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**** the CU Athletic Dept for holding this game in Denver
- Thread starter Kuratz
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We all know why this game was played in Denver. If it wasn't moved to Denver this game wouldn't have happened
Bad take. Bad understanding of situation.
IMO this was an great game atmosphere. It was much better than the experience of playing against the goats and being in the same stadium as their “fans.” The A&M fans were polite, respectful, and the ones I spoke to were knowledgeable and reasonable. Their band was a sight to see, and I loved the emotion of their fan base. The atmosphere was as good as almost any game I have been to at Folsom since I started going to games in 1984. If the Denver games against the goats had been this much fun to attend I would have been fully supportive of playing that series in Denver in perpetuity.
ahoelsken
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No. This game would have happened had RG played hardball with them because the SEC (I know this is hard to believe given who Alabama and Georgia played today) mandates their teams play at least one P5 a year OOC. What playing in Denver does do for us is open the door to play them again in the future-which they probably would have shut had we played hardball.
A&M group in lower section 506 were ass holes
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
Blame the people who couldn't be bothered to go because they think Karl Dorrell sucks. You know who the **** you are. These kids deserved a hell of a lot better than the support they got from this fanbase today.
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**** CU “fans” who refuse to go to games in Denver and wouldn’t pay 100 bucks for a ticket to see their team 30 minutes away from home. Those are the true ass holes and an embarrassment to the university. This game had nothing to do with making more money, they probably would have made more in Boulder based on attendance.
Rob DeVere
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Yeah, those were the ones who moved to Denver years ago and absorbed the "Denver culture"!
The ones up from Texas were mostly very polite and good to talk with!!
tickets for this game were going for well under $50
Not really that was for upper deck.
I'm not following you -- upper deck seats are still inside the stadium
They were still north of $100 until about 24 hours prior to kickoff. I think it was a mistake to price them like that from the jump. Have some awareness that you aren't going to sell 75k tickets at $100+/each.
I was seeing StubHub prices of $40 all week long.
I felt the students showed up pretty well. I'm struggling to capture your tone in this post - it's possible you're being sarcastic.
My tone is **** those people in the fanbase that won’t go to games in Denver. 41k people at that game with probably 9k being students and another 12k being A&M fans is an embarrassment.
Hmmm perhaps they lowered their prices earlier than where I was looking.
I've heard both Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente in interviews make statements to the effect they believe there is a recruiting advantage to playing games in NFL stadiums. This sentiment is shared almost universally on the ACC message boards.
I raised this question once before on Allbuffs, and the responses were something like "once every few years is fine, but not every season". Well, this is the first game in two years at Mile High and there are no games on the future schedules in Denver, yet fans are still bítching.
Do CU fans disagree that there's a recruiting benefit? do CU fans think that advantage might be there for other schools but doesn't apply to us? Or is this really about simple fan preference and the people who are bítching don't GAF about recruiting advantages?
I raised this question once before on Allbuffs, and the responses were something like "once every few years is fine, but not every season". Well, this is the first game in two years at Mile High and there are no games on the future schedules in Denver, yet fans are still bítching.
Do CU fans disagree that there's a recruiting benefit? do CU fans think that advantage might be there for other schools but doesn't apply to us? Or is this really about simple fan preference and the people who are bítching don't GAF about recruiting advantages?
If that was a packed/sold out game against a top 5 team it is absolutely a recruiting advantage. When the stadium is that empty is it awful. Tailgating wasn’t even good on a beautiful Denver day with a solid number of opposing fans.
now I feel guilty for not going.
I got one of those. After fees/taxes it was $61.00. Sat in Section 506..very high but on the 35 yard line. Not horrible seats.
I honestly had more fun at that game then ANY of the previous Rocky Mountain Showdowns in the past. The atmosphere
was electric.
What are the recruiting advantages? Most of the B1G and SEC programs have bigger stadiums than MHS and most NFL stadiums.
Which circles back to the opening post. How awesome would that game have been in Folsom?
Maybe we had to hold in Denver to make it happen - I don't know the details of that.
But when offered:
1. One of the most beautiful venues in college football, on a campus that alumni are excited to come back to visit, and students don't have to travel to access.
or...
2. A sterile NFL stadium with no views or history associated with our team, that requires students (many of whom don't have cars - though buses were an option).
**** man. I'm part of the problem. I live within walking distance of Folsom and I didn't go to the game in Denver. You can challenge my fandom, but I buy season tickets every year, watch every game and stay in my seat until I hear the words "Dear Old CU" no matter how cold it is, or how badly we might have lost, because I truly love the Folsom experience. Why would I fight traffic to sit in Mile-Hi/Sports Authority/Invesco/Empower Stadium when I can watch the game on TV and get better views?
I can't speak for other fans, but the only reason I watch sports live is for the experience.
it's a sales point that the recruiter tries to use as a differentiator -- "come to VT and you'll play at least one game in an NFL stadium to help get you ready for the pros". Sales points don't have to be relevant to be effective; the intent is to put the idea in the buyer's head that "this seller has something different the other guys don't have", or at minimum, "this selling proposition isn't lacking something that the other guys have".
Players like playing in NFL stadiums. The atmosphere, when done right, with a split stadium is electric (cocktail party in Jacksonville is a great example even though it is in a shifty stadium/area). I also think alumni like some of the one off ideas like notre dame and Wisconsin in Chicago where they can make a vacation out of the weekend and hang out in a great city. LA and Vegas will be huge for these games as well.
A&M lost their home game last year in the home and home series due to Covid.
This game was either going to be played in Denver against A&M or CU would have been playing a Weber St or New Mexico Highlands game at 11 a.m. hidden on Pac12 Net.