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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: CatsbyAZ on June 13, 2024, 03:42:40 PM
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Planning on the following:
Sept 1 (Sunday): USC Vs LSU Vegas Kickoff Classic – Season opener at a neutral site on a night when the national stage will be all theirs - can’t wait.
Sept 28: Oklahoma @ Auburn – Both should be undefeated; Auburn’s home advantage will be offset by the Sooners fielding a team talented across the roster thanks to Coach Venables' staff stringing together consistently top 10 signing classes since his hiring.
Oct 19: Colorado @ Arizona – Picking this as the Arizona home game I’m going to this season so I can see Prime. College buddies are already planning the campus tailgate in Tucson.
But likely no game in Tempe this season thanks to Arizona State’s underwhelming home schedule. Same goes for no San Diego State due to their home schedule. Will probably do one or two games in November somewhere else (UCLA? USC?) before planning on a Bowl.
https://twitter.com/flyneworleans/status/1786089237911076874
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At this point, zero. I've found I prefer watching at home.
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Texas-OU at the Cotton Bowl
Texas-Georgia in Austin
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I'll be in Lincoln to welcome Coach Prime and Ralphie with my brother
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At this point, zero. I've found I prefer watching at home.
Yes.
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I really want to go watch WVU-Penn St on August 31 but don’t know if I’ll pull the trigger on what those tickets will go for on the secondary market.
Besides that, a good friend of mine has a kid playing for Stony Brook and they play Marshall that same day at 5 pm. He’s asked me to come to that. I could drive down that morning, watch WVU at a sports bar at noon, and then go to the Marshall game. Not sure what I’m going to do yet.
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My older IU buddy (class of 1981) brought up going up to LA to catch the Hoosiers September game in Pasadena. Will be UCLA's first Big Ten conference game.
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Are you gonna go?
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Git'R done!
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But likely no game in Tempe this season thanks to Arizona State’s underwhelming home schedule.
Don't worry, the Gators are coming in 2028!!!
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My older IU buddy (class of 1981) brought up going up to LA to catch the Hoosiers September game in Pasadena. Will be UCLA's first Big Ten conference game.
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The Hoosiers are gonna need a map!
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The Hoosiers are gonna need a map!
Hey 1968 isn't that long ago.
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Hey 1968 isn't that long ago.
1967 IU is available in Whoa Nellie college football game!
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and a few old farts actually bought it?
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and a few old farts actually bought it?
One.
One old fart.
Great pass D, bad offense. Kicker made 20% of his FG attempts. Not a great 9-2 team.
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I've paid mostly Stubhub some money to see a few games over the past decade or so. I'm pretty much done with the experience. To me, it's "interesting", in some ways, especially to see some new venue, but still not much worth a lot of effort and expense.
I'd like to experience a PSU White Out for 10 minutes or a night game in Baton Rouge, and maybe some other things. But I think I'm done.
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I pay the local scalper
he seems much less expensive than stubhub
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I think I don't have to worry about Purdue coming out here until 2026 if I've read the schedules right. At least for football.
I'm sure they'll visit at least one of the teams in basketball. But depending on schedule I might not want to have any part of that. If it's a weeknight or a Friday, there's no way I'm trying to get to USC or UCLA. I don't care if it's a Boiler/Bruin battle when they're ranked #1 and #2 in the country and they're going to exhume John Wooden for the opening tip-off.
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They should sell Gene Keady combover headbands or something.
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I pay the local scalper
he seems much less expensive than stubhub
If I'm traveling at all, I feel better getting tickets in advance. And I'm leary about counterfeits if it's a big game. My last few tickets were electronic.
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Obviously, I'll risk some to save a few bucks
and I have some experience in doing so and it's always turned out OK.
in bartering or buying it's always powerful to have the leverage to simply walk away
traveling from Iowa to Tempe and Pasadena isn't my favorite thing, but I saved some good coin on tickets outside the stadium an hour before kickoff.
I was willing to watch at the local sports bar, but was confident there would be tickets for sale much cheaper.
I was correct.
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I'm usually trying to see games that are going to be highly watched, so tickets are expensive, $300 each, for nosebleeds.
I'm not trying to knock $45 down to $35.
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I like to knockdown $300 to $250
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Expect to see Nebraska in Bloomington, WLaf or both this fall.
Nebraska has only visited Bloomington once since the 1970s.
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Are you gonna go?
As long my IU buddy comes through, yes!
Don't worry, the Gators are coming in 2028!!!
First I'm finding out about this - I'm in!
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I think I don't have to worry about Purdue coming out here until 2026 if I've read the schedules right. At least for football.
