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3GT

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Anyone else notice the dreadful bowl attendance levels at every bowl so far, except the Rose ?
 
3GT said:
Anyone else notice the dreadful bowl attendance levels at every bowl so far, except the Rose ?
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Don't forget the Sun Bowl. How or why there were so many people there I have no idea...
 
The New Orleans bowl was well attended( UL-Laf vs ECU). That's the only other one off the top of my head that I can remember
 
Im guessing the attendance issue is due to both unappealing matchups and the economy. These bowls arent cutting anybody any slack on ticket prices, thats for sure.
 
eneq said:
The New Orleans bowl was well attended( UL-Laf vs ECU). That's the only other one off the top of my head that I can remember
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As was the Independence Bowl in Shreveport that featured UL-Monroe. Rumor is that the Applebees there is excellent.

The bowl tie-ins to conferences really hurt attendance. The TV money has outpaced attendance and sponsors so you get ridiculous matchups in distant places.
 
I assume the economics of bowl games have changed over the years. It used to be a big deal for northern schools to play in a bowl down south. The fans would travel to get a sunny vacation and see the bowl game. The incentive to go for the weather is non-existent for some of the bowls. It was snowing at the Pinstripe Bowl, and freezing cold for some of the others. There are so many bowl games now that many teams play every year, and the fans don't get enthusiastic if it's not a BCS bowl or a fun town (I'm still waiting for Music City). It must be the TV money that makes the games profitable, or maybe the marketing for the host city. Since most of the stadiums would be sitting empty, otherwise, even a little revenue helps.
 
andrew said:
It has great local support every year.
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Yes.

This was the 79th Sun Bowl and has been televised every year since 1968 by CBS...longest running bowl tv contract.

It is the 2nd oldest bowl in college football tied with Orange and Suger just behind the Rose Bowl.

They fill 95% or more of its 52,000 seat capacity every year.

The entire city of close to 1 million provides tremendous corporate and community support for the teams...and when the NCAA does the team surveys following the bowls it always gets extremely high marks from the players. Our players will tell you they are treated better there than at the Orange Bowl.
 
I think college football had jumped the shark.

It's not just bowl attendance that's down, it's attendance everywhere. Conference realignment isn't going to help either. The bubble will eventually pop.
 
Diseqc said:
I think college football had jumped the shark.

It's not just bowl attendance that's down, it's attendance everywhere. Conference realignment isn't going to help either. The bubble will eventually pop.
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+1. With ridiculous conference expansions and realignments with absurd TV contracts driving the whole thing, I think more and more of the intro to Baseketball, specifically the part at 1:30...

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Who would've thought Matt Stone and Trey Parker would be so close to nailing the future of college sports in a really bad 1998 comedy?
 
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