[NU Sports] We beat Iowa five ways

[Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal)]

On behalf of those who were in San Antonio and wondered whether Mr.
DeGroat was on scene, the note below offers evidence again of why we
wished we'd had the opportunity to become better acquainted. Sorry you
weren't there ...

Go Wildcats -- Alan 

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Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 9:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] We beat Iowa five ways

Watching the MSU-Georgia game, it looked to me like the MSU crowd was
pretty small, certainly in comparison to the Georgia crowd.  My guess is
that it reflects the non existent Michigan economy.  As The Weekly
Standard pointed out, Detroit, except for not having goats wandering the
streets, is like a third world country.  

John DeGroat


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com
> I sent this to him:
>  
> Mike Schulze _Info at outbackbowl.com_ (mailto:Info at outbackbowl.com)
>  
> any other abuse will be welcome
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 1/2/2009 11:50:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> cherron604 at aol.com writes:
> 
> I wonder  if the Outback Bowl people are kicking themselves ?
> 
> 1 - We beat Iowa on  the field
> 
> 2 - We beat Iowa in the standings
> 
> 3 - The Alamo Bowl  beat the Outback Bowl in attendance, 55,986 to 
> 55,117?(impressive considering  they have a better date, Jan 1 vs. Dec

> 29, and the fact that it is much easier  to fly into Tampa than into 
> San Antonio)
> 
> 4 - Since our football rebirth  in 1995, the Outback Bowl has been 
> averaging 61,864.? This year's attendance  of 55,117 was DOWN almost 
> 11%.? During the same period, the Alamo Bowl has  averaged 60,677.? 
> This year's attendance of
> 55,986 was down only 7.7%? (thanks  to the sour economy)
> 
> 5 - Both bowls exhibit wide swings in attendance,  the Alamo relating 
> to the presence of a Texas team, or Michigan/Penn  State/Ohio State.? 
> Without one of these teams, the Alamo averages 56,544.? Our  
> attendance of 55,986 was down only 1% from this 'non-Texas, non-Big
Ten giant'  attendance.?
> 
> The Outback looks similar with Florida, Michigan, Penn  State and Ohio

> State.? Without one of these teams, the Outback averages  57,579.? 
> This year's attendance was down almost 4.3% from the 'non-Florida,
non-Big Ten giant'
> average
> 
> Unfortunately, the 6th way would have been  to win our game, but as 
> many have pointed out, our match-up was significantly  worse than 
> theirs.? And the?Bowl committees don't really care about those kind
of issues.
> 
> I have not seen the TV ratings for the Outback bowl, but it  is 
> probably not appropriate to compare ratings for a Monday night event 
> with  ratings for a New Years Day morning event.
> 
> Though I don't think the  data exists, it would be interesting to 
> compare the disposable incomes of the  two fan bases, and to compare 
> the average amount spent?by the Iowa and NU fans  in the two host
cities.
> 
> Chuck Herron?? Tech  '85
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