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re: Only 6000 tickets sold to Tiger fans for Outback Bowl
Posted on 12/30/13 at 11:18 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
Posted on 12/30/13 at 11:18 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
By chance is that the moon in the Old Greg vid?
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Posted on 12/31/13 at 8:58 am to CO_hawk
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CO_hawk
Only 6000 tickets sold to Tiger fans for Outback Bowl
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I saw online, that there has been almost 50,000 tickets sold to the game, I'd be willing to bet that 30,000 and maybe more are Iowa fans. We will see on gameday, but hey at least it won't be a empty stadium.
I see. So Iowa sold 10,440 tickets, but somehow there are 19,560+ other additional Iowa fans attending. Gotcha.
Is Florda like, where Iowa graduates go to live and work?
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:06 am to JBeam
"IDK why you would be. People don't want to be in Tampa on New Years Day."
This is really what it comes down to. I actually prefer to be home at this time of year and watch the bowl on TV. I go to most home games and try to make a road trip per year, but the Outback just isn't an appealing destination for most LA-based Tiger fans.
With that said, I am very much looking forward to the game.
This is really what it comes down to. I actually prefer to be home at this time of year and watch the bowl on TV. I go to most home games and try to make a road trip per year, but the Outback just isn't an appealing destination for most LA-based Tiger fans.
With that said, I am very much looking forward to the game.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:10 am to N.O. via West-Cal
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N.O. via West-Cal
Only 6000 tickets sold to Tiger fans for Outback Bowl
"IDK why you would be. People don't want to be in Tampa on New Years Day."
Plus the fact that NYD falls in the middle of the work week.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:17 am to MetryTyger
I would bet there are an additional 2-3000 LSU fans who live around Tampa/St Pete who are going. The rest will corporate tickets who are going to just to drink, eat, hang out in their corporate tents and see a good game.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:25 am to MetryTyger
"Plus the fact that NYD falls in the middle of the work week."
Yep. These are all real factors that affect people's decision making, especially once people are more toward mid-life, have kids they either have to take or have cared for, etc.
I can understand the angst as I scroll through this thread, but I see the overall issue more as one of economics playing out in its customary way. Some decades ago, tix to bigtime college football games were probably undervalued in relation to demand. Seniority in buying season tix was rewarded greatly. Over the last decade or so, ticket prices have spiked, especially when you consider the TAF fees and similar seat licenses at other schools. Corporate demand was a big part of this. For many, the price point has just become too high, especially given the much imporoved, virtually free product on TV as a ready alternative. For something truly desirable, such as the LSU-Oregon game, the phantom Rose Bowl bid, etc., Tiger fans are going to dig deep and make it happen. Otherwise, a market correction of some sort will likely play out over the years to come.
Yep. These are all real factors that affect people's decision making, especially once people are more toward mid-life, have kids they either have to take or have cared for, etc.
I can understand the angst as I scroll through this thread, but I see the overall issue more as one of economics playing out in its customary way. Some decades ago, tix to bigtime college football games were probably undervalued in relation to demand. Seniority in buying season tix was rewarded greatly. Over the last decade or so, ticket prices have spiked, especially when you consider the TAF fees and similar seat licenses at other schools. Corporate demand was a big part of this. For many, the price point has just become too high, especially given the much imporoved, virtually free product on TV as a ready alternative. For something truly desirable, such as the LSU-Oregon game, the phantom Rose Bowl bid, etc., Tiger fans are going to dig deep and make it happen. Otherwise, a market correction of some sort will likely play out over the years to come.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:27 am to toughcrittercrumb
Posted on 12/31/13 at 10:04 am to toughcrittercrumb
on the way to Tampa on I-10 in the Florida panhandle. just passed a truck with an Iowa plate but LSU decals on windows.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 10:06 am to Herman Frisco
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By chance is that the moon in the Old Greg vid?
Yes, it's from the show "The Mighty Boosh"
Posted on 12/31/13 at 10:56 am to MetryTyger
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CO_hawk
Only 6000 tickets sold to Tiger fans for Outback Bowl
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I saw online, that there has been almost 50,000 tickets sold to the game, I'd be willing to bet that 30,000 and maybe more are Iowa fans. We will see on gameday, but hey at least it won't be a empty stadium.
I see. So Iowa sold 10,440 tickets, but somehow there are 19,560+ other additional Iowa fans attending. Gotcha.
Is Florda like, where Iowa graduates go to live and work?
Yet one of your own fans in another thread stated he has seen three times more Iowa fans...
And yes their are lots of Hawkeyes in Florida as well as Texas, Illinois, Arizona, Colorado and California.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 11:48 am to SteveLSU35
Hey,that's fantastic about Iowa's ticket sales. 
I went to Atlanta last year and while Tampa's nice, with me being basically a one man show at a satellite office,its hard to break away midweek. Hopefully this time next year I'll be back again at a real company. 
With that said, bowls love Big 10 teams. A lot of it is to have a good time getting out of the miserable cold. One year here in 1984 when Birmingham had a bowl the first go around, Wisconsin brought 20,000 to the All-American Bowl to play Kentucky.
I went to Atlanta last year and while Tampa's nice, with me being basically a one man show at a satellite office,its hard to break away midweek. Hopefully this time next year I'll be back again at a real company. With that said, bowls love Big 10 teams. A lot of it is to have a good time getting out of the miserable cold. One year here in 1984 when Birmingham had a bowl the first go around, Wisconsin brought 20,000 to the All-American Bowl to play Kentucky.
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