Saturday, April 11, 2009

Bad Reputation



Unlike Joan Jett, teenage males do care about your bad reputation. Miami had swagger, lacking real tradition such as Michigan, Texas, or USC; they were the rebellious outsider of college football. Miami came from nowhere with National Championships in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2001.

Manny Navarro in Intruders breaching UM's local recruiting wall, warns of a hole in Miami’s control over the best of South Florida. While this is a good article, it leaves a void by not exploring the why. A simple question with a simple answer: The Canes no longer have the swagger or the wins to attract the top players. 2001, for those of use over 30 was a mere eight years ago. For a 17 year old that same journey in time is nearly half a lifetime. Don’t blame the high school, kid for not knowing about the great tradition that was the U, understand that the futility of the past four years does little to sell the Miami image.



Common in the world beyond that of college football is the, “What have you done for me lately?” that perhaps those devout followers of Sebastian the Ibis are seeing that the support of the past was just a veneer of bandwagon jumpers. This not a prediction that Miami will forever be mired as an average team in a below average BCS conference, rather a bright light on the fragility of Miami football and to a larger extent any college football program. Notice that in 2008 The cover of Phil Steele's Florida Edition featured three teams from the Sunshine State--UF, FSU, ans USF but not the Canes.



On November 28th 2009 Miami may play the most important game of their season against the University of South Florida which will for 2010 determine the pecking order for BCS football programs in Florida.

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Sunday, April 05, 2009

Dumping Cupcakes


How sold are the fans? The truest measure of demand for tickets is in the discount placed on the, "Can miss" game. The person buying a set of season tickets will make their money on the rivalry game and will feel the need just to move (dump) the cupcake game. Below are teams with a comparison bet ween the an FCS game and a conference or OOC BCS team within a week or two of each other.

Forida State

Jacklonsville State at Florida State Football Tickets
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sideline 28 83 Up to 4 $31.00 each

South Florida at Florida State Football Tickets
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sideline 28 83Up to 4 $157.00 each

USF is 5 times more popular?


Penn State

Eastern Illinois at Penn State Football Tickets
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Lower Level End Zone NG 39 2 $90.00 each

Minnesota at Penn State Football Tickets
Saturday, October 17, 2009
ower Level End Zone NG 39 2 $185.00 each

A bargain trip to the center of PA for the weekend of October 10th.

Kansas

Northern Colorado
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Family Zone GA G/A Up to 4 $19.50 each

Duke
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Family Zone GA G/A Up to 8 $19.50 each

And if this were basketball? It is football and there is no demand for Blue Devils in the heartland.

Wisconsin



Northern Illinois
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 53 Up to 4 $52.00 each

Fresno State
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 53 Up to 4 $59.00 each

Wofford
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 53Up to 4$45.00 each

Michigan State
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Lower Deck Corner A 49 Up to 8 $93.00 each
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 54 Up to 6 $149.00 each

The Badgers are home the first four weekends of the season

Florida

Vanderbilt at Football Tickets
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Upper Corner 47 TBD Up to 5 $129.00 each

Florida International
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Upper Corner 47 TBD Up to 4 $95.00 each

Love and respect for Vandy?

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