Great job, Steve! I agree with your points, Ken. Even before UF told me I wasn't worthy to buy post-season tix through UAA, I started buying them elsewhere because I always found you could get better seats for the same price. Now I think bowl attendance is in the past for me. I have been to the Sugar Bowl twice and had a good time, but in general, I don't find bowl games to be anywhere near as much fun as regular season SEC games and the travel expenses make them a lot more expensive. Helen
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Ken Kirkley <k...@kirkley.net> wrote: > Steve, > > > > I think you nailed the reason why the tickets weren’t selling through the > UAA. Lot’s of reason for it too: > > - Had to have really high priority to get BCS tickets through UAA. Many > people who did not have that priority had already made other arrangements > through StubHub or others. > > - Many Gators had made plans to travel out West – spend a few days in Vegas > or Arizona before heading to the game. Those other vacation plans are often > hard or expensive to change. > > - Can’t ignore the economy, the face value tickets are expensive and travel > is a hassle as well. > > - And finally, the tickets the UAA had to sell were some of the worse in > the stadium, the schools allotments are usually in the corners of the > endzones, so better tickets can be had buying directly from the Sugar Bowl. > > > > I watched on TV from chilly (-18) Minnesota, and it appeared the crowd was > evenly split, Gators were certainly louder! > > > > And BTW, great job on the interview, but where was the Gatortalk mention? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Steve McKibben > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:56 AM > > *To:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [gatortalk] 15 seconds (give or take) of fame(?)... > > > > On Tuesday the 29th, I drove my son Shane back to Gainesville so that he > could attend marching band rehearsal with The Pride of the Sunshine ahead of > their bus trip to New Orleans the following day. > > > We had some time to kill before he had to report, so we hit Gators Dockside > to get a bite to eat, and met a local TV20 reporter that was doing a story > on why the UF allotment of tickets to the Sugar Bowl weren't selling out. > > As you can see from their video, they must have been very hard up for > people to talk to... > > http://www.wcjb.com/news/5796/tickets-still-unsold-for-sugar-bowl > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >
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