"Follow the money." Deepthroat
This is a personal online journal to explore the money end of college football. The X's and O' are pretty well covered elsewhere but other forum see the money as the side show while the football game might be the side show.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Ticket Mania 1
Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 Pittsburgh at Utah Section Redzone N 28 Row 44 $45.00 per ticket
Towson at Indiana Section Lower Sideline 3 Row 25 $4.00 per ticket
Saturday, Sep 4, 2010 Sam Houston State at Baylor Section Sideline Q Row 33 $2.94 per ticket
Coastal Carolina at West Virginia Football Lower Level Green Zone 134 Row 34 $43.00 per ticket
Purdue at Notre Dame Section Upper Level Corner 106 Row 22 $90.00 per ticket
Washington at BYU Section Upper End Zone 123 Row 32 $40.00 per ticket
Sacramento State at Stanford Section Upper Corner 207 Row H $6.00 per ticket
San Jose State at Alabama Section NN 4 Row 27 $56.00 per ticket
Connecticut at Michigan Section End Zone 11R Row 75 $55.00 per ticket
Sunday Sep 5, 2010 Tulsa at East Carolina Section Upper Sideline 219 Row K $30.00 per ticket
Monday, Sep 6, 2010 Boise State vs. Virginia Tech Section Upper 437 Row 23 $35.00 per ticket
2010 BCS National Championship Game Tickets (Alabama vs Texas) Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA 1582 ticket listings Upper End 13 - Rows 56-77 76 2 $575.00 each
2010 Fiesta Bowl Tickets (Boise State vs TCU) Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ 1206 ticket listings Terrace Level Corner 436 13 Up to 4 $36.00 each
2010 Orange Bowl Tickets (Georgia Tech vs Iowa) Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 8:00 PM at Land Shark Stadium in Miami, FL 665 ticket listings Upper End Zone 455 14 Up to 4 $66.00 each
2010 Rose Bowl Tickets (Ohio State vs Oregon) Friday, January 1, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA 777 ticket listings Corner 14 74 2 $216.00 each
2010 Sugar Bowl Tickets (Florida vs Cincinnati) Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM at Superdome in New Orleans, LA 959 ticket listings Terrace End Zone 604 17 2 $50.00 each
International Bowl Tickets (South Florida vs Northern Illinois) Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON 11 ticket listings Lower Sideline 113 20 2 $55.00 each
Insight Bowl Tickets (Minnesota vs Iowa State) Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 3:30 PM at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ 138 ticket listings Upper Sideline 244 30 Up to 7 $23.00 each
Independence Bowl Tickets (Texas AM vs Georgia) Monday, December 28, 2009 at 4:00 PM at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, LA 87 ticket listings 105 I 2 $40.00 each
Humanitarian Bowl Tickets (Idaho vs Bowling Green) Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM at Bronco Stadium in Boise, ID 11 ticket listings Lower Corner 28 S 2 $49.00 each
Holiday Bowl Tickets (Arizona vs Nebraska) Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA 252 ticket listings End Zone View 26 7 2 $85.00 each
GMAC Bowl Tickets (Central Michigan vs Troy) Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 7:00 PM at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, AL No tickets listed
Gator Bowl Tickets (West Virginia vs Florida State) Friday, January 1, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, FL 492 ticket listings Upper Level 415 CC Up to 13 $63.00 each
Emerald Bowl Tickets (USC vs Boston College) Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA 262 ticket listingsView Level End Zone 305 7 Up to 17 $24.00 each
EagleBank Bowl Tickets (Temple vs UCLA) Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 4:30 PM at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC 4 ticket listings 513 10 Up to 4 $65.00 each
Cotton Bowl Tickets (Oklahoma State vs Ole Miss) Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX 679 ticket listings Upper Reserved 452 22 Up to 7 $95.00 each
Chick-Fil-A Bowl Tickets (Tennessee vs Virginia Tech) Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 7:30 PM at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA 753 ticket listings Upper Prime 320 20 2 $58.00 each
Champs Sports Bowl Tickets (Miami vs Wisconsin) Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 8:00 PM at Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL 120 ticket listings Upper Level Corner 338 T Up to 6 $25.00 each
Capital One Bowl Tickets (Penn State vs LSU) Friday, January 1, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL 673 ticket listings Upper Level Corner 303 W 23rd Row Up to 5 $34.92 each
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Tickets (Air Force vs Houston) Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 11:00 AM at Amon G Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, TX 14 ticket listings SC 12 Up to 3 $25.00 each
Alamo Bowl Tickets (Texas Tech vs Michigan State) Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM at Alamodome in San Antonio, TX 290 ticket listings Upper Level End Zone 345 15 2 $26.49 each
Miami at Virginia Tech at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, VA Upper Sideline 39 4W 2 $97.00 each 188 ticket listings Is this the most important game in the ACC this year?
