re: Anyone else think the students are getting boned here?

I get where you're coming from. Since it's a "College" Football National Championship, you would think that students would get the largest allotment of tickets and not alumni, donors, and Government officials

Some Duke alumni purchased the entire allotment of student tickets for the Chick-fil-a bowl and are giving them to students at no cost. Now I'm sure this has more to do with Duke's desperation to make sure the Georgia Dome is full after their showing at the ACCCG but the gesture should still be appreciated.