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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 20, 2017 20:26:40 GMT -8
Charger fans don't owe us anything. If they have an interest in CFB, which a small portion might, then there should be a minimal season ticket sale bump. It will be interesting to see the comparison of ST sales come sept2. Hope it will be made public. What arec your guesses in increase. I'll take a guess at 1,000 more. You? Season ticket Net gain over last year I'd guess will be between 1500 & 2000, hopefully closer to the latter. They'll definitely add 2000+ new tickets sold, but since renewals are never 100% the net-net will be a little less. I think the biggest impact of the Chargers won't necessarily be in season tickets but in individual game purchases. Most hardcore NFL fans aren't going to jump to being a college season ticket holder instantly, but they may be much more likely to fork over money they're no longer spending on Sunday for a couple tailgating experiences on Saturday during the year. Overall attendance should see a jump similar to last year's IMO, which would be awesome. Especially since they're charging a premium for Stanford & BSU tickets. Split the P12 games & beat AF on the road & things really could explode. Agree with all but your last sentence. It's still an event townand even if we beat asu and af on the road the casual fans will think "so what?" Now, if BSU and our team are undefeated at Oct 14 then we have an EVENT they might come to see. For the record , I disparage and disregard and disrespect the huge number of casual CFB fans in this market. Screw them.
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Post by csfoster on Jul 20, 2017 20:30:34 GMT -8
Quiet time ends this year. Time for Charger fans to help out the program. That is the big unknown this year. Charger fans don't owe us anything. If they have an interest in CFB, which a small portion might, then there should be a minimal season ticket sale bump. It will be interesting to see the comparison of ST sales come sept2. Hope it will be made public. What arec your guesses in increase. I'll take a guess at 1,000 more. You? More like 5000 to 7000.
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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 20, 2017 20:52:57 GMT -8
Listen to what Rocky says in his press conf today about the difference Between CFB and pro fans. Very different sports and fans. Imho is silly to think season tickets would jump that much which is about 50% if you add 7000. Those numbers are knowable of course. Suggest someone like Kirk Kenny try to get it out of the ticket office, but I know they would not comply at this date for obvious reasons.
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Post by longtimebooster on Jul 20, 2017 23:16:51 GMT -8
Don't think the departure of TCU, the Zoobs and the Yoots changed much of anything relative to SDSU's ascendence. When they were in the conference, we had enough trouble just beating the likes of UNM, CSU, AFA, FSU, Wyo., etc. Now we win nearly all the games we're supposed to win and a few we aren't, USA, excepted, of course. What happened the last time we played BYU? I can't seem to remember. Not the point. Not saying we would dominate TCU/Utah/BYU. However, I'm sure we would still have been dominating all the other teams in the conference, as well as being able to go toe-to-toe with the Frogs/Yootz/Zoobs. Prior to the arrival of Hoke/Long, we were randomly losing to the likes of UNLV/SJSU/AFA, etc. That's no longer happening, to our happy collective relief.
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Post by gamer2101 on Jul 21, 2017 3:59:34 GMT -8
Charger fans don't owe us anything. If they have an interest in CFB, which a small portion might, then there should be a minimal season ticket sale bump. It will be interesting to see the comparison of ST sales come sept2. Hope it will be made public. What arec your guesses in increase. I'll take a guess at 1,000 more. You? Season ticket Net gain over last year I'd guess will be between 1500 & 2000, hopefully closer to the latter. They'll definitely add 2000+ new tickets sold, but since renewals are never 100% the net-net will be a little less. I think the biggest impact of the Chargers won't necessarily be in season tickets but in individual game purchases. Most hardcore NFL fans aren't going to jump to being a college season ticket holder instantly, but they may be much more likely to fork over money they're no longer spending on Sunday for a couple tailgating experiences on Saturday during the year. Overall attendance should see a jump similar to last year's IMO, which would be awesome. Especially since they're charging a premium for Stanford & BSU tickets. Split the P12 games & beat AF on the road & things really could explode. Speaking of Air Force, good thing that pesky Steelhammer is gone!
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Post by fanhood on Jul 21, 2017 8:38:00 GMT -8
What happened the last time we played BYU? I can't seem to remember. Not the point. Not saying we would dominate TCU/Utah/BYU. However, I'm sure we would still have been dominating all the other teams in the conference, as well as being able to go toe-to-toe with the Frogs/Yootz/Zoobs. Prior to the arrival of Hoke/Long, we were randomly losing to the likes of UNLV/SJSU/AFA, etc. That's no longer happening, to our happy collective relief. Either way, the UC Davis game will have over 45k. The Stanford game will have over 50k, and the Boise game will have over 45k, and potentially 50k if we are undefeated or a one-loss team. Beating ASU is the key to successful attendance for the year.
