Louisville Looks Forward To Hostile Bowl Crowd

by Akula Wolf on Dec 19, 2011 9:03 AM EST

NC State's Belk Bowl ticket sales are well north of 20,000, which ain't exactly a stunner, while Louisville's sales are down around 10,000 according to this Courier-Journal article. And thanks to Coach "We Should Have Had More Than Three Guys On The All-Conference Team" and his incredibly comprehensive shoulder-chip location device, Louisville players have already begun talking up the pro-State environment.

"I love road games. I feel like that’s when we play our best," U of L freshman free safety Calvin Pryor said. "Our away record is better than our home record. On the road, I like everybody against us."

The Cardinals did win more games on the road than they did at home this season, but on a down-to-down basis, they weren't any better away from Louisville:

Louisville 2011	Yds/Play	OppYds/Play
Home	5.4	5.1
Away	4.8	5.1

(against I-A teams only)

At any rate, I don't think I'd be too concerned about the atmosphere in a third-tier bowl game.

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sales figures

I think we have sold 24k through the WPC, Louisville 10k, and the bowl is reporting 55k in ticket sales (there are 842 tickets available on stubhub, a few thousand available on ticketmaster – majority on Louisville’s side). I think there is going to be a significant crowd. I know there are a lot of wolfpackers who bought tickets on the big east side.

by baxterC on Dec 19, 2011 9:48 AM EST reply actions

I just bought today

and at least per ticketmaster the ACC side is already full. The only significant gaps are upper deck on the big east side. I suspect we get something fairly close to a full house

by ginger avenger on Dec 19, 2011 11:02 AM EST reply actions