Alabama, Future Scheduling Thread

[81usaf92]

How do we lose money playing USC home/home? The game would sell out in Tuscaloosa.


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Like Selma said, unless USC and Bama are up to full potential then you won’t see the numbers. Right now you would probably have a 1/3 empty LA game and a 1/4 empty UA game. Scalpers in Tuscaloosa and secondary market sellers would hold firm with high prices until game time. A lot of money would be lost in the hotel and shop districts which are two things universities take into account.

FWIW BDS sells out every game, but how many times is it actually full even for SEC games?

 

[rgw]

That's why scalpers and secondary markets can tend towards sucking but how are you gonna stop em without sticking SWAT teams on them?!

 

[81usaf92]

That's why scalpers and secondary markets can tend towards sucking but how are you gonna stop em without sticking SWAT teams on them?!

Scalping you can stop, but the university sees them as a means of revenue. 1) the university has them pay a huge fee to legally scalp and 2) scalpers draw people on campus. LSU has far fewer scalpers because it’s illegal, Atlanta has moved to the mobile ticket, and etc. point is the university could give scalpers the ax if they wanted to.

Secondary market is a whole different story.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

It would be cool if we could work something out with Oklahoma, if only a one-off neutral site game. I want revenge for 2013 (and 02-03).

Add UCLA to that list

 

[GHoppr]

Add UCLA to that list

And Utah

Also, it'll never happen, but a home/home with Ohio State would be cool.

 

[Crimson1967]

As compared to how much the local hotels and restaurants make when we play in Atlanta.


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[Blindside13]

It has been a while since Bama played Nebraska that would be a good traditional matchup. It would likely draw a nice crowd to Dallas.

 

[BamaMoon]

It has been a while since Bama played Nebraska that would be a good traditional matchup. It would likely draw a nice crowd to Dallas.

I would like to see that matchup...really...anything in Dallas would be great!

 

[Elefantman]

I say in 2022 we play U of Penn to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of our win over an Ivy League school coached by John Heisman. We can play it in the same stadium, Franklin Field. (I'm just looking for an excuse to see Bama play here.)

 

[TiderJack]

I say in 2022 we play U of Penn to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of our win over an Ivy League school coached by John Heisman. We can play it in the same stadium, Franklin Field. (I'm just looking for an excuse to see Bama play here.)

Thinking Temple is probably a better bet.

 

[CoachInWaiting]

I feel more and more like a cult of one, but I really like the neutral site games when they involve a power opponent. I'd enjoy a game with Nebraska or Notre Dame in Dallas, Texas in maybe St. Louis, or Wisconsin, Washington, Stanford, USC, UCLA, all would make great neutral site opponents. As Alabama fans, I think many are too spoiled. Other programs would love to get a chance to play in a bowl game ("neutral site matchup") and Alabama gets a chance to play in up to 3 a year now that the playoff has been instituted, not to mention the possibility of the SECCG. If I could pick a site for a game, I might choose either Gillette Stadium or MetLife just for a change of scenery.

 

[CaliforniaTide]

I'd like to see Alabama go with teams/locations they haven't been to at all or haven't been to in a long time. Let's do Seattle, Eugene, Bay Area, Los Angeles, etc.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

I haven't been following this thread much but I would love for us to play USC or UCLA or whoever in the Inglewood Stadium when its built. That stadium just looks incredible along with the surrounding area. Plus I'll be moving to the in Cali in a year or 2 so it would be perfect for me.

 

[B1GTide]

I'd like to see Alabama go with teams/locations they haven't been to at all or haven't been to in a long time. Let's do Seattle, Eugene, Bay Area, Los Angeles, etc.

Hmmm, might you live on the West coast?

I would like to see them play a few teams in the Midwest. :biggrin:

 

[RTR91]

The Notre Dame home and home is happening...

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[CrimsonForce]

I bet Dabo's excited..

 

[Con]

Man that is a long way off.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

It will be here sooner than you think. The football seasons seem to just fly by. The real question is who will be the coaches for the game.

 

[ALA2262]

So I missed it a year. I said 2029. Shame on me.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

When Saban is 76 years old........and Notre Dame is on their third post-Brian Kelly coach.......