Not a bad idea.  Also, why not intensively target the branch campuses for both football and hoops.  Since all the branches have basketball teams (possibly club level), bring 'em down to the Convo for a tourney followed by a men's game.  Get the branch students to buy into being part of campus athletics. 
  More fans in the seats is always a good thing and could lead to long-term support for the programs.

FWIW, I am 95% sure the OUS Proctorville Center is hosting a tailgate before the Marshall game, and will be taking a load of students to the game. I know they brought a bunch up last year.

Can Hocking students get admitted to the pregame football student tailgate?  Or get tickets discounted?

A deal for Hocking students would be a great thing.

I go to Chillicothe and Lancaster campuses (my house is in Laurelville; an almost equal drive to both places.)  I've wanted to go to the main campus, but money talks.  I've went to the OU games that I could when I was off of work and have tried to get my buddies to go to games too and have been doing good with a few (we're planning a group trip to Huntington).  There are two problems about attracting branch students that I've observed.

1)  There is not much connect between the branch campuses and athletics at the main campus.  Maybe a flier here and there, but other than that, there's not much talk of OU games in my experiences.  Maybe that will change this season, but I wish there was a better connect between Athens and the branches.  Heck, half of the people I've talked to didn't even know that their student ID's get them the same deals going to Lancaster Campus that a main campus student gets for athletics.  (DISCLAIMER:  this is just my experience; there may be some things that I'm missing.)

2)  The two branches I go to have mainly Ohio State fans.  Being "just a branch campus" there's not much reason for the students to switch teams or even pay attention to Ohio athletics until the big games.  Even that isn't always a big sell.

I was able to secure some NC State fans as Bobcat fans at the UNC game by agreeing that our generation would be the ones to do away with tucking our shirts in.  I also agreed that Tyler Zeller was a terrible player/person, although I no longer agree with this since he is a Cavalier. 

I'm 45% certain they will come to the Marshall game if we can give them a discount.

Sell out.

He was their only player I wanted to draft after that game.  20 & 22.  

I like that OhioCatFan. When I was home last year I got a cool key chain from Wal-Mart that was $3.99 - same one at the book store was $9.99. I was impressed that I could find a Bobcat item at the local Wal-Mart. Progress? Maybe.

Hey now, I love walmart, its my go-to grocery store. (In the interests of full disclosure, if there were a Kroger's in my area I'd use it as my first choice)