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re: The Steady Erosion of the Gameday Experience
Posted on 1/30/15 at 1:46 pm to AlwysATgr
Posted on 1/30/15 at 1:46 pm to AlwysATgr
It gets more and more corporate every year. Given the value of the TV contracts it is going to become a sport that caters to the television audience first just like the NFL which is why those games are not worth the hassle to attend.
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Posted on 1/30/15 at 1:48 pm to NaturalStateReb
was this quoted from something? if so,,, source?
if not,,, suggest a blog,, nobody here is really that interested in your opinion.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 1:53 pm to NaturalStateReb
at UGA, tailgating rules on North Campus got really strict the year I was a freshman. I had visited once or twice in high school and tailgating was absolutely amazing. Doing it in Myers Quad was just not even close to the same.
By the end of my college career, I had pretty much figured out that I'd rather watch the games at a bar anyways. When you go to the game, you sober up and get absolutely EXHAUSTED.
Then you walk 2 miles back home and you have to somehow find a way to rally yourself to get drunk again when theres nothing you want to do more than sleep.
Watch the game at a bar and you can keep going all game long and all night long.
By the end of my college career, I had pretty much figured out that I'd rather watch the games at a bar anyways. When you go to the game, you sober up and get absolutely EXHAUSTED.
Then you walk 2 miles back home and you have to somehow find a way to rally yourself to get drunk again when theres nothing you want to do more than sleep.
Watch the game at a bar and you can keep going all game long and all night long.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 1:59 pm to Jagd Tiger
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was this quoted from something? if so,,, source? if not,,, suggest a blog,, nobody here is really that interested in your opinion.
Thanks--spreadsheet updated.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:01 pm to NaturalStateReb
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As attendance figures at college football venues across the country continue to decline,
Not at Tennessee. And our gameday experience has gotten better IMO
Also they've found new roles for the band.
This post was edited on 1/30/15 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:16 pm to jlovel7
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LSU at Night for a big game is still the greatest atmosphere in the country. period.
You are missing the point entirely
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:20 pm to NaturalStateReb
Our games against MSU and Auburn were 2 of the best gameday atmospheres I've seen in BDS.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:22 pm to BigOrangeBri
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Also they've found new roles for the band.
Of course they did. Your coach was a band pansy.
He melted his two favorite things together in his little world during that weird circle of life thing that had the team dancing with the band.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:25 pm to NaturalStateReb
Grilling and drinking beer at a tailgate while watching on a big screen is the shite
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:38 pm to NaturalStateReb
Excellent post. I thought you were plagiarizing until I read, "If this sounds like a rant, well, I guess it is." 
While I still enjoy the tailgating experience, more and more I go for the tailgating and then go home to watch the game on TV. It helps that I only live about 2 miles from Tiger Stadium.
But the experience inside the stadium has become nearly unbearable for me. There is a full 300 piece band right there in the stands, yet we rarely hear them. Why do we need music piped in when we have a full band right fricking there? Not to mention the piped in music is of terrible quality, both in terms of fidelity as well as composition. I realize no one genre of music would be suitable for everyone, so why not just let OUR BAND play?
Then there are the interminable TV timeouts that ruin the flow of the game. American football already has constant stoppage of play by design. When we increasingly extend these stoppages, it becomes harder and harder for the fans to stay actively involved in the game. Why should a little man in a red hat have the power to say when play should resume when he has nothing else to do with the game? I fricking HATE TV timeouts.
Food in Tiger Stadium? Are you kidding me? In a state known world-wide for its cuisine, that's what we get, cold dry burgers, 'tiger dogs' and nachos? I realize that efforts have been made to improve this area, but come on.
Drink in Tiger Stadium? Now we are searched and have even water bottles removed from our persons? Whisky bottle being taken was bad enough, now we can't even bring in Vodka or Gin?
frick the man! [/rant]
While I still enjoy the tailgating experience, more and more I go for the tailgating and then go home to watch the game on TV. It helps that I only live about 2 miles from Tiger Stadium.
But the experience inside the stadium has become nearly unbearable for me. There is a full 300 piece band right there in the stands, yet we rarely hear them. Why do we need music piped in when we have a full band right fricking there? Not to mention the piped in music is of terrible quality, both in terms of fidelity as well as composition. I realize no one genre of music would be suitable for everyone, so why not just let OUR BAND play?
Then there are the interminable TV timeouts that ruin the flow of the game. American football already has constant stoppage of play by design. When we increasingly extend these stoppages, it becomes harder and harder for the fans to stay actively involved in the game. Why should a little man in a red hat have the power to say when play should resume when he has nothing else to do with the game? I fricking HATE TV timeouts.
Food in Tiger Stadium? Are you kidding me? In a state known world-wide for its cuisine, that's what we get, cold dry burgers, 'tiger dogs' and nachos? I realize that efforts have been made to improve this area, but come on.
Drink in Tiger Stadium? Now we are searched and have even water bottles removed from our persons? Whisky bottle being taken was bad enough, now we can't even bring in Vodka or Gin?
frick the man! [/rant]
Posted on 1/30/15 at 2:44 pm to NaturalStateReb
This went over much better when you posted it on Hogville.
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I agree with your point though.
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Hall of Fame Hogvillian
I agree with your point though.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:07 pm to Croot
This sounds terrible, like everything the UT band has been doing lately. Link?
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:08 pm to ButchItUp
Tell that stadium seat number bs to Oregon, or Baylor, or TCU, among many others. Having 30- 40k less hucklebucks and drunken idiots to contend with is a premium. Give me 60-70k all day long.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:10 pm to pvilleguru
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Our games against MSU and Auburn were 2 of the best gameday atmospheres I've seen in BDS.
Thanks C
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:12 pm to NaturalStateReb
You didn't even hit on the real reason why people aren't going to the games. TV timeouts.
Nobody wants to go and watch the Red Hat Man stand on the field
Nobody wants to go and watch the Red Hat Man stand on the field
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:20 pm to NaturalStateReb
Another change affecting both football and basketball gameday atmospheres in the SEC this year:
Every stadium/arena is required to play the opening part of Turn Down for What.
Every stadium/arena is required to play the opening part of Turn Down for What.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:37 pm to Cockopotamus
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You didn't even hit on the real reason why people aren't going to the games. TV timeouts.
Nobody wants to go and watch the Red Hat Man stand on the field
And considering they sell any number of sponsored "ads" throughout a game while it is playing, it really is ridiculous.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 3:56 pm to NaturalStateReb
College football is the most popular it's ever been, but attendance is going down. You nailed it, it's all about HD TV. Broadcasting gives you better angles and information than games ever could. The gameday experience can't be replicated on TV however.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 4:06 pm to NaturalStateReb
NaturalStateReb
Well Done.
Well Done.
Posted on 1/30/15 at 4:10 pm to NaturalStateReb
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NaturalStateReb
You're spot on correct. I really don't care to attend games anymore because it is just a miserable experience as soon as you arrive on the campus. My living room is vastly superior.
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