December 16, 201015 yr UConn is having trouble selling tickets to the BCS bowl game. They had to buy 17,000 and i think they've sold about 4,000. Estimates are they're in the hole for at least $2.5M.
December 16, 201015 yr Just more proof that the Big East is not deserving of a BCS bid. :lol: Like when UC not only sold their allotment last year, but also bought up a chunk that Florida didn't sell as well? Is the SEC less deserving of a bid because the Gators couldn't sell 17,500 to see off Saint Tebow in New Orleans???
December 16, 201015 yr Author :lol: Like when UC not only sold their allotment last year, but also bought up a chunk that Florida didn't sell as well? Is the SEC less deserving of a bid because the Gators couldn't sell 17,500 to see off Saint Tebow in New Orleans??? SEC fans only pay money for legit competition.:p You set that one up nicely.
December 16, 201015 yr SEC fans only pay money for legit competition.:p You set that one up nicely. They sell out for Ohio State drubbings every few years... :walk:
December 16, 201015 yr This is a perfect example of why a playoff would be better. Right now this game means absolutely nothing. If it meant the winner advanced to the national semifinals, do you guys think the tickets wouldn't be bought up, either by Connecticut fans or casual fans in Arizona?
December 16, 201015 yr They sell out for Ohio State drubbings every few years... :walk:Well yeah! Who wouldn't pay to see Ohio State drubbed? :jump: Sorry about that, Oldrambler, No offense, my friend.
December 16, 201015 yr :lol: Like when UC not only sold their allotment last year, but also bought up a chunk that Florida didn't sell as well? Is the SEC less deserving of a bid because the Gators couldn't sell 17,500 to see off Saint Tebow in New Orleans??? Regarding Florida's inability to sell 17,500 tickets: they still sold over 12,000 of their 17,500 ticket allotment. Not great, but not too shabby considering they planned on going to the national championship, and were disappointed when it didn't work out (and when they had to play UC). On top of that, it was Florida's 19th consecutive bowl & they had sold all of their tickets to the prior 18. The Big East has very few, if any, teams that attract neutral football fans. If this was Oklahoma / Florida, there'd be no problem selling tickets. Simply put, nobody wants to watch UCONN play. And you can interchange basically ANY Big East team with UCONN and that statement holds true.
December 16, 201015 yr http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/uconn-begs-fans-to-buy-tix-facing-huge-loss-29342
December 17, 201015 yr Big East teams last year: Allstate Sugar Bowl: Cincinnati sold 18,000 tickets. Konica Minolta Gator Bowl: West Virginia sold 15,000 tickets. Meineke Car Care Bowl: Pitt sold 5,000 tickets. Papajohns.com Bowl: Connecticut sold 4,500 tickets. International Bowl: South Florida sold 1,000 tickets. St. Petersburg Bowl: Rutgers sold 9,600 tickets. http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/6911/looking-at-big-east-bowl-attendance For comparison's sake, here are a few from the SEC (since you brought it up): Kentucky sold 12,000 (their entire initial allotment) the day after it was announced they were going to the Music City Bowl (v. Clemson) last year. They requested (and sold) another 4,000. Granted, Kentucky & Nashville are very close, so those numbers will be favorable. As of Monday, South Carolina had sold almost 15,000 tickets for their bowl game this year (v. Florida State). Mississippi State has already sold 16,000 tickets to their bowl game this year v. Michigan. They recently requested an additional 1,500.
December 17, 201015 yr The last time I was capable of remembering, UCONN is not exactly known as a "huge" football college, basketball is just a bit bigger, which could be a big part of the reason, especially with basketball season going on now. Even in football games that I have seen televised prior to basketball season, there football stadium never appeared anywhere near sold out.
December 17, 201015 yr Regardless, I would have never expected UCONN to sell half of the bowl tickets that UC did over its past two BCS appearances.
December 17, 201015 yr Regarding Florida's inability to sell 17,500 tickets: they still sold over 12,000 of their 17,500 ticket allotment. Not great, but not too shabby considering they planned on going to the national championship, and were disappointed when it didn't work out (and when they had to play UC). On top of that, it was Florida's 19th consecutive bowl & they had sold all of their tickets to the prior 18. The Big East has very few, if any, teams that attract neutral football fans. If this was Oklahoma / Florida, there'd be no problem selling tickets. Simply put, nobody wants to watch UCONN play. And you can interchange basically ANY Big East team with UCONN and that statement holds true. Funny, but this is the first year the BCS game allotment has not been covered by the BE Champ since Pittsburgh in the 05 Fiesta Bowl, before Miami, BC, and VT left. I'll concede that this was a down year for the conference, but considering the Big East is 3-2 in BCS games, since those schools left, I'm continually fascinated by the conclusion that the conference is not competitive with the remaining AQ members. The ACC is 1-4 in the same stretch. One would think there would be a clamor to have their AQ status removed as well, but I guess perception rules over reality. :confused:
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