The statement was made on Wednesday by Brett Scarbrough, the school’s associate athletic director for ticketing and premium seating, who stated that about 7,500 of the 12,000 tickets that were available had been sold or reserved for team guests.

There was less enthusiasm to see the Buckeyes in the postseason than there was the year before, when they were in the College Football Playoff. In a couple of days, their allotted 13,000 Peach Bowl tickets for the semifinal in Atlanta were gone.

It’s a drop from their prior non-CFP bowl game appearance as well. The oldest college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, featured Ohio State and Utah two years ago. Roughly 13,000 tickets, or roughly two-thirds of the total, were sold.

There has been a greater interest from Missouri supporters in attending the Cotton Bowl. A school official stated that 13,000 seats were sold in just one day after the bid was received.

The Tigers are playing in their first New Year’s Six bowl game since 2014 following an unexpected season that saw them finish 10-2 overall and fight Georgia, the two-time defending national champion, for first place in the Southeastern Conference’s East Division.

There is less novelty for the Buckeyes this time around as they are participating in their 11th straight NY6 game, which includes a previous trip to the Cotton Bowl at the conclusion of the 2017 campaign.

Scarbrough claims that the tickets that Ohio State was still granted were returned to the Cotton Bowl.