Don't know if it is true. I am hearing UK didn't want to play at WKU. They wanted to play somewhere so they could sell more tickets and try to make some money. So the decided on Nashville.

 

WKU wanted it too,this counts as a ho,e game forthem and will boost their attendance average. To stay D1A they have to average 15000 fans a game at home I believe.

It appears that the editorial staff at WKU's student newspaper are none too happy about this particular fixture on the schedule...

 

http://wkuherald.com/opinion/article_ac8a91e0-d297-11e0-97ba-001a4bcf6878.html

Cats are favored by 19.

Don't know if it is true. I am hearing UK didn't want to play at WKU. They wanted to play somewhere so they could sell more tickets and try to make some money. So the decided on Nashville.

That could very well be the case. I personally just don't think that many more people will go bc the game is in Nashville. U.K. fans travel well and imo the same amount of them would be at WKU as they would Nashville. Nashville is very close but I believe that more WKU fans would go to their own stadium than Nashville. Nashville does have all the restaraunts, clubs and party atmosphere but the ones that would go there may go anyway bc of the close proximity to Bowling Green. I also think that the game in Nashville would take some business away from the WKU/Bowling Green economy/community businesses. Should U.K. be a major power then a Nashville setting would draw more fans outside the U.K./WKU fan bases but they are not. Not alot of neutral fans are going to want to watch an avg. at best SEC team play. jmo.

It appears that the editorial staff at WKU's student newspaper are none too happy about this particular fixture on the schedule...

 

http://wkuherald.com/opinion/article_ac8a91e0-d297-11e0-97ba-001a4bcf6878.html

 

From that article.

 

It’s in the Herald’s opinion that Kentucky’s fan base should be considered, but not to the point where WKU — now a fellow FBS school — has to play home games away from home, as the Toppers will also do in 2013 as part of the current deal. Really, the same should go for any team. If Army, Navy and South Florida can schedule home-and-home deals with WKU, so can Kentucky.

 

Of course Army, Navy, and USF don't have thousands of their fans that live within driving distance of the WKU campus.

 

Making matters worse, the Kentucky game isn’t included in WKU season ticket package. The cheapest seats at L.P. Field start at $28.

 

Considering that season tickets for the remaining 6 home games on the WKU schedule are a grand total of $36.00, I don't really see what their is to complain about. How many places can you see D1 football for the same cost as a high school game. The cheapest seats at Notre Dame are $70.00 face value, and it is near impossible to even get the pleasure of being able to buy them directly from the ticket office.

Of course Army, Navy, and USF don't have thousands of their fans that live within driving distance of the WKU campus.

 

We had maybe 200 come up for the game in 09.

 

Considering that season tickets for the remaining 6 home games on the WKU schedule are a grand total of $36.00, I don't really see what their is to complain about. How many places can you see D1 football for the same cost as a high school game. The cheapest seats at Notre Dame are $70.00 face value, and it is near impossible to even get the pleasure of being able to buy them directly from the ticket office.

 

$28 is a steal to see a D1 football game in an NFL stadium. I paid almost twice that to see UK at home last year.

I can't wait to see Josh Clemons run the ball, the guy really moved up the depth chart and certainly passes the eye test. I don't like the fact that Joker is going to be playing two QBs again. If you have two QBs it means you don't really have one.

I heard the ticket sales were going pretty slow.

 

I certainly hope so.

From that article.

 

 

 

Of course Army, Navy, and USF don't have thousands of their fans that live within driving distance of the WKU campus.

 

 

 

Considering that season tickets for the remaining 6 home games on the WKU schedule are a grand total of $36.00, I don't really see what their is to complain about. How many places can you see D1 football for the same cost as a high school game. The cheapest seats at Notre Dame are $70.00 face value, and it is near impossible to even get the pleasure of being able to buy them directly from the ticket office.

 

Garbage reasoning. Bottom line: Why give money to Tennessee that could help pay salaries for teachers, firemen, police officers, etc., in Kentucky?

 

And yes, the Herald's editorial was 100 percent on the money, even if they stole my idea while not advancing it properly. Especially about the uncomfortable point that UK is a bottom-feeder.

WKU wanted it too,this counts as a ho,e game forthem and will boost their attendance average. To stay D1A they have to average 15000 fans a game at home I believe.

You've hit the nail on the head.

