re: Only 50k for USC vs. UNC in Charlotte

I'm going. Not really excited. Only going because I was invited by some longtime UNC friends.

Dropped $1,000 on club level seats plus several hundred more for two nights in a downtown Charlotte hotel. That's just more than most people are willing -- or able -- to spend.

I hate the neutral site games. Save those for the conference championship and bowl games. Even the first round of the playoff should be at the home venue of the top two seeds.

As to the timing, not only is it a midweek game starting at the middle of rush hour, but being midweek before a holiday weekend makes it worse. People are already planning to travel or spend time with family. It makes them even less likely to take time off work to travel to a generic place like Charlotte.

The last time we played in Charlotte (against ECU), the atmosphere was boring as hell (great game, but boring venue). They didn't even restripe the field from the NFL preaseason. The endzones all said Carolina Panthers. If Charlotte wants to make money of Gamecock fans, then they need to show a little give a damn. Otherwise, it's no better than an invite to the Belk Bowl.