Nebraska...not feeling Frosty anymore

[entropy]

hater

[Wild Hoss]

LOL...its true. The tradition limped along for a while until Colorado tanked, but in reality it died when we lost the annual game with Oklahoma. The only CU game imprinted on the national consciousness is 62-36.

[Hannibal]

When there are better teams playing in it, attendance will increase.

Isn't that what people said last year?

And wasn't this supposed to be a guaranteed smash hit every single year? If you design your entire conference around this one game, then shouldn't it be an annual slam dunk? I guarantee you that two years ago, nobody imagined Nebraska not selling out their allotment, with this being their first appearance in the game and a great chance at winning their first conference championship since 1999. One of the assumptions of expansion was that the CCG would generate billions and billions and billions of dollars every single year. Guaranteed. The possibility of a turd between two teams not ranked in the Top 10 wasn't considered for five seconds.

Is this going to be a sellout when Michigan and Ohio State play for the second week in a row? What about when OSU and Michigan have a down year and you end up with Iowa vs Illinois? Will this be a sellout if OSU is 12-0 and a 14 point favorite against a Cinderella MSU team? Meh championship games are a somewhat regular occurrence in every conference.

[Wild Hoss]

Gate receipts are not, and never have been, an assumption as a large generator revenue from these games. It simple cannot be, as only a single game even if it was held in a sold-out Rose Bowl every year. Its television...again.

There will be high-interest games, and there will be duds...as I said. It isn't the fault of the CCG concept that the conference stinks. Watch the SEC's version; it'll be packed.

[iam416]

Indy is 3 hours from Columbus, Hanni, and OSU fans travel. If they're in it, it's sold out.

[entropy]

Indy is a long haul from Lincoln. Fact is the conference is a long haul from Lincoln. I wish Missouri would be in the BIG for that reason.

but it is what it is..

[hack]

Indy also isn't much of a draw. Rotate the thing for chrissakes. Would it be possible in Lambeau? I'd pay a ton for that.

[THE_WIZARD_]

shaddup

[iam416]

No, Indy is meh. But it's a daytrip from Columbus.

Lambeau or Soldier Field would be great. To Hoss's rare cogent point about ratings as opposed to gate receipts, I actually think Lambeau would have some ratings value, even if attendance suffered. I would go, but that's not any easy trip for anyone other than Badger fans.

[Wild Hoss]

Soldier Field would be a good place...Chicago will draw people. I don't know that the league wants to reinforce the "frozen tundra" mindset with outdoor games in December though.

I don't think the better NFL teams with natural turf really want college games tearing up their field late in the year either. Arrowhead was always an option for the B12 because the Chiefs suck and the Hunt family wants the added revenue. Not the case for Green Bay normally, or Pittsburgh. The Bears...don't know.

Not a lot of other options. Cleveland? Yikes. Cincinatti? Nada. Philly maybe. Detroit. The dome in Minneapolis perhaps.

[Hannibal]

Lambeau -- meh. It's charm is derived entirely from its history as a pro stadium. There's more charm for me in the urinal mints at Michigan Stadium than any pro stadium, so fuck that noise. Ditto for soldier field, but at least it is centrally located and not tied as strongly to its pro team. Not to mention, first weekend in December at night in Wisconsin or Chicago can be a truly miserable experience. That's something that I wouldn't discount when trying to speculate if people are going to travel to the game.

[Hannibal]

Indy also isn't much of a draw. Rotate the thing for chrissakes. Would it be possible in Lambeau? I'd pay a ton for that.

The Midwest doesn't have any draws as far as cities themselves go. Except for maybe Chicago. But the thought of walking through the streets of that city when it's 25 degrees and the wind is howling doesn't sound very appealing to me. What they really should do is let the higher ranked teams host the games like the PAC-12 does. The college campuses provide the best places to visit.

[entropy]

hanny... agree

[THE_WIZARD_]

I think it should have a permanent home in Memorial Stadium - Lincoln, Nebraska.

[entropy]

So. Miss fired their coach today. The program needs money. it wouldn't surprise me to see this game in lincoln next year.