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(all of our games except for Fiesta)
(all of our games except for Fiesta)
He was saying the bowls were crap not the turnout.
To be honest, I had to read it a couple of times to figure it out. With all the trolls who've come here over the years telling us about our lackluster ticket sales for the Fiesta Bowl you can't really blame folks for being hyper sensitive.Thank you. Some on here are so hyper sensitive that they manufacture criticism when there is none.
Thank you, it was very ambiguous!To be honest, I had to read it a couple of times to figure it out. With all the trolls who've come here over the years telling us about our lackluster ticket sales for the Fiesta Bowl you can't really blame folks for being hyper sensitive.
This year, that would give us 6 ACC teams, 4 B12 teams, 5 B1G teams, 6 Pac12 teams, and 7 SEC teams, for 28 bowl-eligible P5 teams. That's with G5 and FCS games contributing to the 8-game win total. If they split and play only a P5 schedule, then OOC games are as difficult as conference games, so 8 wins is equivalent to a .667 conference record. This year 3 ACC teams, 3 B12 teams, 3 B1G teams, 5 Pac teams, 4 SEC teams, or 18 total, achieved that.
So with a P5 split and your standards, we'd have 9 bowl games.
To be honest, I had to read it a couple of times to figure it out. With all the trolls who've come here over the years telling us about our lackluster ticket sales for the Fiesta Bowl you can't really blame folks for being hyper sensitive.
There are plenty of interesting matchups. They just haven't happened yet.
If the standard for holding a sporting event was as high as you've made it - you could cancel the season for a dozen NBA teams. At least schools try to win bowl games.
I had never experienced schadenfreude until reading this and similar envious UConn threads regarding Rutgers in the B1G. Thanks guys.
Most schools are willing to eat the cost of accepting a lower bowl bid in exchange for 2-4 more weeks of practicing. Many teams use it to evaluate underclassmen and evaluate team for spring practice and the next season.
Plus it keeps the program's name in the news.
Only fans bemoan the cruddy locations and cost of face value tickets.
Fans know and bear the cost, staffs know and reap the value.
What's your point? Bowl Games used to be a reward for a great season. Now the majority are strictly made for TV exhibitions of terrible teams playing in empty stadiums. It may get to the point that ESpin has to pay people to attend some of these games so that it doesn't look so pathetic on TV.
If you want to include a few more teams then lower the threshold to 7 wins. Still far too low IMO, but the participation numbers would rise. Is asking a team to beat 3 stiffs OOC and go 4-4 in conference really that unreasonable? Who in their right mind would miss seeing a 6-7 Fresno State Team go to a bowl?
UConn brought 10,000 fans to the EXACT SAME place on the EXACT SAME DAY OF THE YEAR against a WORSE OPPONENT.
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It's not necessary when you treat the first 3 games of the season as exhibition games.Pretty simple solution. Allow all teams to have 15 post season practices regardless of whether they made a bowl game or not. Everyone realizes that these additional practices are very valuable for player development, why shouldn't everyone have access to them? UCONN had a tough season, how much would these practices benefit some of your young players?
We've been fed a steady stream of nonsense involving fan support, markets, etc., etc., and those canards fall faster than Icarus the second they're tested. I was under the impression that a good fan base might actually want to travel further than an hour to see a bowl game.
Day after in the middle of a blizzard, depending when you left... Fun drive!I drove it. Was it the day after XMas or 2 after. I can't remember.
While I am fine with mocking RU - you can't compare anyone in 2014 to even 2004 - it's fallen off a cliff nationally for the lower tier bowls.
Right around the time the matchups were announced I was helping someone schedule some holiday travel. You could not get anywhere from Hartford without paying huge dollars. New York, Boston and Prov were no better. The prices and iteneraries were insane.
LMAO UConn played in the same location, in the same bowl, on the 27th (a Monday that year) against Toledo and attendance was 52k.Detroit... the day after Christmas. Rutgers would have more fans if they played in the Military or Pinstripe bowls. UNC fans only show up for basketball games.
LMAO UConn played in the same location, in the same bowl, on the 27th (a Monday that year) against Toledo and attendance was 52k.
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LMAO UConn played in the same location, in the same bowl, on the 27th (a Monday that year) against Toledo and attendance was 52k.
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The 2011 Fiesta Bowl, on the other hand, was heavily Sooner oriented. I wouldn't take offense to that, because Norman is a lot closer to Tempe than Storrs. UConn still had a decent showing if I remember
The 2011 Fiesta Bowl, on the other hand, was heavily Sooner oriented. I wouldn't take offense to that, because Norman is a lot closer to Tempe than Storrs. UConn still had a decent showing if I remember
The 2011 Fiesta Bowl, on the other hand, was heavily Sooner oriented. I wouldn't take offense to that, because Norman is a lot closer to Tempe than Storrs. UConn still had a decent showing if I remember