College Football Attendance is Down Significantly. Blame Soft Schedules and Rising Ticket Prices
College football, which many are calling the 2nd most popular sport in the country, saw attendance dip to its lowest average since 2003, according to Alabama.com. Ticket prices are up, and thus fans are staying at home and watching the games on TV.
Fifty-six percent of the FBS schools reported fewer fans in 2012 than the previous season. Some of those dips were very minor, but others saw huge chunks of fans disappear.
Eight BCS schools experienced attendance declines of 10 percent or greater from 2011: Kentucky (17 percent); Maryland (15 percent); Stanford (13 percent); and Cincinnati, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, North Carolina and Colorado (10 percent each).
Five of the nation’s top 20 attendance leaders experienced noticeable declines, led by 5-percent drops at Penn State and Tennessee.
This one’s easy – nobody plays anybody anymore. We’ve bemoaned this fact for years. Contenders soften the schedule years in advance to enhance their chance of reaching a BCS game. (Some bail at the last minute.) Marginal teams don’t play anybody so they can reach .500 and get into a bowl game.
Florida State, a Top 25 team all year, saw an attendance dip. Why? The schedule was a joke. Also, the prices of tickets have gotten out of hand. Who is coughing up $65 for this junk, even in the mighty SEC?
In 2012, a face-value ticket for an SEC game reached $100 for the first time. Four years ago, the SEC’s priciest ticket was the Iron Bowl at $65. This season, 30 SEC games cost at least $65, including nondescript matchups such as Mississippi State-Tennessee, Ole Miss-Vanderbilt, Missouri-Vanderbilt and Missouri-Kentucky.
Toss in parking, food, drink … you’re well over $100 for one person. Much more fun to host a gathering or go to a bar and watch. What’s more fun: staying at home all day and watching all the games, or just going to one? [AL.com]
Note: Last college football game I paid to attend as a fan – Halloween weekend, 2003. Miami at Virginia Tech. Brock Berlin and the Top 10 Hurricanes were taken down by Marcus Vick and DeAngelo Hall, 31-7.
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December 10th, 2012 at 5:21 PM
This is unequivocally false.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:21 PM
When I was a kid, face value for tickets seemed insane, and now that I’m an adult, they’re more than double what they were when I was a teenager. It’s ridiculous.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:22 PM
i love going to a bar, or having a party at the house. going to a game is too much of an asswhip.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
NO WAY THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
I blame TVs and theater-style audio systems. Not Miami Sound Machine, though.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
So ratings up and attendance down. Maybe people just prefer the in home experience better.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
It’s better if you imagine that website being the property of Alabama the band.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Or a bad economy. I know a lot of folks that can’t afford tickets.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:24 PM
we’ve been over it, Ritty. It’s true.
I know you disagree. Good news! Change is on the way!
December 10th, 2012 at 5:25 PM
dude, Tennessee SUUUUUUUCKED this year. that hurts attendance.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
i love being at home on Saturdays and watching the games and being on the CPU. same deal with Sunday.
It would be totally lights out on college football attendance is it had a red zone channel like the NFL.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
big surprise nobody wants to see the sanduskies and lolunteers.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Compared to 20 years ago, sure non-con scheds may have changed. Compared to 5, 10 years ago, I think non-con schedules are getting better. Schools make too much money on these big bowl like games at off-campus stadiums.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
It’s an exaggeration, but look at who SEC teams play out of conference. For every Michigan-’Bama, there are five UF-Jacksonville St, S.Car-Wofford, ‘Bama-W.Car type games. Oh, I forgot Nick Saban said we shouldn’t discount teams like this. I totally rescind my statement
December 10th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
you know what’d really help attendance? making these regular season games even less meaningful with a playoff.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
i seriously hate red zone channel. completely takes away from the watching a game experience. if i was gambling on every game and didnt care about one specifically, maybe… but i like to watch the full game.
i hope the people who like red zone aren’t the same ones who hate the college football OT format
December 10th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Or a bad economy. I know a lot of folks that can’t afford tickets.