I'm sure they'll visit at least one of the teams in basketball. But depending on schedule I might not want to have any part of that. If it's a weeknight or a Friday, there's no way I'm trying to get to USC or UCLA. I don't care if it's a Boiler/Bruin battle when they're ranked #1 and #2 in the country and they're going to exhume John Wooden for the opening tip-off.
More of what we went back about forth over back in April when you couldn't be bothered with adjusting your schedule to avoid watching Purdue's Final Four game while crammed in coach class. In this case you're years ahead of knowing when your team will be making their visit to your neck of the woods and you're already making excuses! You're forsaking a pilgrimage!
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Work is expecting me to be in Hawaii later this summer. Would be third August in a row they sent me to the Islands. If their plans hold I'll plan for Hawaii's Week Zero game Vs...Delaware State. Never gone to a Week Zero game.
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I got the three game package for three home games: the Friday night game vs Illinois, the game vs Northern Iowa game and the UCLA game which is the week before my 70th birthday (that day is the bye week). Looking forward to all games this year.
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I pay the local scalper
he seems much less expensive than stubhub
Back in the day if a few of us needed a ticket we'd wait outside the old stadium until K.O. then walk thru the lots acting not interested. Ticket touts would dropping them like bad stocks during a market malaise
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UCLA should be the tough one
Let's hope Rhule sweeps the 3
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FSU @ Notre Dame, November 9, 2024.
Hopefully, Notre Dame is lousy. I prefer a cheap ticket, ;), and a big win.
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UCLA should be the tough one
Let's hope Rhule sweeps the 3
Sure hope so. The games I went to last year with the same package were two wins (Northwestern and Purdue) and one loss (Maryland). Hopefully it will be a full sweep this year. I don't get to go to games very often and the Maryland game was the only loss when I was in attendance. I was able to attend the last game vs Oklahoma and was there for the OSU comeback game. I figure I must be at least a little bit of a good luck charm, lol.
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Obviously, you are.
Wish you were going to be there for the Colorado game.
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I have games in at least three conferences I have my eye on. Though a few are weird weeknight games.
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Several of my buddies are interested in doing another Longhorns game this Fall. We're targeting Nov 9 Vs Florida when Austin will cool off. Last season we did a September game, but boy it was hot, even for a 6PM kickoff. Overall a fun enough weekend to make a return.
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I've paid mostly Stubhub some money to see a few games over the past decade or so. I'm pretty much done with the experience. To me, it's "interesting", in some ways, especially to see some new venue, but still not much worth a lot of effort and expense.
I'd like to experience a PSU White Out for 10 minutes or a night game in Baton Rouge, and maybe some other things. But I think I'm done.
I have bought on Stubhub, and out front of venues. I am worried that buying out front may be gone with electronic tickets. What can you tell me about tickets in 2024?
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I bit the bullet and bought a mini package today to watch WVU play Penn St, Kansas, and Iowa State. I really wanted to go to the Penn St game but I could get a mini package for those 3 games through WVU cheaper than tickets just for Penn St on the secondary market.
If I can go to the other 2 games (largely depending on my kids’ sports schedules) I will, but if I can’t I can at least sell them and get some of my money back.
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got a call from an old Husker friend
He scored season tickets in the East Stadium
I'll be attending the season opener vs UTEP on the 31st!
2:30pm local on FOX
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Texas @ Michigan. Texas probably gonna win but it should be a great game and atmosphere.
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Texas @ Michigan. Texas probably gonna win but it should be a great game and atmosphere.
Really wish I could come up for that game, win or lose it should be a lot of fun.
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as I've stated here, my brother and I will be in Lincoln for the 2nd game of the season vs Coach Prime and Ralphie
haven't secured tickets yet, might not - gonna be tough to find and expensive
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as I've stated here, my brother and I will be in Lincoln for the 2nd game of the season vs Coach Prime and Ralphie
haven't secured tickets yet, might not - gonna be tough to find and expensive
Ralphie is a cow!
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fer sure
and Prime thinks he's a cowboy
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fer sure
and Prime thinks he's a cowboy
He is one.
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Kid took a job in Bloomington so decided to give him a visit and take in the Michigan @Indiana hame on Nov. 9th with him.
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I think my son and I are going to try to get to the IU-Washington game on 10/26.
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Yours truly will be in Ann Arbor this weekend for Gophers vs Michigan.
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You ever been there?
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The Ohio State fans tell me Ann Arbor is a...
I really wish I'd had the chance to go earlier this year when Texas played. Stupid kids and their obligations!
