Unconquered

Even casual fans know we're going to have our best roster in 10 years this season. That coupled with a weak schedule and the fans are jacked it seems. Aside from Savanah State which will truly be a pathetic contest I think our fans are pumped about nearly every game.

It'll be rowdy for Wake and Clemson and then I think we show up in force in Tampa as well.

It'll take us being undefeated for a crowd to show up against BC. They will be truly woeful this year. Worse then Duke I'd say.

I think Jam was talking about attendance. I will not be thinking about a deficit come August, I'll be doing my best to reduce it. I renewed and will continue to do so regardless if we're playing in the ACC or Big 12.

Look Jam, I have season tickets, but there is going to be nobody in the stands this year. The only games that are going to sell out are Clemson and UF. I live in Atlanta and I'm not driving 5 hours each way to see Murray State, Savannah State, Duke, and Boston College. I'll support my Noles no matter what, but you're kidding yourself if you think our attendance this year is going to be anything short of terrible.

Its like that gym membership people buy at new yrs then stop going in March, if the tickets are sold, well...?

I still do not see where this big step up in competition will occur with the B12, are you driving 5 hrs to see Iowa St? Kansas? K-state? Because thats what you are going to have. We will play Texas as often as we play VT (which I am quite sure you willd rive 5 hrs to see the Hokies), and OU will essentially replace Maimi on the schedule.

So just wondering, whats the difference?

If you took money out of it. And just looked at who we would be playing and where I still think the ACC is better. I have no extra interest if the middle of the pack and lower tier XIIteams come to tally. I certainly would have no interest in going to an away game outside of UT and OU, TCU. We have plenty of alumni all up and down the east coast. Minus the money anyone who says the Big XII makes more sense has blinders on.

You would rather play Duke than Baylor or Iowa State, I wouldn't.

You realize jam is 'fairly close' to the ticket situation, right?

I wouldn't argue with jam on this. The man is in the business of selling tickets. I am pretty sure he has some sort of idea how many are being sold.

Savannah State is Youth Day. While to the everyday fan that means nothing, to people who go to the games, they know that Youth Day is usually the worst game of the season (last year was Charleston Southern) and probably around 10,000 seats are given to JTAA, YMCA, etc., for little league teams. I am not sure how much it costs for those tickets, I am assuming less than the $25-30 face value, but regardless, Youth Day helps us get some income on tickets for a games that would usually have a lot of empty seats.

Funny thing was last season, solely because of Youth Day, the Charleston Southern game had a higher attendance than UL-Monroe did.

Our home slate outside of Florida and Clemson is a bore, no doubt about that. That being said, if we are winning and are undefeated (or maybe just 1 loss), people will come to the games. Lets face it, if we are 6-0 going into BC or 8-0 going into Duke, those games will be close to sold out by the time kickoff comes around. They may not be great games, but people want to see a winner, and if we have just 1 loss (or unbeaten), people will show up. Like someone already said, even the casual fan knows this is our best roster in perhaps 10 years.

This is a new message board world, where jam is a idiot, I am a idiot cause I dont see the financial windfall of the b12, in fact anyone who disagrees with the majority are idiots, morons and downright mentally unstable.

Please keep up, it took a lot of brain power to even post this.

Um, how many salesman would admit sales are down?

I don't care either way, but how can one create demand by saying "Golly Gee, sales are way down, so I guess you guys should wait and pick up individual tix for $17 a game outside the stadium"?

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Yeah, K State wouldn't be a good example right now as they are pre- season ranked in the top 15. You do realize only 4 of the Big 12 schools are not ranked in the top 25. Whereas, INCLUDING FSU only 3 ACC teams are in the top 25.