[Husker] The fed bringing the heat on the BCS

[David Strong]

> From: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>

> Just curious...have you ever
> traveled to a postseason game?  Have you priced out
> last-minute airfare, or keep in mind that the ticket prices
> will probably start at $100 each?  There's a reason
> why many bowl games are played in converted baseball
> stadiums that only hold 40k fans; that's all the market
> can bear for games where the matchup is only known a couple
> of weeks in advance.
> 
> Fans will bust open the bank to attend the national
> championship game...but for the preliminaries, no. 
> They'll save the $2k to $3k they'd spend (and the
> vacation time they'd have to burn) and hope their team
> makes it to the big one.
> 

Yes, Mike, I've been to many post-season games. Most recently the ChickFilA Bowl in Atlanta and Big 12 championship game in Dallas.  Last season to the Liberty bowl in Memphis, the year before that to the Gator Bowl in JAX.  Lots more...so what's your point?  But I'm curious too...have you ever traveled to a post season game?  Cause if you think the quarter and semis of a national championship tournament won't sell out, then it might be from inexperience cause brother they will sell out like hell, and not in any converted baseball stadium either.  But of course, this is all hypothetical.  We really have nothing to compare it to.  Trying to compare it to bowl games is ridiculous since comparing the importance of a bowl game, any bowl game, to a tournament game would be ridiculous. How far in advance are conference championship games known in advance?  Sometimes quite short. Been to a major conference championship game that wasn't a sell-out?  Of course
 not. I'll agree to disagree, it's cool.  We won't know anytime soon that is certain.

Dave