Student: Can't even give Gophers tix away

The number of students in TCF Bank Stadium was low again Halloween weekend. It’s not surprising, given the current state of the team. In fact, it’s almost a rite of passage that students become more and more absent as the season goes on.This is precisely why it is baffling that student tickets require a student ID for entrance. I understand the concerns of scalping, but at this point, it’s almost impossible to give tickets away, let alone sell them for profit.

— University of Minnesota student Casey Peterson writing in the Minnesota Daily

I guess things haven’t changed much since the news early this fall that Gopher tickets aren’t so hot with students.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.