[Farm93]

I would expect it will happen this year, just like you described FarmBoy.

A lot of the people doing the buying will live in Oregon.  And it actually is a reasonable strategy, for them.  You can buy a very good season ticket for $300-$500 from the AD right now.  Then you KNOW you will have a ticket to the game you want to attend.  Any other strategy may leave you open for fraud, bad seats, hyped game day street prices, etc.

Then, if you care, you can list the other tickets on Stubhub.  You probably could get $500 from the transactions.  UCB tickets should sell for $150 easily.  Notre Dame tickets could command even more if Stanford or Notre Dame is in BCS CG territory.

The UW and UCLA tickets should clear $50 without much trouble.  ASU and SJSU will likely get nothing, but even $20 each adds to the haul.

So, in theory, as a Duck fan you could attend the game you care about for free, but at a minimum you get good seats, authentic tickets, and can then plan your trip down with certainty.

For SC fans the strategy is flawed by our weak even year home schedule, but in odd years the strategy is very viable.

[Farm93]

I would expect it will happen this year, just like you described FarmBoy.

A lot of the people doing the buying will live in Oregon.  And it actually is a reasonable strategy, for them.  You can buy a very good season ticket for $300-$500 from the AD right now.  Then you KNOW you will have a ticket to the game you want to attend.  Any other strategy may leave you open for fraud, bad seats, hyped game day street prices, etc.

Then, if you care, you can list the other tickets on Stubhub.  You probably could get $500 from the transactions.  UCB tickets should sell for $150 easily.  Notre Dame tickets could command even more if Stanford or Notre Dame is in BCS CG territory.

The UW and UCLA tickets should clear $50 without much trouble.  ASU and SJSU will likely get nothing, but even $20 each adds to the haul.

So, in theory, as a Duck fan you could attend the game you care about for free, but at a minimum you get good seats, authentic tickets, and can then plan your trip down with certainty.

For SC fans the strategy is flawed by our weak even year home schedule, but in odd years the strategy is very viable.