Get outta here with your plausible alternative.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
lol @ michigan being a tough out of conference opponent.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:29 PM
i seriously hate red zone channel. completely takes away from the watching a game experience
Same here. My wife asked me before the season if I wanted to upgrade to Red Zone this season and I said hell no.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Lack of beer sales inside the stadium is a negative, nothing worse than realizing you’ve sobered up midway through the 3rd quarter
December 10th, 2012 at 5:30 PM
I think the SEC will have a 9 game schedule soon, if they haven’t penciled it in already.
Pretty much every school plays a cupcake as you mentioned.
Let’s not forget college football doesn’t have a preseason. I have no problem seeing those games to open the year.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:30 PM
also, this strikes me as an incredibly uninformed statement. people who generically like college football don’t decide whether to go to games based on their ability to watch other games at home. the people who go are usually big fans of that team, and go out of loyalty/tailgates/etc. i can’t imagine a Florida fan deciding to stay home because he can get red zone channel to show him which OSU-reject QB is going to throw an endzone INT for michigan.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:30 PM
the red zone channel’s like buying synthetic pot when the real thing’s legal…not really, but think about it.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Agreed, but gambling is king with NFL. I think the real reason the refs were brought back is the league was beginning to lose gambling credibility
December 10th, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Lack of beer sales inside the stadium is a negative, nothing worse than realizing you’ve sobered up midway through the 3rd quarter
So so true. Once you do you start to reflect on some of the things you yelled earlier in the game. And it makes you self-conscious.
/may or may not be speaking from personal experience
December 10th, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Six minis in the boots. A ziplock bag of bourbon taped around your thigh. A flask in your date’s bra. Should get you through next time.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:32 PM
The mid-game headache is never a positive
December 10th, 2012 at 5:32 PM
If that is wrong, please tell me… does anyone here who goes to 1) all or 2) a few of his fav team’s home games think he’d be tempted to stay home by a chance to catch all the scoring of the Toledo-BGSU(OH) game? College football isn’t the NFL, and doesn’t get the same following.
The people who watch any college games and might watch Red Zone aren’t the ones driving attendance numbers.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:33 PM
Ya, but the November cupcake isn’t a good look
December 10th, 2012 at 5:34 PM
The mid-game headache is never a positive
Last season I had the presence of mind to pop some ibuprofen before heading into the stadium. That staved off the worst of it and stadium nachos do the rest.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:34 PM
What’s the difference? We played Clemson first instead of New Mex State.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:35 PM
December 10th, 2012 at 5:36 PM
All listed are pro moves. Take notes.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Do they let you leave the stadium at SMU games and come back in?
I was in shock when I found out you could do that at Tex Tech and TCU games. People would literally die in the SEC if you could do that.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I go to college games to get drunk with friends and enjoy the atmosphere. There aren’t enough relevant games in college for the redzone type channel to work, plus a major reason it works in NFL is that only 1-2 games are on tv
December 10th, 2012 at 5:36 PM
lol at you drunks and your hangovers.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
I wouldnt trust someone from Alabama to count how many fingers they have, but I digress.
I would argue that postseason bloat with conference championship games have rendered many late season games meaningless. Combine that with the season expanding to thanksgiving weekend for the B1G and you’re having games played without students on campus.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
When I was in T-Town for the Iron Bowl, I also hid a full pint of bourbon behind the Nick Saban statue. I knew it wouldn’t be long before I needed it again. I left at halftime to retrieve it.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Thought you were justifying early cupcakes as glorified preseason
December 10th, 2012 at 5:38 PM
says the fan of a team that trusted terry bradshaw. and arent you from the alabama part of pennsylvania anyways?
December 10th, 2012 at 5:38 PM
Do they let you leave the stadium at SMU games and come back in?
Nope. It’s the #1 complaint about the gameday experience. The tailgating is on Bishop Boulevard in the middle of campus. It’s a stone’s throw away from the nearest stadium gate. So many people could leave and grab a beer and come back. The new AD has said he is reviewing the policy, but I doubt any changes come of it.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:40 PM
aside from the football, im assuming.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:40 PM
aside from the football, im assuming.
