This is not a problem exclusive to Bama fans. Ohio State has been shelling out for BCS games for a while now as well. Doesn't really make a difference if it was the title game or not...hotel and airfare ain't cheap.
Would LSU fans really cheer for Ohio State?
Since we beat them in the "re-match" BCS Championship game to win the 2011 national title, their hatred of Alabama exceeds all limits of rationality. They refer to that loss catastrophically as "1/9/12". This on top of their continued whining that we "stole their coach" (ignoring that we hired him away from the Dolphins, not LSU), makes me pretty confident that most of them would love to see us lose that game, regardless of the opponent.
from their boards I think most would want to see us fall, but there is a good number to see us win
I'm certain Bama travels well, but Buckeye Nation takes a backseat to nobody.....check out this pic from our game against Cal last year....in California. Yes, it was only Cal you say, but yes it was Cal, 3000 miles from Columbus. Looked, sounded and felt like a home game......given that the Sugar Bowl is in the heart of SEC country, I expect given proximity for Bama to maybe have an edge in attendance, but it won't be a big one.....Buckeye Nation will represent well and it should be a great atmosphere. Good luck to your kids.....gonna be a great one
I have no doubt that the Buckeye fans will show up in force but this stadium of Californias must hold a max of 30,000. Just saying.I'm certain Bama travels well, but Buckeye Nation takes a backseat to nobody.....check out this pic from our game against Cal last year....in California. Yes, it was only Cal you say, but yes it was Cal, 3000 miles from Columbus. Looked, sounded and felt like a home game......given that the Sugar Bowl is in the heart of SEC country, I expect given proximity for Bama to maybe have an edge in attendance, but it won't be a big one.....Buckeye Nation will represent well and it should be a great atmosphere. Good luck to your kids.....gonna be a great one
Thanks, thought it was in the neighborhood of Hail State. 55,000 + before expansion is completed.
Crowd will be easily 70% Bama in NOLA. Bama fans just know how to get the tickets.
I don't think it will be 70%. I think it will be closer to 60% (possibly as low as 55). tOSU fans travel as well as ANY fan base out there. The ONLY advantage is proximity. Plus, there are those Alabama fans who ASSUME we are going to win and thus are waiting to go to Dallas. tOSU fans know they need to be out in support for the game, so I think it will affect numbers.
Not a chance.......it wasn't 30/70 when we played LSU in the 2007 BCS NC in New Orleans and that was after we had gone back to back.....given your decided proximity advantage, I would expect a greater Bama representation, but more like 40/60 or 45/55. Be just the opposite situation as if say the game was played in Chicago or Indy.
This will sound like a joke but I truly mean it to be a serious question: Have Urban Meyer's doctors cleared him to be at the game? Last time he faced Saban and Bama he had to stay overnight in the hospital from the ordeal and the stress.
The reality on the fan base split is that no one will ever really know since the entire stadium will be washed in red/crimson. Too hard to tell when all is said and done.
Of course it's a joke......and of course you meant it to be a joke. If this is how you want to roll, with each side taking shots at the other's coach, that's fine, your guy grew up in our part of the world and we know him quite well. He has plenty of baggage for ammo, just let us know.