UAB at Texas AM at Kyle Field in College Station, TX Upper Level 516 25 6 $22.00 each 199 ticket listings Upper level in the endzone for $22 vs. Upper leve at the 30 for $49
Rhode Island at Connecticut Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT Upper Sideline 229 15 2 $27.50 each 24 ticket listings Either URI travels well or most are not even bothering to try and sell their UConn tickets.
Notre Dame at Purdue Ross Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN End Zone 115 61 2 $60.00 each 289 ticket listings Thought that the price would be higher.
Louisville at Utah Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT Redzone N 29 54 Up to 8 $39.95 each 50 ticket listings Redzone = Corner of the endzone Given how poorly the Cards have performed over the past several seasons, why are these the most expensive on the schedule?
Cal at Oregon Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR 156 ticket listings Corner 38 20 1 $63.00 each (Standing Room Only SRO Up to 11 $47.00 each) First time SRO ticket have been seen.
Ohio at Tennessee Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, TN 318 ticket listings Upper Level Corner GG 15 2 $24.99 each Apparently Bobcats do not travel.
Boston College at Clemson at Clemson Memorial Stadium in Clemson, SC 45 ticket listings Upper Sideline C P 2 $50.00 each Very thin market but Lower Sideline UJ M 2 $6,317.00 each and why such an odd number.
Wyoming at Colorado Folsom Field in Boulder, CO 48 ticket listings Lower Corner 122 17 *Aisles* 2 $27.00 each Wyoming fans don't travel? Or Buff's fans bailing?
Northwestern at Syracuse at Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY 27 ticket listings Lower Corner 128 S 2 $30.00 each Interest growing in upstate New York. Now if the Orange can win.
Arizona at Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, IA 97 ticket listings Upper End Zone 214 35 2 $70.00 each Higher price than expected.
Nevada at Colorado State at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO 1 ticket listing Sideline E 24 Up to 5 $85.00 each Prime seats.
Kansas State at UCLA at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA 162 ticket listings Bruin Reserved 16 A 2 $37.00 each Nice seats to see a game at the Rose Bowl.
West Virginia at Auburn at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, AL 199 ticket listings Upper Deck Sideline 112 28 2 $46.00 each Higher price than Kentucky on October 17.
Alcorn State at Central Michigan at Kelly Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, MI 1 ticket listing X 15 2 $9.00 each Chippy fever?
Mountain West Conference a low priority for CBS C by Scott Pierce shows the weakness of this conference's argument to be included at the BCS table...lack of media exposure and lack of media respect. The talking heads can say all they want about the the strength of the MWC while the suit in the back with the power of the checkbook and the programming schedule do not deem them worthy.
As the broadcast schedule shows the conference has a weak television presence with CBS College Sports cherry picking game of interest (the 10/31 New Mexico at San Diego St.being an exception). Even with CBS C and Mtn. showing what could be the most important game of the season the college football world may barely notice as Disney Sports will be busy hyping games to be play December 5th. and CBS will be selling the hell out of the SEC championship game.
Survey of the cheapest tickets listed at StubHub.com (8/9/09)
Games to be played on 9/5/09 unless otherwise noted.
Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Virginia Tech vs. Alabama
Upper End Zone 307 Up to 7$162.00 each
597 ticket listings
Speculators betting on a big pay day. This will need some follow up.