Well…yeah.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Well, true….but really, we needed them. All of them.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:41 PM
I can barely stomach watching 1 Big10 game at once, no thanks to 5.
Our houses got floors. And not ones that are elevated by a set of tires.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Good Article.I think the 2 main reasons.People are tired of paying top dollar to see a scrub division 1-AA team.And similar to the NFL there are so many games on now it’s better on tv.There were so many Saturday’s this year where I was going between 4 games at one time.
I believe ratings were up-the BCS game should have bonkers numbers
December 10th, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Red Zone is basically a fallback for me…I’ll watch it during commercial breaks, or when the actual game becomes lopsided. I know people who will actually just watch Red Zone from the start of the early games and I don’t fully understand it.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:42 PM
+ some number that relates to James Carville
December 10th, 2012 at 5:42 PM
I’ve enjoyed bringing in my binocular flask into every Steeler game this season.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:42 PM
In September 1995, I got a box seat at Shea Stadium for $17.
I also saw Led Zeppelin in 1977 for the then-outrageous price of $10.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:43 PM
Ohio State doesnt allow drinking at tailgates. I’m not joking, pigs walk right up to a tailgate and get in your face seeing what youre drinking. Grown men getting cited for drinking a beer. Fucking animals.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:43 PM
No, they’ve just made different games meaningless for different reasons…if every B1G team had been eligible this year and there was no title game the Rose Bowl would have been wrapped up once OSU won in Madison so the final week would have still been window dressing
December 10th, 2012 at 5:43 PM
thall keep yinz drunk fer a coupla ahrrrs.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:44 PM
I also saw Led Zeppelin in 1977 for the then-outrageous price of $10.
John Bonham used his proceeds from that tour to build a new race car, drive it into the nearest barn in the English countryside and then force himself on any female occupants of the manor house nearby.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:44 PM
I was beside myself when I went to Auburn the first time and everyone was doing this. I’m more of a flask in the boot kind of guy, although that was student section only at Razorback Stadium. this was also known as the ankle buster. now I can walk in with it in my back pocket and no one bats an eye.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:45 PM
last 2 weeks: Jets on the cpu while watching red zone. it’s the best. no commercials, 7 hours of football.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:45 PM
the Big Ten would still find a way to lose to the SEC in a big game?
December 10th, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Ohio State doesnt allow drinking at tailgates. I’m not joking, pigs walk right up to a tailgate and get in your face seeing what youre drinking. Grown men getting cited for drinking a beer. Fucking animals.
Wow, that’s…bad. The Park Cities here in Dallas are dry every other day of the year except game day. On game day itself and students just have to keep it in a cup and not act like dumbasses. Adults though, cops don’t give a shit about us so long as we’re not bothering others.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Note: Its reasons like this we dont respect your opinion on college football.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Got to do this once at a Packers game. It was something like 19-below, and at halftime everyone went out to run their cars and warm up.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Hot dogs used to be made out of oxen and cost but a quarter
December 10th, 2012 at 5:46 PM
red zone impact: Sunday Night Football and MNF are tough to watch. seriously. so many commercials.
xpt
commercial
kickoff
commercial
3-and-out
commercial
December 10th, 2012 at 5:47 PM
OSU-Stanford could have been a good one but alas
December 10th, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Hey ark, how’s that Arkansas Crown? I was in the liquor store down here the very next day and found a Texas Crown. The motif was exactly the same as the bottle you picked up: Canadian whiskey in a bag that has the Texas flag on it. The bottle had oil derricks instead of the pastoral treeline yours had. I didn’t get it, but I’m fairly sure there’s some Canadian company making the same whiskey and shipping it to all 50 states with the respective flag on it.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Good to see that Satan remembers LSU losing to UAB and Bama losing to ULM, both at home.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:47 PM
my car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and thats the way i likes it.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:47 PM
I especially hate the Red Zone when the only full game on is Buffalo/Cleveland on CBS.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:48 PM
i don’t go to games, so you don’t respect my opinion on football.
got it.
well, i dont attend any games in any sport, so don’t respect anything i say!
this is the same as, “if you never played the sport, you can’t comment on it,” right?
