Man not having the Ags in the Cotton Bowl has tanked their ticket market. Tickets as low as $50 bucks this AM.

You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

SteveA said:

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You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

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$50 is more than just "less valuable" for the CFP quarterfinals. That's shockingly low.

All the Aggie fans unloading?

There's parking passes that are being listed for more than some tickets. Pretty crazy

jt16 said:

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SteveA said:

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You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

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$50 is more than just "less valuable" for the CFP quarterfinals. That's shockingly low.

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not quite shocking when you see its about how last year went:

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As of Monday afternoon, the get-in price for the Rose Bowl on major secondary ticketing platforms was nearly $200, but the cheapest seats for the other three games all cost less than $40

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https://frontofficesports.com/college-football-playoff-ticket-prices-plummet-for-quarterfinals-with-1-exception/

We definitely should expand the CFP until all tickets are free in the secondary market like bowl games ESPN owns…

greg.w.h said:

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We definitely should expand the CFP until all tickets are free in the secondary market like bowl games ESPN owns…

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That was a 109mph backhanded slap....and I'll allow it..

$50 is almost worth it just to people watch the Miami fan base.

Farmer @ Johnsongrass, TX said:

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greg.w.h said:

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We definitely should expand the CFP until all tickets are free in the secondary market like bowl games ESPN owns…

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That was a 109mph backhanded slap....and I'll allow it..

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Corollary: the at home first round game will be a cupcake…

All the more reason why the first two rounds should be on campus

BMX Bandit said:

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jt16 said:

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SteveA said:

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You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

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$50 is more than just "less valuable" for the CFP quarterfinals. That's shockingly low.

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not quite shocking when you see its about how last year went:

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As of Monday afternoon, the get-in price for the Rose Bowl on major secondary ticketing platforms was nearly $200, but the cheapest seats for the other three games all cost less than $40

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https://frontofficesports.com/college-football-playoff-ticket-prices-plummet-for-quarterfinals-with-1-exception/

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This article is a year old

CFP Committee instructed refs to give A&M the business and ensure a Miami win to depress ticket prices so the stadium looked full on TV with the right kind of fans. The fans being from Ohio St and Miami FL of course.

High ticket prices = more Aggies who will pay but not so much the regular joes and not as many osu fans. Then on tv, espn takes it in the pants in front of the ad sponsors of hiv and crohns meds, sugar, fast food and fintech.

In short, the Ags are bad for biznass/bidness/business.

Tergdor said:

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There's parking passes that are being listed for more than some tickets. Pretty crazy

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You underestimate how lazy people are these days

centerpole84 said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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jt16 said:

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SteveA said:

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You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

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$50 is more than just "less valuable" for the CFP quarterfinals. That's shockingly low.

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not quite shocking when you see its about how last year went:

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As of Monday afternoon, the get-in price for the Rose Bowl on major secondary ticketing platforms was nearly $200, but the cheapest seats for the other three games all cost less than $40

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https://frontofficesports.com/college-football-playoff-ticket-prices-plummet-for-quarterfinals-with-1-exception/

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This article is a year old

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How old would you expect an article posted to show how last years quarterfinal games had similar prices to be?

Yea, I'm one of those suckers.

I bought tix for $604 each on selection Sunday as a calculated risk. Sold them back for $84 per. Never hedging on the Ags again

NyAggie said:

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All the more reason why the first two rounds should be on campus

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Going to disagree because of the round of 8 moves to campus the committee has even more influence .Tceh getting a quarter final game in Lubbock would be wrong.

The bowls are still making money because of TV rights they are just making less money because of soft sales
If Tceh were in Dallas ( which I am
Still a little unclear on why they aren't ) the market would not have totally collapsed

Sq 17 said:

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NyAggie said:

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All the more reason why the first two rounds should be on campus

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Going to disagree because of the round of 8 moves to campus the committee has even more influence .Tceh getting a quarter final game in Lubbock would be wrong.

