Bowl Projection

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,871]

Probably not a bad idea to change the title of this thread since it's no longer a projection but has become more of a pre-game thread.

 

Blake Toppmeyer @btoppmeyer

Gator Bowl CEO expects a sellout for Vols-Indiana. Says early ticket sales have been ‘unbelievable.’   [Toppmeyer is Tennessee football beat writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel and USA Today Network]

Mike Schumann @ The Daily Hoosier

This would be an amazing accomplishment considering how Gator Bowl attendance has fallen off a cliff over the last 10 years. From 84K in 2010 to 38K in 2018.

 

[Alford Bailey 12,220]

Not surprised considering its UT

[finky 298]

On 12/9/2019 at 6:56 PM, Walking Boot of Doom said:

You mean the people who pay for the shiny new toys we’re all clamoring for?

No, the one's paying for those get their names on buildings and rightfully so.  I'm talking about the ones who get all the courtside seats and are allowed to "bypass" the points system in place...the parasites as we like to call them

[NashvilleHoosier 3,624]

Flight, hotel and tickets booked! Considering the "Land only" package I posted about earlier has now increased by $135/person, I'll have saved about $1000 total per person booking on my own, though we don't get all those fancy extras like a lanyard. One thing I am interested in is the Big Red Warm up event the day of the game. Tickets for this are $75 per person. Does anybody know details about this event? Does the $75 include food and drinks of some sort? I sure hope so. 

EDIT: Emailed the ticket office and they tell me the Big Red warmup ticket includes unlimited food, beer and wine and includes a water taxi over to the field if anyone is interested. We'll be looking for an IU crowd anyway. I think $75 is probably worth it. 

Edited December 13, 2019 by NashvilleHoosier

[mamasa 14,815]

Just saw that Yacht Rock Revue is playing the pre-game concert @ Daily’s Place Amphitheater!  That's a nice Indiana touch- they were founded in Indy.  Great band, lots of fun! (and, one of the founders (Nick Niespodziani) mom used to give me piano lessons lol)

[Chris007 41,870]

Who is going to call the plays? DeBoer to Fresno is going to be announced later today. 

[btownqb 8,144]

8 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Who is going to call the plays? DeBoer to Fresno is going to be announced later today. 

Maybe he'll still coach the game

[Chris007 41,870]

Just now, btownqb said:

Maybe he'll still coach the game

He could but usually, they don't like splitting time between two teams. You are only getting half of his time so is it his full effort. 

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

57 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Who is going to call the plays? DeBoer to Fresno is going to be announced later today. 

:(

[HoosierAloha 29,880]

Who is going to call the plays? DeBoer to Fresno is going to be announced later today. 

There are a few on here that could do it with ease! We might score two touchdowns on every play!

In all seriousness, who is next on the totem pole? Will Hart get a chance to show what he has to offer?


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[NashvilleHoosier 3,624]

Does anybody know how ticket sales are going specifically for IU fans? I keep hearing that UT fans are doing more than their part, though it could easily be their over-inflated sense of where their program stands talking.  I fully expect we will be outnumbered, but it would be a huge bummer if we don’t show well. I know ticket sales overall seem to be strong. I just really hope it’s not 75% orange.

Edited December 24, 2019 by NashvilleHoosier

[Alford Bailey 12,220]

10 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Does anybody know how ticket sales are going specifically for IU fans? I keep hearing that UT fans are doing more than their part, though it could easily be their over-inflated sense of where their program stands talking.  I fully expect we will be outnumbered, but it would be a huge bummer if we don’t show well. 

Weve darn near been outnumbered in our own stadium against traditional football schools. I guess it depends what you call show well. Its not  bad drive from Knoxville so Id expect UT to have a huge advantage.

[NashvilleHoosier 3,624]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Weve darn near been outnumbered in our own stadium against traditional football schools. I guess it depends what you call show well. Its not  bad drive from Knoxville so Id expect UT to have a huge advantage.

Right, but this isn’t your typical IU team playing in a typical IU game. I’m a perfect example here where I went to exactly 2 football games during my 4.5 years as a student and I’ve been to exactly 3 in the 15 years since I graduated. But there was no way I was going to miss an 8 win team playing in the gator bowl. I don’t know where exactly to draw the line at “showing well”. But they (the bowl people) say they expect a sellout. If that’s about 65K, it would be amazing if we had 25K of that. If we had 15K or less, it will feel pretty lopsided. Even though in many bowl games 15k would be great.

[Alford Bailey 12,220]

49 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Right, but this isn’t your typical IU team playing in a typical IU game. I’m a perfect example here where I went to exactly 2 football games during my 4.5 years as a student and I’ve been to exactly 3 in the 15 years since I graduated. But there was no way I was going to miss an 8 win team playing in the gator bowl. I don’t know where exactly to draw the line at “showing well”. But they (the bowl people) say they expect a sellout. If that’s about 65K, it would be amazing if we had 25K of that. If we had 15K or less, it will feel pretty lopsided. Even though in many bowl games 15k would be great.

Im guessing 20-25k. If you are going report back with your estimates.

edit- That might be optimistic