So if we think the 20k tickets per school is accurate, I'm thinking maybe 65% of those actually end up with "donor" fans.
Team / Coaches - 250-500 tickets
Band - 400
Athletics / University admin - 500
Students - 5,000
I was another one of those walking around the Rose Bowl in January 2006 looking for tickets and I can see this being like that. The market will be a bit more efficient in that we won't have to walk around and hope that we happen to be around the right person when they hold tickets up in the air to sell, but I'll bet the get-in price is >3k on the re-seller market if the matchup involves UT. Many will have the same view as has been expressed in this thread, never will be a cheaper (no "travel costs" involved) option than this, not to mention the pent-up demand from Horns' fans coming out of the desert of the last 13 years. If Horns don't make it, all of us buying in advance should really be pulling for Big Blue as that will be the only hope for the market not collapsing before we can sell.
Wish I had thought of the RSVP option earlier in the year. I bought "Dibs" in the 2009 season for $75 or something like that and then got 4 tickets to that debacle for face. Good luck to everyone.