Maiamire
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Bathtub Gin
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RE: Miami Bowl
How many people did we bring when we played there? Couldn't have been much more
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MemphisFan95
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-19-2016 11:18 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote: How many people did we bring when we played there? Couldn't have been much more
wiki has the game attendance for 2014 at 21k it was a pretty decent crowd from what I remember
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DallasTiger
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RE: Miami Bowl
Can a bowl survive with that type of small attendance?
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wkuhilltopperfan
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RE: Miami Bowl
The USF vs WKU actually had a decent attendance, (22-24k) this years game was really bad.
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roundhouse74
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-19-2016 11:31 PM)DallasTiger Wrote: Can a bowl survive with that type of small attendance?
Any idea what TV pays to broadcast the game? Clearly, the local Miami business community didn't see much benefit from that crowd.
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BinghamptonNed
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-19-2016 11:31 PM)DallasTiger Wrote: Can a bowl survive with that type of small attendance?
attendance does not directly affect bowls at the lower level. Those tickets are 'sold' through the league guarantee. It could cause sponsors to shy away, who wants to be associated with a micky mouse operation...
these bowls are a tv production that a few people attend, kind of like studio wrestling back in the day
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12-20-2016 06:44 AM |
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holyterror
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RE: Miami Bowl
Then they should consider smaller venues. That's just embarrassing.
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Latilleon
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-20-2016 06:49 AM)holyterror Wrote: Then they should consider smaller venues. That's just embarrassing.
It is a baseball park with a capacity half of decent sized football stadiums.
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Latilleon
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RE: Miami Bowl
Within twenty years, the CFP will include at least 12 teams and going to bowls will be like playing in the NIT CBI.
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2016 07:07 AM by Latilleon.)
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72Tiger
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RE: Miami Bowl
Probably the most ill conceived bowl out there, and that is saying a lot. Everything is bad about it except for the weather.
Location - Miami. Locals don't care, and the teams are thousands of miles away.
Venue - baseball stadium with a football field shoehorned in.
Opponent - rotation of MAC, Sunbelt, and CUSA teams. For variety or to ensure a crappy draw?
Date - before Christmas.
Day - Monday. A traditional college football day it isn't.
Time - 2:00 in the afternoon so nobody with a job can watch.
Payout -peanuts.
Thankfully, the conference didn't hatch this beauty, we are just along for the ride. Oh wait, the AAC is the founder, the owner, and the operator.
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TigersRuleAll
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-19-2016 11:18 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote: How many people did we bring when we played there? Couldn't have been much more
We brought between 3-4K, as did BYU.
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fsquid
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-19-2016 11:31 PM)DallasTiger Wrote: Can a bowl survive with that type of small attendance?
yea, ESPN owns the bowl and its existence is simply to have TV filler. Same with our game tonight.
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ddramone
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RE: Miami Bowl
For the college football junkie, who cares about attendance. I watched the game yesterday and happy to see the AAC win a bowl game in a decisive fashion. Yes, it was against the MAC, but it was still a decently played game.
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12-20-2016 09:10 AM |
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MemTiger90
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-19-2016 11:18 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote: How many people did we bring when we played there? Couldn't have been much more
We had a fantastic crowd there. The locals turned out, also.
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12-20-2016 01:19 PM |
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Tiger87
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RE: Miami Bowl
Attendance will be down on most bowls up until next week. But I bet ratings are still decent.
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AlonsoWDC
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RE: Miami Bowl
Tulsa - smallest undergrad enrollment in FBS.
MAC nobody.
Uhh. Duh?
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tiger2000
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RE: Miami Bowl
Shoulda had a good post-game brawl for additional exposure
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snowtiger
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RE: Miami Bowl
(12-20-2016 01:19 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: (12-19-2016 11:18 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote: How many people did we bring when we played there? Couldn't have been much more
We had a fantastic crowd there. The locals turned out, also.
Hey...Some of us even paid for local kids to go yell for us last time we were in Florida.
They sent me a great photograph of the kids wearing Memphis gear.
It's around here somewhere. lol
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