Bowl Game Ticket Sales Falling Short
Because of the opponent? Because of the CC rumors? Because I caused my parents to get a divorce (they said it wasn't my fault but gosh how couldn't it be)?
FreepTweet (Ht: Michigan Insider)
Michigan's ticket sales for Gator Bowl currently... about 7,000. Ticket allotment was 12,500
I blame Urban Meyer and the guy who wouldn't let me merge on 275 this morning.
Edit: and Juggalos.
Edit: and parents who don't get their kids GI Joe aircraft carriers for Xmas.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:30 PM ^
...the national and state economy.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:32 PM ^
though they play OMG Bama, you'll have to get more creative.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
11-1 vs 7-5? Alabama vs Miss St?
Seems reasonable to me.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:45 PM ^
...then:
Michigan failed to sell its allotment of Gator Bowl tickets because of a confluence of events including the pressures of the national and Michigan economies, a less than scintillating opponent and unease over the future of the program. These factors overwhelmed the excitement generated by Michigan's first bowl appearance in three years.
All that, plus the fact that Jacksonville's EverBank Stadium never sells out.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:48 PM ^
The answer we were looking for was "What is Tron?"
Indiana_Blue, the board is yours.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
that's funny, considering they can't even fill their stadium at the end of the season
December 21st, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
No, it is the economy: Michigan fans are saving their limited funds for the Big Ten title game next year, a game which MSU fans know they won't be attending and therefore don't need to save for.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
those of us who espouse a playoff system. One of the main arguments of those wanted to protect the present system is playoffs would destroy the bowl games. Well, if attendance continues to drop and cost Universities money to participate there may be a change of attitude.
As much as we have an interest in the Gator bowl, outside of the two schools there is hardly any interest. As has been stated before, the coaching situation has garnered more attention than the game.
December 21st, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
Not exactly following your logic of how less attendance at one far away game per team leads to greater attendance at several far away games per team, unless your playoff plan hosts games at on-campus stadiums of higher-seeded teams. Plus this has been happening for years...
Is there usually a lot of interest outside of the two teams competing in a mid-tier bowl? If this game weren't at the same time as MSU-Bama and PSU-Florida, I feel pretty much every college football fan in B1G and SEC country would be watching.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
I blame the ticket prices
December 21st, 2010 at 3:48 PM ^
I got on the official Gator Bowl site before we were official and all of the decent seats were sold and those that remained were overpriced. I'm not getting groped by TSA to fly down to Jax and sit in bad or overpriced seats when the weather there isn't warm enough to be on a beach while not at the game.
Better to stay home, watch on TV, and use the cash to take my wife on a cruise or better destination for out 10th anniversary...whenever that is in 2011.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
I'm sure your wife will be cool as long as you're within a month or so.
December 21st, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
Now you're just being silly. Think glass-half-full, like Louis Black: "I get from Michigan to Florida in 3 hours AND get a complimentary hj? Sign me up!"
Totally agree on the weather in Jaxonville, though. In January and February, any Florida city north of Fort Myers/Fort Lauderdale should be obligated to have a disclaimer stating that it really doesn't count as Florida.
December 21st, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
December 21st, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
Blame them. For everything. If it's not directly their fault, it's their fault for dragging down society as a whole.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:37 PM ^
weren't free bowl tickets included in the Heathcare Bill ?
Go Blue !
December 21st, 2010 at 2:44 PM ^
I blame Lloyd Brady; he could have bought 100 more tickets for the price of his 1 ticket he "had" to buy so that he could strategically be in every shot on TV.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:49 PM ^
Lloyd Brady is the face, heart, and soul of the fan base! His expressions on television portray each of our feelings to the nation at large. How dare you criticize him for providing this invaluable service! Recant this blasphemy at once!
December 21st, 2010 at 2:53 PM ^
Do you know how much that 1 ticket costs for front row in every picture shot at an event? He probably could have bought the rest of the allotment alone.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:14 PM ^
I wonder how he's being funded . . . Individual financier(s) (e.g. Ichon, Buffett)? Private Equity Firm(s) (e.g. Cerberus)? Single traditional lender (e.g. BofA, Wells Fargo)? Securitization?
December 21st, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
Rumor is that Lloyd Brady has blackmail worthy pictures of various U of M ticket issuing officials that guarantee him such tv worthy seats!
December 21st, 2010 at 3:20 PM ^
This would make total sense. There is no other way any normal human can get tickets so strategically placed to every Michigan sporting event.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:49 PM ^
the Airlines. $349 extra per person per ticket to travel this holiday season compared to last year. It's getting just retarded.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
This is all GERG's fault.
And the 3-3-5 defense.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
Let's get down to brass tax. It's the beaver's fault. Bad Beaver mo-jo.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:20 PM ^
When did the SOBs raise the tax on brass? Is it only on brass tacks?
December 21st, 2010 at 2:54 PM ^
A large TV that I can sit in front of and watch the game in hi-def with my friends. Plus kenneling costs for the dogs add an extra layer of expense.
Now if this was the Alamo Bowl, San Antonio was amazing and I'd go back there in a heart beat.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^
I think the location has a lot to do with it. The Gator bowl is in a pretty crappy area in Florida. San Antonio is amazing. It's easier to justify going to a bowl game if you can work it into a family vacation.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^
The Alamo Bowl is an awesome venue. I went to UM vs UN in 2005, AKA the game with the seven laterals...
Great time.
December 21st, 2010 at 5:30 PM ^
are you referring to Northwestern University? I was referring to The University of Nebraska (UN), who Michigan Played in the Alamo Bowl in 2005. Just wondering what the NU comment is for.
December 22nd, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^
UN-L goes by various initials, as far as I can tell: U of N, NU, and UNL. I don't feel like it's worth you being "corrected" for using UN. But in regard to your response to your uninvited editor, NU is in fact correct too.
December 21st, 2010 at 6:30 PM ^
I want to neg you so badly for reminding me of Steve Breaston standing there waiting for the lateral that never came...
But I agree about San Antone...very fun place.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
The Alamo Bowl is an awesome venue. I went to UM vs UN in 2005, AKA the game with the seven laterals...
Great time.
December 21st, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
Yes, we remember -- did you really have to remind us?
December 21st, 2010 at 5:18 PM ^
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December 21st, 2010 at 2:59 PM ^
I blame the fact there ain't a DAMB thing to do in Jacksonville.
And Spain.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
For me not winning the contest with the full trip package. Even a student can go for free!
December 21st, 2010 at 3:45 PM ^
Good to see you again!
December 21st, 2010 at 11:25 PM ^
Too close to the crotch.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
MGoBlue is quoting $65, $80, and $130 per ticket. Assuming each group has an equal number of tickets, Michigan is currently out over $500,000. Let's be generous and assume 20% of that dollar amount is sold before the game. That leaves Michigan with about $2.1 of its $2.5 million dollar payout before any expenses. No way they end up in the black after this trip.
Why don't the Big 10 and SEC negotiate the ticket quotas out again? It's not like there are a ton of great alternatives in the other conferences that will consistently sell more tickets than a Michigan team coming off of a two year bowl drought for the Gator Bowl to run to.
December 21st, 2010 at 6:20 PM ^
I plan on scalping tickets outside the stadium when I get down there. The seats are almost always cheaper (and possibly better) outside the stadium on game day. I'll be shocked if I have to pay more that $30-35.
I'm taking the same approach for the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando.
December 21st, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
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December 21st, 2010 at 3:12 PM ^
I blame Boutrous for farting again.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
Stevie Johnson.