also Today vs. Toledo, at 1 p.m., also a "bobblehead game" for the first 1,000 fans, and "Cram the Convo". A "Legacy Celebration" will be held at halftime to recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Huskie women student-athlete alumnae from the pre-Title IX era (1961-1981).

Unbelievable! We got here before noon and parking lot was filled. Lines waiting to get tickets and to enter the Convo. Then lines to get the bobbleheads.

Think Athletics will learn from this? I doubt it. Probably no more bobbleheads, and I will be back to being the first in the parking lot again.

(02-16-2019 01:27 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  Unbelievable! We got here before noon and parking lot was filled. Lines waiting to get tickets and to enter the Convo. Then lines to get the bobbleheads.

Think Athletics will learn from this? I doubt it. Probably no more bobbleheads, and I will be back to being the first in the parking lot again.

Maybe, maybe not. If wbb makes a good impression ... who knows?

I, on the other hand, am not there (circumstances). Please post your guestimate on attendance if you get a chance.

(02-16-2019 01:45 PM)pvk75 Wrote:  

(02-16-2019 01:27 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  Unbelievable! We got here before noon and parking lot was filled. Lines waiting to get tickets and to enter the Convo. Then lines to get the bobbleheads.

Think Athletics will learn from this? I doubt it. Probably no more bobbleheads, and I will be back to being the first in the parking lot again.

Maybe, maybe not. If wbb makes a good impression ... who knows?

I, on the other hand, am not there (circumstances). Please post your guestimate on attendance if you get a chance.

Right now, definitely a bigger crowd than usual. Looks like a men’s game crowd here now.

NIU 30-21 at the half.

Seems like some people might have got a bobblehead and then left to sell it on eBay or something. There are more people than usual but not that many more.

Final NIU 54-52.

(02-16-2019 03:00 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  Seems like some people might have got a bobblehwas and then left to sell it on eBay or something. There are more people than usual but not that many more.

Yes, you may be right. There were lots of people getting the bobbleheads. The lines were a bit long. I had a feeling that all those people were not there for the women’s game. But they still had to buy a ticket. Yet the crowd was definitely bigger.

You had to have a ticket and pick up the bobblehead in person. You could not pick up one for someone else even if you had their ticket and even if they were somewhere else in the Convo.

Great win, but my heart is still beating fast!

Yea that was a nice win. Still pretty decent crowd, forgot that some were sitting in the upper bowl.

Men appear to have mailed it in

Good crowd for men's game. Not huge but easily bigger than usual. If they could win it would help a lot. Tall order though. BG is definitely good.

I did not even stay for the men’s game. Too drained after the women’s.

Somebody is fast on ebay. Sold two already.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Illino...SwIO9caIRa

(02-16-2019 05:33 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Somebody is fast on ebay. Sold two already.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Illino...SwIO9caIRa

At the risk of offending someone....I really have no respect for people that do this.

It’s a promotion meant to draw “fans” to the game not a source to profit from. Maybe put a smile on a child’s face. Shame on who ever this lowlife is.. Loser.

(02-16-2019 06:29 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(02-16-2019 05:33 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Somebody is fast on ebay. Sold two already.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Illino...SwIO9caIRa

At the risk of offending someone....I really have no respect for people that do this.

It’s a promotion meant to draw “fans” to the game not a source to profit from. Maybe put a smile on a child’s face. Shame on who ever this lowlife is.. Loser.

+1

(02-16-2019 06:38 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  

(02-16-2019 06:29 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(02-16-2019 05:33 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Somebody is fast on ebay. Sold two already.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Illino...SwIO9caIRa

At the risk of offending someone....I really have no respect for people that do this.

It’s a promotion meant to draw “fans” to the game not a source to profit from. Maybe put a smile on a child’s face. Shame on who ever this lowlife is.. Loser.

+1

Yep.

(02-16-2019 05:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  Yea that was a nice win. Still pretty decent crowd, forgot that some were sitting in the upper bowl.

Website says attendance was 1,305. Previous best 917 vs. Akron Jan. 20.

(02-16-2019 06:29 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(02-16-2019 05:33 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Somebody is fast on ebay. Sold two already.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Illino...SwIO9caIRa

At the risk of offending someone....I really have no respect for people that do this.

It’s a promotion meant to draw “fans” to the game not a source to profit from. Maybe put a smile on a child’s face. Shame on who ever this lowlife is.. Loser.

Completely agree. The thought about eBay selling crossed my mind when I got to the Convo at noon and there were hundreds of cars in the lot - one hour before tipoff. Then when I saw the long lines at the ticket windows and waiting for the Convo to open, I should have known something was up. A-holes.

What I have seen on these promo deals in ballparks is that dealers will have their kids start buying them from fans. If a dealer had 11 of them listed on Ebay, he/she was probably falling that pattern.

(02-16-2019 08:55 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  What I have seen on these promo deals in ballparks is that dealers will have their kids start buying them from fans. If a dealer had 11 of them listed on Ebay, he/she was probably falling that pattern.

In this case, I think people just bought the $5 general admission tickets. Just like buying the bobbleheads for $5 and selling them for $35 + postage.