Alabama Football Home Schedule

We often talk here about the declining attendance in college football & the reasons for it.

Imagine you were an Alabama season ticket holder & payed who knows what for those tickets, but this is the schedule you got.

The question is: would this be a bad schedule if there was more parity in college football? If Alabama actually felt like one of these game may be decided by less than double digits, would they draw more fans or less?

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JohnHayesOnAir/status/1134148671606579201[/tweet]

For anyone wondering, Bama early line projections against LSU are -17. So before anyone says that could potentially be a good game, no one really thinks it will be

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

We often talk here about the declining attendance in college football & the reasons for it.

Imagine you were an Alabama season ticket holder & payed who knows what for those tickets, but this is the schedule you got.

The question is: would this be a bad schedule if there was more parity in college football? If Alabama actually felt like one of these game may be decided by less than double digits, would they draw more fans or less?

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JohnHayesOnAir/status/1134148671606579201[/tweet]

---

If my memory serves me correctly, I also think they are starting renovations to the stadium next year as well. What if you're a season ticket holder who will be displaced from your normal seats and in a new section due to renovations, only to watch those games? That has to add to the frustration level.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh

If my memory serves me correctly, I also think they are starting renovations to the stadium next year as well. What if you're a season ticket holder who will be displaced from your normal seats and in a new section due to renovations, only to watch those games? That has to add to the frustration level.

---

Yup.

And to add: there is no benefit to consolidating college football rather than just reducing the scholarships to where the talent is more spread out across the country.

With just a little bit of alterations to the scholarship allotment, Alabama goes from blowing everyone on this schedule out to having 3 home games that would be competitive.

Which schedule makes more money & is better for the sport?

They will still sell out every game.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg

They will still sell out every game.

---

Correct, but it won't be full

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg

They will still sell out every game.

---

Maybe technically but not in reality. The corners of that EZ upper deck has empties often.

However, if tickets prices were more reasonable, Alabama would have butts in every seat for every one of those games.

Football is a great game, but you won't see it during a non-competitive game. So why would you go to all the trouble and expense of attending? Couldn't be for the game.

Personally, I'd love to see all of the cupcakes off our schedule. Make every play matter and all that stuff.

Score predictions:

Alabama 70 NMSU 7
Alabama 45 USM 13
Alabama 51 WCU 3

The conference games should be closer They could even lose one of those.

Don't they have Tenn at home too?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by fishwater99

Don't they have Tenn at home too?

---

yes

I think a lot of apathy/slightly lower attendance numbers has as much to do with how good they've been as it does the opponents they schedule... combined with the convenience of sittin' at home and the astronomical prices, it's not surprising...

And while I agree that if the games were more competitive the actual "butts in seats" numbers would likely increase, the increase in game and ad revenues would be negligible, IMO...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

We often talk here about the declining attendance in college football & the reasons for it.

Imagine you were an Alabama season ticket holder & payed who knows what for those tickets, but this is the schedule you got.

The question is: would this be a bad schedule if there was more parity in college football? If Alabama actually felt like one of these game may be decided by less than double digits, would they draw more fans or less?

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JohnHayesOnAir/status/1134148671606579201[/tweet]

---

Furthermore, Clemson's Bitch has the easiest OOC schedule in the league.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Saltydog

Furthermore, Clemson's Bitch has the easiest OOC schedule in the league.

---

Absolutely it's a weak OOC slate... especially when you compare it to the prior decade where they've played some pretty decent teams... not that it matters who they play OOC in the regular season....