If you don’t already have tickets to Friday’s USF vs. WVU game at Raymond James, you’re 
probably out of luck and will be watching the 8:00 p.m. game on ESPN2.
Ticketmaster was reporting all tickets sold by noon Monday, though USF claims a handful of tickets will be made available soon. I myself got up at 6 a.m. to get to campus in time to pick up my student ticket and two for my companions — the Grapefruit Gal and a friend from my undergrad days who is flying down from West Virginia. A scant few student tickets are being withheld for distribution on USF’s satellite campuses.
USF students camped out overnight in order to ensure they’d get a ticket, with Coach Jim Leavitt stopping by to thank them for the support.
The game will set several records with its sellout: an overall attendance record for a USF home game, a season attendance record for the Big East (as we have the largest stadium in the conference, a sellout by de facto sets the record), and a record for largest student section in the NBE at 12,501. That’s not a random number, btw: the usual student section of 8,000 was expanded by 4,001 to both accommodate student interest and beat WVU’s student section of 12,500.
Yet beating WVU’s student section isn’t what’s on the mind of the USF team; I spoke this morning with a former student and current Bull, who said the team is focused and healthy after this past Saturday’s routing of North Carolina at RayJay.
Did I mention there’s a free concert before the game? Oh, yes, there is a free concert before the game. It features the Shop Boyz, whom I’ve written about before as being an exemplar of the downfall of rap. But that’s something else entirely, I suppose.
John
2 years ago
USF at 4-0 would also be a record, wouldn’t it?
james
2 years ago
4-0 would be something. When I was at USF the best we had was that great basketball team of the early 90’s that went to the NCAA’s. This football team and program is special.I know some will say the academic side of USF needs to be where the money is spent. Hey I agree but the pride factor is something that as a student or alum you can’t put a price on.I am so there on Friday night!
ryan
2 years ago
I’m telling you James, great football enhances academics. I went to OU in the late 90’s and saw them go from sub-mediocrity to nat’l champs. The difference in Alum money is HUGE. As soon as they started winning, a new school of journalism, school of business, and nat’l history museum were built, plus the stadium got another 20K seats. The museum of art was expanded, receiving a huge Van Gogh collection. Faculty endowments doubled or tripled. On and on. Yes, the TV spots can bring in tens of millions, but Alums and business bring in 100s if millions. USF is a huge school so it has a large Alum base. You’re gonna start seeing money real soon after this WVU win.