If you’re still hoping to get into Notre Dame’s matchup with Miami, the market is telling you to prepare for a painful bill. By Thursday evening, StubHub had nothing listed below $775, and that was already nearly $200 higher than the numbers floating around earlier in the day.
That kind of price tag says plenty about the appetite for this game. Miami sits No. 1 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll, and after the Hurricanes host an unranked UNC team on Halloween, they’ll head to South Bend to face No.
5 Notre Dame. The setup has drawn plenty of attention because being the higher-ranked team has not been a comfortable position for most programs this season.
Fans clearly think the Fighting Irish might be the next team to shake up the top-ranked squad.
Notre Dame has its own business to handle before Miami arrives. The Irish are coming off their first loss, a 28-24 defeat to No.
8 BYU, but they still have one more game before they can fully lock in on the Hurricanes. That comes on Halloween against Navy at Gillette Stadium, another traditional rival before the focus shifts to the Canes and, for a lot of fans, the cost of getting in the door.
The secondary market has already gone wild. Even an $800 ticket would look like a bargain next to what many seats are going for. Official tickets through the university have been gone for weeks, and by Thursday night, there were seats listed at more than $1,000, with one reaching above $13,000.
It’s the kind of pricing that makes waiting a gamble. The source of the demand is obvious, but so is the risk for sellers: not every asking price gets met. Notre Dame saw a similar rush before the BYU game, when the most outrageous numbers eventually came down a day or two after peaking.
Still, the most notable part of the current market is that there are plenty of tickets sitting there unsold. That leaves open the possibility that some of those lofty listings may never move. Whether prices ease or not, one thing is already clear: South Bend knows exactly what’s at stake, and the ticket market has matched that energy.
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Marcus Freeman Just Put Notre Dames Defensive Leadership Under Pressure
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Freeman also stressed that the defense had to play physically and stay away from panic, a message that carries extra weight when a head coach is openly questioning how the calls are being handled. The Irish were sharper after the break, but the halftime critique only adds pressure on defensive coordinator Chris Ash and leaves Notre Dames defensive leadership under a brighter spotlight moving forward. [Read more 🡒]