Ohio State athletics director Ross Bjork expressed concern that Tennessee football fans are trying to gobble up College Football Playoff tickets Thursday.

During a radio appearance in Columbus, Bjork implored OSU fans to not sell their tickets and to prevent an orange invasion at Ohio Stadium.

"Don't sell your tickets," Bjork said 97.1 The Fan's Morning Juice. "Tennessee fans, they're rabid fans. They are going to invade The 'Shoe. So let's make sure we don't have as much orange in there as people think."

No. 9 seed Tennessee (10-2) plays at No. 8 Ohio State (10-2) on Dec. 21 (8 p.m. ET, ABC) in a first-round CFP game. The winner will face No. 1 Oregon (13-0) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 1.

Bjork also called for a "scarlet out" at Ohio Stadium during his comments Thursday.

Tennessee was allotted 3,500 tickets in the stadium that has a capacity of 102,780. The allotment is lower than SEC road games as visiting teams receive 5,000 in conference games. UT will accommodate Tennessee Fund donors according to donor rank with an opportunity to purchase road playoff tickets. However, UT anticipates only 1,000 tickets being available to donors after institutional needs are met.

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Vols fans have been hatching plans on social media to purchase tickets, including tracking down an Ohio State presale code to buy more tickets.

Knox News reporter Adam Sparks contributed to this report

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