"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, December 26, 2009
Bowling for BCS Tickets 2009-10
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
Texas Bowl Tickets (Navy vs Missouri) Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 2:30 PM at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX 278 ticket listings Gridiron Endzone 647 Front Row 1 $1.95 each Gridiron Endzone 618 g Up to 4 $3.00 each
Sun Bowl Tickets (Oklahoma vs Stanford) Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 12:00 PM at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, TX 69 ticket listings GA GA Up to 4 $45.00 each 20 53 2 $50.00 each
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Tickets (SMU vs. Nevada) Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 3:00 PM at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, HI 11 ticket listings Red Sideline M 4 & 5 Up to 12 $45.00 each
Poinsettia Bowl Tickets (Utah vs California) Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 5:00 PM at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA 35 ticket listings Plaza 57 18 Up to 4 $25.99 each
Papajohns.com Bowl Tickets (Connecticut vs South Carolina) Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL 12 ticket listings 13 A-31 23 Up to 4 $80.00 each
Outback Bowl Tickets (Auburn vs Northwestern) Friday, January 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL 52 ticket listings Lower Level Sideline 106 G 2 $49.00 each
Music City Bowl Tickets (Kentucky vs Clemson) Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 7:15 PM at LP Field in Nashville, TN 525 ticket listings Upper Level 329 HH Up to 5 $2.97 each
Meineke Car Care Bowl Tickets (Pittsburgh vs North Carolina) Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC 140 ticket Upper Sideline 509 6 Up to 8 $50.00 each
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Tickets (Oregon State vs BYU) Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 5:00 PM at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV 13 ticket listings Corner 201 11 Up to 2 $59.99 each
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Tickets (Ohio vs. Marshall) Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 1:00 PM at Ford Field in Detroit, MI 15 ticket listings Lower Level Corner 134 31 2 $29.50 each
Liberty Bowl Tickets (East Carolina vs Arkansas) Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, TN 48 ticket listings Corner 116 58 2 $72.00 each
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?
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.
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
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.
There are 344 teams in D1 basketball with 65 + 32 going to post season tournaments or 28% far below the percentage of teams going to college bowl games. The 65 “best” included first round losers: Mount St. Mary at an RPI of #159, #147 Texas Arlington, #108 Winthrop, #98 Georgia, and #90 Portland St. While #94 San Diego and #66 Siena did win in the first round, their roll as mere March filler came in the second round. Source--http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php
The Big East put seven teams, about 11% of the 65, into the March Folly despite the fact that these teams had already, “decided it on the court”. Worse only one Big East made it to the group of eight with Louisville losing North Carolina. For all the hype the NCCA basketall tournament is a bloated income ditribution vehicle with numerous meaningless games.
If this is the correct way to do things what would a college football playoff look like? Some might say an eight team playoff, others 16, using the same 65 out of 344 of 18.9% we need at least 23 teams or 24 just too even things up. Automatic bids: the six BCS conferences, MAC, WAC, MWC, Sun Belt, C-USA.
The challenge for those that want this is the fill in the brackets in a reasonable manner. You’ll need three play in games and then some gymnastics to avoid repeating games that have already been played.
The answer that will be arrived at will be the equivalent of using epicycle to epicycles to explain planetary retrograde motion in an Earth center solar system. Or paraphrasing Dennis Miller in his brief time on Monday Night Football, “That tournament is more complicated that the House of Plantagenet.” The BCS may not be perfect but the basketball model isn’t either.
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.
Florida State at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, GA Upper Level Sideline 203 $81.00 Nice seats. Prices helped by the openess of the ACC crown?
Missouri at Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, TX Corner A $19.00 See a Tiger game on the cheap?
West Virginia at Connecticut Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT Upper Sideline 205 $60.00 2007 Co-champs face off. Not worth $60.
Northwestern at Minnesota Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN Face of the two Big 10 pretenders. Not worth $59.
Temple at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD Lower Level Sideline 31 $27.00 Last Navy real Home game of the season.
Oregon at California Memorial Stadium (Cal) in Berkeley, CA Gold Zone XX $29.95 XXX section is $29.95 per month.
Tulsa at Arkansas Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR Upper Level Sideline 500 $18.00 This is actually and interesting game of unbeaten Tulsa visiting an SEC team.
Fresno State at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, LA E 01 $7.00 The bargain game of the week.
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.
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:
Consider these quote from Hawaii earns $4.4 million for Sugar 1. "The University of Hawaii will receive nearly $4.4 million for playing in the Sugar Bowl..." 2. "Georgia, which beat Hawaii, 41-10, will earn $17 million for the Southeastern Conference..."
So Hawaii get $4.4 million of what pie? Where did that number come from? Shouldn't this article explain the difference? Is it that the average reader does not really care or is the journalist too lazy to bother?
It is well known that Notre Dame gets $4.5 million from the BCS each year that they share with no one. Less controversial and less well known is the money given the the "non-BCS" conferences. After some digging and futile time at BCSfootball.org a 2006 article shed some light on the situation.
After 16 games does the AFC need a playoff? With last weekend's meaningless wildcard games we move to the second round of the much loved playoffs because as we know it the champion is best decides on the field. Yet in the case of the AFC there is no need for a post season as New England has vanquished every foe n defeating what is likely the second best team in the NFL in the the Colts. In fact why play the Super Bowl at all as it is clear the New England is the best team in the NFL and at best the current process can only serve to delay this conclusion or crown a pretender the the thrown.
