<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: College Football Attendance is Down Significantly. Blame Soft Schedules and Rising Ticket Prices</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:38 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1844079</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1844079</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;This doesn’t happen at schools with storied tradition.&lt;/blockquote&gt;it does when said team sucks for multiple years in a row.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>This doesn’t happen at schools with storied tradition.</p></blockquote><p>it does when said team sucks for multiple years in a row.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tim Ryan</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1844071</link> <dc:creator>Tim Ryan</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:17:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1844071</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;    Five of the nation’s top 20 attendance leaders experienced noticeable declines, led by 5-percent drops at Penn State and Tennessee.dude, Tennessee SUUUUUUUCKED this year. that hurts attendance.&lt;/blockquote&gt;This doesn&#039;t happen at schools with storied tradition.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> Five of the nation’s top 20 attendance leaders experienced noticeable declines, led by 5-percent drops at Penn State and Tennessee.</p><p>dude, Tennessee SUUUUUUUCKED this year. that hurts attendance.</p></blockquote><p>This doesn&#8217;t happen at schools with storied tradition.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843711</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:27:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843711</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;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.&lt;/em&gt;Tommy Tuberville is needy and baby-crazed?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>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.</em></p><p>Tommy Tuberville is needy and baby-crazed?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843709</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:26:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843709</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;still not sure why the bengals would make a coaching change in the middle of the playoff hunt like this.&lt;/em&gt;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&#039;d work for that franchise.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>still not sure why the bengals would make a coaching change in the middle of the playoff hunt like this.</em></p><p>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&#8217;d work for that franchise.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843708</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:24:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843708</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;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?&lt;/blockquote&gt;he&#039;s the Jennifer Anniston of cfb coaches...lotsa win on the outside, but there&#039;s SOMETHING wrong there.  nobody&#039;s coming out to say it though.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>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?</p></blockquote><p>he&#8217;s the Jennifer Anniston of cfb coaches&#8230;lotsa win on the outside, but there&#8217;s SOMETHING wrong there.  nobody&#8217;s coming out to say it though.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843706</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:24:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843706</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shocking that recreational expenses decreased in a recession economy.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shocking that recreational expenses decreased in a recession economy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843705</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:24:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843705</guid> <description><![CDATA[still not sure why the bengals would make a coaching change in the middle of the playoff hunt like this.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>still not sure why the bengals would make a coaching change in the middle of the playoff hunt like this.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843704</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:24:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843704</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?&lt;/em&gt;Lubbock sucks pretty badly.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?</em></p><p>Lubbock sucks pretty badly.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Liquor</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843702</link> <dc:creator>Liquor</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843702</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?&lt;/blockquote&gt; I&#039;m awaiting &quot;The Big 12 Psyche is Damaged By This&quot; 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?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?</p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;m awaiting &#8220;The Big 12 Psyche is Damaged By This&#8221; post from duffy any day now.</p><p>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?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843700</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:20:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843700</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?&lt;/blockquote&gt;that&#039;s what they say.  I don&#039;t believe it though.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?</p></blockquote><p>that&#8217;s what they say.  I don&#8217;t believe it though.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843699</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:19:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843699</guid> <description><![CDATA[so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so tommy tubberville, like REALLY left texas tech for cincinnati?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RexKramerDangerSeeker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843697</link> <dc:creator>RexKramerDangerSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:13:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843697</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Why even bother if I can’t have a keg or shot luge, fucking amateurs.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Half of my tailgating experience is at Penn State.  Ohio State requires certain creativity.  Penn State only requires not getting busted for scalping.  I&#039;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.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Why even bother if I can’t have a keg or shot luge, fucking amateurs.</p></blockquote><p>Half of my tailgating experience is at Penn State.  Ohio State requires certain creativity.  Penn State only requires not getting busted for scalping.  I&#8217;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.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843696</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:13:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843696</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt; 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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;dude, he&#039;s been to a real CFB event...he went to a VT game./snickers]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> 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.</p></blockquote><p>dude, he&#8217;s been to a real CFB event&#8230;he went to a VT game.</p><p>/snickers</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ty_Webb</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843695</link> <dc:creator>Ty_Webb</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:12:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843695</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;I’ve even seen an Octobox.&lt;/em&gt;Is this the Octo-mom porn thing?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I’ve even seen an Octobox.</em></p><p>Is this the Octo-mom porn thing?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843694</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:12:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843694</guid> <description><![CDATA[OT...have a beef with the &quot;just get him a pitching wedge this year&quot; or whatever commercial by johnnie walker.like, nobody buys just a PW...do you even golf bro?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OT&#8230;have a beef with the &#8220;just get him a pitching wedge this year&#8221; or whatever commercial by johnnie walker.</p><p>like, nobody buys just a PW&#8230;do you even golf bro?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RexKramerDangerSeeker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843693</link> <dc:creator>RexKramerDangerSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:09:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843693</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;It would be totally lights out on college football attendance is it had a red zone channel like the NFL.&lt;/blockquote&gt; No, it wouldn&#039;t.  Jason, you argued against the notion that &quot;because you don&#039;t do it doesn&#039;t mean you can&#039;t take a position on it&quot;, but if you did any real world, college football attendance, you&#039;d see that tailgating is an event of it&#039;s own and a college RedZone wouldn&#039;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&#039;s the party and then there&#039;s the game. Now shitty games?  Hell yes they dip attendance.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It would be totally lights out on college football attendance is it had a red zone channel like the NFL.</p></blockquote><p>No, it wouldn&#8217;t.  Jason, you argued against the notion that &#8220;because you don&#8217;t do it doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t take a position on it&#8221;, but if you did any real world, college football attendance, you&#8217;d see that tailgating is an event of it&#8217;s own and a college RedZone wouldn&#8217;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&#8217;s the party and then there&#8217;s the game. Now shitty games?  Hell yes they dip attendance.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Liquor</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843692</link> <dc:creator>Liquor</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:09:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843692</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;In 20 years of tOSU tailgating, with 15 being in the main stadium lot, we’ve had officers stop us exactly one time&lt;/blockquote&gt; All of my experiences were during the Gestapo 2002-2006 time.&lt;blockquote&gt;Just don’t have a bottle, can, or visible keg.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Why even bother if I can&#039;t have a keg or shot luge, fucking amateurs.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>In 20 years of tOSU tailgating, with 15 being in the main stadium lot, we’ve had officers stop us exactly one time</p></blockquote><p>All of my experiences were during the Gestapo 2002-2006 time.</p><blockquote><p>Just don’t have a bottle, can, or visible keg.</p></blockquote><p>Why even bother if I can&#8217;t have a keg or shot luge, fucking amateurs.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sctrojans</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843691</link> <dc:creator>sctrojans</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:07:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843691</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 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.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>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.</p></blockquote><p> 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.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843690</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:06:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843690</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;If I went to someone’s house for football and all they had on was the RZ channel, id be pissed.&lt;/blockquote&gt;word.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If I went to someone’s house for football and all they had on was the RZ channel, id be pissed.</p></blockquote><p>word.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: squawkbox</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/12/10/college-football-attendance-is-down-significantly-blame-soft-schedules-and-rising-ticket-prices/comment-page-3/#comment-1843689</link> <dc:creator>squawkbox</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:03:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=229297#comment-1843689</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;I’ve even seen an Octobox. &lt;/em&gt;That&#039;s not something I&#039;d ever admit.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I’ve even seen an Octobox. </em></p><p>That&#8217;s not something I&#8217;d ever admit.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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