I talked to my dad and we've decided to just go the route of getting tickets outside the game. Like he said, as long as we get tickets next to each other and in the stadium we'll be happy. A long time friend of the family goes to every game and he said he always just rides up then buys tickets, so we're going that route.
As we get closer to that game, I'll post and ask advice about where to go as we drive in and such.
Thanks for the advice guys.