Baylor says just a handful of season ticket holders claimed refunds in the wake of the sexual assault scandal that rocked the school’s football program.

Nick Joos with Baylor’s Athletic Communications Department said the program has sold roughly 28,800 season tickets, up slightly from last season.

Season tickets had to be purchased and claimed before the scandal exploded in May.

But season ticket holders who wanted to get rid of their tickets after Baylor regents announced they were suspending head coach Art Briles with the intent to terminate, reassigned Chancellor and President Art Briles and suspended athletic director Ian McCaw.

“Immediately after the things that happened in late May, there were probably 75-100 (season ticket) accounts who had decided at that point, because of the actions on that day, they did not want to renew their tickets,” Joos said.

The Baylor ticket office gave the people who wanted to cancel a week to think about the decision and after the week passed, many chose to keep their season tickets, Joos said.

“The number shrunk from whatever the initial number was to down to maybe 20 people,” Joos said.

Ryan Garrett, who is a season ticket holder, said the scandal changed the university some but it has not changed the fact that he is, and always will be, a Baylor alum.

"We've been supporting the university long before the Art Briles era and long before a winning football team, so we will continue to support the university,” Garrett said.

He says he will be watching every Baylor home game this season from his seats in McLane Stadium regardless of what happened during the off-season.

"Whether I agree with all of those changes, that's in the past now, so I see looking to the future is what is important now,” Garrett said.

He is not alone in his support.

Based on ticket sales, Joos said seating at certain games will be limited.

“The only tickets that we have available are those returned by the visiting team," Joos said.

Joos said the number of seats returned by the visiting teams varies from 1,500 to 2,000 depending on the game.

In addition, people will be able to buy tickets to sit on the Berm, the grass area at one of the end zones which holds roughly 2,000 people.

Fans like Garrett are just hoping this season can give a fresh start for the team.

"Once football season starts on Friday, that will be a time we can start healing and as long as the fans come and fill the stadium like they have in the past, we can start healing,” Garrett said.

Joos said depending on the game, the university will give away some of the available tickets to non-profit groups to be able to attend the games. The number of tickets given away per game is not disclosed by the ticket office.