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re: Little Rock? Bastards...
Posted on 5/18/18 at 8:59 am to WG_Dawg
Posted on 5/18/18 at 8:59 am to WG_Dawg
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.was it simply about capacity?
For the most part, yes. See my add above with the reasoning for Auburn to petition to have it at Auburn. thats why they[UA] played so many games there. it was a much larger stadium
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Posted on 5/18/18 at 9:30 am to NYCAuburn
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For the most part, yes. See my add above with the reasoning for Auburn to petition to have it at Auburn. thats why they[UA] played so many games there. it was a much larger stadium
One thing a lot of folks don’t realize is that back in the day, the home and visiting teams split the net ticket revenue from games 50/50. That’s why Bear Bryant agreed to play Rice and LSU every year on the road—their stadiums held over 25000 more than Kyle Field, so A&M made more money that way.
That’s another reason, besides getting to Auburn, why Auburn had to schedule so many games off campus—it wasn’t worth it for the visitors to go the Auburn, but Birmingham was a different story. In the SEC, where there was no conference imposed schedule, teams like Tennessee had the leverage to force Auburn to play their home games in a larger venue.
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