I bet there is not 2500 fans there. Pathetic. There are too many bowls.
Printable View
I bet there is not 2500 fans there. Pathetic. There are too many bowls.
Can you explain why there are too many bowls? It's a football game. Why is more football bad? I don't understand why people say this. Who cares there are 5-7 teams. Don't watch it.
Bingo. The kids have fun. The fans have fun. I get to watch college football 2:45 on a Friday before Christmas when I'm at home hanging with the fam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big4Dawg
The only losers are people who like to sound tough.
There are too many bowls for most of them to have any significance. And the playoff system may have made that even worse. But on the positive side, we get to see teams we'd never see otherwise, and teams like Eastern Michigan and Old Dominion get to have a television game on a major network.
As far as attendance goes ... there may not be many more fans at our game.
Remember some years ago when there were fewer bowls, but they still had two the same day in the same stadium in Hawaii (they may still do that as far as I know)? It looked like there were more people on the field than in the stands for either game ... but the players and staff got a good trip out of the deal. And I suppose the advertisers at least broke even or they wouldn't have sponsored the game.
Are you going to our game?Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
They become of no importance.. that's why nobody shows up.
Nope, bc of this very reason. It doesn't matter. It has very little significance.Quote:
Originally Posted by defiantdog
Exactly, what is the alternative? Sitting at home watching Days of our Lives? Give me a football game any day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big4Dawg
There are exactly 3 postseason games that matter. Everyone else is playing just to play. Maybe we should get rid of everything but the playoffs. I'm sure that would be GREAT for college football*******Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
They only signifant game left is the championship game.
So no need to watch anything else?
Yea, and I'm perturbed that people are blaming the playoff, including Nick Saban, for guys sitting out bowl games to protect their health for the draft. The REAL reason is that its a new day where players put their own individual interests above the interests of their team, its not because the playoffs has made other bowl games irrelevant. Most bowl games have ALWAYS been irrelevant. Before the BCS only maybe 3 or 4 bowls at most had any true impact on who would be crowned National Champion. In the BCS era really only one bowl game meant anything, and now with the playoff era you at least get 2 bowls that mean something. The rest are essentially exhibitions but its ALWAYS been that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Other than the bowl practice for the young guys, and the entertainment and gifts before the game for the players make it nice for them, not so much the fans, I quit going several years ago, mainly because it was just a headache getting reservations, parking and so on.
Some might even say that my age had something to with it.
Then don't watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
I feel you..... I don't have a problem dragging the family to these out of town games. I'm taking advantage of this one since my parents live under 2 hours away in the villages. Gives me an opportunity to see the game, and my kids get to harass their grandparents.Quote:
Originally Posted by shannondawg
Playoffs and St. Petersburg bowl is all that matters!!!!
I like them all, it's college football.
Sorry, Preacher, looks like you misread your congregation's mood on this subject, but fear not, for next week there will probably be a long thread on the evils of too many bowls.
The problem with Bahama Bowl is the timing. There is not enough time for fans to achieve a passport. Although the Bahamas will except just about any legal US document for entry, it is the airlines that require you to have a passport, mostly for re-entry into the US. The teams are on charter planes, and they can have all the logistics worked out with the two governments prior to the game. So, if a fan does not have a current passport, unless they go by cruise ship, they are screwed.
The Armed Forces Bowl is pretty good tonight. No defense at all, but lots of scoring and it's close so pretty interesting to watch.
I once went to a church where there weren't many people there. Pathetic. There are too many churchesQuote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83