tickets since I'm going to the usc game and the game in east lansing.

It will be a fun game but gopher fans aren't excited about ndsu and we aren't fearing a loss. Just a non conf game that most don't care about unless we know a bizon fan who doesn't live in reality and tells us about how dominate the bizon are...

Thanks for making my point. You listed a few reasons why the bison fan attendance will be higher than 10,000.