Football fans trying to buy secondhand tickets might have to part with up to $1,100 to see the Lions clash with Notre Dame this season, said a representative for a ticket brokerage Web site.

Tickets to the Sept. 8 Penn State-Notre Dame match-up holds the record for the most expensive ticket on the site for the top 50 college games this season, said Zach Anderson, vice president of marketing for www.ticketcity.com.

"The average price of tickets this week, across all the ticket brokers in the country, is $1,100," Anderson said. "It's most likely the top regular season game in the past few years."

Penn State students want to see more than just the Notre Dame game, though, which became obvious when season football tickets sold out in a record 59 minutes.

Student opinions varied on the fairness of such a premium being placed on tickets.

Brian Chismar (junior-kinesiology) said he opposes resale at such inflated prices because there are committed fans who cannot afford tickets.

"I don't think it's fair," he said. "Just because you have tickets doesn't mean you should be able to sell them at a price like that."

Despite being shocked by the high asking price for Notre Dame tickets, Chismar said he wouldn't be persuaded to sell his own.

"I would never sell a ticket," he said, "I wouldn't want to miss out on anything."

Ben Petrunak (senior-physics) said the current ticket prices correlate with the general philosophy of the free market.

"This definitely sucks for consumers but it's just the nature of capitalism," he said. "Nobody is forced to buy these tickets."

Petrunak said it might make sense for a few people to pay more than $1,000 to see a football game but not the majority of students.

"If you're gonna eat Ramen [noodles] for the next year so you can go to one game, that doesn't make sense," he said. "You could always spend $400 on a less popular game."

The hype surrounding the game could be for many reasons. First of all, Penn State doesn't play Notre Dame every year. The Nittany Lions suffered a crushing 41-17 defeat to the Fighting Irish last year. This, however, was the first meeting between the two teams since 1992.

The history of the rivalry between the teams could be fueling fans' interest, Anderson said.

"Penn State and Notre Dame are not traditional rivals," he said. "They don't play against each other every year. But these are two schools with huge fan bases, and this is an opportunity for two great fan bases to come out and support their team."

Prices for other top Nittany Lion games also range in the hundreds of dollars. The Oct. 27 home game against Ohio State is currently selling on the Web site for an average of $504.

Reem AlSaadi (freshman-finance) said she wants to see some games for fun but is also eager to support Penn State.

AlSaadi said $1,100 was a lot to pay, so she would instead try to see other games.

"I think it's a fair price," she said, "but I will have to think about seeing other games, just for fun."