When I was a student at Ohio State, the time spent in the wee hours of an April morning, waiting for the ticket buying window to open was one of my favorite days of the year. I felt like by getting in early, I was somehow gaming the system instead of just getting a chance at a spot in line that was ultimately determined by an algorithm.
But they were tickets, dammit! And I got to see some great home games in college. Heart-palpitating victories against top-tenish teams in the form of Iowa and Purdue in 2003! An awesome upset of Michigan in 2004!