bg1984 wrote:Back to the original topic...has anyone had any contact with someone in the ticket office who was willing to divulge any information about ticket sales? Based on the information being pumped out from the athletic department through social media, it seems as if EVERY student should know just how important this game is. With kids today a noon start concerns me. When I was at BG it didn't matter to me if they played at 8:00am or 8:00pm I was going. I've never understood the comment from some people, students included, who say that BG football is not "big time." Message to those people: YOU make it "big time" by packing a stadium and cheering like mad. I'll make this argument until the day I die: there is NO WAY in hell that the quality of football played in Columbus is better than they play at BG based on cost! Please do not misread this. i admit on the whole they recruit more athletes who are better than BG does, but NOT better for the cost. I get to watch D1 football for roughly 20.00 per game as a season ticket holder, I park a wedge shot away from the stadium, I got 2 free tickets to an away game, I'm treated a couple of times a year to special events like signing day and the pre-season kickoff and I'm always made to feel like I'm a special part of the program. Game day in Cbus consists of a 50.00 ticket in shitty seats, 25.00 parking, snarled traffic, a bus ride from a tailgate spot and snarled traffic. Now I ask so called BIG 10 fans this all the time...is the quality of the football 50 to 60 dollars better than at BG? I say no way! It's BIG TIME because for some unknown reason 100,000 people show up! So, to make a sporting event at this level big time all we need are people to show up! For the life of me I've never understood this!
Well said. They should put this statement in all the dorms to remind these students that BG is their University, and they are responsible for making our events Big Time.
bg1984 wrote:I'll make this argument until the day I die: there is NO WAY in hell that the quality of football played in Columbus is better than they play at BG based on cost! Please do not misread this. i admit on the whole they recruit more athletes who are better than BG does, but NOT better for the cost. I get to watch D1 football for roughly 20.00 per game as a season ticket holder, I park a wedge shot away from the stadium, I got 2 free tickets to an away game, I'm treated a couple of times a year to special events like signing day and the pre-season kickoff and I'm always made to feel like I'm a special part of the program. Game day in Cbus consists of a 50.00 ticket in shitty seats, 25.00 parking, snarled traffic, a bus ride from a tailgate spot and snarled traffic. Now I ask so called BIG 10 fans this all the time...is the quality of the football 50 to 60 dollars better than at BG? I say no way!
