Conference Championships Ticket Prices
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And those are ‘all in’ prices, tax title license.
Oregon probably isn’t going to travel well. Meaningless game for them, really.
Oregon probably isn’t going to travel well. Meaningless game for them, really.
The Big Ten game isn't helped by the location not being close to either team. And surely there was a lot of Ohio St fans who purchased tickets who are now dumping them which would increase supply and depress prices.
The ACC is probably being helped by having a relatively local team involved - as low as the prices are, could you imagine it if the game were SMU vs Miami-FL? They've always had trouble selling seats.
I'm impressed and surprised by the numbers for the Big 12 championship. Are there just a lot of people in Dallas who go just to see the game without a specific rooting interest? Though ASU does have a large number of alumni and this is probably the biggest thing for them in a while so that might be driving demand.
The ACC is probably being helped by having a relatively local team involved - as low as the prices are, could you imagine it if the game were SMU vs Miami-FL? They've always had trouble selling seats.
I'm impressed and surprised by the numbers for the Big 12 championship. Are there just a lot of people in Dallas who go just to see the game without a specific rooting interest? Though ASU does have a large number of alumni and this is probably the biggest thing for them in a while so that might be driving demand.
Dallas is a huge financial/banking center so there lots of deep pockets there. Plus UT has the double of Austin being a huge hi tech center and the university owning massive oil deposits.
Lots of money there. What it UT’s NIL pool?
The Big 12 championship is what is being played in Dallas and the game is between Arizona St and Iowa St.
Texas is playing in the SEC championship in Atlanta.
Byes are now meaningless. Got it
Also, winning a conference championship is "meaningless"? Bizarre.
So playing for the number 1 seed and a bye plus a Big Ten championship is meaningless. Lmao got it
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Matchups matter more than a bye--both teams are in the playoffs with a win or a loss
If we lose--I'm not going to overreact--are you?
A conference championship is great--unless you lose your first playoff game than it was all for not
Ask Ravens fans
As I stated--it's all for seeding
If you win and you're the 1 seed you may get tougher matchups than if you lose. That's the reality of the flaweed system
When we go to 14 it will matter more as the top 2 seeds will get byes and those will be the Big Ten and SEC champs with everyone else seeded appropriately but in the current system 5 and 6 are arguably better seeds
At the end of the day--who cares if we win the Big Ten if we don't win the national title?
You're right but we understand what they likely will be
8 vs 9 is almost certainly Ohio State vs Tennessee so that's who #1 will play
7 vs 10 is almost certainly ND vs Indiana so ND vs #2
5 likely gets (in some order) MWC winner and Big XII winner or Clemson--which is BY FAR the best path even with an extra game--there's no disputing that. This is why everyone is claiming the system is flawed
Now 6 may get USCe or Bama which could be harder.
And if we get the 2 seed? What if Tenn. beats OSU? I’ll take my bye.
And I'd rather be the 5 seed. Still rooting for us to win but I understand the negative ramifications to that.
MWC/Big XII/Clemson is still easier than Tennessee
I’ve seen bracket predictions with Bama or SC as 12 seed. Once again, you don’t know the brackets.
Winning the conference is huge. You will get the bye while two teams battle a tough game the week before. Anybody saying losing is better is wrong. It’s an extra tough game no matter who you play.
I think you have to break it down like this. Beginning of the years goals are:
1. National championship
2. Conference championship
3. Beat the blue blood(s) in our Conference
So far, we are 1-1 on #3, and we play Saturday for #2.
I'd love to beat Oregon and win Conference title #2 under JF. It's a big game and we need to start winning more of them. An inability to beat Oregon, while not the end all be all, is a poor indicator of having the ability to win the playoff.
While I understand the playoff path is better at 5 and 6, you have to play the game before you and deal with the consequences there after. I want to win every game here on. Conference, natty, all.
I disagree that the path at 5 or 6 is better than 1. We do not know the brackets first of all, or who will win the 1st round games.
I'm good with this
Losing the CCG is the only one that doesn't end our season so the priority of it is way less
These playoffs have some interesting twists. They start on Dec 20 so a team that wins its conference championship game will wait three weeks before playing a game on the 27th. That’s a long time of not playing. Even after a one week bye in the middle of a season teams often come out a bit rusty.
But a team playing the first round….still has a two or three week wait…. would have to play more games against top caliber teams, risking injury and being wore down.
So it could be said that the team that wins its league title game is at a disadvantage in its first game but has the advantage in following games.
I see your point. I'm just going along with the projections. Playing the 11 or 12 is likely going to be better than the 8 or 9, and if it means getting non-Big 2 conference champions in the following round, that's even better.
At the end of the day, it's going to be a slugfest for whoever makes it to the title game and wins.
Whoever gets the bye has one less game to play. To me that’s the biggest thing for this. All the games will be tough so playing one less slugfest is an advantage
PAC 12, 2 loss Champ over 3 loss SEC team that didn’t make Championship game is absolutely a possibility.
Playing a team after they’ve had a slugfest normally bodes well for the team with the off-week.
But a three week delay leaves teams rusty. See it all the time in different sports.
If SMU loses to Clumpson, they're out as well - b2g would have 4, sec 3 (Texas, UGa and Tenn), ACC 2, ND, MWC Champ and B12 Champ.
And, this is JMO, not a fact--I think the difference is many still view college football for decades ago when bowls and conference titles were the objective. That's all changed. Now, there's two goals IMO--make the playoff and win a title.
A conference title to me is the equivalent of winning a division in the NFL--it's nice but means absolutely nothing if you flop in the playoffs
You all realize if we're the top seed anything less than a title is a failure, correct?
A conference title to me is the equivalent of winning a division in the NFL--it's nice but means absolutely nothing if you flop in the playoffs
You all realize if we're the top seed anything less than a title is a failure, correct?
You think Miami-FL over 11-2 SMU? I don't. SMU losing is the most interesting scenario as it becomes SMU vs one of the 3 loss SEC teams - and I wouldn't be surprised if the Committee favors SMU in that case as part of the "losing your conference championship doesn't really hurt you" concept
Yeah, I agree--I think SMU > Miami if they lose
We'll see tonight how the Miami loss hurts them
And we have traditionally struggled after an off week- especially against better teams.
I like the path of ASU at home and then Boise- but if we can somehow win on Saturday- playing 2 games instead of 3 is clearly most efficient.
It is great to even be in this conversation. Go State!
