Originally Posted by
SoonerDave
It is a fiction. They have corporate sponsors lined up to buy any unsold tickets within a certain window and they get to do what they want with them.
One sponsor just lets the university give the tickets away, others give them to customers, some just eat them.
Been that way for over 20 years. I got two free one game in 03 via that first route. I wanted two tickets, and guy with an OU credential carrying a glassine holding a thick stack of tickets asked me how many I wanted, told him 2, and he handed me a pair. I asked how much, and he said "these are free."
Like I said, it's been a fiction for years, but it makes great ad copy. Last I saw, they still stated there were 500 Tix left for Maine. The way things are going this season, I doubt people will be lining up for that one.
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