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Faculty/Staff and Student Lotteries for the title game

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So I heard a rumor and was wondering if any of you had heard the same..

I heard that if you bought a bowl tour and THEN won a ticket in the student lottery, you cannot have both.

Now, I can see why they would do this but..why would they have picked the person in the first place (they bought the bowl tour before they entered) and how would they even know?

I sincerely hope this is not true.
 
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heshootznscores;1026917; said:
So I heard a rumor and was wondering if any of you had heard the same..

I heard that if you bought a bowl tour and THEN won a ticket in the student lottery, you cannot have both.

Now, I can see why they would do this but..why would they have picked the person in the first place (they bought the bowl tour before they entered) and how would they even know?

I sincerely hope this is not true.
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It's true, they are cross checking.
 
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wow..that..blows.

Can they forward the ticket on to another person specifically or what will happen? So when these students go to pick up their ticket, they will be denied? Why didn't they crosscheck BEFORE they gave the ticket to them? It just doesn't make sense to me. :(
 
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I don't know the details of it all I know is if you got a bowl package you can't buy a ticket from the lotto, I actually talked to someone about that today, but if that student won and they notified them then who knows what their system says?? Good luck!
 
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IrishBuckeye;1026969; said:
I don't know the details of it all I know is if you got a bowl package you can't buy a ticket from the lotto, I actually talked to someone about that today, but if that student won and they notified them then who knows what their system says?? Good luck!
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yeah..I've now seen the writing that says they are cross-checking but I guess what I don't get is why they didn't cross check before they selected the lotto winners..because now what do they do? have another lotto for those very few people who got both? It would be amazing if the winners could give their lotto ticket to someone of their choice who also entered..their right to buy the ticket. They are calling tomorrow to ask about it. It just seems ridiculous that they didnt check before they gave him the ticket and now this happens.
 
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Does anybody know where exactly the student seating is going to be at the Superdome? I actually won the student lottery, but we can't actually pick up our ticket until the 26th so I have no idea where I may be sitting. Any help would be appreciated...
 
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BB73 edit - I copied (not moved) this question from the game thread since it could easily get lost in there.

Question about tickets... Are the tickets that are sold to the students the same as any other ticket? The reason I ask is because I am reading that they will be/are non transferable. I am a student and won the "lottery" and have paid already for my tickets. I got 2 for being married. My wife can't go so I am wondering what I have to do for someone else to use her ticket.
 
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BB73 edit - I copied (not moved) this question from the game thread since it could easily get lost in there.

Question about tickets... Are the tickets that are sold to the students the same as any other ticket? The reason I ask is because I am reading that they will be/are non transferable. I am a student and won the "lottery" and have paid already for my tickets. I got 2 for being married. My wife can't go so I am wondering what I have to do for someone else to use her ticket.
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It is different this year compared to past years with the lottery. Last year, you were only able to pick up tickets at the "Will Call" in Arizona. B/c of this, they required both Student ID and Spouses ID. So, it was a sticky situation if one of the ticket holders was unable to go for a lot of people. This year, the student who won tickets is able to pick them up at the ticket office here before the game (starting the 26th, I believe). This allows you to find someone else to go with. The only thing is, if you aren't the student and your wife is, she needs to be present to pick up the tickets. You can't get them without her. Hope that helps and makes sense? We won tickets in the lottery as well. I've been not on cloud 9 but above it for the last 4-5 days now. I can't wait. Go Bucks

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This article covers the topic of students/faculty selling their tickets.

Although it's officially "discouraged", there seems to be nothing stopping the students from selling them.

dispatch

Scalping might be easier this time
More tickets, local pickup play role

More Ohio State University students, faculty members, donors and alumni are getting tickets to the BCS national championship than did last season because the band doesn't need game tickets this time.

And unlike for the last title game, those lucky people can pick up their tickets at Ohio State before heading to New Orleans, making it more likely that some will sell their tickets at a big profit.

"Can students scalp their tickets? Absolutely, there are no laws in the state that doesn't permit it," said Bill Jones, Ohio State's director of ticketing. "But how many students will do it? I have no idea."

For the title game between the Buckeyes and Florida Gators last January in Glendale, Ariz., OSU required students to pick up their tickets in Arizona to prevent scalping. Ohio State's ticket workers were allowed to set up at the stadium two days before the 2007 game to distribute the student tickets -- a luxury they're not getting at the Louisiana Superdome, Jones said.

The 1,500 OSU students who won a lottery to buy tickets will be required to show their identification to pick them up, but then they can sell them despite OSU discouraging the practice. Some fans are counting on that.

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heshootznscores;1026917; said:
So I heard a rumor and was wondering if any of you had heard the same..

I heard that if you bought a bowl tour and THEN won a ticket in the student lottery, you cannot have both.

Now, I can see why they would do this but..why would they have picked the person in the first place (they bought the bowl tour before they entered) and how would they even know?

I sincerely hope this is not true.
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I personally don't see how this can be true

Nowhere in either set of guidelines did it state that you couldn't win both

I won the lottery and THEN purchased a Bowl Tour Package and they didn't mention anything (infact they weren't real thorough about even making sure I was a student with the bowl tour package, I gave em my email i guess)
 
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