Miami at Florida State
Monday, September 7, 2009
Lower Level End Zone 118 Up to 4 $186.00 each
118 ticket listings
Jacksonville State the following week much better seats for less the $20.
Cincinnati at Rutgers
Monday, September 7, 2009
Lower End Zone 116 Up to 4$45.00 each
125 ticket listings
Are the Yankees playing the Red Sox?
Minnesota at Syracuse
Upper End Zone 330 Up to 4$38.00 each
22 ticket listings are displayed in the map
In two weekweeks you can see Northwestern for just $14
Navy at Ohio State
Deck 6 C 28 $143.00 each
122 ticket listings
No tickets for the Buckeyes are currently listed below the century mark.
BYU vs. Oklahoma at Dallas Cowboys New Stadium in Arlington, TX
Upper Reserved 401 2 $81.99 each
346 ticket listings
Worth the money just to see the 8th Wonder of the World.
Georgia at Oklahoma State
129 ticket listings
Lower Corner 101 2 $129.00 each
There are muliple listings for seats in section 101 which are in the "Fun Zone" and cost $336 per seat for the eight home games. This prices are well beyond those for the rest of the season and may be a result of the Bulldog Effect.
Louisiana Tech at Auburn
Upper Deck Sideline 48 Up to 4$29.99 each
191 ticket listings
And this is about the best home SEC game of the week.
After watching Mike and Mike this mourning and hearing Harvey Perlman respond to Senator Hatch's comments from the prior day's show on the BCS, the truth of the matter became clear; this may look like a power struggle between Congress and the BCS but the king makers her is ESPN. And then the news that the Mountain West Conference had signed an agreement with ESPN confirmed the theory, the "Boys from Bristol" are running college football and the rest of use are just along for the ride.
This is not a new idea on this blog or for those that take a few minutes to pull themselves away from the ESPN teat long enough to realize that they are a cold mechanical business and not the warm maternal mother's milk of sports. Like a weed ESPN has woven itself into the fabric of sports to the extent that they can lay claim to stealing from King Louis XVI and say, "We are the sport".
This control of college football extend from the power to dictate the date and time of the game to having the most powerful person on the field that comes out during the commercial breaks to enforce the will network. In the need to fill up the time between games ESPN sets the agenda and molds public opinion shamelessly promote the upcoming slate of games. The $495 million comes from ESPN/Disney with the expectation that they will profit from the deal by having high profile games with match up that will deliver rating. Easy to sell rating such as Texas v. USC or Florida v. Ohio State not Georgia v. Hawaii or Pitt v. Uath.
In a game of chicken the Mountain West blinked and the rebellion has be squelched. The Mountain West returns to an unhappy existence with a chip on there shoulder, a broadcast deal with CBS College Sports, the Mtn. cable channel, and because of this one of the lowest broadcast profiles in college football. The non-BCS school will need to stay at the outside hoping for a chance to change the system.
Parting question: "How did the Boys from Bristol get their way with the Mountain West?"
Conference game of the week--mark your calendars now. Rules: Every team must make the list at least once Guideline: The most important game is not always the most interesting.
Saturday, Sept. 5 BYU vs. Oklahoma (in Arlington) Note to vendors—stock up on Sprite and decaf caffe
Saturday, Sept. 12 Houston at Oklahoma State Rice at Texas Tech Neither of these are particular interesting but they are better than any of the other options. This is the week that Texas travels to Wyoming to play the Cowboys.
Saturday, Sept. 19 Texas Tech at Texas No Crabtree! At Austin! Can this be as interesting as 2008?
Saturday, Sept. 26 Army at Iowa State Army has a chance at being competitive in this game.
Saturday, Oct. 3 Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (in Dallas) Has Bobby Petrino have the Razorbacks in position to be a factor in the South?
Thursday, Oct. 8 Nebraska at Missouri What is the direction for these two programs?
Saturday, Oct. 17 Oklahoma vs. Texas (in Dallas) No brainer.
Saturday, Oct. 24 Oklahoma State at Baylor Are the Bears making progress?
Saturday, Oct. 31 Missouri at Colorado Both teams need this game for keeping up with the Huskers.
