Welcome to the big-time. (Or at least the medium-time). And welcome back to relevant, meaningful rivalry games.
There have been times when you could not give a Gophers football ticket away. This weekend is not that time. It sounds as though Gophers/Iowa will be jam-packed, based on this tweet:
And if you want to get in the building, it will cost you. According to an e-mail from Vivid Seats, the median secondary market price for Saturday's game at TCF Bank Stadium is $152. That's the fifth-highest of all college football games this weekend. Here is a chart of the top 20:
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