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<blockquote data-quote="JacketOff" data-source="post: 750345" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>If you’ve ever seen them play a game vs. the Austin Play’s and Arkansas State’s of the world you would know that’s not true. They “sell out” every game, but they definitely don’t fill the stadium up every game. The demand for their tickets is so high that every game will be sold out, no matter the opponent. That’s just not the case with Tech. Bobby Dodd is guaranteed to sell out 1 game every 2 years, the UGA game. The Clemson game doesn’t even sell out anymore, but it is the only other game that sell north of 50k tickets. Miami and Florida State are the only 2 other games that <em>might </em>get to 50k. In 2009, Tech was 8-1 and ranked number 10 in the country. Wake Forest came to town for a 3:30 game. It wasn’t sold out. In fact, only 1 game sold out that year.... the UGA game.</p><p></p><p>In 2008, Tech was 4-1. The mighty Gardner Webb Bulldogs visited Bobby Dodd before a crowd of only 41k. 3 weeks later, Tech was 6-1 coming off a huge road win vs. Clemson. Ranked #21 facing Virginia, only 47k tickets were sold. The next week, #16 Florida State visited. A 6-2 GT team facing a ranked FSU. It had to sell out, right? Nope. But it did sell 53.5k of the 55k seats.</p><p></p><p>Not only does common sense tell you, but precedence shows that Tech will not sell out games against almost anybody but Georgia, and occasionally Clemson. No matter what Tech’s record has been, where we’re ranked, or what time the game is, people don’t show up to watch Tech play average to mediocre teams. The demand isn’t there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacketOff, post: 750345, member: 4572"] If you’ve ever seen them play a game vs. the Austin Play’s and Arkansas State’s of the world you would know that’s not true. They “sell out” every game, but they definitely don’t fill the stadium up every game. The demand for their tickets is so high that every game will be sold out, no matter the opponent. That’s just not the case with Tech. Bobby Dodd is guaranteed to sell out 1 game every 2 years, the UGA game. The Clemson game doesn’t even sell out anymore, but it is the only other game that sell north of 50k tickets. Miami and Florida State are the only 2 other games that [I]might [/I]get to 50k. In 2009, Tech was 8-1 and ranked number 10 in the country. Wake Forest came to town for a 3:30 game. It wasn’t sold out. In fact, only 1 game sold out that year.... the UGA game. In 2008, Tech was 4-1. The mighty Gardner Webb Bulldogs visited Bobby Dodd before a crowd of only 41k. 3 weeks later, Tech was 6-1 coming off a huge road win vs. Clemson. Ranked #21 facing Virginia, only 47k tickets were sold. The next week, #16 Florida State visited. A 6-2 GT team facing a ranked FSU. It had to sell out, right? Nope. But it did sell 53.5k of the 55k seats. Not only does common sense tell you, but precedence shows that Tech will not sell out games against almost anybody but Georgia, and occasionally Clemson. No matter what Tech’s record has been, where we’re ranked, or what time the game is, people don’t show up to watch Tech play average to mediocre teams. The demand isn’t there. [/QUOTE]
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