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re: Don't we have the best away fans?
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:35 am to FairhopeTider
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:35 am to FairhopeTider
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We still have a very passionate fan base that is extremely eager to support our team.
Really? Then why can't we pack out A Day? With how many bama fans live within three hours of Tuscaloosa, there shouldn't be a reason why the stadium isn't 90% full, particularly when our coach has expressed how much that meant to him, both personally and from a recruiting standpoint.
It doesn't mean as much to our fan base as it used to unfortunately.
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Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:40 am to chattabama
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Then why can't we pack out A Day?
It's a meaningless scrimmage that usually falls on a hot day. No reserved seats. It's on TV. Etc., etc.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:42 am to chattabama
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It doesn't mean as much to our fan base as it used to unfortunately.
It never meant that much to our fan base (except for maybe 2-3 years). And those 2-3 years was because we wee so starved for success and the intrigue of the unknown.
I mean, did we even crack 20k at the 2006 A Day?
This post was edited on 1/25/17 at 8:50 am
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:50 am to chattabama
I live in Birmingham and I can safely say that I'm a big Bama fan but I've only been to one A-Day under Saban. Have no interest in seeing a scrimmage where our offense usually plays like garbage.
I remember walking into the Georgia Dome two hours before the Clemson game in 2008 and seeing our entire half of the stadium full while Clemson was empty. Nevermind they were Top Ten and the dark horse National Championship team going into the game. I wish that was the case in Tampa but a lot has happened since then. It's human nature for our fans to not be as eager to shell out thousands to experience something they've already experienced several times before. That doesn't mean we still don't have the most passionate fanbase in college football.
I will say that this was the first time I've paid a lot of money to travel to a Championship game where we lost. It left a really bad taste in my mouth.
I remember walking into the Georgia Dome two hours before the Clemson game in 2008 and seeing our entire half of the stadium full while Clemson was empty. Nevermind they were Top Ten and the dark horse National Championship team going into the game. I wish that was the case in Tampa but a lot has happened since then. It's human nature for our fans to not be as eager to shell out thousands to experience something they've already experienced several times before. That doesn't mean we still don't have the most passionate fanbase in college football.
I will say that this was the first time I've paid a lot of money to travel to a Championship game where we lost. It left a really bad taste in my mouth.
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