So which # is accurate, Baldwin's article that stated OU didn't sell its allotment in 1999 or the one that printed today? Anybody happen to go to the game in 1999 and have a decent idea of the # of OU fans there? just wondering...Originally Posted by soonerboy_odanorth
did you happen to bring any to work?
The 15,239 number.
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At the opposite end of the ticket sales ladder is Oklahoma, which will face Mississippi, also on New Year's Eve, in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
Ticket manager Tom Blubaugh said that the Sooners, who are making a bowl appearance for the first time since '94, sold slightly more than 15,000 tickets out of the OU ticket office, while the Independence Bowl office sold more than 5,000 tickets and the Mississippi ticket office more than 3,000 tickets to Sooner fans.
"We're looking at the 25,000 range," Blubaugh said.
Blubaugh credited OU's sales success to the Sooners return to the bowl scene, along with the relatively short trip from Norman to Shreveport.
"It's so close," Blubaugh said. "It's only about a six-hour drive, so it's not hard for people to make the trip at all."
I was there and there was a TON of OU people there. I remember being dissapointed that we lost, but knew good things were on the horizon.
Sometimes I think I drink alot, then I see, like, the Motley Crüe behind the music, and realize I'm a huge *****.
nice crawdading there
OU bowls allotted Tkts Tkts sold
1999 Indep. 12,000 15,239
2001 Orange 16,000 16,000
2002 Cotton 12,500 17,513
2003 Rose 19,000 35,199
2004 Sugar 16,000 16,000
2005 Orange 16,000 16,000
2006 Holiday 11,000 11,000
2007 Fiesta 17,500 17,500
OSU bowls
2002 Houston 12,000 16,849
2004 Cotton 15,000 22,582
2004 Alamo 12,000 15,055
2006 Indep. 12,000 12,000
where are those '30k fans your claimed for home or bowl games again'?
I've been right here. And don't call me Shirley.
Those are only ticket sales through the OSU ticket office to bowl games (which does not include tickets thru other sources, obviously). I was basing the 30,000 on vision.where are those '30k fans your claimed for home or bowl games again'?
heh
Good reference, I was basing what I said on the article I cited. If it was wrong, that's cool. Now we all can be happy that both oklahoma schools are doing/did a great job of selling Indy Bowl tickets
Oh, and that number is 15,239 from OU ticket office and not total right? Cause I know that there are tons of fans who buy through other sources.
let me know when the whizzing match begins. I'm good at that.
Yes, I was there. That stadium was about 2 or 3/1 OU/Ole Miss. Apparently, Ole Miss sold their allotment plus some in 1998 (they went in back-to-back years), but a repeat trip to Shreveport was considered a dissapointment for the Rebs, hence the low numbers. I bet they'd give their left nut now for bowl eligibility.
LOOOOOOOOOOOL
Then surely you can see all that blue and red salt in the sea of orange at the Cotton Bowl.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
gay!Then surely you can see all that blue and red salt in the sea of orange at the Cotton Bowl.
Then surely you can see all that blue and red salt in the sea of orange at the Cotton Bowl.
Well, I am sure he didn't really mean for you to use vision
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Why did you guys doctor the pic of the Cotton Bowl we attended from what it actually was??
Did Boone pay for those roof tickets too?
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad ... ah, hell ... STFU OSU NOOBS. GTFO. RTFM.
Can't people just sit back and have a conversation with us? I swear, half my speck is just people saying. "get out of here stupid poke fan". Well, actually I cleaned it up. Also, only one person ever left his name with a neg too. Props to you Sam Spade wherever you are.Knock knock!
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad ... ah, hell ... STFU OSU NOOBS. GTFO. RTFM.
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