Florida State-Clemson tickets in high demand

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As expected Saturday's top-10 match-up between No. 4 Florida State and No. 9 Clemson is quickly becoming the hottest ticket in all of college football this weekend.

FSU announced on Wednesday that the game is officially a sell-out, which will likely increase the price of tickets on the secondary market.

Tickets are so hard to come by that the Tallahassee Democrat reports that 20-year old FSU student Christopher Erwin Mertin was arrested on Tuesday for selling counterfeit student-guest tickets on craigslist.

Rivals.com ticket partners Seatgeek.com sent Warchant the following information to illustrate how much the price of tickets for Saturday have climbed on the secondary market.

In terms of average ticket price, the Clemson-Florida State game is poised to be one of the most expensive ACC attractions this season. The $103.38 price tag makes the contest over $51 or 99% pricier than the average FSU home game and 355% more than their home opener this year.

After the College GameDay crew announced they were coming to Tallahassee for this weekend's matchup between No. 5 Florida State and No. 11 Clemson, ticket prices jumped nearly 10% from the previous 7-day average of $101.50. As it stands, tickets purchased since Saturday have fetched $110.77-the highest 5-day average in the last month.

In the past 48 hours alone, we have seen the highest single day averages since tickets first went on sale. Just yesterday, fans paid $118.65 for a chance to see the Seminoles at home against Clemson-69.5% above the ascribed $70 face value, and 30% more than the average ticket sold on September 1.

With GameDay's added boost, this contest is now one of the conference's hottest tickets this weekend. With the exception of Florida State's final home game against Florida ($185 average), the game will furthermore be the biggest played at Doak Campbell Stadium this season. Tickets are up $35.58 or 52% since the last time these two teams squared off at FSU in 2010. That year, the average seat went for $67.80 on the secondary ticket market.

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