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You ever been there?
Yes. Been there for two Gopher games, 2014 and 2017. First game was the one where Brady Hoke sent his obviously-concussed QB back out late in the 4th despite being down 30-13 at the time. Second one was supposed to be a noon start but didn't start until 7 ish due to lightning.
Not impressed with the stadium itself. There are a lot of people there, but they all appear at once and I didn't think they were very loud.
What's strange is that the two times I've been there, everyone that had big tailgate setups beforehand were completely gone by the time the game ended. Also, tailgates on the golf course just leave their trash everywhere after theyre gone. I know that Michigan is a deposit state, so they're is incentive for Scout troops to pick up cans the day after. But the sheer amount of trash and junk laying everywhere is disgusting.
It helps that my in-laws live ~20 minutes from the stadium
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Kid took a job in Bloomington so decided to give him a visit and take in the Michigan @Indiana hame on Nov. 9th with him.
Bloomington is fun for visitors because they typically outnumber home fans. When Ohio State plays there we call it "Horseshoe-West", I'm sure it will be "Big House-South" for you.
Yours truly will be in Ann Arbor this weekend for Gophers vs Michigan.
Ann Arbor is a nightmare from the perspective of traffic. There are two fundamental problems:
- Ann Arbor is a small town compared to Minneapolis, Columbus, or even Madison or Iowa City. As such, they simply don't have the traffic infrastructure that larger cities have so when a game ends and 100k people hit the streets in AA it is WAY worse than in a larger city.
- A near-majority of the population of Michigan lives in and around Detroit. Seriously, Michigan's population is about 10M and the population of the Detroit Metro Area is 4.4M. Add in people heading for other points east and the vast majority of people leaving a Michigan game need to head East on I94.
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Bloomington is fun for visitors because they typically outnumber home fans. When Ohio State plays there we call it "Horseshoe-West", I'm sure it will be "Big House-South" for you.
Ann Arbor is a nightmare from the perspective of traffic. There are two fundamental problems:
- Ann Arbor is a small town compared to Minneapolis, Columbus, or even Madison or Iowa City. As such, they simply don't have the traffic infrastructure that larger cities have so when a game ends and 100k people hit the streets in AA it is WAY worse than in a larger city.
- A near-majority of the population of Michigan lives in and around Detroit. Seriously, Michigan's population is about 10M and the population of the Detroit Metro Area is 4.4M. Add in people heading for other points east and the vast majority of people leaving a Michigan game need to head East on I94.
Having spent enough time in and around AA over the last 7 years, I'm keenly aware of the shortcomings of movement in that town. Fortunately, I don't need to get on the highway to go back to our lodging for the weekend.
The absolute worst campus I've been on for dispersing football crowds is Iowa, and it's not close. Even a basketball game at a half-empty Carver-Hawkeye took forever to leave.
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Having spent enough time in and around AA over the last 7 years, I'm keenly aware of the shortcomings of movement in that town. Fortunately, I don't need to get on the highway to go back to our lodging for the weekend.
The absolute worst campus I've been on for dispersing football crowds is Iowa, and it's not close. Even a basketball game at a half-empty Carver-Hawkeye took forever to leave.
I typed my comment before I read yours about having relatives nearby.
I'm surprised that you had that much trouble in Iowa City. I've never been to a game in Carver-Hawkeye but we went to the tOSU/Iowa game at Kinnick in 2006. At the time (and it still might be) it was the most well attended athletic event in the history of the State of Iowa and traffic wasn't too bad getting out of there.
We found the worst in the B1G (not including the four new west-coast schools) to be:
- Penn State
- Michigan (these two are nearly tied)
- Nebraska
From my experience of going to all of those stadiums the two biggest factors seemed to be the two that I mentioned above:
- Population of the city relative to the Stadium, and
- Direction of travel of most attendees (are they all going one direction or dispersing?)
As to factor #1, Iowa City isn't too bad. Per wiki they have a population of ~75k in the City and 172k in the metro. For comparison Ann Arbor is 120k/372k and State College is 41k/158k. Dispersal in Iowa is better too, more like PA or OH and less like MI.
Iowa's most populous cities:
- 214k, Des Moines, W of Iowa City
- 138k, Cedar Rapids, N of Iowa City
- 102k, Davenport, E of Iowa City
- 86k, Sioux City, NW of Iowa City
- 75k, Iowa City
#1 isn't overly dominant and the rest are scattered relative to Iowa City so the traffic likely scatters as well, compare Michigan:
- 639k, Detroit,
- 199k, Grand Rapids,
- 139k, Warren,
- 134k, Sterling Heights,
- 124k, Ann Arbor
Not only is Detroit MUCH more dominant but Warren and Sterling Heights are Detroit suburbs so basically the entire crowd heads back to Detroit.
