Demjackets.....

That's what i meant. I know ATL is a "front-running" sports city. GT is all this city has right know, and for the true GT fan- thats all it should be. I cannot believe we struggle to sell out our home games consistantly
 
When you don't have a huge fanbase don't bitch about the ones that you do have. You know what might help attendance? Winning and maybe a coach with some semblance of a personality and intellect.
 
JOJATEC#1 said:
That's what i meant. I know ATL is a "front-running" sports city. GT is all this city has right know, and for the true GT fan- thats all it should be. I cannot believe we struggle to sell out our home games consistantly
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Why can't you believe it?

Almost every college located in a major sports city has problems selling tickets.

Look at UGA in Athens. It is about the only major sports game on in a hundred miles. If Tech was in Savannah we would sell out every game with an 80,000 person stadium.

Name one school that consistently sells out their large stadium that is near/in a city with an NFL franchise.
 
Atlanta is a bad sports town. It's not a mystery. We'll support a team when it's winning(at least at first...the Braves didn't even sell out all of their playoff games during that fantastic division winning stretch), but that's about it. A mediocre and consistently disappointing team like Tech has been? Forget about it.
 
BarrelORum said:
So basically what you are saying demjackets is that if the GTAA hired me to make decisions for Gailey we may be 4-0?
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BOR, so what are you going to do if the 2 OL aren't the 2 you've been talking about? I didn't notice any of them blocking too many people the last two weeks. Just asking?
 
GTKyle said:
Why can't you believe it?

Almost every college located in a major sports city has problems selling tickets.

Look at UGA in Athens. It is about the only major sports game on in a hundred miles. If Tech was in Savannah we would sell out every game with an 80,000 person stadium.

Name one school that consistently sells out their large stadium that is near/in a city with an NFL franchise.
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I can think of 3 possibilities, though I didn't check:
1) Ann Arbor is only 42 miles from Detroit. (For reference, it's about 73 miles from Atlanta to Athens.)
2) Berkeley is pretty dang close to Oakland
3) Washington is in Seattle.
 
ASimPerson said:
I can think of 3 possibilities, though I didn't check:
1) Ann Arbor is only 42 miles from Detroit. (For reference, it's about 73 miles from Atlanta to Athens.)
2) Berkeley is pretty dang close to Oakland
3) Washington is in Seattle.
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1) Still aways from Detroit. Michigan has the all-time highest winning percentage so I would say they're pretty much irrelevant.

Berkeley and Washington do not sell out.
 
Attendance figures from this year.

http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/Internet/attendance/IA_AVGATTENDANCE.pdf

A few NFL city teams:

San Diego State--100+%.
Rutgers--100+%.
Washington--99.8%.
Cal--92%.
Georgia Tech--85%.

So while it's not quite as rare as GTKyle says, it's not a very common thing. Of course, how many college football teams of a high caliber are in major cities? I've got to go to bed so I can't really look through this list in depth, but maybe someone else could.
 
GTKyle said:
1) Still aways from Detroit. Michigan has the all-time highest winning percentage so I would say they're pretty much irrelevant.

Berkeley and Washington do not sell out.
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So Michigan is irrelevant because they're successful?

Also, Washington is pretty darn close. They averaged 95%+ last year in home games despite being really terrible. That place gets really loud, too.

That said, I know the general point you're trying to make. But you didn't say "in the vast majority of cases, schools in NFL cities tend not to sell out" - you challenged us to name just one that did.
 
Add Maryland (DC; 100%) to that list. BC, 94%. Houston, 100% (22,000 seat capacity, but that's not what you asked).
 
Columbia, SC to Charlotte NC 80 miles

Williams Brice hold 85,000+
 
gth816f said:
Attendance figures from this year.

http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/Internet/attendance/IA_AVGATTENDANCE.pdf

A few NFL city teams:

San Diego State--100+%.
Rutgers--100+%.
Washington--99.8%.
Cal--92%.
Georgia Tech--85%.

So while it's not quite as rare as GTKyle says, it's not a very common thing. Of course, how many college football teams of a high caliber are in major cities? I've got to go to bed so I can't really look through this list in depth, but maybe someone else could.
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SDSU - Has 2x the amount of students we do, yet has a slightly smaller stadium.
Rutgers - What NFL team are they near? Again, 2x the amount of students, smaller stadium.
Washington - Best example yet.
Cal - Still not selling out yet is super hyped every year. I grew up in the bay area, Cal does not typically even come close to sellouts in most seasons.

Let's look at some other schools
BC - 93.73%
Miami - 57.78%
Stanford - 42.89%
UCLA - 76.37% (Not even near an NFL franchise)
USC - 96.63% (USC can't even sellout!)

Better table would be the ratio of fans per student attended.
 
clapper said:
Add Maryland (DC; 100%) to that list. BC, 94%. Houston, 100% (22,000 seat capacity, but that's not what you asked).
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We would have sold out every game if we had BC's stadium. Maryland is a huge school and has a smaller stadium than us.
 
Nobody in their right mind would go to the O bowl. Hell you get capped by halftime in that Ghett!
 
knoxjacket said:
When you don't have a huge fanbase don't bitch about the ones that you do have. You know what might help attendance? Winning and maybe a coach with some semblance of a personality and intellect.
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I like Chan's personality and intellect. Agree on the winning part. :)
 
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