December 10th, 2012 at 5:48 PM
I have free access to the pre-game tailgates thanks to my fiancee working in Stanford’s catering department. Hit that up before the game, then dust the keg at halftime and head back in for the second half.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:48 PM
i don’t go to games, so you don’t respect my opinion on football.
got it.
well, i dont attend any games in any sport, so don’t respect anything i say!
this is the same as, “if you never played the sport, you can’t comment on it,” right?
No it’s not.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:49 PM
thats where you and i differ. i dont think of red zone channel as being real football. it just makes my brain hurt.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:49 PM
ive never tested this but does the game have a different outcome if you let the dvr save up an hour?
December 10th, 2012 at 5:49 PM
I believe this is still the case.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:49 PM
that football played in the 60 yards between the 20′s is the worst…THE WORST.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Done!
December 10th, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Sunday Night Football >>> Monday Night Football. And it’s sadly not that close anymore either.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:50 PM
yeah, my team usually loses.
wait…EUREKA!
/throws out DVR
December 10th, 2012 at 5:50 PM
not exactly…this is more like a vegan talking about their last burger.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
it was as awful as advertised. I’m not a Canadian whiskey fan anyways, so that didn’t help, but it was not good. now I’m stuck with a bottle of whiskey that will get drank one night while I am in a soused style drinking mode. that seems like the only time it will be tollerable.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
I dont respect your opinion on attendance.
Or playoffs, but thats somewhat unrelated.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
I like the RedZone channel as a supplement for when the main game goes on commercial break, but I don’t think I could watch an entire day of it. I need to see more than the scores.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
i can’t do this, either. even if i don’t look at twitter/phone and get spoilers, i still end up losing patience and hitting “live”
same reason why, if when im watching a series on DVD and get confused by stuff happening (eg walking dead) or who a character is, i’ll go ahead and google it and risk finding out what happens at the end.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
I would like to petition that this be the new TBL/Duffy topic to hound. I’m ready for a revolution in the way football is presented on TV.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
But the people need to read my pithy Twitter musings during live action…how else to know when I support a surprise onside?
December 10th, 2012 at 5:51 PM
it was as awful as advertised. I’m not a Canadian whiskey fan anyways, so that didn’t help, but it was not good. now I’m stuck with a bottle of whiskey that will get drank one night while I am in a soused style drinking mode. that seems like the only time it will be tollerable.
Excellent. Well enjoy the hangover. I now know that I dodged a bullet on the Texas Crown.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:52 PM
mix it with Coke. you’re welcome.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:52 PM
enormous red zone myth. Red Zone is a catch name, but they don’t know show “red zone” plays.
Miz, have you experienced it?
If you’re into fantasy, gambling and football, you’ll love it. i don’t know anyone who has gotten Red Zone and not had it change their Sunday viewing experience.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:52 PM
finally get to see the Pats again, and I usually just like to stay home glued to the TV, but i let my wife talk me into going out for all-you-can-eat wings, simply because i cannot stand to hear gruden talk.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:52 PM
lot of respect for those good folks who are boycotting PSU football.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:53 PM
mix it with Coke. you’re welcome.
It’s pretty sweet already, you don’t need another dose of high fructrose corn syrup added to it.
I’d mix it with club soda and maybe add a lime.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:53 PM
cool…so just keep complaining then. much easier than finding something to do for an hour, agreed.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:53 PM
ive never tested this but does the game have a different outcome if you let the dvr save up an hour?
I watched a braves game back in August on the DVR in 13 minutes. Approximately.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:54 PM
i’ve streamed it a few times and hate it. and I don’t play fantasy, which has something to do with it. i can see it froma gambling perspective, but i just like real football too much to get drawn in.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:54 PM
finally get to see the Pats again, and I usually just like to stay home glued to the TV, but i let my wife talk me into going out for all-you-can-eat wings, simply because i cannot stand to hear gruden talk.
