Why no Bowl game?

smokey_wasp said:
Not a unilateral CGC decision whatsoever. That's not how any of this works. But of course you will blame him just like you would if we took half a roster to a meaningless bowl and got boatraced
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All you have to do is ask any member of the 1971 team what it's like as a team to decline a bowl bid - and we were 6-5 and just had a controversial loss to Ugag - and be told by the HFC "We're staying in this room until you vote to go to the bowl." Carson was getting max pressure from the Athletic Board and the Alumni.

Ole Miss - 41
GT -18

Budro was gone after New Years.....
 
DeepSnap said:
All you have to do is ask any member of the 1971 team what it's like as a team to decline a bowl bid - and we were 6-5 and just had a controversial loss to Ugag - and be told by the HFC "We're staying in this room until you vote to go to the bowl." Carson was getting max pressure from the Athletic Board and the Alumni.

Ole Miss - 41
GT -18

Budro was gone after New Years.....
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And had to play in the rain on Christmas day as well. And I don't remember, but bet we didn't sell all our ticket allotment either... for a home town bowl.
 
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ramblinwise1 said:
And had to play in the rain on Christmas day as well. And I don't remember, but bet we had didn't sell all our ticket allotment either... for a home town bowl.
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No, not even close. I think the announced attendance was under 30,000.
 
Kevin Thomas said:
No, not even close. I think the announced attendance was under 30,000.
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Correction. Announced attendance was right at 39,000, actual attendance was probably under 20,000. Horrible weather and field conditions. One interesting note, it was the last game played by an all white team, Ole Miss would have their first black player in 1972.
 
And that's why you don't just accept any bowl bid that comes along. The AA often loses its arse and it becomes a negative experience for fans and players alike.
 
Bowl games are fun when we as fans can make plans to go, the players get to enjoy a new city with their teammates and play in front of the fans, and gives the fans a chance to feel redeemed after a mediocre season or to cap off a great season by playing another team they normally wouldn’t. None of those things are looking good this year. Let’s stop pretending that we live in a normal world at this moment or that Tech has the bodies to beat anyone in a bowl game and look forward to the spring and next season where God willing we can have all of those things again. Sun will rise on Tech football again and very soon.
 
Akinji07 said:
Bowl games are fun when we as fans can make plans to go, the players get to enjoy a new city with their teammates and play in front of the fans, and gives the fans a chance to feel redeemed after a mediocre season or to cap off a great season by playing another team they normally wouldn’t. None of those things are looking good this year. Let’s stop pretending that we live in a normal world at this moment or that Tech has the bodies to beat anyone in a bowl game and look forward to the spring and next season where God willing we can have all of those things again. Sun will rise on Tech football again and very soon.
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At last - a post worth reading in this miserable wasteland of a thread.
 
DeepSnap said:
All you have to do is ask any member of the 1971 team what it's like as a team to decline a bowl bid - and we were 6-5 and just had a controversial loss to Ugag - and be told by the HFC "We're staying in this room until you vote to go to the bowl." Carson was getting max pressure from the Athletic Board and the Alumni.

Ole Miss - 41
GT -18

Budro was gone after New Years.....
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6-6 GT got blasted by 10-2 Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl; so what is your point here?
 
ramblinwise1 said:
And had to play in the rain on Christmas day as well. And I don't remember, but bet we didn't sell all our ticket allotment either... for a home town bowl.
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Do we EVER sell our ticket allotment? I was at both OB games and I remember a lot of "fans" bitching that they could not afford to go. To the OB! Georgia Tech graduates pleading poverty - it was disgusting. Seems 1/3 of Tech alumni are from JawJa and grew up hairy dwag fans, 1/3 are from Asia and DNGAF about football, and 1/3 are tight asses who squeeze a nickel so tight that Jefferson screams for mercy. If that is going to be the standard, then they should never accept a bowl bid again . . . and might as well give up football and sell Grant Field to a condo developer.

 
1982Jacket said:
Do we EVER sell our ticket allotment? I was at both OB games and I remember a lot of "fans" bitching that they could not afford to go. To the OB! Georgia Tech graduates pleading poverty - it was disgusting. Seems 1/3 of Tech alumni are from JawJa and grew up hairy dwag fans, 1/3 are from Asia and DNGAF about football, and 1/3 are tight asses who squeeze a nickel so tight that Jefferson screams for mercy. If that is going to be the standard, then they should never accept a bowl bid again . . . and might as well give up football and sell Grant Field to a condo developer.

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Pretty sure we sold our allotment for the OB.
 
GTYJ said:
Because the SEC schedules are harder than ACC schedules.
We lost to Syracuse and were blown out by many teams.
We didn't deserve to play any one in any bowl game.
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Derp. We played two playoff teams.

Nobody said anything about "deserving" anything. Bowls are taking any teams able to play.
 
Akinji07 said:
Bowl games are fun when we as fans can make plans to go, the players get to enjoy a new city with their teammates and play in front of the fans, and gives the fans a chance to feel redeemed after a mediocre season or to cap off a great season by playing another team they normally wouldn’t. None of those things are looking good this year. Let’s stop pretending that we live in a normal world at this moment or that Tech has the bodies to beat anyone in a bowl game and look forward to the spring and next season where God willing we can have all of those things again. Sun will rise on Tech football again and very soon.
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This- plus they're expensive to participate in. We've "lost money" in prior bowls in years not handicapped by Covid. I really think it was a combination of financial + your points above (for this and the Miami game).

Go Jackets
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
I was at the Orange Bowl against Iowa. I never realized it could be that cold in Florida. We were definitely outnumbered by the Iowa fans.
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It was cold AF. I have probably been to at least two dozen OBs - by far the coldest I ever saw. My poor daughter was shivering so we had to bail in the second half and watch the end from our hotel room. And we were outnumbered by AT LEAST two to one by Iowa fans - IOWA! Came all the way from IOWA. Maybe closer to three to one. Tech fans couldn't be bothered to come from Georgia. And I'm pretty sure that Tech itself actually wound uo buying a ton of tickets so it could meet its allotment.

The MSU game we were still outnumbered, but I don't think it was as bad. Then again, I personally bought 13 tickets to create a small sea of Tech fans among my family - who aren't even Tech fans, but came anyway to support me and my team.

I wish Tech football had more and especially BETTER fans. I wish Tech had an admin that GAF about Tech football.
 
The benefit of a lower tier bowl is the extra practice time. That would have been a week or two at most this bowl season and we'd lose money to boot.
 
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