[NU Sports] March meh / season tickets ...

[wildelk2 at aol.com]

?? In regards to the schuedule switch in football:? Phillips referenced Miami's desire for a switch; ergo, I checked their 2009 schuedule.? They have a "home" game vs. Kentucky at Paul Brown stadium in Cinncinati to start the season.? 75% will be Kentucky fans, but the "home" opener vs. Kentucky is included in Miami's season ticket plan, so that may help Miami's attendance?a bit.
?? So we have (2) sub .500 MAC teams, Towson, and the worst BCS team in the nation to start the season.? Now I know Syracuse and Miami were decent when the schuedule was made...7,8 years ago, but now it looks like a Bill Snyder dream.? All we need is Murray St. and New Trier East High andour non-con schuedule will be complete!

????????????? GO CATS!!??????????? Eric


-----Original Message-----
From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 3:22 pm
Subject: [NU Sports] March meh / season tickets ...




You could actually make the argument that the NIT has been more interesting -- 
the PSU games alone outnumber the good NCAA games and Stephon Curry's star 
power, the "no respect" runs of St. Mary's and SD State ... some upsets on home 
courts, etc.

Heck, the Division II championship that just finished was better than the NCAA 
tourney so far. And the women's tourney has had more upsets so far (a couple by 
Big Ten teams)

We better be in for a great Final Four to sit through this!

On the football ticket front, I must have missed the switch in our home schedule 
that they highlight - why was that done again?

BTW, I'm not sure my post made it through last week (I guess the attachment was 
too big), but my friend in Madison sent a chart UW sent him with the season 
ticket renewal form. Some highlights ...

On cost, NU ranks #11, with $228 for "a 50-yard-line" season ticket renewal and 
no seat contribution. Ohio State is on the other end, with $1,691 for a ticket, 
plus a $1,250 contribution - ouch!

OSU can be pricey, though, as can #3 Penn State and #5 Michigan. The big 
surprise is #2 Illinois, charging $1510 and the contribution of $1250. Despite 
four winning seasons in the past 15 years.

The chart also has the average finish over the past 15 years of each school and 
their winning seasons, bowl berths and (sadly) bowl wins.

NU is about right in the middle for Big Ten finishes, with a 6.2 average. No 
surprise that OSU (2.3) and Michigan (2.6) are tops. Illinois, the 
second-highest ticket, is third from the bottom at 7.3 - with only Minny and 
Indy below. Michigan and OSU have both had 14/15 on the winning season mark, 
with Wisconsin (13) right begind. Indiana is on the other end with 2 out of 15, 
Illinois is next with 4/15 and then NU.

As for that "bowl win" category that we, of course, have the goose-egg in, PSU 
and Wisconsin are tops with 8 wins (PSU is 8 for 10, Wisky 8 for 13), Michigan 
(7 out of 14) is next and Iowa is also above .500, winning 6 of 10 in that span.

Now if they had only incl
uded "single digit finishes" at home over those past 15 
years, it would really have supported my statement that NU football gives its 
fans more "bang for the buck" than anyone else.

Just an interesting chart - no idea how the Illini get away with the high price. 
And as for NU, we know at least that it's not ticket price or product on the 
field for the annual attendance debate.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


      

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