Sounds like the Georgia Dome

[57stratdawg]

Will not have any upper deck seating on Thursday. It doesn't sound like BSU sold very many tickets - at all.

 

[Shamoan]

the real question is whether or not more people will be outside tailgating than inside watching the game.

 

[tb2]

The bright side is that they closed the upper deck.

Otherwise it might have looked like Reliant Stadium last year. You could have shot a shotgun in that place and not hit people in some places.

 

[AlCoDog]

You mean ike VHS in the 3rd quarter?

 

[starkvegasdawg]

They just didn't want it to feel too much like a ole miss home game playing in front of a half empty stadium so they closed it off. Gotta keep it a neutral field.

 

[patdog]

That's going to be par for the course for neutral site games between non-elite teams. When fans already have 7 home games to go to, plus a probably bowl game, not too many are going to travel for a neutral site game. I know some die-hard Bulldog fans who didn't go to Houston last year and some die-hard Bear fans who aren't going to Atlanta. I really don't like the concept of these season opening games in NFL stadiums. Give me a home-and-home anytime.

 

[57stratdawg]

Well, there is basically only one fan base involved here (OM). BSU is coming off a 8-5 season, have an entire new staff, they're way across the country, that's a lot to ask.

If this was OM/VirginiaTech (or any other ACC school) I think they would be selling a few more tickets.

 

[MedDawg]

100,000 fans will be in the grove during the game in Atlanta,

including tens of thousands of Boise State fans.

 

[fishwater99]

Yeah this is not good for the SEC, why not have two schools closer to ATL play the game.

I only know 1 or 2 of my Bear acquaintances that are going. Could be a very small crowd.