Non-partisan, invisible crowd expected at H-Bowl

by Kevan Lee on Dec 10, 2008 1:45 PM PST in WAC rivals Comment 7 comments

How are Humanitarian Bowl ticket sales for Nevada and Maryland going? You don't want to know.

As of Monday afternoon the University of Maryland says it's sold about 16 tickets to the game. The University of Nevada says it's sold 8 so far.

To be fair, these figures are from Monday. The schools probably have sold 22 more tickets by now.

The low sales numbers from the Nevada and Maryland do not seem to worry the Humanitarian Bowl too much. They depend largely on the support from the local community and the football fanaticism of Treasure Valley residents who don't have anywhere better to be on a Tuesday afternoon. But it must be somewhat shocking to see such little interest from fans of the two teams that will be playing in the game. Might it just be a better idea to have the Boise State football team come out and practice?

Panicking, however, is not in the H-Bowl organizers' vocabulary. Delusional is.

"Now that we know its Nevada and Maryland people are excited about that match up," said Anita Guerricabeitia, assistant director for ticket sales.

These people must be the imaginary kind with low income and fear of travel.

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People are excited about the matchup? Is that just the Nevada players? Or are they even excited about it?

by KYBronco on Dec 10, 2008 1:52 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Laughing, hard.

by OSQjunkie on Dec 10, 2008 3:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

i am excited, excited to watch two teams play on the blue when one of them isn't BSU. I loved the nevada miami game, eventhought nevada lost

by BSUBLUE on Dec 10, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Reno doesn't get excited when the Wolf Pack plays IN RENO. Why would they make the drive to Boise? So they can not go to the game there?

by Mikrino on Dec 10, 2008 8:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I will be there! Well, atleast I'll imagine being there… should that count as a ticket sold? I'd even imagine paying for it, well, maybe that's a stretch.

by BigBaloo on Dec 10, 2008 9:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I was wondering if IDAHOSNEWSCHANNEL7 had announced which sections would wear Blue or Grey (Nevada-Reno) and Red or Black (University of Maryland- College Park). I'm not buying my H-Bowl tickets until I know which part of the crayon box I need to sit in.

by MikeTransplant on Dec 11, 2008 1:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs