FSU having hard time moving football tickets
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Well, of course. The Gators still, after all these years, have a much larger support base than we do. For most of the state, Gainesville is a day trip. For everybody except those of us lucky enough to live in the Panhandle, Tallahassee is much further and the two-night hotel minimum at way-jacked-up prices makes season tickets almost undoable. Not to mention gas. It is $50.00 for me to go to Tally and back now. If I didn't live three hours away, there is no way I'd be able to go.
You also have to consider that we have like eight home games this year. I would have to go dig up my receipt, but I think my four seats were over $300 a pop. This is double what they were ten years ago. That doesn't count the game in Jacksonville. Nor does it count my donation to Seminole Boosters, which is required in order for me to maintain four seats. And the one that is always the draw for getting season tickets, the UF game, we are not likely to win.
That brings us to the product on the field, which the Orlando Slantinel, the Tampa fishwrapper, the Tally Democrap and every other UF-journalism-school staffed rag in this state, want to say is the reason for declining ticket sales. Meanwhile, they beat their chests (and probably other things too) when they write about Oscar and Timmy and hideous shades of orange. Obviously, we are at a disadvantage here...but not as much as we were three years ago. And it's not like our fans are non-renewing in order to attend UF games instead. That's absurd.
In 1999, it was great to be a Nole. It was very hard for my gator friends (yes, I have gator friends.) Now, it is hard to be a Nole, and has been for several years now. Add that to gas for our SUVs, a $500.00 hotel bill several times over, and yeah. But, I think good things are around the corner. And even if they aren't, the more fans that don't renew, the better my seat location will become.
You also have to consider that we have like eight home games this year. I would have to go dig up my receipt, but I think my four seats were over $300 a pop. This is double what they were ten years ago. That doesn't count the game in Jacksonville. Nor does it count my donation to Seminole Boosters, which is required in order for me to maintain four seats. And the one that is always the draw for getting season tickets, the UF game, we are not likely to win.
That brings us to the product on the field, which the Orlando Slantinel, the Tampa fishwrapper, the Tally Democrap and every other UF-journalism-school staffed rag in this state, want to say is the reason for declining ticket sales. Meanwhile, they beat their chests (and probably other things too) when they write about Oscar and Timmy and hideous shades of orange. Obviously, we are at a disadvantage here...but not as much as we were three years ago. And it's not like our fans are non-renewing in order to attend UF games instead. That's absurd.
In 1999, it was great to be a Nole. It was very hard for my gator friends (yes, I have gator friends.) Now, it is hard to be a Nole, and has been for several years now. Add that to gas for our SUVs, a $500.00 hotel bill several times over, and yeah. But, I think good things are around the corner. And even if they aren't, the more fans that don't renew, the better my seat location will become.
By the way, I don't see Miami and their enormous fan base :funn:filling up Joe Robbie or ProPlayer or whatever the Dolphins' stadium is called this year...yet nobody thinks that's newsworthy. 
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Sometimes a few tough seasons can be a good thing. It gets the fair-weather fans off the bandwagon (sorry, really bad double cliche) and frees up tickets for the ones who have stuck with the team through good times and bad. I think you're correct, it doesn't have anything to do with economic times. Check out the e-mail we got from UGA. Needless to say we don't have tickets to a bunch of away games and we sure can't take friends with us to Athens.
As soon as we go back to being a regular old 8-3, 7-4 team again, all these folks will vanish into the night. (by the way those "cumulative scores" below are $$$$ contributions).
Central Michigan: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Central Michigan single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 13,752 and higher will receive tickets.
Alabama: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Alabama single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 100,000 and higher will receive tickets.
Tennessee: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Tennessee single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 100,000 and higher will receive tickets.
Vanderbilt: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Vanderbilt single game tickets will receive tickets.
Georgia Tech: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Georgia Tech single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 33,251 and higher will receive tickets.
Sometimes a few tough seasons can be a good thing. It gets the fair-weather fans off the bandwagon (sorry, really bad double cliche) and frees up tickets for the ones who have stuck with the team through good times and bad. I think you're correct, it doesn't have anything to do with economic times. Check out the e-mail we got from UGA. Needless to say we don't have tickets to a bunch of away games and we sure can't take friends with us to Athens.
As soon as we go back to being a regular old 8-3, 7-4 team again, all these folks will vanish into the night. (by the way those "cumulative scores" below are $$$$ contributions).UGA
Single Game Home Tickets
Georgia Southern: No single game tickets will be available. Single Game Home Tickets
Central Michigan: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Central Michigan single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 13,752 and higher will receive tickets.
Alabama: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Alabama single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 100,000 and higher will receive tickets.
Tennessee: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Tennessee single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 100,000 and higher will receive tickets.
Vanderbilt: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Vanderbilt single game tickets will receive tickets.
Georgia Tech: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Georgia Tech single game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 33,251 and higher will receive tickets.
Away Game Tickets
South Carolina Hartman Fund contributors who ordered South Carolina away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 22,000 and higher will receive tickets.
Arizona State: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Arizona State away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 27,007 and higher will receive tickets.
LSU: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered LSU away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 30,415 and higher will receive tickets.
Florida Club Level: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Club Level tickets for the Florida game and who have a cumulative score of 42,500 and higher will receive Club Level tickets.
Florida: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Florida game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 8,460 and higher will receive Regular/Non-Club tickets.
Kentucky: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Kentucky away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 8,405 and higher will receive tickets.
Auburn: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Auburn away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 25,850 and higher will receive tickets.
Refund checks for unfulfilled ticket orders will be mailed by July 30th.
Arizona State: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Arizona State away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 27,007 and higher will receive tickets.
LSU: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered LSU away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 30,415 and higher will receive tickets.
Florida Club Level: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Club Level tickets for the Florida game and who have a cumulative score of 42,500 and higher will receive Club Level tickets.
Florida: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Florida game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 8,460 and higher will receive Regular/Non-Club tickets.
Kentucky: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Kentucky away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 8,405 and higher will receive tickets.
Auburn: Hartman Fund contributors who ordered Auburn away game tickets and who have a cumulative score of 25,850 and higher will receive tickets.
Refund checks for unfulfilled ticket orders will be mailed by July 30th.
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Well, of course. The Gators still, after all these years, have a much larger support base than we do. For most of the state, Gainesville is a day trip. For everybody except those of us lucky enough to live in the Panhandle, Tallahassee is much further and the two-night hotel minimum at way-jacked-up prices makes season tickets almost undoable. Not to mention gas. It is $50.00 for me to go to Tally and back now. If I didn't live three hours away, there is no way I'd be able to go.
You also have to consider that we have like eight home games this year. I would have to go dig up my receipt, but I think my four seats were over $300 a pop. This is double what they were ten years ago. That doesn't count the game in Jacksonville. Nor does it count my donation to Seminole Boosters, which is required in order for me to maintain four seats. And the one that is always the draw for getting season tickets, the UF game, we are not likely to win.
That brings us to the product on the field, which the Orlando Slantinel, the Tampa fishwrapper, the Tally Democrap and every other UF-journalism-school staffed rag in this state, want to say is the reason for declining ticket sales. Meanwhile, they beat their chests (and probably other things too) when they write about Oscar and Timmy and hideous shades of orange. Obviously, we are at a disadvantage here...but not as much as we were three years ago. And it's not like our fans are non-renewing in order to attend UF games instead. That's absurd.
In 1999, it was great to be a Nole. It was very hard for my gator friends (yes, I have gator friends.) Now, it is hard to be a Nole, and has been for several years now. Add that to gas for our SUVs, a $500.00 hotel bill several times over, and yeah. But, I think good things are around the corner. And even if they aren't, the more fans that don't renew, the better my seat location will become.
I really don't think you should sugar coat things. How do you really feel?
And after they take your money you might be walking a little funny for a few days.
It boggles the mind that you're talking about paying extra to get to see Central Michigan play football.
Good news for state fans? - no retirement for Bobby.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/SPORTS/80718037/1075
shallowsnole - are all newspapers in FLA run by gators? Don't thay get good coverage in Tallahassee?
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/SPORTS/80718037/1075
shallowsnole - are all newspapers in FLA run by gators? Don't thay get good coverage in Tallahassee?
I'd wager to bet most are. For sure, check the credentials of the sportswriters in both the Tampa Tribune and the Orlando Sentinel; indeed, most of our media. The reason? UF has a school of journalism, and FSU does not.
On the subject of Bobby, I thought that Jimbo Fisher's HC-in-waiting contract stated he would take over in three years at the most. Did I miss something?
Bobby grew up a Bama fan, and Bear Bryant was his idol. And he has said in the past that the thing that scares him the most about retiring is that, like Bear, the next step will come much too soon.
