(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:04 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  I was thinking about buying tickets myself. I have four season tickets, and we really enjoy the games. Then I looked at the prices for chairbacks... around $250 for two seats. Especially this time of year, I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a game I can watch at home on my reclining couch. I bought tickets for two people to 6 basketball games this year, and it was only $156 total.

Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:04 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  I was thinking about buying tickets myself. I have four season tickets, and we really enjoy the games. Then I looked at the prices for chairbacks... around $250 for two seats. Especially this time of year, I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a game I can watch at home on my reclining couch. I bought tickets for two people to 6 basketball games this year, and it was only $156 total.

Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You’d think by now with so many bowls in a row the fanbase might start preparing for it each year.

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:04 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  I was thinking about buying tickets myself. I have four season tickets, and we really enjoy the games. Then I looked at the prices for chairbacks... around $250 for two seats. Especially this time of year, I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a game I can watch at home on my reclining couch. I bought tickets for two people to 6 basketball games this year, and it was only $156 total.

Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:04 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  I was thinking about buying tickets myself. I have four season tickets, and we really enjoy the games. Then I looked at the prices for chairbacks... around $250 for two seats. Especially this time of year, I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a game I can watch at home on my reclining couch. I bought tickets for two people to 6 basketball games this year, and it was only $156 total.

Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:04 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  I was thinking about buying tickets myself. I have four season tickets, and we really enjoy the games. Then I looked at the prices for chairbacks... around $250 for two seats. Especially this time of year, I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a game I can watch at home on my reclining couch. I bought tickets for two people to 6 basketball games this year, and it was only $156 total.

Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

OK, maybe a better example. Iowa St. is probably gonna have 15,000 fans at the LB for a 7-5 team. They AREN'T Bama, but they are P-5.

(12-06-2023 12:17 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

OK, maybe a better example. Iowa St. is probably gonna have 15,000 fans at the LB for a 7-5 team. They AREN'T Bama, but they are P-5.

Iowa State is a good comparison for the Univeristy of Memphis sports wise, I scanned their message board ZERO complaints about pricing -- a few complaints about playing Memphis in Memphis in a bowl game but the $75-$125 price tag is not causing them to run AND they have to travel to pay the $75 to $125 per ticket

If the ticket is too steep for you this year , maybe start saving $10 a week for next year? (next year will be a LOT more expensive if you count the price to trave to a non Memphis bowl)}. AND start looking for a better job....

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

b

maybe not alabama but the traditions of Alabama. We went to 1 NYD bowl and lots of crappy bowls. Not at all about beating AAC teams at home.I am realistic . I have watched and been to games since the 70s and dont remember us being labeled as a strong blue blood team. best record I can remember was a 7 win team in the 70s until TW won 8.

(12-06-2023 12:29 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

b

maybe not alabama but the traditions of Alabama. We went to 1 NYD bowl and lots of crappy bowls. Not at all about beating AAC teams at home.I am realistic . I have watched and been to games since the 70s and dont remember us being labeled as a strong blue blood team. best record I can remember was a 7 win team in the 70s until TW won 8.

No one is saying we can be a "blue blood". But why can't we be a Oregon, Utah, Louisville or TCU. Those schools and fanbases ALL changed their mindset and they have thrived b/c of it.

(12-06-2023 12:38 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:29 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

b

maybe not alabama but the traditions of Alabama. We went to 1 NYD bowl and lots of crappy bowls. Not at all about beating AAC teams at home.I am realistic . I have watched and been to games since the 70s and dont remember us being labeled as a strong blue blood team. best record I can remember was a 7 win team in the 70s until TW won 8.

No one is saying we can be a "blue blood". But why can't we be a Oregon, Utah, Louisville or TCU. Those schools and fanbases ALL changed their mindset and they have thrived b/c of it.

exactly. it would be nice to have a nice crowd everygame despite the opponent.
Go Tigers

(12-06-2023 12:45 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:38 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:29 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

b

maybe not alabama but the traditions of Alabama. We went to 1 NYD bowl and lots of crappy bowls. Not at all about beating AAC teams at home.I am realistic . I have watched and been to games since the 70s and dont remember us being labeled as a strong blue blood team. best record I can remember was a 7 win team in the 70s until TW won 8.

No one is saying we can be a "blue blood". But why can't we be a Oregon, Utah, Louisville or TCU. Those schools and fanbases ALL changed their mindset and they have thrived b/c of it.

exactly. it would be nice to have a nice crowd everygame despite the opponent.
Go Tigers

That would be nice but also incredibly rare. I have a Notre Dame season tickets as well and I could not unload tickets to the Tenn St game and Central Michigan games. Hard to drum up excitement for turd opponents no matter who you are.
Of course the place was technically a sellout because season tickets are all bought. We have to have a marquee game to take off the stench of the turd opponents.

(12-06-2023 01:01 PM)2021 Tiger Football!! Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:45 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:38 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:29 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

b

maybe not alabama but the traditions of Alabama. We went to 1 NYD bowl and lots of crappy bowls. Not at all about beating AAC teams at home.I am realistic . I have watched and been to games since the 70s and dont remember us being labeled as a strong blue blood team. best record I can remember was a 7 win team in the 70s until TW won 8.