Despite the fact that she married you your wife seems like a pretty cool lady.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:54 PM
I pretty much bought it for the crappy velvet bag with the Arkansas logo on it. I consider it a win regardless.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Didn’t somebody breakdown a football game once and find that it was only like 7 minutes of actual football being played?
December 10th, 2012 at 5:55 PM
I find college football, MLB, and NHL games to be the most fun to attend. NBA and NFL are my favorite overall, but I don’t like going to either
December 10th, 2012 at 5:55 PM
dude. i’m not the one complaining. im saying i dont care about red zone, and i’ll watch a single game (or flip between the two that are on), regardless of commercials.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:55 PM
I watched a braves game back in August on the DVR in 13 minutes. Approximately.
I read yesterday that if the movie 300 had no ramping (speeding up, slowing down) in it, then it would only be 15 minutes long. I thought it was a joke at first, but the more I thought about it the less sure I was.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Shouldnt you be sitting quietly waiting to be told when to jingle your keys?
Red Zone is awesome, if I have to run out I’ll record the 3-4:30 part and watch it during the shitty late game. Its like going from snorting to mainlining, just takes football to a whole different level.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:56 PM
the only time I’ve ever been interested in the redzone channel is when I’m in a bar that has a bunch of games going on and I can glance at it from time to time. otherwise, I want to watch the full drive to see how the team got to the red zone.
I don’t gamble becuase I’m too risk averse to bet. and I loathe fantasy…like, hate it. I just want to watch the flow of the game. you don’t even get close to the story of the game if you only see the scoring plays.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:56 PM
NHL is really fun. College basketball too. Football I have only enjoyed the upper levels where you can see the whole game. I always missed too much at one end of the field for college/nfl.
NHL around here always has lots of cute women, too.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:56 PM
wwos…im joking around brother.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Titans haven’t been on Red Zone since beating Detroit.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:57 PM
I can’t watch a Broncos game while doing anything else. Eating, computerfyin’, talking to wife, nothing but curses and beer.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Miz gets it.
/no coop
December 10th, 2012 at 5:58 PM
says the fan of a team that trusted terry bradshaw. and arent you from the
alabama partof pennsylvania anyways?no need for the over kill
December 10th, 2012 at 5:58 PM
I can’t stand Tirico. At all
December 10th, 2012 at 5:58 PM
See thats the worst way to watch it. You need sound (Scott Hansen is awesome) and your complete, undivided attention – because they flip back and forth between two games, and go to splitscreen or quadbox. I’ve even seen an Octobox. Get a little toasty and you wont blink for 4 hours.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:59 PM
It rarely happens, since it’s always the Titans on (why I’ve spent the last few Sundays building the fire pit area and not watching football) but I’m the same way as you with the Pats, GP. I just get dialed in, and don’t want anyone to talk to me.
December 10th, 2012 at 5:59 PM
/nods knowingly
December 10th, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Detroit hasn’t been on he redzone channel since being beat by the Titans.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Nope. It’s the #1 complaint about the gameday experience. The tailgating is on Bishop Boulevard in the middle of campus. It’s a stone’s throw away from the nearest stadium gate. So many people could leave and
grab a beer do a line and come back. The new AD has said he is reviewing the policy, but I doubt any changes come of it.Fixed for reality
December 10th, 2012 at 6:00 PM
damn
December 10th, 2012 at 6:00 PM
wwos…im joking around brother.
dude!
dude?
duuuuuude?
dude.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Have to agree with TBL on this one. I’m a humongous college football fan (probably my second favorite sport) and I turned down going to the SC/Oregon game and tailgate because I didn’t want to miss any of the other ones that day. Maybe if I wasn’t 3000 miles away from the school I went to I would go more often, but as much as tailgating rules, missing out on 90 percent of the games going on sucks.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Lions ain’t had redzone since redzone had them.
