Fitz on lower attendance

00Burdell said:
At some point, the video will be so realistic that we won't need to go to the games.

The next step after that is where we (those watching at home) will be digitally represented in the stadium as though we were there.

Not sure what the next step after that is.
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That’s covered in the 10 million credits episode of Black Mirror. People watching have Avatars of themselves in the audience.
 
00Burdell said:
Of course, I don't know that VR can touch being there in person for this...

I was there for the fog game. I was there for Joe Hamilton's OT defeat of the dwags. And I was there for this - VR has a long way to go before it can beat being there.

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I was there for this as well. 10 rows up when the Austin twins ran it into the end zone. TV has become a replacement for casual viewing, but we still have a ways to go to replace the big games.
 
thegtstunner08 said:
The experience to be at the game and all that comes with it, why would you pass that up? The cool crisp air, the band playing the fight song, seeing the team come out behind the wreck...I want to be apart of that until I physically can't make the trip(old as dirt age, Lord willing).
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Preach on, brother. 6 times a year ain't enough. 40 years and counting, good and bad years alike, and it will never get old.
 
Fitzgerald’s comments are valid. I do believe that to keep people coming to games TV has to make some concessions. Let game times be set before the season begins so that alums and fans can plan travel. Let each conference have only one 12 PM slotted game each week. We are scheduling too many games in the noon Eastern time slot. One reason is that networks want game goers back home watching 3:30 and 7:30 games. But, fans, especially students, don’t like the noon, or in CDT/CST zone 11 AM starts.
 
I think he's right about phones and the whole deal with it all of a sudden being a better experience to sit at home and watch it on TV is really overblown.

No one was going to games because the replay angles on TV weren't very good. It's not like we just got climate control and beer in your fridge at home in the last 10 years.

It's not even really phones by themselves. It's the fact that they have irreparably altered our attention spans to the point people have to have multiple modes of stimuli at all times.

At the same time, if your event is cool enough, people will come. Even if it's just to check in on social media to say that they were there.

Edit - and to the previous posters point 12:00 kickoffs are really not cool
 
We need a RedZone channel for each conference and Top 25. Thanks
 
gtrower said:
The problem is that the experience is becoming better on the TV. You’ve got commentary, replays, cheaper drinks/food, comfortable seats, controlled climate, no waits/lines, no travel. He’ll you can just see the game better.

Tailgates and atmosphere are tough to replicate. And tickets support the program. But it’s not tough to understand why people aren’t going to games as often.
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This. HDTV. I've missed two GT home games in 20 years but I also have my cave set up with 3 TVs. I love going to the GT games but home is a much better experience for everything else. Take F1 for example. I'd love to go to an F1 race someday. Bucket list kind of thing. But I'm pretty dang sure Sky Sports coverage, in HD, is far more entertaining.
 
I enjoy going to games with my dad and daughter, so we have 3 generations at every home game.

I was lucky enough to be at victories over UGAg, the goal line stand against Maryland, the Miracle on North Avenue against FSU, the Kick-Six against FSU. I was also lucky enough to be at FSU for our 2009 victory - which was a long day of nasty people, making that victory so sweet. Dwyer carrying Duke players. Reggie vs. Auburn. Even the Georgia Southern victory where we woke back up for a final drive

Heartbreaks: BS yellow flag, I hate Bobo. Up 20 against the mutts with a BS PI call in that one near half giving them momentum. Up on Miami in the 4th only to lose. VT handing us our ass 51-7. Wake Forest running 90+ plays in 2002 to death March us all game. And, of course, NC State 2005.

As for being at home, I can tailgate better there, especially with the new griddle. Made smash burgers last night. I may never use a traditional grill again.
 
00Burdell said:
Of course, I don't know that VR can touch being there in person for this...

I was there for the fog game. I was there for Joe Hamilton's OT defeat of the dwags. And I was there for this - VR has a long way to go before it can beat being there.

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that never gets old! What a Time to be Alive!
 
Skydog said:
This. HDTV. I've missed two GT home games in 20 years but I also have my cave set up with 3 TVs. I love going to the GT games but home is a much better experience for everything else. Take F1 for example. I'd love to go to an F1 race someday. Bucket list kind of thing. But I'm pretty dang sure Sky Sports coverage, in HD, is far more entertaining.
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With F1 on TV, you have the advantage of seeing the entire course, but you lose the perception of speed, acceleration and sound. All three are pretty mind-boggling in person.
 
00Burdell said:
At some point, the video will be so realistic that we won't need to go to the games.

The next step after that is where we (those watching at home) will be digitally represented in the stadium as though we were there.

Not sure what the next step after that is.
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Will our living room vibrate when we run back a blocked field goal?
 
81BME said:
With F1 on TV, you have the advantage of seeing the entire course, but you lose the perception of speed, acceleration and sound. All three are pretty mind-boggling in person.
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Not with the new engines, I suppose. Need to bring back V-12's, V-10's, or V-8's. Sounds like a bunch of Corollas nowadays
 
Yukonwreck said:
Will our living room vibrate when we run back a blocked field goal?
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No shit. I hope the designers of the parking deck on Spring didn't design the upper north. Of course, I have watched a bunch of Bugs Bunny in my life. I know that when something is collapsing down, you just wait until the last second and step off of it.
 
It's not the in stadium experience. It's everything else: short planning time due to tv, parking, traffic, morons, loading stuff, unloading stuff...
 
81BME said:
With F1 on TV, you have the advantage of seeing the entire course, but you lose the perception of speed, acceleration and sound. All three are pretty mind-boggling in person.
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Like I said I want to see an F1 race in person .. for sure.
 
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