OK, maybe. But I don't think you're being very realistic. It's not what the crowd is interested in. You could make it free and provide transportation and I think you'd be underwhelmed.
Could be you're right. I am not suggesting it is the only way, or even the best way to grow the fanbase. Just that it could be an option and offer something more to tighten our ties to the city.
understood and I understand the motivation, but we are what we are. Hoping for throngs of sidewalk fans just seems a waste of time to me but I'm sure others will keep trying. Emory students are not a reservoir of pent up demand for GT football, IMHO.
We were able with a student ID to buy discounted tickets at our student center for sporting events around town. If Tech tickets had been available there are students who would have gone.
I think you are missing the point. There was zero pent up demand for Tech to represent the ATL but Collins understood that you fake it until you make it. An all out push to make Tech an Atlanta institution again is worth a try.
Based on that we are likely a few years away from the product being better to make that effort. Would be a waste of time today...
Of course. If we don’t start winning it’s all a moot point.
This sounds like a college football problem. Any city that has a winning team no matter what sport gets support from transient fans.
I think this is right. I was a life long Braves fan, moved to the Boston area about the time they made a run for the World Series and it was surprisingly easy to jump on the bandwagon. But those are perhaps the best baseball fans in the country.
I agree more with what RamblinRed pointed out, though. In January of 1991 (amost 32 years ago), the City of Atlanta threw a downtown parade for the Georgia Tech football team after they beat Nebraska in the Citrus Bowl and won the UPI Coaches Poll as National Champions. I went to the parade on Peachtree Street and saw there were few people along the route, which surprised — and disappointed — me.
The higher the team ranking, the bigger the car decals become.
Atlanta may actually be a B10 town with all the transplants
Would be interesting to find out.
Not exactly. Look at this video of the 2001 Tech - Ugag game at Bobby Dodd after three wins in a row over the mutts. At 36:58 look at the pan shot of the east stands. You'll see more gold than red. It's not where we would like it to be, but it's a lot better than in recent years. Winning does make a difference.
I'm talking about the effect of three in a row over Georgia. If and when that happens again, you'll see a marked change in the gold/red mix at Bobby Dodd.