time for Kasper (ISU transfer) & frosh to step up
Illinois vs UAB, Thursday, September 3rd, 8:00pm CT, BTN
Here is the first Gies Memorial Stadium Sellout Watch of the 2026 season.
The tickets website it up to its usual shenanigans; I'm currently working to analyze and dial in my assumptions. It feels like the tickets sold estimates for some of the conference games are especially light. That said, 8pm Thursday night games on a long holiday weekend are notoriously tough to draw. It would not surprise me at all if we fail to break the 50k mark. The last such game (Eastern Illinois 2024) drew less than 44k.
Last thing, I've got a lot going on right now, so no promises that I'm able to keep up with this little hobby this fall...
The tickets website it up to its usual shenanigans; I'm currently working to analyze and dial in my assumptions. It feels like the tickets sold estimates for some of the conference games are especially light. That said, 8pm Thursday night games on a long holiday weekend are notoriously tough to draw. It would not surprise me at all if we fail to break the 50k mark. The last such game (Eastern Illinois 2024) drew less than 44k.
Last thing, I've got a lot going on right now, so no promises that I'm able to keep up with this little hobby this fall...