Doing my daily internet surfing yesterday, I discovered a report from CNBC's Darren Rovell regarding college football attendance.
Out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision programs, only 18 sold out every 2010 game. Virginia Tech was one of the schools. Just three of the 18 teams had losing records this season - Texas, Georgia and Cincinnati.
Interestingly, no other bowl game had a larger drop in ticket sales from last season to this season than the Liberty Bowl, according to a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This year's Liberty Bowl featured Georgia against Central Florida (51,231 tickets sold this year compared to 62,742 for last season's Liberty Bowl matchup of Arkansas vs. East Carolina). Gotta think UGA fans didn't show up in droves to watch their 6-6 team play the CUSA champion...and they're probably glad they didn't, considering the Bulldogs weren't able to score a single touchdown against the freakin' Knights in a 10-6 loss (I don't sound like a bitter Georgia alum or anything, do I?).
Anyway...
Another interesting note in Rovell's study: Stanford, which defeated Tech 40-12 in the Orange Bowl, had a spectacular season on the field, finishing No. 4 in the Associated Press rankings...but it wasn't such an outstanding fall at the ticket window for the Cardinal. They averaged just 40,042 fans per game.
There are a few other intriguing numbers and facts in Rovell's story. It's a short read and worth the two minutes it'll take to absorb it.
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Posted by Norman Wood on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 11:16 AM Permalink | Comments (0) | Linking Blogs
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