Official: Number more than 1,000 lower than season average
It may be Homecoming Week and Saturday’s game against Florida may be crucial in the Gamecocks’ race for the SEC East title, but from the amount of student ticket requests, you wouldn’t know it.
Only 11,802 students requested tickets for the noon game, according to Student Ticketing Coordinator Adrienne White, 1,120 fewer than the average over the first four home games.
As of Wednesday afternoon, some 6,797 students had claimed their tickets. The claim phase ended at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
“I think the lower numbers have a lot to do with the team losing and the game being scheduled for 12 p.m.,” White said. She said students had the same complaint for the Kentucky game on Oct. 8, and many either didn’t claim tickets or canceled them last minute.
White said she understands these concerns, but said she still expected the number to be closer to “13 or 14,000, like it was for Auburn and Navy,” since Florida is a major SEC opponent.
The record for this season was 13,828 requested tickets for the Auburn game on Oct. 1.