I went in 1994 as a student and we camped out for the ticket office in CC to open on Monday morning. Paid the face of the ticket. There were a lot of students in the endzone. Not sure how many, but more than 559. More like 2k. It was like two whole sections. Walking up and down the isle was like being in the student section of BDS. Saw all kinds of people we knew.
If this is how it is now, I feel bad for you guys.