re: Only 6000 tickets sold to Tiger fans for Outback Bowl

Posted by themunch

Earth. maybe

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 7:09 am to JPLSU1981

hard to get up for boring Iowa, which beat LSU last time out. This should be motivation for LSU's fans and team.

Competition is the main motivator so maybe y'all do not feel the need to support YOUR team that will compete against a team which beat LSU the last time they played.

I get that it isn't USC ok, but news flash, the team still wants your support. I will try to get there next week. Lord willing.

Posted by EST

Investigating

Member since Oct 2003

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 7:39 am to heartbreakTiger

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However, our fans dont think that far ahead on things.

Before 2000, LSU had a reputation for traveling poorly to bowl games. There is a reason the Outback Bowl was always hesitant to take LSU - 1988. LSU brought very few fans.

In the 1987 Gator Bowl, that stadium was 95% USCe. There was maybe one section of LSU fans if I remember correctly.

Posted by Galactic Inquisitor

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Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 9:00 am to JBeam

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Gruden & Tirico are going to be doing this game as well.

Gruden is absolutely awful. I guess I'll be unplugging the center channel. Tirico is great, but I just can't handle Gruden bloviating about how much he loves everything.

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Posted by More beer please

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 9:19 am to toughcrittercrumb

I wonder why

Posted by deuce985

Member since Feb 2008

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 12:28 pm to themunch

You can support them in other ways. You don't always have to go to the game. Unless you're willing to buy my ticket and pay for my trip then shut up. Going to games isn't the only way to support your team.

Posted by PRK

Member since Sep 2009

9142 posts

Posted on 12/26/13 at 12:59 pm to Galactic Inquisitor

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Gruden is absolutely awful

Gruden/Tirico is still better than Verne/Gary.

That's a low bar but it is what it is.

Posted by TwoDatBait

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 1:35 pm to ATLienTiger

68 & sunny....

Posted by joeytiger

Muh Mom's House

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 2:02 pm to toughcrittercrumb

Winning solves a ton of these problems. You want more fan support, then LSU needs to win more. I am not saying it is right, but it is the world we live in these days. Tickets would vanish if LSU was playing in a BCS bowl or the NC. Nobody cares about playing Iowa in Tampa.

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Posted by CO_hawk

Fort Collins

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 3:55 pm to joeytiger

The Outback bowl could have picked Nebraska or even Michigan if they wanted, but lets be honest they wanted to put buts in the stands and Iowa will bring more people than either of those two teams. Michigan and Nebraska fans don't care about their football team this year, I'm not sure what the big fuss about playing Iowa is.

This will probably be one of the better match ups this year anyhow, be more entertaining than watching you guys rip Nebby or Mich a new one, in an empty stadium.

Posted by fatboydave

Fat boy land

Member since Aug 2004

17979 posts

Posted on 12/26/13 at 4:20 pm to CO_hawk

I would love to go to Tampa and this bowl but cant find a place for my kids. They would want to spend all the free time at Disney or Busch Gardens and not drinking beer in Ybor or on the beach

Posted by biglego

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Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 5:41 pm to PRK

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Gruden/Tirico is still better than Verne/Gary. That's a low bar but it is what it is.

I like Gary a lot. Verne and Gruden not so much.

Posted by emanresu

Member since Dec 2009

9456 posts

Posted on 12/26/13 at 5:49 pm to Galactic Inquisitor

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can't handle Gruden bloviating about how much he loves everything.

He's not nearly as bad as he used to be. He's still a sunshine pumper most of the time but objectively he's come a long way since the first couple of seasons on MNF.

Posted by biglego

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 6:18 pm to emanresu

That's good bc when he started he did no actual analysis. Gary breaks down plays and explains why thing happen

Posted by austintexastiger

Austin, Texas

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 8:33 pm to biglego

wait till the playoffs start and you have to travel potentially to the SECCG and then to Pasadena or Glendale or who knows where and then to Dallas or Tampa or Atlanta. If you're team is good enough, you will have to either gamble on going to the first round or second round or have lots of money and time to do both.

Posted by Cs

Member since Aug 2008

10485 posts

Posted on 12/26/13 at 9:07 pm to joeytiger

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Winning solves a ton of these problems. You want more fan support, then LSU needs to win more. I am not saying it is right, but it is the world we live in these days. Tickets would vanish if LSU was playing in a BCS bowl or the NC. Nobody cares about playing Iowa in Tampa.

This.

Posted by CO_hawk

Fort Collins

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 9:18 pm to Cs

I care about playing schools we don't get to play that often, good or not, it's different and therefor exciting. So I guess other than Iowa not being a ranked team, I don't understand why people don't care.

Just think if Northwestern could of had the season everyone was expecting or Minnesota maybe wins one more game you'd all be playing one of those schools. Everyone on this board would be on suicide watch.