Saturday, Nov. 7 Kansas at Kansas State No brainer #2.
Saturday, Nov. 14 Texas Tech at Oklahoma State Will this be more than a contest for the #3 slot in the South.
Saturday, Nov. 21 Kansas State at Nebraska The Jayhawks may already be out of bowl contention and they may have nothing to lose.
Saturday, Nov. 28 Oklahoma State at Oklahoma Are the Sooner still the dominate team?
In about 1985 distance 2nd place furniture polish Behold in a 7oz. can had a half price package that grew sales dramatically. The company then change from two size of Lemon Behold 7oz. and 14oz. to a pair of 9oz. products Lemon Behold and Natural Wood Behold. Part of the presentation to the trade was that, "Our brand has growth".
It was not a lie. It was using the numbers to tell your story. The proposal from the Mountain West Conference for a replacement of the current BCS system has a funny ring to it as the number given are stacked in the MWC favor.
When did you make the move to the “big people table” at holiday meals? At what point did you graduate. For most it was a mere matter of age. There were those awkward years where you were seated in the kitchen with the six year old cousin that is no longer cute and then the first year sitting with the adults where you were all but invisible. Once you made the move there was no going back.
The Mountain West wants a seat at the BCS table as they have fielding very competitive teams that have already won three BCS games—more wins than the ACC (2004-2009) despite not having the coveted automatic bid. In the 2008-09 final poll the MWC had 3 teams in the final top 25 as compared to 2 for the Big East and 3 for the Atlantic Coast Conference. If the MWC were applying for an opening they would definitely be the top candidate.
The Mountain West resume as impressive as it is lack one critical element...television numbers. Given that the BCS is a television driven event the ability to demonstrate that your conference can deliver the eyeballs is of paramount importance. Currently, this key piece is missing. Looking at the 2008 numbers from ESPN you'll see that the MWC fails to deliver impressive numbers.
The road to the BCS may go through the Magic Kingdom of college football. With ESPN having the BCS broadcast rights, the folks in Bristol have unprecedented influence over the agenda. In short given the overwhelming influence ESPN has over the college football storyline, Craig Thompsonthe, MWC commissioner first needs to get the conference a place on already crowded regular season broadcast schedule.
How can the MWC prove that the conference can deliver the all important television rating and the dollars to justify the BCS payout, if the games are hidden on the mtn. , CBS College Sports, and Versus? While it may sound harsh but your on the field performance will get you an invite to the BCS when warranted, a permanent berth requires that you prove the financial angle is covered. Can the addition of one of the non-BCS conferences grow the pot of money? Until the answer is yes the current situation cannot change.
If Congress wants to get involved and regulate college football they might want to start with assuring equal television exposure. Yes, a return era to the equal time. Organize the Fall sports schedule towards make sure that we get to see Wyoming, Troy, and FIU in prime time. While we are nationalizing the banks, maybe we can nationalize cable TV. And start by moving the masters of Bristol to the shores of the Potomac.
The alternative for those not at the BCS table is to grow (up) and earn your place at the table.
Duke at Virginia Tech at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, VA Upper Sideline 21 $42.00 each
Florida State at Maryland at Byrd Stadium in College Park, MD Upper Sideline 312 2 $39.00 Terps are slowly in the ACC hunt.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Football Tickets Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH End Zone GA 116 $41.00 Bearcat mania? Terps v. Bearcats in the Orange Bowl?
Iowa State at Kansas State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS Lower Corner 1 $17.00 WHY? Overpriced at $1?
Illinois at Northwestern at Ryan Field in Evanston, IL Lower Corner 103 $27.00 each Thrown in a blanket and you have a deal. Google Maps link
BYU at Utah at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT Redzone N 28 $185.00 The ticket price will keep you warm.
Washington at Washington State at Martin Stadium in Pullman, WA End Zone Reserved 18 $15.00 More over priced than the Iowa State at Kansas State game?
Ole Miss at LSU at Tiger Stadium - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA East Upper 643 $68.00 No comment!