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Post by northcountymike on Jul 21, 2017 10:09:05 GMT -8
Not the point. Not saying we would dominate TCU/Utah/BYU. However, I'm sure we would still have been dominating all the other teams in the conference, as well as being able to go toe-to-toe with the Frogs/Yootz/Zoobs. Prior to the arrival of Hoke/Long, we were randomly losing to the likes of UNLV/SJSU/AFA, etc. That's no longer happening, to our happy collective relief. Either way, the UC Davis game will have over 45k. The Stanford game will have over 50k, and the Boise game will have over 45k, and potentially 50k if we are undefeated or a one-loss team. Beating ASU is the key to successful attendance for the year. Crazy, huh? Imagine if we were in a "better" conference and averaged 50k for every game (not just the reported attendance for a game or two each season).
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Post by sdsudevil on Jul 21, 2017 10:16:27 GMT -8
Either way, the UC Davis game will have over 45k. The Stanford game will have over 50k, and the Boise game will have over 45k, and potentially 50k if we are undefeated or a one-loss team. Beating ASU is the key to successful attendance for the year. Crazy, huh? Imagine if we were in a "better" conference and averaged 50k for every game (not just the reported attendance for a game or two each season). Imagine if I had a billion dollars and every Perfect 10 wanted me.......
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Post by fanhood on Jul 21, 2017 10:56:42 GMT -8
Either way, the UC Davis game will have over 45k. The Stanford game will have over 50k, and the Boise game will have over 45k, and potentially 50k if we are undefeated or a one-loss team. Beating ASU is the key to successful attendance for the year. Crazy, huh? Imagine if we were in a "better" conference and averaged 50k for every game (not just the reported attendance for a game or two each season). Yea, imagine if I won the lottery tomorrow? I could then grow my business, invest in my personnel, and ultimately make more money.
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Post by Boise Aztec on Jul 21, 2017 13:49:34 GMT -8
Almost every school in the P12 and B12 would be "worried" if SDSU got into either of those conferences...
USC UCLA Stanford Oregon Washington Cal Arizona ASU Colorado Utah OSU WSU
Texas Oklahoma OSU West Virginia TCU Baylor TTU KSU Kansas Iowa State
I know there is little to no chance of getting into the P12, but if we ever did get into a P5 or P4 with 64 total teams then there would be some folks worried about the trajectory of the SDSU Aztecs.
As the only football team in town I would expect crowds over 50k for all home games at "real" ticket prices. Oh what a dream!
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Post by sdcoug on Jul 21, 2017 14:29:43 GMT -8
Almost every school in the P12 and B12 would be "worried" if SDSU got into either of those conferences... USC UCLA Stanford Oregon WashingtonCal ArizonaASU Colorado Utah OSU WSUTexas OklahomaOSU West VirginiaTCU BaylorTTU KSU Kansas Iowa StateI know there is little to no chance of getting into the P12, but if we ever did get into a P5 or P4 with 64 total teams then there would be some folks worried about the trajectory of the SDSU Aztecs. As the only football team in town I would expect crowds over 50k for all home games at "real" ticket prices. Oh what a dream! Agreed, but I think our only hope is P5 w/ 80 teams. If any conference goes away it'll be the B12, and if the P12 expanded they'd be more likely to absorb 4 of the former B12 teams than to add SDSU (i.e. Okie/OSU; Texas; TTech; etc.). Either way, we're talking 5+ years away. Just win the MWC & fill up whatever stadium we're playing in at "real" ticket prices.
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Post by aztecfred on Jul 21, 2017 14:45:03 GMT -8
Crazy, huh? Imagine if we were in a "better" conference and averaged 50k for every game (not just the reported attendance for a game or two each season). Imagine if I had a billion dollars and every Perfect 10 wanted me....... If my aunt had nuts she'd be my uncle.
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Post by brokencurse on Jul 21, 2017 20:28:51 GMT -8
Don't think the departure of TCU, the Zoobs and the Yoots changed much of anything relative to SDSU's ascendence. When they were in the conference, we had enough trouble just beating the likes of UNM, CSU, AFA, FSU, Wyo., etc. Now we win nearly all the games we're supposed to win and a few we aren't, USA, excepted, of course. What happened the last time we played BYU? I can't seem to remember. 2010 SDSU 35 Navy 14 2011 SDSU 30 Louisiana–Lafayette 32 2012 SDSU 6 BYU 23 2013 SDSU 49 Buffalo 24 2014 SDSU 16 Navy 17 2015 SDSU 42 Cincinnati 7 2016 SDSU 34 Houston 10 We've been playing at a different level the last 2 years (end of season) compared to the last time we played YBU. Those Buffalo and Navy teams were no good.
