GT band to go to SV & how GT got to this Bowl

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This is a very good article from the San Jose Mercury on the inside dealings of the Silicon Valley Bowl. It mentions that the Ga Tech & Fresno St bands will do the halftime show as the Bowl was too poor to hire outside entertainment.
Also contained herewith is the deal that got GT in this Bowl. U of Oregon & the ACC split a $250,000 payment to the WAC to get Oregon out of the Siligon Valley & into the Seattle Bowl. This created an opening in the SV that was taken by an ACC team because of the payment. As I said 'very interesting'.

How GT got the Silicon Valley Bowl invite
 
Sounds like alot of trouble just to schedule an away game with a second tier opponent. We should have talked to Tulane and partied in New Orleans.
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We were set to take the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, but Ole Miss beat Miss St to finish 6-6. The Rebels wanted to go & by contract could get this Bowl.
Our only choices then came down to a repeat in the Seattle or take this deal that the ACC set up to get Wake Forest in a Bowl game if we'd take the Silicon Valley. It' seems better to me to take the 'different' Bowl rather than go back to the 'same' Seattle Bowl.
PS: Tulane is going to the Hawaii Bowl to face Hawaii. We'd have had to do a deal with the ConferenceUSA to get to New Orleans.
 
Thanks, GTfan & Adam. I love this behind the scenes type info where u get a glimpse of what & why things happen. Wonder if the Bowl picks up some of the tab for getting the GT & Fresno bands to San Jose to do their 'free' halftime show?
Wonder why San Jose doesn't support this Bowl? There is a huge population in this area. Wonder why GT alums & fans aren't flocking to see their Jackets in such a close venue? The article says there's over 2,000 GT alums in the immediate area, but local tix sales are only 500. There's probably 5,000 GT fans within a 2 hr driving period & this would be easier to see the Yellow Jackets than planning a trip to Atlanta next Autumn. Has the GTAA done it's part contacting the alums, groups, clubs, etc, in this area?
 
Originally posted by GT Ace:
Wonder why GT alums & fans aren't flocking to see their Jackets in such a close venue? The article says there's over 2,000 GT alums in the immediate area, but local tix sales are only 500. There's probably 5,000 GT fans within a 2 hr driving period & this would be easier to see the Yellow Jackets than planning a trip to Atlanta next Autumn. Has the GTAA done it's part contacting the alums, groups, clubs, etc, in this area?
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">Don't always assume the worst GT Ace. That glass might actually be half full (not half empty). I know that the Nor Cal GT alumni club was calling their entire membership pushing SV Bowl tickets.
 
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