Students camping in front of the Bryce Jordan Center (BJC) said they were angry when they learned bowl tickets would be distributed through a lottery system and not a walk-up sale as the athletic Web site stated.

"The rules came out too late," August Iorio (senior-finance) said. "It was a hasty decision without much thought in the process."

Students can receive numbered wristbands from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the BJC. At 8 a.m. the next day, students will line up in the order of the wristbands' numbers, and all students following a selected number will be eligible to buy tickets, said Greg Myford, associate athletic director of marketing.

Students must get wristbands together in order to sit by each other at the bowl game, Myford said.

Students can only purchase one ticket, and only 2005 student season ticket holders are eligible for student tickets. The price and number of student tickets will depend on which bowl Penn State is selected for, Myford said.

Penn State used this selection method for the Capital One Bowl in 2003. The system is used because not enough tickets are available for all student season ticket holders, Myford said.

Students can also purchase bowl tickets through other venues like Ticketmaster.

Brad Czaszynski (senior-biology) said he and other students believed tickets would be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

"I'm hoping they will change it," Czaszynski said, who was first in line for tickets. "I came right from home to camp out here."

Bill Adkins (senior-geographic information systems) said he thought the ticket distribution system was unfair and planned on staying at the BJC.

"It's unfair, especially since they waited to announce this," Adkins said. "We have a No. 3 ranked team, and they should've known people would want tickets to a bowl. I'm not going to get arrested , but I'll continue to stay here until the cops come."

Iorio said students might have to skip classes to get bowl tickets.

"We came back from break early and spent two weeks planning this," he said. "They said they didn't want students skipping classes, but now we'll have to skip classes to be here at 8 a.m."

While some students packed up their tents, others said they planned on remaining in front of the BJC.

"I'm not moving until the police come," Bob Yost (freshman-education) said. "They'll have to drag me and my tent back to East Halls."

Jared Grotz (freshman-education) said someone in the BJC ticket office told him he was wasting his time camping out.

"I don't intend to leave," he said. "I'll wait it out."

Collegian staff writers Tim Ford and Jenny Vrentas contributed to this report.