How to Get BCS Tickets

Imagine your favorite college football team has just been crowned champions, for the first time in school history, of one of the six conferences that receives an automatic berth to a Bowl Championship Series, or BCS game. You'll no doubt want to be at that BCS game. The BCS is an annual five-game college football extravaganza that was created in 1998 to, according to a BCS press release, "ensure that the top-rated teams in the country meet in the national championship game, and to create exciting and competitive match-ups among eight other highly regarded teams in four other bowl games." The five games that make up the BCS are the Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl and the National Championship Game.

Things You'll Need

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Instructions

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      The first place to try to get BCS tickets is through the school's athletic department if you are a season ticket or donor to the program.

      Check your favorite team's athletic department. The BCS committee negotiates the ticket allotment that each school receives with the host bowl committee. "Each school gets the same number [of tickets]," BCS executive director Bill Hancock said in a report on the official site of the Texas Longhorns. "Both Texas and Alabama received an allotment of 19,000 [for the 2010 National Championship Game]."

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      Going to a a BCS game and cheering for your school can be fun and exciting.

      Contact the bowl game committee. Each bowl game committee gives tickets away to sponsors, business and community partners, and also to honor ongoing relationships, according to the Longhorns site.

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      You can purchase tickets online through a variety of ticket outlets.

      Order your tickets through an online ticket broker. There are many ticket brokers that sell BCS tickets such as Stubhub, Ticket City and Go Tickets.

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      If you don't use a reputable seller you could be left out of the game.

      Purchase tickets through individuals or online auction sites. Tickets are generally offered through Craigslist or eBay. Confirm that the sellers are reputable before you make a purchase or you could be at the venue without a ticket.