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Am I the only one who likes neutral site games
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:03 pm
Good national publicity against good teams. No I live too far to go back to Baton Rouge before you ask
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:05 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Yes, now GTFO.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:08 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I bet you want to play thanksgiving night is tiger stadium as well...
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:12 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
which sport? I'm guessing football, I rather home home series rather than neutral site. Kinda like we did with West Virginia instead of one game vs Oregon. But I'm fine with it if we have to play them.
In other sports neutral site games are great because usually they are a part of round robin tournaments and usually you play better teams than if you play teams at home.
In other sports neutral site games are great because usually they are a part of round robin tournaments and usually you play better teams than if you play teams at home.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:12 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Yup
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:13 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I don't mind every couple years. Oregon game in Dallas was fun. I think It should have been a true home/home with Wisconsin though.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:22 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Good national publicity against good teams.
This argument really gets to me. The whole notion of selling the LSU "brand" makes college football overly commercialized, which it sadly is these days given television contracts and athletic apparel sponsorship.
There is a reason why I prefer collegiate over professional football. I enjoy the on-campus atmosphere and the accompanying passion and pageantry.
When you schedule more and more games at these professional venues it only furthers the idea that college football is nothing more than a farm league for the NFL.
Some people are fine with that but I personally am not.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:24 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Good national publicity against good teams.
Just as easy to get that in Tiger Stadium. I would think the exposure would actually be better for potential recruits watching on national TV.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:26 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I like them, personally, but I can see people being pissed if they are season ticket holders. They have one less game to watch live now (or, perhaps more accurately, one less game they can sell their tickets to).
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:32 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I love them. BR is a heater at that point anyways. Love traveling to a big city with Monday off
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:33 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
i don't like losing a home game for a neutral site game.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:49 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
quote:Most Non-season ticket holders like them. After all, you are watching from your couch so what does it matter to you where the game is played.
Am I the only one who likes neutral site games
Most season ticket holders hate them b/c it robs us of getting great non-conference home games in Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:57 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I like them. or don't object is probably more accurate. the competition early in the year is better than a home game that time of the year, usually. national TV is assured, usually a very good time slot. that early in the season it's nice to have an inside game, too. I know it usually deprives us of a home game but all in all, I'm ok w/ it.
so if I had to pick between McNeese on labor day weekend in TS or, for instance, Okla St in Atlanta, I'd take the latter.
so if I had to pick between McNeese on labor day weekend in TS or, for instance, Okla St in Atlanta, I'd take the latter.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:09 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I will watch the game regardless of where it is played, but I prefer home and home to a neutral site game.
If it is a big game, it will still be on TV, and the exposure will still be there. For those attending, the atmosphere of a game on campus is a far better prospect.
I am not a season ticket holder, and am certainly not an expert on the financial ins and outs of neutral site vs. home and home. It just seems to me that much is being missed out on when holding a neutral site game.
If it is a big game, it will still be on TV, and the exposure will still be there. For those attending, the atmosphere of a game on campus is a far better prospect.
I am not a season ticket holder, and am certainly not an expert on the financial ins and outs of neutral site vs. home and home. It just seems to me that much is being missed out on when holding a neutral site game.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 6:00 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Neutral sites are like parasites that leech some of the essence of college football away from the sport. It's part of the evolution of the business side of the sport and,like many others, I hate it.
The entire purpose of having your own stadium with an AURA, is so you can showcase it on national television to fans and recruits. Its one of the ways you build a persona for the program. If no one wants to play at home stadiums they should just save money, tear them down and go to "rentastadium.com" to schedule the next neutral site match up.
UGA and Notre Dame are doing a home and away and I am glad they are not doing a pussy neutral site.
The entire purpose of having your own stadium with an AURA, is so you can showcase it on national television to fans and recruits. Its one of the ways you build a persona for the program. If no one wants to play at home stadiums they should just save money, tear them down and go to "rentastadium.com" to schedule the next neutral site match up.
UGA and Notre Dame are doing a home and away and I am glad they are not doing a pussy neutral site.
This post was edited on 5/19/15 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 5/19/15 at 6:28 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I love playing in Dallas and Houston since i live in Austin and have season tickets
Posted on 5/19/15 at 9:13 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I like them. It makes for an exciting opening week and we always get a nice vacation out of it. It helps that we have won them all so far.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 10:02 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I'd rather play a really good team at a neutral site than play a mediocre or bad team at home. That being said, if we can do a home and home with a really good team, I'm for that option over anything. However, those games are the most difficult to schedule.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 8:45 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
I used to be for them but then I realized what their net impact is: a significant reduction in good OOC games being played on college campuses.
In a vacuum I have no problem with, say, LSU playing Wisconsin in Houston. That's a good, appealing matchup. But I would prefer for that game to be played in TS (or Camp Randall), and the proliferation of neutral site games makes good OOC games less likely to be played on campus. Indeed a normal SEC schedule has only lousy OOC games being played on campus. So, for me, I am against the neutral site games because I see them as a net negative, not because the games themselves are bad.
In a vacuum I have no problem with, say, LSU playing Wisconsin in Houston. That's a good, appealing matchup. But I would prefer for that game to be played in TS (or Camp Randall), and the proliferation of neutral site games makes good OOC games less likely to be played on campus. Indeed a normal SEC schedule has only lousy OOC games being played on campus. So, for me, I am against the neutral site games because I see them as a net negative, not because the games themselves are bad.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 9:09 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
I don't mind them. I had a lot of fun in Houston last year sans the after the game debacle.
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