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billmac91;1350830; said:
This concept sounds vaguely familiar for some reason...
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This concept sounds vaguely familiar for some reason...
So how about that non-friendly locale for FSU today? :p
Columbus to Charlotte: 7.25 hrs
Talahassee to Orlando: 4 hrsGatorubet;1350879; said:Like you bowling in Charlotte, South Carolina and piling into the van/suv, tailgating and eating brought food, and driving home afterwards.
Columbus to Charlotte: 7.25 hrs
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LSU has won two BCS titles. Both in New Orleans.
How many titles did Miami win in the Orange Bowl, their home field?
How many titles did FSU win in Florida?
How far is USC from Pasadena?
Not saying those weren't great teams, but I'm also not buying the "neutral field" nonsense, either. These teams have an advantage, whether their fans (and the media) want to admit it or not. How much that advantage has contributed to their success, we'll never know.
How many titles did Miami win in the Orange Bowl, their home field?
How many titles did FSU win in Florida?
How far is USC from Pasadena?
Not saying those weren't great teams, but I'm also not buying the "neutral field" nonsense, either. These teams have an advantage, whether their fans (and the media) want to admit it or not. How much that advantage has contributed to their success, we'll never know.
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jwinslow;1364608; said:
FSU = Tallahassee. Gator's school is in Gainesville.
But your distance is about right for FSU. Tallahassee's about 4 hours from Orlando; Gainesville is less than 2.
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Yeah I forgot to change the town name when I realized my mistake.
A seminole would've been home by about 1-2, just in time for more partying or quality rest before church in the morning.
A seminole would've been home by about 1-2, just in time for more partying or quality rest before church in the morning.
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Gatorubet;1364682; said:
Heading to the largest city in the state, which may have a significant population of Florida grads, and many other fans closer to Miami than Gainesville itself.
Trying to act like the bowl game situation doesn't seriously disfavor Big Ten teams is just a fucking joke. Seriously.
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Gatorubet
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BB73;1364711; said:
Columbus is closer to Buffalo, New York, Chicago Illinois, Washington D.C., Knoxville Tennessee and Charlotte, South Carolina than Gainesville is to Miami. Which is my point to all of the ride down and back in one day [censored]. Which is what I was responding to. Not the fact that there are many UF grads in the Miami area and that many of them would support us in the bowl, which would be a geographic advantage.
There is more than one point in play here that I am responding to. [cough] goat [censored]er [/cough]
Taking my response to one point and suggesting that I am "trying to act" any [censored]ing way simply because you choose to apply my post to a different point is a..... [censored]ing joke.
Seriously.
Look back in the thread and you will see that I am not saying what you think I am saying. In one scenario (and one only) you would have an edge. If, like 2006, you were number BCS 1 or 2 after the Game, you would have an advantage buying tickets over UF fans if the BCSCG was in Miami, as UF would have to wait to see if we won the SECCG. See Glendale. You did not have more numbers because your fans travelled better (although you guys always do travel extremely well).
You had a jump on us of at least a week to buy tickets to a bowl where you were assured of going, which is one reason why more of the stadium was a non-orange/blue hue. We still have to win in Atlanta to know where we will be.
UF and a Big-10 team playing in a non-BCS Championship game, and UF has an advantage in all aspects of the game, fan/alumni proximity, lessened cost to attend game, etc. That is a fact.
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Gatorubet;1364727; said:
And we are supposed to rely on your geographical expertise???
Although Charlotte is very close to South Carolina, I unfortunately pay my taxes to the state of North Carolina.....
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Nope, nope, nope, nope & nope. No idea why Charlotte is even on this list, as it's a lot farther than the rest.
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Gatorubet;1364727; said:Columbus is closer to Buffalo, New York, Chicago Illinois, Washington D.C., Knoxville Tennessee and Charlotte, South Carolina than Gainesville is to Miami. Which is my point to all of the ride down and back in one day [censored]. Which is what I was responding to. Not the fact that there are many UF grads in the Miami area and that many of them would support us in the bowl, which would be a geographic advantage.
There is more than one point in play here that I am responding to. [cough] goat [censored]er [/cough]
Taking my response to one point and suggesting that I am "trying to act" any [censored]ing way simply because you choose to apply my post to a different point is a..... [censored]ing joke.
Seriously.
Look back in the thread and you will see that I am not saying what you think I am saying. In one scenario (and one only) you would have an edge. If, like 2006, you were number BCS 1 or 2 after the Game, you would have an advantage buying tickets over UF fans if the BCSCG was in Miami, as UF would have to wait to see if we won the SECCG. See Glendale. You did not have more numbers because your fans travelled better (although you guys always do travel extremely well).
You had a jump on us of at least a week to buy tickets to a bowl where you were assured of going, which is one reason why more of the stadium was a non-orange/blue hue. We still have to win in Atlanta to know where we will be.
UF and a Big-10 team playing in a non-BCS Championship game, and UF has an advantage in all aspects of the game, fan/alumni proximity, lessened cost to attend game, etc. That is a fact.
I've responded to other points at other times in this thread and in others. The recent conversation was just about travel distances to bowl games in Florida.
There are no bowl games in Ohio for Ohio teams. And for the bowls that really matter, there are no BCS bowls anywhere near Ohio. Watching LSU, USC, and Florida play for the BCS Title game in their home states in 4 of the last 6 BCS Title games is frustrating to fans whose team will never have such an opportunity under the current system.
And if you want to have Mike Slive cancel the SEC Championship game to allow your fans earlier knowledge about where their bowl game is, that's fine by me.
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Gatorubet
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BB73;1364742; said:
Not my fault the north sat on its ass when most of the bowls were created in the thirties. :tongue2: Nobody wanted to go north in December. See capitalism generally. :p
BB73;1364742; said:
Pure dumb luck that UF is playing in Miami and not Glendale or the Rose Bowl in the BCSCG rotation, and it is also dumb luck that a two loss LSU team (an historical and statistical fluke) played in the Sugar instead of Miami or Glendale or Pasadena. UF played in 95 in the desert, and in 96 in New Orleans, which was closer to Tallahassee than G-ville. So in our four National Championship Game attempts, we will play one in our own state, albeit in South Florida, which is not Gator Country (yeah, it is much more Gator country than Sooner country)
Of course, it is true that you have a zero chance of playing in Ohio, versus our current 25%. Yeah, I can see the frustration. But frustration alone is just whining unless the thing that causes the frustration is truly significant. Putting Jan 07 aside, do you maintain that you would have beaten LSU in - say - the Pontiac Dome in Jan 08 sans the "boost" of a Dome home setting? Which outcomes (if any) of the last 6 game(s) were influenced by playing the game at the location at which it was held?
BB73;1364742; said:And if you want to have Mike Slive cancel the SEC Championship game to allow your fans earlier knowledge about where their bowl game is, that's fine by me.
Oh, it is a self inflicted wound no doubt...but without the SECCG UF would not have played you in 07 or Oklahoma in 09, so it has turned to be a postive. I'm not bitching about it at all. I was merely pointing out one scenario where you had an advantage.
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generaladm
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Gatorubet;1364727; said:
What map are you looking at? Columbus to Buffalo, Chicago, and Knoxville are virtually equal to the distance between Gainesville and Miami (Cbus to Buffalo is the only one that's technically shorter, by about 10 miles). Cbus to DC and Charlotte are longer by about an hour of drive time. Your greater point is correct, no one in their right mind is going to drive from G'ville to Miami for a football game and head straight back (unless there's some sort of amphetamines involved), but you make it sound like one can hit every major city in the midwest and make it home for a late lunch.
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