Bowl game.

[happjack]

If all of the ACC bowl slots are taken, can Pitt pass on playing in a non-ACC bowl? If so they should, two weeks of practices with the current coaching staff would do more harm than good.

 

[Pitt1992]

If all of the ACC bowl slots are taken, can Pitt pass on playing in a non-ACC bowl? If so they should, two weeks of practices with the current coaching staff would do more harm than good.

I believe San Diego state did this several years ago when they were ranked,they got tabbed for one of the lesser bowls in their conference and they passed on it hoping to get a better bowl outside and ended up not going to a bowl

 

[NCanton Panther]

I'm saying that selling tickets isn't that big a deal. If it was, they would not have signed a deal with the ACC.

When they make their decision, who sells a couple hundred extra tickets really isn't going to matter.

Yeah TV $$ drive it but it seems like it’s been a constant refrain for years that when we get passed over by other schools for bowls it’s always because we don’t travel as well as those other schools.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

Yeah TV $$ drive it but it seems like it’s been a constant refrain for years that when we get passed over by other schools for bowls it’s always because we don’t travel as well as those other schools.

I really think this will be less of a factor with the playoffs moving forward. Bowls will exist to supply ESPN programming during the holidays, and they always pull decent ratings. Attendance will become more irrelevant.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Yeah TV $$ drive it but it seems like it’s been a constant refrain for years that when we get passed over by other schools for bowls it’s always because we don’t travel as well as those other schools.

Bowls are mostly always going to take who sells more tickets. Unless that team is a significant TV draw. Let's say Eli Holstein was almost a Heisman finalist and we were losing games 45-42 every week, then yes, a bowl might give up a few extra thousand tickets for the Pitt TV draw. But Pitt isnt going to sell any tickets this year and there's nothing special about our TV draw.

 

[happjack]

I really think this will be less of a factor with the playoffs moving forward. Bowls will exist to supply ESPN programming during the holidays, and they always pull decent ratings. Attendance will become more irrelevant.

The bowls as filler for ESPN only really pertains to the pre-Xmas & Dec. 26 games, when you get to bowls like the Gator, Alamo, Citrus and whatever they currently call the Outback Bowl, ticket sales and travel package sales are a huge factor. Even at the next level down the Mayo Bowl's want to sell tickets, that's why you always see a Carolina team playing in it, same with the Texas Bowl in Houston always having a Texas team or LSU in it.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

The bowls as filler for ESPN only really pertains to the pre-Xmas & Dec. 26 games, when you get to bowls like the Gator, Alamo, Citrus and whatever they currently call the Outback Bowl, ticket sales and travel package sales are a huge factor. Even at the next level down the Mayo Bowl's want to sell tickets, that's why you always see a Carolina team playing in it, same with the Texas Bowl in Houston always having a Texas team or LSU in it.

I believe the Charlotte Bowl has never picked an ACC team that wasnt from NC or a border state. BC went once but the bowl didnt pick them, it was one of those deals where a division champ couldn't fall past that game.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Yeah TV $$ drive it but it seems like it’s been a constant refrain for years that when we get passed over by other schools for bowls it’s always because we don’t travel as well as those other schools.

Yeah, but that's something like getting passed over for the Charlotte bowl where North Carolina sells 10,000 tickets and we sell 2,000 tickets.

The Sun Bowl and the Holiday Bowl don't expect the ACC team to sell tickets. If they did, they wouldn't have made a deal with the ACC.