Sugar Bowl Crowd Features an Embarrassing Number of Empty Seats
Baylor and Georgia are playing in front of an empty house at the Sugar Bowl. A sparse crowd has filtered into the stands at the Superdome in New Orleans and a bowl that once meant a whole lot kind of feels like a joke.
Check out some of these crowd shots:
Halfway through the first quarter at the Sugar Bowl ... just a few empty seats in the Superdome for this one.
— Jeff Nowak (@Jeff_Nowak) January 2, 2020
Have a hunch it’ll look a bit different next Monday. #UGAvsBaylor pic.twitter.com/6DMqb9CCmD
Updated #SugarBowl @EmptySeatsPics pic.twitter.com/XL7gqLLcje
— Drake C. Toll (@drakectoll) January 2, 2020
Decided to stretch my legs at Sugar Bowl pic.twitter.com/Ot54ApIx4W
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) January 2, 2020
At the Sugar Bowl while we make our big Takeaway Tee reveal. pic.twitter.com/okS4gealVa
— CampusConnection?? (@TulaneShop) January 2, 2020
#SugarBowl @EmptySeatsPics pic.twitter.com/cJRNchu0mL
— Chris McCaskill (@CSMccaskill) January 2, 2020
The fact that the game is in New Orleans probably plays into the sparse crowd. The College Football Playoff National Championship Game will be in the same stadium on January 13. Since that game will feature local favorite LSU, the locals probably stayed away from buying tickets to this one.
On top of that, Baylor isn't known for having a huge fan base and Georgia fans are probably disappointed their team didn't make the playoff. That all slams together and makes it feel like a whole bunch of people don't care about this year's Sugar Bowl. That's a shame, since it used to be such a big deal every year.