Yale at Harvard at Harvard Stadium in Boston, MA 13 KK $53.00 Ticket prices top out at $77. Maybe too steep for unemployed Harvard MBA's that worked on Wall Street.
Illinois at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI Upper Deck Sideline KK $45.00 Steep price for a battle for 4th game.
Virginia at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, GA Upper Level End Zone 215 $25.00 This may be one of the more interesting games of the weekend.
Oklahoma State at Texas Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX Upper End Zone 116 $80.00 Rutgers at Pittsburgh Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA Lower Level 120 W 2 $22.00 The Scarlet Knights have given Pitts problems in ecent years. If interested spend a few extra dollars and get out of the corner endzone.
Eastern Michigan at Ball State Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, IN No tickets for sales. Letterman must have bought them all.
UNLV at BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT 129 32 $19.00 Soddam v. Saints Approximate view below
Oregon at Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ Upper Corner 214 $6.99 Upper End Zone 226 $6.99 Corner versus straight on. Take your choice. ASU is our bargain of the week.
Kentucky at Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL Upper Corner 45 $55.00 Buy now so you can join the Tebow Flock.
Florida State at Miami Dolphin Stadium in Miami, FL Upper Corner 436 $41.00 Last week's crowd was in the 35,000 range but since FSU fans actually buy tickets....
Kansas at Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, IA Lower Corner 1 $32.00 These are among the worst seats imaginable as the are beyond the endzone but only slightly angled. Maybe the bleachers in the other endzone for $35 are better.
Rutgers at West Virginia Mountaineers Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, WV Lower Level Visitor 98 $35.00 Many tickets from the Vistors section for sale. Not worth the drive from Jersey?
Penn State at Purdue Ross Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN End Zone 132 $24.00 PSU fans are missing the chance to see their team on the cheap.
UNLV at Colorado State Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO Sideline H $15.00 Low price in a thin (three listings). The stadium seem to be out in the middle of nowhere.
Washington State at UCLA Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA Bruin Reserved 15 $5.00 The bargain of the week.
Auburn at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, TN End Zone J $201.00 Red hot real estate for this weekend.
Florida at Arkansas Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR Upper Level Sideline 505 $14.00 Too far for Gator fans? Or no faith by Razorback fans?
South Carolina State at Clemson 1:00 PM at Clemson Memorial Stadium in Clemson, SC Upper Sideline D V $2.99 each If you have money to burn much better tickets are $8
Buffalo at Missouri Football Tickets 1:00 PM at Faurot Field (Memorial Stadium) in Columbia, MO End Zone 8 38 $48.00 each Hot ticket to see the Bulls come to town.
Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati Football Tickets Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH Bearcat Lair End Zone 131 11 $20.00 each Firm price for Bearcat tickets. Price may be helped by the flood of Miami fans.
Ball State at Indiana Football Tickets Memorial Stadium (Indiana) in Bloomington, IN Upper Sideline 111 36 $34.45 each It's the $.45 that makes the deal. Not bad seats.
Marshall at Southern Mississippi Football Tickets USM MM Roberts Stadium the Rock in Hattiesburg, MS Lower Sideline H 32 $38.00 each Only seats (up to 7)listed.
Wyoming at BYU Football Tickets LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT 144 30 $38.00 each And how long a drive is it from Wyoming?
LSU at Auburn Football Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, AL Upper Deck Sideline 114 31 $115.00 each Not for those that get nosebleeds. Total score over under is?
San Jose State at Stanford Football Tickets Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, CA Lower Goal 130 I $8.00 each General admission tickets $4. Bad times in Silicon Valley?
Murray State at Western Kentucky Football Tickets Houchens Industries-LT Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, KY 108 C $32.00 each Not sure where section 108 is but given the small size of the stadium you should be able to find your place. Future renovations canbeseen here.
Which ACC Bowl game should East Carolina go to? Should a 13-0 record put them in the Orange Bowl? Can they do a worse than the ACC teams in recent memory? Or let’s imagine that ECU goes 11-2 losing in the C-USA Championship game, but winning their three games against Virginia Tech, Virginia, and NC State. Is it fair that the Pirates will go to the GMAC Bowl while a lesser team from the Atlantic Coast Conference goes to the Chick-fil-A, Gator, or Champ Bowl by virtue of the conference membership?
