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I realize a playoff game is a bit different but...
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:08 pm
It’s amazing to me that these other bowl games are so empty- so few fans. I would think the family friends and fans would travel better. Moreover, the tickets are not that expensive for most of these games. Why don’t many local people attend the game if they live close? Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. For example the military bowl that is on right now. Finally, they have nose bleed sugar bowl tickets for 6-10 bucks each!
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Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:10 pm to Folsomman
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Moreover, the tickets are not that expensive for most of these games.
That's only a fraction of the total travel cost and a lot of people incur other costs with travel this time of year because of Christmas
I'm not going to a bowl game with 2 teams I don't care about even if it's 20 minutes from my house
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:11 pm to Folsomman
The CFP has killed these bowls. It’s only going to get worse with sponsors dropping and players sitting out
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:11 pm to Folsomman
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Moreover
Space Cowboy?
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:12 pm to Folsomman
Enjoy these bowls while you can. 10 years from now there will only be a playoff field.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:12 pm to Triple Bogey
U are right triple. It’s a real shame
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:12 pm to Folsomman
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It’s amazing to me that these other bowl games are so empty- so few fans. I would think the family friends and fans would travel better. Moreover, the tickets are not that expensive for most of these games. Why don’t many local people attend the game if they live close? Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. For example the military bowl that is on right now. Finally, they have nose bleed sugar bowl tickets for 6-10 bucks each!
The stock these days is very much diluted.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:13 pm to TigerLunatik
Space cowboy? I don’t get it. Explain
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:15 pm to Folsomman
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It’s amazing to me that these other bowl games are so empty- so few fans.
Were the lesser tier bowl game ever really that filled with fans? Sugar Bowl attendance like all bowls depends on the teams. UGA is coming off two playoff appearances and a Sugar Bowl appearance, Baylor is not a massive fan base.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:15 pm to kkv75
And the playoff field will eventually be about 30 fricking teams bc people are never satisfied. We’ll have truly mediocre teams in the playoff. And yes, we often have mediocre teams in the NFL playoffs too. Yay a 9-7 Giants team won the super bowl.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:18 pm to Triple Bogey
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The CFP has killed these bowls
Nah, the attendance at these shitty bowls has been bad long before the playoff, there are simply too many bowls. It’s mostly made for TV, so it won’t be going away even if they expand the playoff
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:20 pm to Powerman
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I'm not going to a bowl game with 2 teams I don't care about even if it's 20 minutes from my house
Same...everyone here in Shreveport looks at me like an alien when I tell them I've never been to the Indy bowl as long as I've lived here..I always ask..why the frick would I??
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:23 pm to Folsomman
It's like the Disney thread on the OT and what I said.
Not everyone wants to waste money watching teenagers hit each other wearing tights.
We love it, but others might think our obsession with it strange. Just like someone might think spending money on a Disney trip every year strange.
Not everyone wants to waste money watching teenagers hit each other wearing tights.
We love it, but others might think our obsession with it strange. Just like someone might think spending money on a Disney trip every year strange.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:24 pm to Folsomman
quote:Lol, how many family and friends do you think players have?
It’s amazing to me that these other bowl games are so empty- so few fans. I would think the family friends and fans would travel better.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:26 pm to TigerLunatik
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Space Cowboy?
I don't think so. I actually saw him posting under his original account a few weeks back.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:31 pm to Goldrush25
It was really just a joke. I think he can post on the other boards just not this one. He was on the Score Board this season.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:32 pm to kkv75
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Enjoy these bowls while you can. 10 years from now there will only be a playoff field.
sure thing boss
Jut like Tua was 100% not playing against LSU
You've exhausted your right to make assertions here.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:32 pm to Folsomman
I think there are at least a couple different factors.
You have teams playing REALLY far away from their home stadium. For example the Sun Bowl features Arizona State and FSU. Not bad at all for Arizona State, but Tallahassee is 1500 miles East. Only very hardcore fans/family are going to travel 3/4 the length of the country to see a 6-6 and a 7-5 team play each other in a pretty meaningless bowl. Especially when you can sit at home and watch from your living room.
Bowls are played on weekdays a lot of the time, especially the ones early in Bowl season.
A lot of the star players (if there are any) sit out because they want to preserve their draft stock.
The bowls are diluted. there are 130 times in CFB and having a winning season is something to be proud of, but I'll be honest in saying I haven't even watched an entire bowl game yet this season. I've seen bits and pieces, but I think the first one I'll watch is USC/Iowa, and that's only because I'm interested to see how Iowa's defense holds up against a pretty lethal passing attack. With the CFP, small bowls mean even less now.
A number of things affect this.
You have teams playing REALLY far away from their home stadium. For example the Sun Bowl features Arizona State and FSU. Not bad at all for Arizona State, but Tallahassee is 1500 miles East. Only very hardcore fans/family are going to travel 3/4 the length of the country to see a 6-6 and a 7-5 team play each other in a pretty meaningless bowl. Especially when you can sit at home and watch from your living room.
Bowls are played on weekdays a lot of the time, especially the ones early in Bowl season.
A lot of the star players (if there are any) sit out because they want to preserve their draft stock.
The bowls are diluted. there are 130 times in CFB and having a winning season is something to be proud of, but I'll be honest in saying I haven't even watched an entire bowl game yet this season. I've seen bits and pieces, but I think the first one I'll watch is USC/Iowa, and that's only because I'm interested to see how Iowa's defense holds up against a pretty lethal passing attack. With the CFP, small bowls mean even less now.
A number of things affect this.
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:34 pm to scott8811
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Same...everyone here in Shreveport looks at me like an alien when I tell them I've never been to the Indy bowl as long as I've lived here..I always ask..why the frick would I??
I guess you’re too young to have gone when LSU played there in the 90s
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:36 pm to Odysseus32
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meaningless bowl.
I hate this term.
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