/some movie i can’t remember
December 10th, 2012 at 6:02 PM
If I went to someone’s house for football and all they had on was the RZ channel, id be pissed.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Thats the myth that keeps people from embracing it. I dont gamble and despise fantasy. Red Zone is like a great 4 hour sports highlight, that gives you the STORY of each game, not just the scoring of each game. Scott Hansen gives you quick recaps and replays of important non-scoring plays. They’ll give you 3rd down play highlights from anywhere on the field. Any injuries are quickly shown and updated. They waste no time, huddles are for look ins to other games, its amazing.
Just try it, I mean really sit and watch it closely and you’ll be hooked.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:02 PM
/farts into a ziplock grab
//Fedexes it to Ty_Webb
December 10th, 2012 at 6:03 PM
And by ‘grab’ I mean ‘bag’.
/dammit
December 10th, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Smallest of sample sizes. In 20 years of tOSU tailgating, with 15 being in the main stadium lot, we’ve had officers stop us exactly one time, and that was when Kuntren Holbrook went Gestapo after the national championship.
Here’s the key: Drink like you’ve drank before. Put it in a cup. Any cup. They don’t care. Just don’t have a bottle, can, or visible keg.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:03 PM
I’ve even seen an Octobox.
That’s not something I’d ever admit.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:06 PM
word.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:07 PM
This was a mistake. The Coliseum is a very different, but incredibly fun place to see a game. Attention paid to the game is minimal, but the sights (read: hot chicks) are amazing, and the tailgating at SC games is awesome.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:09 PM
All of my experiences were during the Gestapo 2002-2006 time.
Why even bother if I can’t have a keg or shot luge, fucking amateurs.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:09 PM
No, it wouldn’t. Jason, you argued against the notion that “because you don’t do it doesn’t mean you can’t take a position on it”, but if you did any real world, college football attendance, you’d see that tailgating is an event of it’s own and a college RedZone wouldn’t make a dent. If Ohio Stadium seats 100whatever thousand, there are that many more down there just to tailgate and do the open air bars/parties. There’s the party and then there’s the game. Now shitty games? Hell yes they dip attendance.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:12 PM
OT…have a beef with the “just get him a pitching wedge this year” or whatever commercial by johnnie walker.
like, nobody buys just a PW…do you even golf bro?
December 10th, 2012 at 6:12 PM
I’ve even seen an Octobox.
Is this the Octo-mom porn thing?
December 10th, 2012 at 6:13 PM
dude, he’s been to a real CFB event…he went to a VT game.
/snickers
December 10th, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Half of my tailgating experience is at Penn State. Ohio State requires certain creativity. Penn State only requires not getting busted for scalping. I’d put my attempted citation for scalping (selling 2 tix to father/son duo for below face value) at PSU worse than any booze experience at tOSU.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:19 PM
so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?
December 10th, 2012 at 6:20 PM
that’s what they say. I don’t believe it though.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:22 PM
I’m awaiting “The Big 12 Psyche is Damaged By This” post from duffy any day now.
I still dont know why nobody else hiring coaches didnt want him. He was too successful at Auburn to coach at Tennessee? He beat too many ranked teams?
December 10th, 2012 at 6:24 PM
so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?
Lubbock sucks pretty badly.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:24 PM
still not sure why the bengals would make a coaching change in the middle of the playoff hunt like this.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Shocking that recreational expenses decreased in a recession economy.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:24 PM
he’s the Jennifer Anniston of cfb coaches…lotsa win on the outside, but there’s SOMETHING wrong there. nobody’s coming out to say it though.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:26 PM
still not sure why the bengals would make a coaching change in the middle of the playoff hunt like this.
Tuberville would be an upgrade over Marvin Lewis. But even Tommy, despite three years dealing with raining mud storms and desolate emptiness that is Lubbock is so masochistic that he’d work for that franchise.
December 10th, 2012 at 6:27 PM
he’s the Jennifer Anniston of cfb coaches…lotsa win on the outside, but there’s SOMETHING wrong there. nobody’s coming out to say it though.
Tommy Tuberville is needy and baby-crazed?
December 11th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
This doesn’t happen at schools with storied tradition.
December 11th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
it does when said team sucks for multiple years in a row.