Individual game tickets for Akron, Northeastern, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut are $36 for adults and $18 for youth (ages 12 and under). Individual game tickets for Penn State are $57 for adults and $30 for youth.
Now the $57 for the Penn State game may have caught your eye first, but I don't have a problem with that. Orange fans have wanted to see this game for many years. Its been 18 years since Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions played the Orange. And you know there's going to be a lot of Penn St. fans making their way up Route 81 for this one. Quite frankly, they could outnumber Orange fans come September 13. Daryl Gross would be stupid not to charge more for a high profile opponent.
That having been said, why should fans pay regular price to see Northeastern? Yes, that is the homecoming game, but they are a Division 1-AA...excuse me...Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision team. You remember Appalachian State's gigantic upset over Michigan. Well, Northeastern is nowhere near that level. They stink as they were 3-8 last season.
Who wants to go see this game? When SU announced this as the last opponent to fill out the schedule, I thought it was a joke because it's a 1-AA team. I certainly didn't imagine the SU athletic department charging full price for this game.
Dr. Gross you're joking, right? You understandably jack up the price for the Penn St. game. Well, why can't you decrease the price for the less than thrilling match-up with Northeastern?This game should be treated like an NIT basketball game at the Carrier Dome. Make the ticket price $10 for every seat. It would interest people who don't normally go to football games and would have others excited to get a seat on the first level. At least the athletic department would be honest with the SU fan base. It would be a little token of appreciation for the fans who have watched a program take a mighty tumble down the food chain.
But instead of showing SU football still has a little pride and tradition, Dr. Gross says nonsense to lowering the ticket price. If this team starts the year 0-3 god forbid, I'm afraid to see the crowd at that game. If there's even a crowd to see.
