[NU Sports] Sun Bowl Tix from NU

[GoUPurple at aol.com]

Greetings to the NWU Sports List!  

I've lurked here, reading the list's archive, for the last ten years, but I 
don't think I've ever actually sent a message.

I did want to respond to a message from a few days ago.  The writer had read 
a section on the bowl page on my Webpage (HailToPurple.com), and assumed that 
NU's allocated Sun Bowl seats are on the ten-yard line.  I had written a 
paragraph stressing the importance of buying tickets through NU directly:

"Even if you can get better seats through TicketMaster or scalping, buying 
them through such third-party vendors does not help Northwestern or our future 
bowl hopes.  Which is better: sitting on the 35-yard line with tickets that 
Northwestern cannot claim in its fan count (or, worse, our opponent school 
possibly can claim) and cheering among a group of neutral spectators, or sitting on 
the 10-yard line, supporting the Wildcats, building credibility for future 
postseasons, and cheering among fellow rabid 'Cat fans?"

My apologies: I was not implying that NU's tickets actually are on the 
ten-yard line, only that field position should not matter in one's buying decision 
as much as the effect of the purchase on NU and its perceived ability to 
"travel."

In fact, so far the tickets NU has sold directly have been very good, and it 
seems that the Sun Bowl actually gave the two schools prime sections, rather 
than reserving all of the good spots for Vitalis big wigs (no pun intended).  
So the point of the paragraph is even more effective: why buy elsewhere, when 
buying from NU gets you good seats, AND you're supporting the school?

Here's hoping for a win over the Bruins!
--Larry @  GoUPurple at aol.com