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re: Sugar Bowl attendance is bad
Posted on 1/1/20 at 11:22 pm to RougeDawg
Posted on 1/1/20 at 11:22 pm to RougeDawg
Conference Champeenships hurt but not the way you meant.
Think about it. LSU makes the SECCG. That means we have to spend a few hundred bucks on tickets, then more on gas, and then hotel rooms, etc.
Up comes the bowl game a few weeks later. Rinse, repeat. It adds up. That's just LSU and if LSU goes to Sugar, most fans are just paying for tickets and maybe a night or two at a hotel.
Suppose it's the Orange or Fiesta bowl? How many LSU fans are going to splurge twice in a month for that travel? It adds up.
Think about it. LSU makes the SECCG. That means we have to spend a few hundred bucks on tickets, then more on gas, and then hotel rooms, etc.
Up comes the bowl game a few weeks later. Rinse, repeat. It adds up. That's just LSU and if LSU goes to Sugar, most fans are just paying for tickets and maybe a night or two at a hotel.
Suppose it's the Orange or Fiesta bowl? How many LSU fans are going to splurge twice in a month for that travel? It adds up.
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Posted on 1/1/20 at 11:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
quote:Hell, they gave 17 players the game off
UGA don’t give a frick about playing Baylor
Posted on 1/2/20 at 12:52 am to OldManRiver
I got free tickets and ended up going. It filled up more than what was in the picture, I was surprised Baylor brought a lot of people. I enjoyed it because I got to go for free, I’d say there was about 50k people there. I think the Sugar Bowl should be SEC vs at-large and the Cotton Bowl should be Big 12 vs at-large.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 4:37 am to Jake88
quote:
They are weeding out the fair-weather fan form the true fan.
This is such a stupid comment and reeks of immaturity. Define “true fan”. Then define “fair- weather fan”. You think cause someone attends every game or travels to bowl games they are a better/bigger fan than those who don’t?
Grow up.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 5:35 am to OldManRiver
As much as I want to rip on UGA fans....the UF Louisville Sugar bowl was really empty
Posted on 1/2/20 at 6:35 am to SpartyGator
At the Winter Classic held at the Cotton Bowl 85,000 fans in a sold out stadium
Posted on 1/2/20 at 6:41 am to slackster
quote:
It's what happens when the playoff committee makes the shitty arse match ups.
Doesn't the Sugar have Bowl tie-ins with the SEC and Big 12? Pretty sure the playoff committee had ZERO to do with this matchup.
But the lack of attendance is probably caused by a number of things:
1) Georgia disappointment in not being in the Playoff.
2) Georgia fans not wanting to go to NOLA again.
3) Baylor
This is what happens when you're not one of the 4 playoff teams, and it's not the Rose Bowl. People don't care. If nearly a dozen of Georgia's players didn't care to play, or weren't able to play, why should the fans pay to see them play?
This post was edited on 1/2/20 at 6:42 am
Posted on 1/2/20 at 8:38 am to Cowboyfan89
Was kinda surprised at how few Georgia fans. Stadium was half full. Crowd was majority Baylor fans.
I get that it meant more to Baylor, but Georgia has a huge fans base and a huge alumni base.
I get that it meant more to Baylor, but Georgia has a huge fans base and a huge alumni base.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 8:58 am to OldManRiver
This is why I believe the playoffs will eventually expand. Teams as well as the fans are starting to care less and less about the other bowl games, even the classic NY6 games, since they aren't one of the 4 teams.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:45 am to Eat Your Crow
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Should have been Baylor/Memphis in the Cotton Bowl, and Georgia/Penn State in the Sugar Bowl
That would have been a much more entertaining matchup
Posted on 1/2/20 at 11:11 am to Cowboyfan89
quote:
Doesn't the Sugar have Bowl tie-ins with the SEC and Big 12?
The tie-ins are what is killing the bowls
It forces terrible matchups like BU-UGA and repeat destinations year to year
Posted on 1/2/20 at 11:16 am to tylercsbn9
quote:
Baylor doesn’t travel well at all
Well that picture doesn't even show the Baylor side. That's all Georgia's side.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 11:22 am to Tigeralum2008
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The tie-ins are what is killing the bowls
It forces terrible matchups like BU-UGA and repeat destinations year to year
Wouldn't have been a repeat for Georgia if a) They win the SEC, or b) someone else in the East decides not to suck.
I could understand Georgia maybe going to the Orange and drawing better, but that doesn't change the likelihood that those 11 or 12 players end up playing, or whether or not the fans actually care to go watch their team play in a game that is not a playoff game.
Any NY6 game outside of the Playoff and the Rose Bowl is basically a consolation prize for anyone who had a shot at the playoff and failed to get there--especially for the #5 team. Teams like Memphis are going to play their arse off because of the opportunity they get. As such, the fans may not care where the team is unless it's the CFP, Rose Bowl, or a G5 team going to a big game.
But why would Georgia care at all whether they play in the Sugar or Orange when they were 1 win from being in the playoff again?
This post was edited on 1/2/20 at 11:23 am
Posted on 1/2/20 at 11:27 am to GeauxTigers123
quote:
Was kinda surprised at how few Georgia fans. Stadium was half full. Crowd was majority Baylor fans
Sugar Bowl in back-to-back years and travelled to Baton Rouge last year after being so close to a NC win.
I get it.
Imagine if LSU is in the Peach Bowl next year (after losing the SECCG). I can't imagine that would be well attended.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 11:57 am to slackster
quote:
It's what happens when the playoff committee makes the shitty arse match ups.
It was #5 vs #7
Posted on 1/2/20 at 1:38 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:.
I knew that but I figured theyd at least travel for thisb
Baylor side and end zone in first two levels was packed, Ga Side not so much.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 1:50 pm to double d
I was at the game. It was probably the worst game I’ve ever attended atmosphere wise. I’ve been to more exciting high school games.
Baylor had twice the fans that Georgia did. I’d say there were 40k there max. Georgia fans didn’t even want to cheer
Baylor had twice the fans that Georgia did. I’d say there were 40k there max. Georgia fans didn’t even want to cheer
Posted on 1/2/20 at 2:19 pm to OldManRiver
its reflective of the matchup and the game was boring and predictable as shite
Posted on 1/2/20 at 8:52 pm to OldManRiver
Looks like a Tulane game
Posted on 1/2/20 at 9:04 pm to tigerfan84
Hardly, Tulane can’t fill their 25,000 seat stadium when winning.
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