Scarlet Sunrise: Last-minute ticket prices soaring ahead of Ohio State-Notre Dame

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Last-minute ticket prices soaring ahead of Ohio State-Notre Dame

The cheapest tickets for Saturday night’s top-10 showdown between No. 6 Ohio State and No. 9 Notre Dame are going for $831, as of Saturday morning, according to Gametime.co.

Friday evening, Darren Rovell — sports business reporter for Action Network — reported that the cheapest seat was $880.

Rovell posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) that a ticket broker told him this: “I have been doing this a long time and this game is most expensive get in, at least the night before, in my regular season history.”

Ohio State-Notre Dame game time, details

• Time: 7:30 p.m. EST
• TV Channel: NBC
• Date: Saturday, Sept. 23
• Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
• Weather: At kickoff, 76º, 0% chance of rain, winds 9 mph
• The line: Ohio State is a 3.5-point favorite, per FanDuel.
• Over/under: 55.5 points

Ohio State leads the all-time series, 5-2. The Buckeyes lost to Notre Dame in 1935 and 1936, but then they rattled off five consecutive victories, the most recent of which was last year’s 21-10, season-opening win. Former preferred walk-on Xavier Johnson scored the go-ahead touchdown in the final seconds of the third quarter, and Ohio State held off the Irish in Marcus Freeman’s first game as Notre Dame’s full-time head coach. The Buckeyes haven’t played Notre Dame on the road since 1996 when then-head coach John Cooper led them to a 29-16 victory. Like the 2022 matchup, that, too, was a top-five showdown.

Ohio State had another top-five matchup versus the Irish during the 2005 season when the Buckeyes beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl, 34-20. They also beat the Irish in the Fiesta Bowl, 44-28, in the 2015 season, although that was a top-10 battle. Still, both Ohio State and Notre Dame have been ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll in each of the teams’ last four meetings. That streak continues this time around.

Series fun fact

Ohio State has not lost to Notre Dame since 1936, when the Fighting Irish were led by head coach Elmer Layden, who before becoming he head coach was one of the famed ‘Four Horsemen’ of Notre Dame football under coach Knute Rockne. The Buckeyes were coached by Francis Schmidt.

Ohio State vs. Notre Dame gambling notes, trends

• Ohio State is 1-2 against the spread this season, failing to cover against both Indiana and Youngstown State but covering Saturday against Western Kentucky
• The Buckeyes have went over the total just once in their first three games
• Ohio State has failed to cover the 16-point spread in a 21-10 win over Notre Dame last season
• Ohio State is 8-10 against the spread against nonconference opponents under Ryan Day
• Notre Dame is 3-1 against the spread this season. All four of their wins have come by double digits
• Notre Dame is 1-0 against the spread as a home underdog under Marcus Freeman
• The total has gone OVER in three of the Fighting Irish’s four games played so far this season

Bold predictions for Buckeyes against Notre Dame

The Lettermen Row staff expects a heavyweight thriller Saturday in South Bend. As always, the crew went deeper than their score picks to make Three Bold Predictions about what will happen in Notre Dame Stadium.

READ: Bold Predictions as Buckeyes, Irish square off in top-10 showdown

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Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 63 days

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