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07.31.05: After
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07.30.05: BCS
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07.29.05: Bower
suspends two players, bids adieu to 4 more ... S.C. prep
coaches blast Spurrier scholarship moves |
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07.28.05: Pirate
Radio Network evolves to 27 stations ... Acquittal leads to
reinstatement of UC assistant |
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07.27.05: At
East Carolina, Saturday is all about the ladies ... ACC
stockpiling future postseason destinations |
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07.26.05: BCS
faces challenge from shadow poll of VIP's |
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07.25.05: Players
still learning the ropes of redefined ACC ... Huggins
assistant acquitted of DUI charge |
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07.24.05: CIAA
trophy to be named after 'Big House' ... ECU hoops mirror
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07.23.05: East
Carolina alum Mike Sutton taken off respirator
... Jury slaps recruiting guru with $30 million verdict |
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07.22.05: Big
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News Nuggets, 08.01.05
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Demand swamps supply of Gamecock tickets
The Steve Spurrier era at South
Carolina is already in full swing, ushering in the virtual rationing of
football tickets a month before the Gamecocks' Sept. 1 home opener with
Central Florida.
USC has established a school record for season ticket sales and all
individual tickets for the team's games at Williams-Brice Stadium have been
snapped up as well, the school announced last week.
The Gamecocks have sold 62,618 season
tickets for the 2005 campaign, surpassing the previous mark of 62,103, set
in 2002. The numbers do not include student tickets and tickets
contractually obligated to visiting teams.
Because of the spike in season ticket
sales, many Gamecock Club members will only receive partial season ticket
packages for the upcoming season. Of the two types of partial packages that
will be distributed, the first offering consists of a six-game lineup which
includes all home games except Clemson, and the second bundle includes four
home games, with contests against Alabama, Florida and Clemson excluded.
"This is a tremendous reflection on the
enthusiasm generated for Coach Steve Spurrier and Gamecock football," said
USC Director of Athletics Eric Hyman in a prepared statement. "To set the
all-time season ticket record speaks volumes about the fans and what the
future has in store for our football program."
Spurrier, whose resume includes a
coaching stint with the Washington Redskins and successful tenures at
Florida and Duke, succeeded Lou Holtz as coach of the Gamecocks after the
2004 season.
Season tickets will be mailed on
Friday, August 5. Refunds for members not receiving full game packages will
be mailed on Thursday, August 11.
USC's supply of home single-game
tickets has also been exhausted and the Gamecocks' allotment of individual
road game tickets, with the exception of the Arkansas game, are sold out.
The remaining tickets for the Saturday,
Nov. 5 game with the Razorbacks in Fayetteville, AR, are on sale now to
Gamecock Club members. Tickets for the general public for the Arkansas game
will go sale on Monday, Aug. 1 at 8:30 a.m. at the USC ticket office or by
phone at 800-472-3267.
Individual home and away game tickets
will be mailed to Gamecock Club members on Friday, Aug. 12. Refunds for
Gamecock Club members who were unable to get individual tickets for home and
away games will be mailed on Thursday, August 18.
From a
South Carolina Athletics news release.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
other sources. Copyright 2005
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