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Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:22 pm
Posted by guttata
prairieville
Member since Feb 2006
22504 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:22 pm
There's got to be at least 8-10k empty seats. Would never have thought this for a game between Bama and OK
Posted by Hmerly
Member since May 2008
1337 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:25 pm to
Seem like that for every bowl game. I guess the "great" Obama economy isn't helping, but I can't help but think these bowls are just on their last legs. Hopefully, the playoffs and the eventual increase in size of said playoffs will put some new excitement into these games.
Posted by Enfuego
Uptown
Member since Mar 2009
9881 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:25 pm to
Bowl attendance as a whole has been pathetic this year
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37316 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:27 pm to
The only bowl game with great attendance this year was the Rose Bowl. All others have been pathetic.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:29 pm to
I think there's a lot of Bama fans (including me) that aren't too thrilled to be there.
This post was edited on 1/2/14 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45218 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:30 pm to
New Orleans Bowl set an attendance record.

But this is a byproduct of the BCS. Fans don't want to travel to what they see as meaningless games.

Look at the reaction of people here when coaches go 9-3...
This post was edited on 1/2/14 at 7:32 pm
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37316 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:31 pm to
quote:

I think there's a lot of Bama fans (including me) that aren't to thrilled to be there.


Yeah, but the female Gumps couldn't give blowjobs on Bourbon in another bowl city.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:33 pm to
Hell, I turned down free tickets twice.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97613 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:34 pm to
Announcer just said not an empty seat in the house
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71483 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:35 pm to
Hopefully none of the filthy gumps are in section 504
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117678 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:36 pm to
or 633,

Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
32382 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:37 pm to
Bama bandwagoners know they can't win a nc so no reason to show up.
Posted by guttata
prairieville
Member since Feb 2006
22504 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:43 pm to
Sounds a lot like LSU fans.
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
29122 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:45 pm to
why spend money to see an exhibition game?
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28026 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:46 pm to
cotton bowl should be packed

MU sold out of their tickets in an hour, okie st i believe sold out.

game is listed a a sell out. have to see if people buy up those scalpers tix.

Also, Friday night game much better.


Doesn't jerry world hold a shite load of people?
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6075 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:47 pm to
Fans of teams at all levels are bored at anything less than a special season. Probably more a result of TV saturation.
The only cure is a real playoff...not some 4 or 8 team fixed playoff, but a 16 team with each conference given a spot.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:51 pm to
Well he wasn't looking in the terrace.

Is asking 70k fans from 2 of the most storied programs in the nation to travel to one if the funniest cites in the nation over New Years too much to ask? I mean, Bama fans had at most 2.5 to 5 hours drive time??

I can see trying to fill a 100k stadium in Arizona or a 110k stadium in Dallas if these 2 teams were playing in either of those 2 cities, but this is a little different.
Posted by bamafan425
Jackson's Hole
Member since Jan 2009
25607 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:54 pm to
We sold our allotment and then sold out the extra tickets we requested, so don't look at us.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125393 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:55 pm to
Bcs during the work week has been a disaster
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6075 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:57 pm to
quote:

Is asking 70k fans from 2 of the most storied programs in the nation to travel to one if the funniest cites in the nation over New Years too much to ask? I mean, Bama fans had at most 2.5 to 5 hours drive time?

Post-holiday game in the middle of the week, both off of disappointing seasons (disappointing in this current screwy world of football). Great view on TV.
35K is, what, 1/4 of the legitimate fan base of those programs?
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