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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #714 on: January 03, 2019, 07:55:26 AM »
Just an excuse for poor coaching.

Same as when a team falls short in a near upset of OSU, then gets hammered by Indiana the following week and they say "that team let OSU beat 'em twice"
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #715 on: January 03, 2019, 08:01:58 AM »
Looks like TV ratings slipped for the playoffs. The Rose Bowl did very well.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #716 on: January 03, 2019, 08:15:26 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 03, 2019, 08:01:58 AM
Looks like TV ratings slipped for the playoffs. The Rose Bowl did very well.
Sugar Bowl did well too.  Up 28% from last year and 47% from the year before that.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #717 on: January 03, 2019, 08:16:42 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 03, 2019, 07:48:06 AM
I found it really fun to watch the Miami players huddled around the sideline heaters last week, while the UW players were huddled around each other and their coaches.


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I didn't see this game, but I saw the final score, and was very pleased with it. Congrats! :)
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #718 on: January 03, 2019, 08:42:18 AM »
You can have your arbitrary 'letdown' goalposts, and I can have mine.    Every one of those examples i posted are games where the 'letdown' candidate was really expected to be somewhere else and were reminded of it by the press.   The fact that some of the losses  didn't occur in either the first weekend of December, or precisely at the end of the regular season, doesn't make it any less visceral.    There were/are weeks and weeks between CCGs or final reg season games and bowls as it is.   
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #719 on: January 03, 2019, 08:51:21 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on January 03, 2019, 08:42:18 AM
You can have your arbitrary 'letdown' goalposts, and I can have mine.    Every one of those examples i posted are games where the 'letdown' candidate was really expected to be somewhere else and were reminded of it by the press.   The fact that some of the losses  didn't occur in either the first weekend of December, or precisely at the end of the regular season, doesn't make it any less visceral.    There were/are weeks and weeks between CCGs or final reg season games and bowls as it is.  
Completely agree, and I addressed this in the new thread OAM created, dedicated to the alleged "let-down."  In short, dismissing all of those teams renders the hypothesis invalid. But there are other problems with it as well.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #720 on: January 03, 2019, 09:12:32 AM »
This was so predictable. How stupid are some people? Who thought this through?


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Prices for tickets for Monday night's championship in Santa Clara have been plummeting the past few days. Factors include the College Football Playoff final being located thousands of miles away from the two campuses, possible fatigue for fan bases of teams that have become annual participants in the playoff, and a game site in an expensive market lacking college football die-hards.


"It's sort of a perfect storm of factors at play this year," said Jesse Lawrence, the founder of TicketIQ, a secondary ticket market. "It's a big ask for fans to come, and that's why we're seeing the prices the way they are."


Tickets for the championship game are now available for just $135 on the secondary market, according to TicketIQ, less than half of what the price was before the semifinals and well below the face-value price of $475.


StubHub had even cheaper tickets available Wednesday night, with seats priced at $115 -- less than double the cost of a parking pass on the ticket-resale site.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #721 on: January 03, 2019, 09:41:48 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 03, 2019, 07:48:06 AM
I found it really fun to watch the Miami players huddled around the sideline heaters last week, while the UW players were huddled around each other and their coaches.


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only time this year I pulled for your team....   =)
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #722 on: January 03, 2019, 09:45:28 AM »
We all know let downs happen.   These are kids after all and remaining focused is tough.   This is where I give Saban the most credit...  despite all the wins, his team still plays motivated.   But they are still L's at the end of the day and they don't dismiss a teams results.  
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #723 on: January 03, 2019, 10:13:49 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 03, 2019, 09:12:32 AM
This was so predictable. How stupid are some people? Who thought this through?


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Prices for tickets for Monday night's championship in Santa Clara have been plummeting the past few days. Factors include the College Football Playoff final being located thousands of miles away from the two campuses, possible fatigue for fan bases of teams that have become annual participants in the playoff, and a game site in an expensive market lacking college football die-hards.


"It's sort of a perfect storm of factors at play this year," said Jesse Lawrence, the founder of TicketIQ, a secondary ticket market. "It's a big ask for fans to come, and that's why we're seeing the prices the way they are."


Tickets for the championship game are now available for just $135 on the secondary market, according to TicketIQ, less than half of what the price was before the semifinals and well below the face-value price of $475.


StubHub had even cheaper tickets available Wednesday night, with seats priced at $115 -- less than double the cost of a parking pass on the ticket-resale site.

This is why I don’t want to hear about talk of expanding the playoffs above eight and also why even if they go to eight the QF and SF rounds should be played at the home of the highest ranked team.  All these extra neutral site games are a huge burden on fans and they shouldn’t be expected to pack all of these stadiums.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #724 on: January 03, 2019, 10:22:56 AM »
Quote from: Kris60 on January 03, 2019, 10:13:49 AM
This is why I don’t want to hear about talk of expanding the playoffs above eight and also why even if they go to eight the QF and SF rounds should be played at the home of the highest ranked team.  All these extra neutral site games are a huge burden on fans and they shouldn’t be expected to pack all of these stadiums.
I think the 2 semi's they have now should be played on home sites. Fans only have so much money to throw around. If I'm a Bama fan, am I supposed to cough up coin to go to Atlanta and then two other places on short notice? F that. I'd take the money from just one of those trips and buy an 85 inch.

I'm thinking the boys out at Levi Stadium better unpack all those seat tarps from the PAC 12 championship game. Maybe they can even borrow some from the Raiders.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #725 on: January 03, 2019, 10:25:03 AM »
Quote from: Kris60 on January 03, 2019, 10:13:49 AM
This is why I don’t want to hear about talk of expanding the playoffs above eight and also why even if they go to eight the QF and SF rounds should be played at the home of the highest ranked team.  All these extra neutral site games are a huge burden on fans and they shouldn’t be expected to pack all of these stadiums.
Totally agree with both yours and badgerfans takes here.
But also keep in mind, this is the SECONDARY market they're talking about.  You know, the "legalized" scalpers that screw over the common fans on a daily basis.
I'm more interested to see how the PRIMARY sales went, and how actual attendance looks.  I doubt the place will be empty, although it might not be as full as they'd like.  I'll be curious to read any post-mortem on this game's actual attendance figures once it's been played.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #726 on: January 03, 2019, 10:28:00 AM »
I'll be even more curious to see how this does with TV ratings.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #727 on: January 03, 2019, 11:52:11 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 03, 2019, 10:22:56 AM
I think the 2 semi's they have now should be played on home sites. Fans only have so much money to throw around. If I'm a Bama fan, am I supposed to cough up coin to go to Atlanta and then two other places on short notice? F that. I'd take the money from just one of those trips and buy an 85 inch.

I'm thinking the boys out at Levi Stadium better unpack all those seat tarps from the PAC 12 championship game. Maybe they can even borrow some from the Raiders.
I agree about the semi’s being played at home sites now.  
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