 

To stay D-1, a school must average 15,000 fans at home in consecutive seasons during a three-year rolling period (i.e. Year 1 and Year 2 or Year 2 and Year 3.) WKU averaged a little over 14,000 last year. If 38,000 people show up for the game at LP Field, that bumps their season average by 2,000 at worst.

 

Kentucky is playing in Nashville for several reasons.

 

1.) A chance to have a low-level BCS team on their schedule locked in for four years. That's one less they have to add to their already weak non-conference schedule

2.) They help out WKU in the process by allowing them to count it as a home game every other year.

3.) Outside of Lexington and Louisville, the largest UK alumni base is found in Nashville.

4.) Recruiting the metro Nashville area.

5.) It's no secret that Scott Ramsey (president of the Nashville Sports Council) is a fan of UK when it comes to them coming to Nashville for the Music City Bowl. They have shown the ability to fill seats in the postseason and they were hoping to catch that lightning in a bottle for the regular season. We'll see how that pans out.

6.) Nashville loves it when UK comes to town, whether it's basketball or football. Fiscal estimates have shown downtown Nashville's economy is only boosted more by their pro teams -- the Preds and Titans. Vanderbilt is in the west end of town and don't give them the same boost.

 

I dont remember the issue of opening the season in Cincinnati being mentioned a couple of years ago -- money that went to Ohio, not Kentucky. If you take out Lexington and Louisville, it's closer for more of the state's population to drive to Nashville to see UK play than drive to Lexington.

It appears that the editorial staff at WKU's student newspaper are none too happy about this particular fixture on the schedule...

 

http://wkuherald.com/opinion/article_ac8a91e0-d297-11e0-97ba-001a4bcf6878.html

Nowhere in their opinion does it say they dont mind returning to D-2 status despite the millions of dollars they have invested into LT Smith Stadium. Even if UK plays there, they top out at 23,000 people. 15,000 is the magic number. Wood Selig recognized this and even admitted to this when the series was announced two years ago. Somehow, the big picture for WKU football is getting missed here.

You've hit the nail on the head.

 

To stay D-1, a school must average 15,000 fans at home in consecutive seasons during a three-year rolling period (i.e. Year 1 and Year 2 or Year 2 and Year 3.) WKU averaged a little over 14,000 last year. If 38,000 people show up for the game at LP Field, that bumps their season average by 2,000 at worst.

 

Kentucky is playing in Nashville for several reasons.

 

1.) A chance to have a low-level BCS team on their schedule locked in for four years. That's one less they have to add to their already weak non-conference schedule

2.) They help out WKU in the process by allowing them to count it as a home game every other year.

3.) Outside of Lexington and Louisville, the largest UK alumni base is found in Nashville.

4.) Recruiting the metro Nashville area.

5.) It's no secret that Scott Ramsey (president of the Nashville Sports Council) is a fan of UK when it comes to them coming to Nashville for the Music City Bowl. They have shown the ability to fill seats in the postseason and they were hoping to catch that lightning in a bottle for the regular season. We'll see how that pans out.

6.) Nashville loves it when UK comes to town, whether it's basketball or football. Fiscal estimates have shown downtown Nashville's economy is only boosted more by their pro teams -- the Preds and Titans. Vanderbilt is in the west end of town and don't give them the same boost.

 

I dont remember the issue of opening the season in Cincinnati being mentioned a couple of years ago -- money that went to Ohio, not Kentucky. If you take out Lexington and Louisville, it's closer for more of the state's population to drive to Nashville to see UK play than drive to Lexington.

 

I have a problem with that, too. I guess I just didn't care enough then, or had other things on my mind then. My guess is the latter, considering what was going on in my life then. But Cincy does make a lot more sense than somewhere 50 miles inside another state, but not more so than inside the Commonwealth.

Garbage reasoning. Bottom line: Why give money to Tennessee that could help pay salaries for teachers, firemen, police officers, etc., in Kentucky?

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:thumb: Amoung others like the businesses in and around Bowling Green. This game in Nashville may prove profiable but if it flops then they deserve it. No sense in ths one in Nashville. jmo

 

Maybe U.K. is looking towards another possible "Music City Bowl" invitation/appearamce and wants to put money into Nashville :idunno:.

WKU wanted it too,this counts as a ho,e game forthem and will boost their attendance average. To stay D1A they have to average 15000 fans a game at home I believe.

:thumb:

 

It takes two to tango in this deal.

Which one of the 52 espn networks is this game on?