Much has been made of the “BCS Busters” where a deserving team from a lesser non-BCS conference gets the dream of a life time and is allowed to sit at the big money table. That’s nice and makes good PR but this still leaves the Mountain West, WAC, and C-USA thin on their slate of bowl games. With the current bowl ties the casting director for the bowl games hands are tie to what they have already signed up for. Keeping with ECU (but there may be several other teams that could fit this bill) might a match up of the Pirates and Alabama (using the projections from Scouts.com) make for a more interesting Chick-fil-A Bowl that a 8-4 Boston College?
As stated before on this blog bowl game are all about bring people to your city to fill hotel and restaurant during the slow holiday season. Organizers are then keen on lock in the best chance of bring people to town for the game and not particularly interesting in the most intriguing games at the end of the season.
Maybe we need a second tier bowl to become a free agent and be willing to gamble on presenting the fans with a interesting game rather than the current locked slate of “if there is nothing else on” games.
Game of the week rules: looking for the most intriguing (not always the most important) game, home conference games only, every team must appear at least once.
Monday, September 1 Tennessee at UCLA The Vols will be heavily favored but the trip west is never easy. Saturday, September 6
BYU at Washington BYU starts building their BCS case. Saturday, September 13 Ohio State at USC
Oklahoma at Washington The Sooner should win this but this is a long trip and will have no bearing on winning the Big 12 Saturday, September 20
Georgia at Arizona State The Bulldogs can finally earn some frequent flier miles
Boise State at Oregon BSU is two years removed from a BCS berth. For the Ducks a win here can help their case for roses next January
Thursday, September 25 USC at Oregon State Pac 10 Thursday night?
Saturday, September 27
Fresno State at UCLA Pat Hill looks like a truck driver not a football coach. Saturday, October 4
Oregon at USC
Saturday, October 11
Arizona State at USC Measuring tape game as ASU played Georgia
Saturday, October 18 California at Arizona Jockeying for position in the standings
Saturday, October 25 Notre Dame at Washington Can Ty save his job with a win here?
Saturday, November 1 Oregon at California The fight for #2
Saturday, November 8 Arizona at Washington State Arizona State at Washington Who is staying home this bowl season?
Saturday, November 15 USC at Stanford A long shot for an upset but…
Saturday, November 22 Washington at Washington State Apple Cup although a good Washington apple may be juicer than this game.
Saturday, November 29 Oregon at Oregon State State may nothing to lose and be a dangerous opponent
Saturday, December 6 USC at UCLA The Pac 10 for better or worse is the Trojans and then everyone else and after looking at the schedule you see that most of the non-USC games are trying to find your place between USC and Stanford.
The least popular person in the room can often be the one that points out those nasty little truths that the rest would rather ignore. The group would rather be happy and not have the problem of facing some of the problems that lay ahead one of the areas of college sports where reality will throw an ice cold bucket of water on the recent party is in travel expenses. As University of Wyoming AD points out:
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it cannot occur without a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output." Milton Friedman
Inflation is easily defined as too much money chasing too few goods. In the world of big time college football the scares good is a combination of a home game and and the just as important a win. Given this and the reduction is the stigma of playing down a division the price for a D-1AA opponent has gone up dramatically over the past few years. Recent announcement by West Virginia University and Florida State are interesting in that the price they are paying is more than the going rate for a guaranteed win against a D1 school in recent memory.
If we assume that the college football world no longer looks at the D-1AA with disdain might we see a fall in the price in the D1 body bag game. As we learned in Econ 101, if you were not sleeping that is, that while increased demand will cause prices to rise initially as more supply is brought to market, attracted by the higher price and consumers make substitution prices will fall.
In the case of college football the prices will fall not back to previous levels but you will not see Auburn paying $900,000 for a visist form NMSU.
Twelve years working for a food broker, a degree in marketing, and reading the Wall Street Journal are the feedstock for this blog. Currently I teach business education classes at a high school.