No one is saying we can be a "blue blood". But why can't we be a Oregon, Utah, Louisville or TCU. Those schools and fanbases ALL changed their mindset and they have thrived b/c of it.

exactly. it would be nice to have a nice crowd everygame despite the opponent.
Go Tigers

That would be nice but also incredibly rare. I have a Notre Dame season tickets as well and I could not unload tickets to the Tenn St game and Central Michigan games. Hard to drum up excitement for turd opponents no matter who you are.
Of course the place was technically a sellout because season tickets are all bought. We have to have a marquee game to take off the stench of the turd opponents.

Any time you have ND tix available, let me know. Tigers and Irish are what I grew up on. Got to go up there in 1988 to see them beat Rice (Rocket returned two KOR's for TD's). Want to get back up there and take my daughter to a game.

And I think TSU was the first ever FCS team ND has played.

(12-06-2023 12:29 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:17 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

OK, maybe a better example. Iowa St. is probably gonna have 15,000 fans at the LB for a 7-5 team. They AREN'T Bama, but they are P-5.

Iowa State is a good comparison for the Univeristy of Memphis sports wise, I scanned their message board ZERO complaints about pricing -- a few complaints about playing Memphis in Memphis in a bowl game but the $75-$125 price tag is not causing them to run AND they have to travel to pay the $75 to $125 per ticket

If the ticket is too steep for you this year , maybe start saving $10 a week for next year? (next year will be a LOT more expensive if you count the price to trave to a non Memphis bowl)}. AND start looking for a better job....

Funny that’s literally what I do, but for me it’s $20 a week. That allows me to buy 4 fun zone season tickets, 4 bowl game tickets & have a little left over for very modest contributions to MAF & 901Fund or to help cover travel for most bowl games.

(12-06-2023 01:21 PM)hk25 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:29 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 12:17 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:26 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:25 AM)Tigx Wrote:  And by "some fans on here now think we are ALabama", you of course mean absolutely no fan on this board or on this earth now thinks we are Alabama.

Posters like him think that those that just want to beat AAC teams at home think we are Bama

OK, maybe a better example. Iowa St. is probably gonna have 15,000 fans at the LB for a 7-5 team. They AREN'T Bama, but they are P-5.

Iowa State is a good comparison for the Univeristy of Memphis sports wise, I scanned their message board ZERO complaints about pricing -- a few complaints about playing Memphis in Memphis in a bowl game but the $75-$125 price tag is not causing them to run AND they have to travel to pay the $75 to $125 per ticket

If the ticket is too steep for you this year , maybe start saving $10 a week for next year? (next year will be a LOT more expensive if you count the price to trave to a non Memphis bowl)}. AND start looking for a better job....

Funny that’s literally what I do, but for me it’s $20 a week. That allows me to buy 4 fun zone season tickets, 4 bowl game tickets & have a little left over for very modest contributions to MAF & 901Fund or to help cover travel for most bowl games.

That's a good way to do it. I know times are hard but I used to shop for the cheapest beer prices I could find to put a little back. I'm in a little better position at this point in my life but I know the struggle.

Quit drinking altogether. I gave it up 6 years ago. Best thing I ever did besides getting married and having kids.

(12-06-2023 01:52 PM)2021 Tiger Football!! Wrote:  Quit drinking altogether. I gave it up 6 years ago. Best thing I ever did besides getting married and having kids.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen. German family. And gettin into bourbon now.

(12-06-2023 11:21 AM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 11:13 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 10:39 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:19 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-05-2023 04:04 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  I was thinking about buying tickets myself. I have four season tickets, and we really enjoy the games. Then I looked at the prices for chairbacks... around $250 for two seats. Especially this time of year, I just can't justify spending that kind of money for a game I can watch at home on my reclining couch. I bought tickets for two people to 6 basketball games this year, and it was only $156 total.

Apologies, and I truly am not trying to pile on, but THIS reasoning is exactly why we aren't there yet. Bama, Notre Dame, Nebraska, tOSU, Texas, none of them have this issue. As I said before, I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, but this is the biggest difference between us and big time programs .

Rose Bowl tickets are $400 each or more -- Bama will have 50,000 fans 2,000 miles from Alabama---

Their fans make Bama football a priority

You really want to compare Memphis to Alabama ? Or any of the schools in the post above ?

How many are Tulane , Liberty and SMU taking ? That’s a more reasonable comparison

I think Bert stated the UM fans are griping about paying $75 for a ticket and said why we are not ready for the P5. So Alabama was used as an example. Some fans on here now think we are ALabama because 1 year we played in Cotton Bowl but really we are like Tulane and SMU bc we have a limited fan base use to cheaper tickets

We have a lot of fans that complain about $30-45 tickets and having to walk a quarter mile from parking to the stadium.

Good grief. At the big schools you walk further than that and pay a lot more for tickets.

(12-06-2023 02:07 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2023 01:52 PM)2021 Tiger Football!! Wrote:  Quit drinking altogether. I gave it up 6 years ago. Best thing I ever did besides getting married and having kids.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen. German family. And gettin into bourbon now.

Native American, German and a lot of Irish so I definitely had the taste. Finally realized it was not good for me.