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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 21, 2017 21:55:22 GMT -8
Season ticket Net gain over last year I'd guess will be between 1500 & 2000, hopefully closer to the latter. They'll definitely add 2000+ new tickets sold, but since renewals are never 100% the net-net will be a little less. I think the biggest impact of the Chargers won't necessarily be in season tickets but in individual game purchases. Most hardcore NFL fans aren't going to jump to being a college season ticket holder instantly, but they may be much more likely to fork over money they're no longer spending on Sunday for a couple tailgating experiences on Saturday during the year. Overall attendance should see a jump similar to last year's IMO, which would be awesome. Especially since they're charging a premium for Stanford & BSU tickets. Split the P12 games & beat AF on the road & things really could explode. Speaking of Air Force, good thing that pesky Steelhammer is gone! Rocky agrees ( as per his comments 7-20) that AF is the most important sept game. How could it be anything else ?
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Post by fanhood on Jul 22, 2017 5:16:35 GMT -8
Speaking of Air Force, good thing that pesky Steelhammer is gone! Rocky agrees ( as per his comments 7-20) that AF is the most important sept game. How could it be anything else ? Considering AFA has an exceptionally inexperienced team full of slow, unathletic, midgets, I am not at all concerned.
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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 22, 2017 5:53:03 GMT -8
Rocky agrees ( as per his comments 7-20) that AF is the most important sept game. How could it be anything else ? Considering AFA has an exceptionally inexperienced team full of slow, unathletic, midgets, I am not at all concerned. After they crush VMI and stun Meechegan, then you'll be more concerned , right?
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Post by longtimebooster on Jul 22, 2017 6:40:04 GMT -8
Considering AFA has an exceptionally inexperienced team full of slow, unathletic, midgets, I am not at all concerned. After they crush VMI and stun Meechegan, then you'll be more concerned , right? I've always been concerned about the Zoomies. They can never be trusted. I remember my first Zoomie game back in the late '70s. I laughed when they trotted out on the field. Slow. Unathletic (is that a word? I guess it is now.) Midgets. Then we got stomped. Maddening. A fluke I said. So did everyone else. For ten years I railed against all the fluke Zoomie wins before finally realizing that, yes, there was a place for trickery in football. It is now satisfying, however, to know that have a coach who can deal with a devious, albeit undersized, option team like the Zoomies.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 22, 2017 6:42:42 GMT -8
Considering AFA has an exceptionally inexperienced team full of slow, unathletic, midgets, I am not at all concerned. After they crush VMI and stun Meechegan, then you'll be more concerned , right? About as concerned as if you grew tits tomorrow
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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 22, 2017 13:10:42 GMT -8
After they crush VMI and stun Meechegan, then you'll be more concerned , right? I've always been concerned about the Zoomies. They can never be trusted. I remember my first Zoomie game back in the late '70s. I laughed when they trotted out on the field. Slow. Unathletic (is that a word? I guess it is now.) Midgets. Then we got stomped. Maddening. A fluke I said. So did everyone else. For ten years I railed against all the fluke Zoomie wins before finally realizing that, yes, there was a place for trickery in football. It is now satisfying, however, to know that have a coach who can deal with a devious, albeit undersized, option team like the Zoomies. They have a very fine and enduring coach too. Look for a close game . Is the option "devious"? That's funny. I'd call it infuriating to watch when they are executing.
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Post by tonatiuh on Jul 22, 2017 20:50:46 GMT -8
Rocky agrees ( as per his comments 7-20) that AF is the most important sept game. How could it be anything else ? Considering AFA has an exceptionally inexperienced team full of slow, unathletic, midgets, I am not at all concerned. I can tell by your comment that you must really dislike Air Force. At the same time I also note that you really don't pay much attention to how tough a military school can be in athletics. They may get many undersized players, (midgets I'm not so sure about) and those who don't match up to the talent at many colleges, but one thing I have noticed is that military schools usually play together well, and have spirit you don't always find at regular schools. For that reason it makes them very tough to beat because they play tough, and don't give up easily. I have a lot of respect for military schools, and the particular character they show when they are playing. And, Air Force has had our number for many years even though we have won the past 6 games against them. (first time we have done that!) They are the best of the military schools, and they can beat us in Colorado Springs if we don't play well.
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