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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 252531" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>True story: My girlfriend's brother is a Tulane alum that moved here a couple of years ago after college. Absolute sports nut that goes to pretty much all the Atlanta pro sports games. He'll even go to HS football and basketball games to catch the big time HS recruits play. He roots for GT because of me, and we've taken him to a few games. He's enjoyed them...especially the tailgating and coeds. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I asked him this summer if he wanted to join us this season and get season tickets. His reply: "If I wanted to pay to watch triple option football, I'd go to a HS game, park for free, pay $10 for entrance, pay $2 for a hotdog, and $1 for a coke, and still have about $75 bucks leftover to go bar hopping in Buckhead after the game."</p><p></p><p>And that's the fight GT is fighting for fan money. I don't blame him. I'm a fan of our offense, and we can spout whatever statistic we want that our offense is one of the best in the nation when it's humming, but if someone who's not die hard GT fan like most of us doesn't find the product appealing, it's their perogative to do with their money what they want. Let's be real: Our offense doesn't register with casual sports fans like all these new spread passing offenses do. On top of that, we're not winning enough lately to say "Well, we're winning a bunch of games with it!"</p><p></p><p>As we know, GT can't sustain itself on just "alumi fans", so the other portions of BDS is either filled with sidewalk fans, casual sports fans, or opposing fans. Die hard GT fans will come to games no matter what...as we witnessed through the B*** L**** years and latter end of Chan Gailey years. However, the sidewalk fans and casual sports fans are the market we need the most. It's a little quid pro quo here: If you want those fans to consistently come to games and help GT's bottom line, GT needs to give those fans a reason to come to the games. Unfortunately, we're not winning enough nor do most casual fans find our offense exciting enough to fork over the money it cost to park, buy a ticket, eat/drink, etc.</p><p></p><p>There's a saying. Offense puts butts in the seats, but defense wins championships. Well, when a certain set of fans look at us and we're 0-2 with offense and defense...what exactly is GT offering them they couldn't find with other avenues of entertainment?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 252531, member: 360"] True story: My girlfriend's brother is a Tulane alum that moved here a couple of years ago after college. Absolute sports nut that goes to pretty much all the Atlanta pro sports games. He'll even go to HS football and basketball games to catch the big time HS recruits play. He roots for GT because of me, and we've taken him to a few games. He's enjoyed them...especially the tailgating and coeds. :) I asked him this summer if he wanted to join us this season and get season tickets. His reply: "If I wanted to pay to watch triple option football, I'd go to a HS game, park for free, pay $10 for entrance, pay $2 for a hotdog, and $1 for a coke, and still have about $75 bucks leftover to go bar hopping in Buckhead after the game." And that's the fight GT is fighting for fan money. I don't blame him. I'm a fan of our offense, and we can spout whatever statistic we want that our offense is one of the best in the nation when it's humming, but if someone who's not die hard GT fan like most of us doesn't find the product appealing, it's their perogative to do with their money what they want. Let's be real: Our offense doesn't register with casual sports fans like all these new spread passing offenses do. On top of that, we're not winning enough lately to say "Well, we're winning a bunch of games with it!" As we know, GT can't sustain itself on just "alumi fans", so the other portions of BDS is either filled with sidewalk fans, casual sports fans, or opposing fans. Die hard GT fans will come to games no matter what...as we witnessed through the B*** L**** years and latter end of Chan Gailey years. However, the sidewalk fans and casual sports fans are the market we need the most. It's a little quid pro quo here: If you want those fans to consistently come to games and help GT's bottom line, GT needs to give those fans a reason to come to the games. Unfortunately, we're not winning enough nor do most casual fans find our offense exciting enough to fork over the money it cost to park, buy a ticket, eat/drink, etc. There's a saying. Offense puts butts in the seats, but defense wins championships. Well, when a certain set of fans look at us and we're 0-2 with offense and defense...what exactly is GT offering them they couldn't find with other avenues of entertainment? [/QUOTE]
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