Penn State is BAD because the city of State College is basically Penn State and not much else. The one redeeming factor in PA is that the traffic scatters more like Iowa and Ohio rather than all going one direction like in MI. PA:
- 1.6M, Philly, E
- 303k, Pittsburgh, W
- 126k, Allentown, E
- 95k, Reading, E
- 95k, Erie, NW
For Ohio State, Columbus has a population of 906k so it is technically more populous than even Detroit (obviously not by metro area) so the City has the infrastructure to absorb the traffic and additionally the state's population is reasonably well spread out:
- 906k, Columbus
- 373k, Cleveland, NE
- 309k, Cincy, SW
- 271k, Toledo, NW
- 190k, Akron, NE
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Funny we're discussing football game egress.
I'm going to a presentation tomorrow down at campus from UMN Parking and Transportation Services about dispersal of traffic from New Brickhouse events.
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I have been going to games in Iowa City for 59 years, and while there would be heavy traffic heading into Iowa City as a kid when tailgating was not prevalent, and the crowd arrived around the same time, ingress and egress from Iowa City the past 50 years has been easy, in my experience.
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I have been going to games in Iowa City for 59 years, and while there would be heavy traffic heading into Iowa City as a kid when tailgating was not prevalent, and the crowd arrived around the same time, ingress and egress from Iowa City the past 50 years has been easy, in my experience.
Do keep in mind that it's been a decade since I've been down to IC for a Gopher game. However, all the times I've involved leaving on Madison Ave to the west. Once you get past the 80/380 intersection, it's fine, but getting to that point is a bear.
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That's why we started tailgating in the first place. Arrive hours before everyone else. Leave hours after everyone else.
Or, at least that's what we told our girlfriends/wives... :)
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Ed Zachery
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All I know is that the two games I have been to this year (Northern Iowa and Illinois) were horrible for getting on the bus after the game to go to North Star High school drop off to get my car - I took us 45 minutes just to get from the bus pick up at 14th and R to Antelope Parkway - about six blocks away or so. Bad enough I had to schlub the 4 blocks from the stadium to get the bus in the first place, lol. I almost fell asleep on the bus but at least I got home around midnight! Of course, it would have been quicker if I had left earlier- the buses start running at the beginning of the 4th quarter, but then I would have missed that wonderful OT meltdown - my Huskers have really got to fix that.
I think something needs to be done for fans leaving the stadium, but it is right downtown basically so I don't think there is much that can be done. Still, I don't get to go to many games, so it's kinda worth the hassle for me.
Now, as long as we win the UCLA game (My third and last game I get to attend) I will be perfectly happy to take my time getting home again.
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I’ve went to two WVU games this year (Penn St and Kansas). Both games had over 2 hour lightning delays. This has been one of the driest summers in years and I go to two WVU games and both get thunderstorms. I didn’t stick around for either game.
Kinda wish I had stuck around for Kansas. WVU scored 2 TDs in the final 5 minutes to come back and win it.
3 of the last 4 games I’ve went to have had long lightning delays. Nuts.
I have tickets to Iowa St on October 12. We’ll see how things are going.
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Btw Ashton Jeanty is superb. Highlight reel last night.
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I’ve went to two WVU games this year (Penn St and Kansas). Both games had over 2 hour lightning delays. This has been one of the driest summers in years and I go to two WVU games and both get thunderstorms. I didn’t stick around for either game.
Kinda wish I had stuck around for Kansas. WVU scored 2 TDs in the final 5 minutes to come back and win it.
3 of the last 4 games I’ve went to have had long lightning delays. Nuts.
I have tickets to Iowa St on October 12. We’ll see how things are going.
That probably will not be so good if you are a WVU Mountaineer fan, having gone to 3 recent T-Storm delays, and now you are going to see a visiting team with a bad weather nickname: The Cyclones.
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Just purchased my tickets for IU-Nebraska on 10/19/24.
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Another season of attending College Football games in the books – 2024:
USC Vs LSU – Vegas Kickoff Classic
Indiana Vs UCLA – first time to a game at the Rose Bowl
Oklahoma Vs Auburn – my 7th Auburn home game
Colorado Vs Arizona – homecoming blow out by Colorado (not pictured)
Kentucky Vs Tennessee – first time to Neyland Stadium
Syracuse Vs Washington St – Holiday Bowl
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