Mattress Mack posted on his IG last night that he’s giving away 1,200 tickets at his north fwy store. Just went right now at 8 am and there’s still plenty left, wasn’t even a line to get them. 4 free tickets per person. Thank you Mack🙏
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I plan on stopping there around 1pm today, hopefully they still have some available when I get there
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Let him ride out in the Slab during the intro this week! Thanks Mack!
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Going on my lunch break. Work in Channelview about 25 minutes away.
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Tickets are free free free!
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Love the man.
Thankful that he did this.
But also embarrassing.
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Not embarrassing
He does it for plenty of events including the rodeo and Astros
It’s what he does
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At least he is someone who cares about UH.
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Do you think any other top 25 teams have people buying 1,000+ tickets to give out for free to the general public?
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Do businesses in other markets buy tickets to give away as a promotion to get people into their stores? Of course - happens virtually everywhere that businesses support athletic programs.
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It’s all about “perspective”.
One could also say that it’s a sign that the support for the team continues to grow.
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I think we’re conflating two different things here. Yes, schools run ticket promotions all the time. Student giveaways, military appreciation nights, corporate promotions, and drawings for a handful of tickets are completely normal.
But we’re talking about a private donor buying 1,000+ tickets and giving them away to anyone who drives up to a furniture store days before a nationally televised matchup between two top 25 teams.
This is the first ranked-versus-ranked game at TDECU in over a decade. We’re 5-1, competing for a Big 12 championship, and playing in prime time on FOX.
I appreciate Mattress Mack supporting the program. But I don’t think it’s unreasonable to find it disappointing that we apparently need this kind of promotion for a game of this magnitude.
If this is as common as some are suggesting, I’d genuinely like to see comparable examples involving two Top 25 teams and 1,000+ tickets being handed out to the general public immediately before kickoff. I’m happy to be proven wrong.
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Great pic Kyle … but how much wacky tabacky are you carrying in your shirt?
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Nebraska has done it for years to keep their sellout streak alive.
And these aren’t free tickets for Mack. He bought them.
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We’re not conflating anything. You’re equating a business buying tickets to give away with an individual doing the same.
Mack is giving the tickets away as advertisement and to increase and/or reward his customers.
You’re choosing to see a normal business practice as something embarrassing, which is weird.
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Not embarrassing at all.
We need support from local businesses and businesspeople.
EVERY OUNCE OF SUPPORT is good. NO support of this kind is embarrassing.
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Judging from the size of it about a 1/4 lb…
That’s one of many NCAA March Madness shirts I bought AT the tourney.
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Yeah… some T-sip T-shirt fan I know was trying to clown us because of this…
I said “well get some and go to the game and you can watch a real QB.”
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When I was at Central Missouri, with Willie, I was Active Duty Army and living at Whiteman AFB, 10 miles down the road.
I was teaching Army ROTC.
I did everything in my power to support Willie, and it was a LOT.
Scholarships
Ammunition for the 105 Howitzer for every score.
Pyrotechnics / Red Smoke
Helicopter Flyovers
All my neighbors were B2 Pilots, and the Commanders at the base loved the Airborne, Ranger Army Officer (the only one living on the base).
Ever seen a B2 Stealth Bomber Flyover at a Division II Football Game?
In return, I was given as many free tickets as I wanted to the games, and over the course of a couple of years, those free tickets evolved into a LOT of paying fans, as the word got out about how exciting Division II Football is to watch.
It’s an investment.
Free tickets don’t cost the university much more than the cost of printing them.
Until there’s lost revenue for the demand exceeding the available supply, if 1 out of 10 of those free-ticket recipients returns, in the future, as a paying fan, then that’s a 10% return on investment.
With the quality of the program, I suspect getting a 10% return, as paying fans, is not difficult to imagine.
Those “free ticket” takers will still buy concessions and root for the Coogs, so, IMO, it’s a GREAT move by the Athletic Department, especially if some of them are going to military and first responders.
I’d like to see free tickets for “Big Brothers”, along with $20 vouchers for concessions, so men can take young boys to the games.
Can you imagine all the good that would come out of that?
Go Coogs!
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