Bloomberg: Penn State Football Ticket Prices for Nebraska Fall 23% on Paterno Firing

(Bloomberg) Ticket resale prices for Penn State’s football game against the University of Nebraska have dropped almost 23 percent since coach Joe Paterno was fired last night.

Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, 55, was promoted on an interim basis to replace Paterno, who was dismissed along with university President Graham B. Spanier four days after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting boys in the school’s athletic complex.

Paterno, 84, said earlier yesterday that he would retire at the end of the season, making the Nov. 12 matchup against Nebraska the last home game of his 46-year career in State College, Pennsylvania.

After Paterno’s announcement, the average price for seats surged almost 100 percent to $283 on the secondary market, according to TiqIQ, an event ticket aggregator that tracks listings from StubHub, EBay, TicketNetwork and TicketsNow. Since Paterno was fired last night, the average ticket price has dropped to $220, TiqIQ said. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-10/penn-state-football-ticket-prices-fall-23-.html

Saturday will not be pretty, I fear.

No doubt some will be hoping for some more violence, but many would rather skip it, I'd think.

After all, nothing is more important than football.

Oh, look. They're overturning a TV van.