A Player’s Mom Speaks

I don’t know what the issue is and why we don’t show up consistently. For me personally it’s distance and $$. I’m sure I’m not alone but I’m very far away.

We just aren’t a group that prioritizes coming to the games by and large.
 
ibeeballin said:
This been proven to be false numerous times
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When we have a good team we have a solid showing at games. When it’s an interesting matchup (FSU and Clemson mainly, Auburn back in the day) we show really well. Night games also help. We are not that far removed from Grant Field having some really loud and big crowds. Miracle on Techwood and All the Way Turnt Up games for example.

The most disgusting thing about our fan base however is when we are good we have assholes who sell their tickets to the uga game to mutts. F those fans.
 
“What happens to his top notch education?”

…what would a football coach getting fired have to do with your kid’s education? Get the frustration and wish we could fill up homecoming of all games, but this was a weird thing to include.
 
GTCrew4b said:
I don’t know what the issue is and why we don’t show up consistently. For me personally it’s distance and $$. I’m sure I’m not alone but I’m very far away.

We just aren’t a group that prioritizes coming to the games by and large.
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For me I don’t mind the drive so much as long as I don’t have to rush on Saturday for a noon kick off, making the 7-hour drives next weekend since we can actually tailgate. I made the move before the 18 season and not counting 20 My games attended count Has been trending down, 6 to 3 to 2. Love the team but that 7 hour I-85 S. ride Friday after work blows, and the TV on the back porch is too nice.
 
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andrew said:
Things are ugly now in all aspects, no doubt about it. And it can't be good for recruiting.

I do wonder what schools he turned down though that were still filling every seat after consecutive three win seasons.
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Check out South Carolina’s attendance. They always have good numbers and haven’t done anything since the early 80s.
 
gtrower said:
“What happens to his top notch education?”

…what would a football coach getting fired have to do with your kid’s education? Get the frustration and wish we could fill up homecoming of all games, but this was a weird thing to include.
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There were so many things that seemed out of joint with her plea for fans to stop complaining.

Yes, what does a fan complaining have to do with a football player’s engineering degree? He’s gonna quit if we fire a coach and go somewhere else she can’t travel to? Recruits can’t tell we’ve only won 3 games? They missed us setting records in futility & if we didn’t mention it they wouldn’t know?

As far as the empty seats go, we’ve traded the bad “old timer” dedicated GT fans for a bunch of 404’ers. Somebody needs to figure out why the 404’ers have abandoned us (Hint: it starts with 3, followed by another 3, followed by another 3).
 
It's incredibly frustrating because NIU and VPI should have been wins and Clemson could have been.
gtrower said:
“What happens to his top notch education?”

…what would a football coach getting fired have to do with your kid’s education? Get the frustration and wish we could fill up homecoming of all games, but this was a weird thing to include.
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Coaches are known to run off inherited players or sometimes they aren't a scheme fit, etc. I very much doubt Ivey would be in that boat, but of course current players would be concerned if there were actual rumors of a coaching change. I know we all want to believe they commit to the school. The reality is, it's both, but football is #1. We shouldn't pretend otherwise.
 
Liberty said:
There were so many things that seemed out of joint with her plea for fans to stop complaining.

Yes, what does a fan complaining have to do with a football player’s engineering degree? He’s gonna quit if we fire a coach and go somewhere else she can’t travel to? Recruits can’t tell we’ve only won 3 games? They missed us setting records in futility & if we didn’t mention it they wouldn’t know?

As far as the empty seats go, we’ve traded the bad “old timer” dedicated GT fans for a bunch of 404’ers. Somebody needs to figure out why the 404’ers have abandoned us (Hint: it starts with 3, followed by another 3, followed by another 3).
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How many of our football players do you think are getting engineering degrees?
 
Liberty said:
There were so many things that seemed out of joint with her plea for fans to stop complaining.

Yes, what does a fan complaining have to do with a football player’s engineering degree? He’s gonna quit if we fire a coach and go somewhere else she can’t travel to? Recruits can’t tell we’ve only won 3 games? They missed us setting records in futility & if we didn’t mention it they wouldn’t know?

As far as the empty seats go, we’ve traded the bad “old timer” dedicated GT fans for a bunch of 404’ers. Somebody needs to figure out why the 404’ers have abandoned us (Hint: it starts with 3, followed by another 3, followed by another 3).
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lol what? So now it’s the 404ers? You do realize GT is embarking on its 5 losing season the past 7 seasons?
 
coit said:
Check out South Carolina’s attendance. They always have good numbers and haven’t done anything since the early 80s.
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Apparently not always:

Indeed, the Cockpit student section was mostly packed Saturday, but other parts of the stadium — notably the upper decks — featured their share of empty bleachers.

Beamer offered a nudge to anyone who had a ticket but opted to stay home instead. Saturday’s announced attendance was 60,686 in a stadium with a capacity of 77,559.
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Saturday’s attendance of 60,686 technically includes the band, players and coaches and such things as media members, first responders and other stadium workers. Actual fan attendance was likely somewhere north of 50,000.
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So why a slimmer crowd this week? Fans offered some theories on social media.

“Missed a key building block by blowing the Kentucky game!” one fan posted.

Said another: “1. We aren’t very good; 2. The couch is better; and lastly, COVID — probably least impactful anymore...”

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One thing that’s affecting the overall attendance total: Season-ticket sales in late August were 7,000 off the pace of the more than 47,000 sold in 2018 and 2019 — possibly a lingering impact of how the pandemic reduced 2020 stadium crowds and affected fans’ ticket-buying perspectives.


The next home game (Oct. 16 vs. Vanderbilt) doesn’t offer much hope for an attendance bounceback, though USC is offering $30 game tickets to educators as part of Teacher Appreciation Day.
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That was from October 4th but they have been drawing similar numbers at home all season. No doubt they're still drawing more than us, and it sounds like their student section is doing much better than ours. But GT certainly isn't unique in having attendance drop significantly when back to back losing seasons are posted.
 
Dear FB….

Would make a nice post for the OP to post at certain other GT sites though
 
vapspwi said:
Such an angry, dumb little man. Did that tantrum make you feel better?

I’ve NEVER said anything about firing any coaches, but I have said that it’s time for them to start figuring stuff out.

I’ve had season tickets for decades and haven’t missed a single home game. Outside of Covid, I’ve only missed a handful of ROAD games over those same decades. I show up to the games, I cheer for the team, and I come here and discuss what I saw.

You’re just some angry white trash whose only recourse is to lash out at strangers on the internet. I dunno if it’s funny or sad.

JRjr
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It's not funny
 
ThomsonJacket said:
Idk, i remember full stadiums in CGO days, early CCG years, early CPJ early years. Honestly, i don't see many schools with full stadiums anymore.
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been saying this for a while : HDTV changed things gradually. my first year of season tix, 1998, i had one 26" tube TV. now 3 large screen HDTV's plus a laptop. 4 games at once. but iim a big CFB nut in general.

point is .. makes it tempting to stay home. having said that i think i've missed maybe 3 games since 98'.

when GT is going good .. it's ton of fun to be there. this year, it has not been a ton of fun. to say the very least.
 
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