That was the only year since 2003 that my group did not have season tickets. We were transitioning from a friend who moved out of CT, but who accumulated an obscene amount of points. When we couldn't reach him for the renewal, I opened an account in my own name and purchased two mini-plans and the UM game for each of our crew, which was basically the equivalent of season tix w/o the donation, but the seats were close to the corner on the upper level above the band.
I've been the account holder ever since. but we are in the lower bowl on the 35YL behind the visitors' bench. It's the section next to the chairbacks, so if some open up we can easily move over.
At my age and experience, If I'm not in the lower bowl for football or basketball, I'd almost rather not go in person. Other than the tailgating or meeting friends for drinks, the view is better from my couch. I want to be closer than the TV cameras and prefer decent Wiffy, vs. competing with 10s of 1,000s of other devices.