Illinois game officially a sellout.

[eddy4iu 948]

When was the last time an IU football game was sold out in July?  The opener vs ODU plus the MSU, UCLA & Wisconsin games all show as "Not many left" on the single game ticket sales page.

[Pagoda 5,294]

None I can remember, and this is against Illinois who won’t bring many fans.  Good stuff.

Our ticket sales to date on B1G games look good.  Our home opener sales to date are a bit weak honestly with around 9,500 left.  I thought that game would be better with people missing FB and wanting to see our new guys, but is what it is and we have a month to go…

[Stuhoo 90,691]

We need to sell out the three crap non-conference games for multiple reasons:

1. Recruits will be there
2. It helps the team create extra energy needed to appropriately crush lesser teams
3. Helps to build momentum, and MOST IMPORTANTLY
4. If we don't Cig is gonna be pissed.

[CSP 12,226]

34 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

None I can remember, and this is against Illinois who won’t bring many fans.  Good stuff.

Our ticket sales to date on B1G games look good.  Our home opener sales to date are a bit weak honestly with around 9,500 left.  I thought that game would be better with people missing FB and wanting to see our new guys, but is what it is and we have a month to go…

Disagree here big time. They'll have the largest road crowd at Memorial Stadium this year, imo. 

[CSP 12,226]

I'm not sitting through a game against Old Dominion at 230pm on August 30th lol 

[Stuhoo 90,691]

8 minutes ago, CSP said:

I'm not sitting through a game against Old Dominion at 230pm on August 30th lol 

[Pagoda 5,294]

30 minutes ago, CSP said:

Disagree here big time. They'll have the largest road crowd at Memorial Stadium this year, imo. 

Only because our other opponents are going to bring a small number of fans because of some combination of their team being not good, their fans don’t travel well, and/or their school is very far away.  

For Illinois, by the time tickets went on sale to the general public there were less than 5K left.  IU season ticket holders and donors were buying them up.

After Nebraska and UM didn’t have much of a showing here last year, I’m not worried about any school showing up big except OSU.  

[Stuhoo 90,691]

7 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Only because our other opponents are going to bring a small number of fans because of some combination of their team being not good, their fans don’t travel well, and/or their school is very far away.  

We had already sold 48K+ tickets to the Illinois game before tickets went on sale to the general public.

After Nebraska and UM didn’t have much of a showing here last year, I’m not worried about any school showing up big except OSU.  

UM travels crazy-well and it isn't all that far away.

I was at that game; their fans were basically undetectable in the noise.

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Finally ... IU season ticket holders; some friendly and neighborly advice for you:

DON'T YOU DARE RE-SELL THOSE TICKETS TO OPPOSING TEAM FANS YA BASTAHDS!!

[CSP 12,226]

24 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

He can get mad. It ain't happening lol 

[CSP 12,226]

14 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Only because our other opponents are going to bring a small number of fans because of some combination of their team being not good, their fans don’t travel well, and/or their school is very far away.  

For Illinois, by the time tickets went on sale to the general public there were less than 5K left.  IU season ticket holders and donors were buying them up.

After Nebraska and UM didn’t have much of a showing here last year, I’m not worried about any school showing up big except OSU.  

Michigan still had a very sizable crowd there. They'll still bring the house when theyre good. 

ILL is going to have a solid crowd, best team they've had in a while, proximity, and a healthy amount of Alums in Indy. I'm not worried they'll have some massive amount there, but.. it'll be noticeable, I assume. 

Nebraska fans are ANNOYING. "Blackshirt defense" yawn 

[Stuhoo 90,691]

Just now, CSP said:

He can get mad. It ain't happening lol 

[CSP 12,226]

Michigan St and Iowa travel well when their teams are good 

[Hovadipo 61,822]

13 minutes ago, CSP said:

Michigan St and Iowa travel well when their teams are good 

Wisconsin travels insanely well, but not worried about that one this year. 

[eddy4iu 948]

On 7/31/2025 at 3:42 PM, Stuhoo said:

UM travels crazy-well and it isn't all that far away.

I was at that game; their fans were basically undetectable in the noise.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Finally ... IU season ticket holders; some friendly and neighborly advice for you:

DON'T YOU DARE RE-SELL THOSE TICKETS TO OPPOSING TEAM FANS YA BASTAHDS!!

Amen - preach it brother! Use IU ticket forum options before resorting to sites like StubHub to improve probability that your seats will be filled by the good guys.  Keep the enemy out!

[Lebowski 3,677]

I cringe just to bring it up but did the 2021 Cincy game sell out this early?

Also, I'm just going to say it, Illinois is not as good as everyone thinks. When you dive deep into what they 'accomplished' last year and what is returning, they have some major holes to fill. I could be wrong and eat crow. But looking at the numbers, on paper, our front 5 should be able to handle their DLs and they lost major production from their avg offense last year. Altmyer's 2024 numbers have some hidden production from elsewhere that are now rookies in the NFL or have transferred out. Sure they have a lot of returning starters but when you really look at who isn't on the roster from last year's team you start to see some really big question marks. Our run game will be the key to the game. Their game at Duke will tell us a lot as well. 

[Hovadipo 61,822]

13 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

I cringe just to bring it up but did the 2021 Cincy game sell out this early?

Also, I'm just going to say it, Illinois is not as good as everyone thinks. When you dive deep into what they 'accomplished' last year and what is returning, they have some major holes to fill. I could be wrong and eat crow. But looking at the numbers, on paper, our front 5 should be able to handle their DLs and they lost major production from their avg offense last year. Altmyer's 2024 numbers have some hidden production from elsewhere that are now rookies in the NFL or have transferred out. Sure they have a lot of returning starters but when you really look at who isn't on the roster from last year's team you start to see some really big question marks. Our run game will be the key to the game. Their game at Duke will tell us a lot as well. 

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-announces-sellout-for-cincinnati-game-martinsville-announces-game-day-traffic-plans/ 

Cincy sold out 2 weeks prior to kickoff.

 

I don't hold the same animosity toward Illinois football as I do their basketball, but boy am I tired of hearing about that group. They'll be a bowl team, congrats, but that has a flame out written all over it. If I hear that 2025 Illinois is 2024 Indiana one more time I'm going to lose it.

[OGIUAndy 1,170]

2 hours ago, eddy4iu said:

Amen - preach it brother! Use IU ticket forum options before resorting to sites like StubHub to improve probability that your seats will be filled by the good guys.  Keep the enemy out!

Sure would be nice if people started doing this. 

[Lebowski 3,677]

13 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-announces-sellout-for-cincinnati-game-martinsville-announces-game-day-traffic-plans/ 

Cincy sold out 2 weeks prior to kickoff.

 

I don't hold the same animosity toward Illinois football as I do their basketball, but boy am I tired of hearing about that group. They'll be a bowl team, congrats, but that has a flame out written all over it. If I hear that 2025 Illinois is 2024 Indiana one more time I'm going to lose it.

Thanks for the info. Wasn't sure about when they sold out that game.

Yeah, their schedule is 2024 IUFBesqe for sure, but that's it. Everything else isn't even remotely close to what was accomplished by our beloved Hoosiers last year.

[eddy4iu 948]

Speaking of tickets - those who opted to get paper tickets and parking passes in addition to mobile should expect to receive them in the mail this week.

[eddy4iu 948]

One report on another site that football season tickets arrived in mail yesterday.  Another report of single away game mobile tickets dropping in their account.        Things are moving!

Go Hoosiers!!!!