Could the SEC support Big 10 sized stadiums?

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  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Well, we could schedule Notre Dame, Southern California, Michigan, and Penn State every year, but we would be kissing any title hopes goodbye.

    Mission 1 is: Win football games and championships

    Mission 2 is: Make money while doing it.
     
    red55, Aug 18, 2006
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  2. LSUfan71

    LSUfan71 Founding Member

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    Michigan - Ann Arbor is a suburb of Detroit (952,000)
    Ohio St - Columbus (712,000)
    Penn St - located between Pittsburgh (335,000) and Philly (12,300,000)

    By comparison:
    Georgia - Athens is 70 miles from Atlanta (416,000)
    LSU - Baton Rouge (295,000 current conservative est) is the largest "SEC city"

    Shall we include the metropolises of Starkville, Gainesville, Oxford, Tuscaloosa, etc.? We at LSU can put 92,000 in Tiger Stadium for only the big games, there will be empty seats for the opener and a few other home games this year. We could fill a 100,000 seat stadium maybe twice a year at best right now.
     
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  3. CParso

    CParso Founding Member

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    You sure it is like that?

    I would guess,

    Mission 1: Make money
    Mission 2: Win Championships.
     
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  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Damn sure. Money flows when the Tigers are winning.
     
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  5. TigerWins

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    We just set a record for season tickets with 67,800. And that's with a crappy home schedule this year.

    Fans will pay almost anything as long as their team is winning. The quality of the opponent is not as important as you think.
     
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  6. CParso

    CParso Founding Member

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    Exactly why winning is mission 2, it is only necessary because we want the money.
     
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  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Circular logic.
     
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  8. CParso

    CParso Founding Member

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    It's not 2 missions at all, but rather the same mission. The school can make money whether we win or not, but we make the most money when we are winning & thus it is our goal.

    Still, at times it feels like our only goal is money.
     
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  9. QBLuke

    QBLuke Hickey Da God

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    Atlanta has 4 million, not 400k, just correcting.
     
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  10. LSUfan71

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    U.S. Census says population of Atlanta, Ga is 423,019 (metro area is about 4.9 million)

    http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/1304000.html

    But Philly doesn't have 12 million, the State of Pa does. Philly is 1.5 million.
     
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