Interesting trying to get Illinois tickets today

I'll start by saying that I've never attempted to buy tickets that weren't resale tickets. Being that it was the Illinois game I thought surely I'd find 2 tickets at face value that were half decent next to each other. Got on immediately after 10:00 (was in the waiting list by like 9:50) and won't you know it, almost nothing available that didn't say obstructed view.

I ended up finding 2 tickets in 24 C that only had a handful of seats between them. I assume we'll be able to get 4 people to scoot down one direction or the other, or at least I hope so haha. Evidently if you aren't alumni it's darn near impossible to get normal tickets. Is this normal for a non premier game?