Wyoming is still more than six months away from hosting college football powerhouse Texas, but early indications are that tickets will be hard to get — and pricey.

Online reseller Stubhub.com is advertising tickets for the game on Sept. 12 for as much as $349.

UW athletics director Tom Burman said he's a little surprised by the ticket prices being asked for already.

"Texas might be, today, the marquee name in college football besides USC, and so I think they have cachet we can't really recognize in Wyoming," Burman said. "The thing is, we've sold I think about 350 new season tickets and about half of our season-ticket holders have purchased their additional allotment of tickets they could purchase. So it's going to be a ticket that's hard to get." UW hasn't been the biggest box-office draw lately and hasn't had a capacity crowd since opening the season two years ago against Virginia.

Texas, which is the reigning Fiesta Bowl champion, will have a Heisman Trophy finalist back at quarterback, an abundance of weapons and a national title-winning coach on the sidelines. The team likely will be ranked in the top-five in the country when it arrives at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

Burman and the UW administration are working on an agreement for ticket allotment with the students, bringing in additional bleachers in the south end zone to handle a larger crowd and trying to figure out exactly how many seats they might lose during a stadium construction project.

"That could (all) throw a little monkey wrench into it," Burman said. "But I think it's very realistic to think we'll have a very small amount go on sale to the general public.

"When they do, I'm thinking 1,500 or 2,000 tickets is probably close to what will go on sale." Those likely wouldn't last long given the early interest, and the addition of new coach Dave Christensen has only added to it.

Christensen would prefer that every ticket be as hot as the one for the Longhorns.

"Well, it's exciting, but my battle cry is this — the Wyoming football team is going to play six home games next year, and I want people to be passionate and fired up to watch Wyoming play," Christensen said. "It shouldn't matter who we're playing.

"Your team is playing, come out, support and get excited, let's watch some exciting Wyoming football no matter who they're playing."