In case you hadn’t heard, Onward State brought back its football student ticket exchange this season so students could easily find buyers for their unwanted student tickets. Now that the regular season has officially come to a close, so has our ticket exchange. This also means we can share something months in the making:

To list a ticket throughout the season, students had to reply to an automatically generated email to confirm they owned a valid psu.edu email address. You might not know that all of those confirmation emails were read by one of our editors. They weren’t sent to some read-only email — they were indeed read. By us. Surprise!

We put together some of our favorite responses to the autoresponder that made us smile amid the literal thousands of emails we received this semester. All of these messages are real, created by students, and shared by students, for you to enjoy. Let’s get into it.

Not Reading

Starting the list off strong — he’s a WHAT? Following seemingly cyclical losses to Michigan and Ohio State, some are calling for the man in charge of it all to be fired, and others, uhh, would rather he stay in State College for a few non-football-related reasons.

107K Strong

With Thanksgiving break running so close, Beaver Stadium wasn’t exactly packed for the matchup against Rutgers this year. We’re hoping you ended up getting someone to buy your ticket. We’ll update this if we find out more.

Could It Be The North Wind They’d Been Feelin’?

“The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound / When the wave broke over the railing.” RIP.

Sweet Pain.

This one is wholesome. You took us on a journey with this email. We’re picturing it now, Section SE, while clinging to a security employee in a bright yellow-green vest. Maybe the Alma Mater was playing in the background, too. Did you watch Carson Pedaci land the flip for the last time in person? Tears were definitely flowing. Whatever it was, thank you for sharing this moment with us.

Prove It.

Cups will be distributed upon completion of the backflip. Check your email.

You Work For WHO?

Youch! Are you allowed to use our ticket exchange? Why wouldn’t you want us to send you a cup? We’re going to try to anyway! Check your email.

Dad’s Jokes

Nothing like a good dad joke in the ticket exchange mailbox to brighten things up. By the way, what do you call an alligator detective? An investi-gator.

Bag. Chaser.

Fumble return touchdowns are the best touchdowns.

Don’t Eat That

Just as any self-respecting student should. What’s your favorite episode of Podward State? Email it to [email protected]. We’d like to know more.

They’re Like 99¢ At Target

“It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it plays out for ’em.” This was a ploy for us to send you a cup, it’s fine. The only thing you should be drinking out of a bowl is milk (which is questionable), so we’ll send a few cups your way. Check your email.

We Are! In Debt!

Ring ring, Discover is calling. The El Jefe’s transactions have been stacking up, and they’re looking to collect. BioLife donations aren’t covering the bills anymore. We have to diversify revenue streams.

Who, Us?

This one didn’t make us laugh so much as it made us smile. We were actually planning on having a terrible weekend until this email came across our inbox. How was your weekend?

Hi Taylor!

Spotify’s Global Top Artist, huh? Even after the Eras Tour, she still couldn’t manage to get student tickets from Ticketmaster. Better luck next year!

Honorable Mentions: Our Favorite Multimedia

You also sent us a lot of pictures this season. Over 120 pictures were sent to us in total when verifying email addresses. Yet, we sorted through all of them to find the best responses. From a groupie in a cocktagon to tailgating with your squad, here are some of our favorites hot off the press of the ticket exchange mailbox.

FEMALE COCKTAGON IS REAL!

The girl takeover of the cocktagon is a personal favorite of our staff. At long, long last, one our April Fools ideas has come true. The cocktagon is a gameday ritual that we think all fans should be able to experience, and this group has! Nice work.

“And We’ll Keep On Fighting Till The End!”

The champions are here, folks, in our inbox. We’d jump at the chance to buy the student ticket of an IM champion. What did you win? Did your ticket sell? This picture raises more questions than it answers.

You Missed The Flyover

What’s he pointing at?

Drew’s Boys

Incredible hat, and even better ice. This group are big Drew Allar fans and absolutely defend him in the comments on Instagram. Did only half the group get the memo to wear number 15? Still, you picked a favorite, and you’re proud of it. We like that. Here, have some cups.

Mayonnaise

Howdy, Patrick.

That Guy Rich!

Being in a picture with the man who has a chokehold on the Pegula Ice Arena jumbotron is an achievement. You have touched Penn State hockey greatness. Congratulations.

Honorable Mentions: Dogs

We also received a lot of pictures of your dogs. There were so many adorable dogs that we felt they deserved their own section, separate from the rest of Onward Pets since there were so many we wanted to include.

It was like #GoodBoyFriday in our inbox every day, which has been a great problem to have. Eat your heart out, Penn State Barstool.

Honorable Mentions: Pets

It was also like Onward Pets in our inbox this football season, too. From cats to a bearded dragon, students on our ticket exchange have some crazy pets. This blog also has a favorite pet duck, Benson!

Phew. That was a lot of our favorites to share for a single post. The community was crazy this year with its number of listings and shared some amazing moments with us along the way. Now that the Onward State cup promise is real, we can’t wait to see what you share with us next year to win a coveted cup. See you then.