Qwerstion

[saddawg]

If a bowl gives a school x number of tickets, and that school sells all those tickets, why would one school selling out be different than any other school selling out?

As far as I can remember State has sold all their allotment every bowl we have been to.

A sellout is a sellout no matter which school the bowl takes.

 

[TBonewannabe]

that stadium was only like 3/4ths full. Every bowl we have been to has been sold out. At the time, we had the fastest sellout in cotton bowl and peach bowl history.

 

[mcfly.sixpack]

the nation is more likely to watch Florida, UGA, Tenn, LSU, andAlabama out of their regional market than MSU. Perception is is that those 5 teams are nationally branded while State is regionally branded. Therefore, the more tvs tuned into the game the more money the bowl makes regardless if both schools sell all of their tickets.

 

[saddawg]

The bowls get a cut of the tv ad money? The bowl already has a contract with the tv folks don't they? Don't they already have their money?

Seems like small ticket sells would hurt them worse.

 

[RowdieDawg05]

The bowls get a cut of the tv ad money? The bowl already has a contract with the tv folks don't they? Don't they already have their money?

Seems like small ticket sells would hurt them worse.

Maybe so.. but you would have to think that higher tv ratings give them a better selling point for ad sales in future years. Just guessing that is their thought process.

 

[windcrysmary]

nt

 

[thedog]

are gambling that the ratings would be down with MSU and therefore less leverage when TV contract negotiations come up again, and ratings determine the new contract amount.

 

[ScoobaDawg]

But the tv folks will be using this years numbers for the next round...
So if they have a poorly watched game then it would hurt next years bottom line.

 

[NashvilleBulldawg]

With Mullen being such a hot commodity and nationally bestowed with raves from the talking heads, wouldn't it be natural for one to think a lot of people would want to catch the maestro in action live?
Just a thought. From Miami to Minnesota.

 

[saddawg]

Guess so, but the thought of a small crowd being shown in the stadium shots would make me, if I'm a bowl exec., unhappy. I say now noway Tenn. travels to the Gator with a massive crowd.

Anyone think they are honestly fired up about going to the Gator?

State folks are starved for a bowl. I saw where someone said SC has huge alumni base in ATL. The dome only holds so many.

State would have as many if not more than they do there.

Hell I didn't even get tix to Nashville. Didn't think that was a possibility after winning 8.

I just don't buy that any school will travel better than us <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">this</span> year to a non BCS bowl .

Edited for too much Bloody Charlie consumption this morning.

 

[the delta dawg]

Personally I have never watched the Gator bowl or Outback bowl. They are on the same time as the Capital One which always has the best game. I can't imagine anyone other than TN fans would watch a 6-6 TN team playing in a bowl. Most folks will be watching Alabama-Mich St. I'm not saying more people would watch us, I'm just saying I think their ratings suck no matter what. I live in Memphis and TN couldnt even sell out the liberty bowl when they played memphis this year. There were a ton of empty seats. So I definately do not think they will travel better than us. That being said the one perk of the Music City over the Gator is it has it's own TV slot. 6:30pm game on Dec 30th and the only game on TV. From an exposure satndpont we have more to gain by everyone watching us vesus nobody watching us.

Peach is optimal beacuse of the same reason. Dedicated TV slot with no competing games.

 

[aTotal360]

I said it once already..."travelling well" and selling tickets are just a piece of the puzzle.<div>
</div><div>Bottom line is that corporations sponsoring these events pay millions of dollars and want maximum exposure. When sponsoring an event, you're not just wanting to promote your brand to the people in thestadium. You're more worried about number of eyeballs watching your event on TV. Believe it or not, more people will watch a 6-6 UF over a 8-4 MSU. I know that is shocking to some of the meatballs, but its true. </div><div>
</div><div>Until we can pull the casual fan, we are going to get overlooked. This is something a few consecutive winning seasons will cure.</div><div>
</div><div>If you were the CEO (looking to build your userbase) of Sixpackspeak.com and paid 5 million dollars to sponsor the Starkvegas Bowl, would you want a 6-6 UF vs 7-5 ND, or a 8-4 MSU vs 11-1 Boise St? </div><div>I know these bowl committees are comprised of many local business owners, but the bigdog in the room is the title sponsor. And he probably don't care that much if the Ramada Inn down the street gets filled or not.</div>