Those that advocate the playoff in college football point to this past season with no regular season dominate team as proof of the need for adding a tournament single elimination contest to the regular season. The recent proposal by Georgia's Michael Adams might not be seems so smart if the Dawgs go undefeated through an SEC schedule only to lose in the first round to a no. 8 Hawaii (or alike). Then the screams would be to consider the difficulty to surviving a brutal SEC regular season and that the winner of the playoff was illegitimate.
She just learned she did not get her Peach Chick-Fil-A Bowl tickets early enough.
International Bowl Tickets (Rutgers vs Ball State) Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM at Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON 217 12 Up to 5 $70.00 each Limited sales as the upper 500 level is apparently not being sold. Toronto v. New Jersey?
Insight Bowl Tickets (Indiana vs Oklahoma State) Monday, December 31, 2007 at 1:00 PM at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ 237 24 Up to 4 $17.00 each Good 50 yard line tickets are about $60. Hoosier fans are sure about this college bowl thing and T. Boone Pickens already bought a section.
Independence Bowl Tickets (Colorado vs Alabama) Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 7:00 PM at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, LA 125 F 3 $37.00 each (Endzone) If 70,000 Bama fans will show up for spring practice then 40,000 can and will journey to Shreveport.
Humanitarian Bowl Tickets (Georgia Tech vs Fresno State) Monday, December 31, 2007 at 12:00 PM at Bronco Stadium in Boise, ID South End Zone GA 2 $3.50 each For comparison--Weber State at Boise State Football Tickets 8/30 $75 for seats in the same area. If we had just lost a couple more games we could stay home for the holidays.
Holiday Bowl Tickets (Arizona State vs Texas) Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 5:00 PM at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA End Zone View 48 14 Up to 14 $34.00 each Texas fans travel! The Holiday Bowl just seems to be the most major bowl that is all but forgotten.
GMAC Bowl Tickets (Tulsa vs Bowling Green) Sunday 7:00 PM Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, AL T 14 Up to 4 $35.00 each (not Endzone) No need to finance this trip.
Gator Bowl Tickets (Virginia vs Texas Tech) Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, FL Middle Level Sideline 233 BB 2 $10.00 each The ACC Championship gameis moving and Jacksonville IS the problem.
Emerald Bowl Tickets (Maryland vs Oregon State) Friday, December 28, 2007 at 5:30 PM at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA End Zone Bleachers 140 12 2 $44.95 each Great venue, a baseball only park for football. Bleachers setup in right field are $65 each.
Chick-Fil-A Bowl Tickets (Auburn vs Clemson) Monday, December 31, 2007 at 7:30 PM at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA Upper Sideline 351 19 1 $97.95 each From a bowl standpoint this is a great match up for selling tickets. Good location and two teams with loyal fan bases mean a sell out, full hotels, and dollars being spent in Atlanta.
Texas Bowl Tickets (Houston vs TCU) Friday, December 28, 2007 at 7:00 PM at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX Endzone for $33 with good seats for $62. Looks like the upperdeck is not being opened. Would have expected better for two Texas teams.
Sun Bowl Tickets (South Florida vs Oregon) Monday, December 31, 2007 at 12:00 PM at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, TX GA (general admission?)tickets for as little as $7 with 50 yardline seats for $30. El Paso is proably a very nice place but would you want to trade it for Tampa in late December?
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Tickets (East Carolina vs Boise State) Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 3:00 PM at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, HI Minimum $58 with a thin market. Better than spending the day in Boise.
Poinsettia Bowl Tickets (Navy vs Utah) Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 6:00 PM at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA Starting at $37 with 661 tickets listed the cost tops out at $148.
Papajohns.com Bowl Tickets (Cincinnati vs. Southern Miss) Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 12:00 PM at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL Ranging from $40 to $90 with only 14 tickets listed--Calista Flockhart thin supply.
Outback Bowl Tickets (Wisconsin vs Tennessee) Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL Better weather than El Paso and higher prices with the cheap seats selling for $35.00. There are 3740 on the block--Delta Burke John Goodman supply.
So how does that Thursday Night ESPN compare with the traditional Saturday afternoon offerings as far as delivering the eyeballs. The banter around the Friday water cooler would suggest the popularity of the weeknight game although often the discussion is preceded by the. "I only caught part of it but..."
Thursday, September 13 2.5 : W. Virginia at Maryland
Thursday, September 20 2.2: Texas A&M at Miami (FL)
Friday, September 21 1.4 : Oklahoma at Tulsa
Thursday, September 27 1.2 : S. Mississippi at Boise St.
Friday, September 28 2.3: W. Virginia at USF
Thursday, October 11 1.9: Florida St. at Wake Forest
By comparison: 3.6: SEC on CBS, Florida/Kentucky (3:30 PM Saturday) 3.2: Saturday Night Football on ABC, Michigan/Illinois (8:00 PM Saturday) 2.1: Notre Dame football on NBC, USC/Notre Dame (3:30 PM Saturday)
15.9: NFL on FOX, Vikings/Cowboys (4:00 PM Sunday) 9.4: Sunday Night Football on NBC, Steelers/Broncos (8:15 PM Sunday) (About the same as the three 3:30 p.m. college games combined)
The Irish, once the toast of college football, have fallen to the point where the marquee match up with USC fail to garner strong ratings than a Thursday night game (despite the clever SNL promotion). An principal of marketing that gets lost in the desire to work wonders by seeking nothing for something is the need for a real product with value to the consumer.
The Florida/Kentucky game was good reality television being presented live with an uncertain outcome. Such a product will attract and keep views while the USC domination of Notre Dame only holds appeal for the USC fan faithful and those that enjoy seeing the destruction of Notre Dame football.
The problem with the Saturday game and the Monday water cooler discussion is the fact the a whole day has come in between.
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.