The bowls are still making money because of TV rights they are just making less money because of soft sales
If Tceh were in Dallas ( which I am
Still a little unclear on why they aren't ) the market would not have totally collapsed

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Wait... why would a game in Lubbock be wrong for Tech? Are you suggesting due to location it would be less than par? Serious question... not trying to argue or debate... Thanks

Wow, some $33 seats on seat geek, including fees.

fulshearAg96 said:

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Sq 17 said:

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NyAggie said:

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All the more reason why the first two rounds should be on campus

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Going to disagree because of the round of 8 moves to campus the committee has even more influence .Tceh getting a quarter final game in Lubbock would be wrong.

The bowls are still making money because of TV rights they are just making less money because of soft sales
If Tceh were in Dallas ( which I am
Still a little unclear on why they aren't ) the market would not have totally collapsed

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Wait... why would a game in Lubbock be wrong for Tech? Are you suggesting due to location it would be less than par? Serious question... not trying to argue or debate... Thanks

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I think what he is saying is that tech shoulnt be a 4 seed they should be lower, so them getting a home game in Lubbock in round 2 would be an even bigger advantage for them on top of the already big advantage of getting a bye they should never have had because they played such a crap schedule

At least, that's how I take it

I don't disagree with that, but the bigger issue is fixing the seeding of the teams

It was a complete joke this year

Ghost of Bisbee said:

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Yea, I'm one of those suckers.

I bought tix for $604 each on selection Sunday as a calculated risk. Sold them back for $84 per. Never hedging on the Ags again

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Was that face value from the Cotton Bowl, or did you get them 3rd party?

Ghost of Bisbee said:

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Yea, I'm one of those suckers.

I bought tix for $604 each on selection Sunday as a calculated risk. Sold them back for $84 per. Never hedging on the Ags again

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Someone gave me a subscription to your newsletter, but after this I am cancelling!

NyAggie said:

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fulshearAg96 said:

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Sq 17 said:

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NyAggie said:

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All the more reason why the first two rounds should be on campus

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Going to disagree because of the round of 8 moves to campus the committee has even more influence .Tceh getting a quarter final game in Lubbock would be wrong.

The bowls are still making money because of TV rights they are just making less money because of soft sales
If Tceh were in Dallas ( which I am
Still a little unclear on why they aren't ) the market would not have totally collapsed

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Wait... why would a game in Lubbock be wrong for Tech? Are you suggesting due to location it would be less than par? Serious question... not trying to argue or debate... Thanks

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I think what he is saying is that tech shoulnt be a 4 seed they should be lower, so them getting a home game in Lubbock in round 2 would be an even bigger advantage for them on top of the already big advantage of getting a bye they should never have had because they played such a crap schedule

At least, that's how I take it

I don't disagree with that, but the bigger issue is fixing the seeding of the teams

It was a complete joke this year

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Ah... makes sense. I've got no issues with teams hosting playoff games... In fact I'd rather see that than the way they are doing it now with this next round being at the bowl game locations... with the new playoff format the bowl games just need to go away... I realize they won't due to $$$... having a chance to play a late round play off game at home would be insane... AND YES I AGREE NONE OF THIS WORKS UNTIL THE SEEDING PROCESS IS FIXED AND RIGHT NOW THAT COMMITTEE WANTS EYEBALLS AND REVENUES NOT ACCURACY/LEGITAMACY. O and while I am on a rant Tulsa and James Madison... No Thanks.

jt16 said:

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SteveA said:

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You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

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$50 is more than just "less valuable" for the CFP quarterfinals. That's shockingly low.

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If the game is not a sellout, the schools in it will go bankrupt from not being able to afford their NIL commitments!

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RIGHT NOW THAT COMMITTEE WANTS EYEBALLS AND REVENUES NOT ACCURACY/LEGITAMACY.

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yet smu over alabama last year and miami over notre dame this year

the "they just want eyeballs" doesn't carry much weight


the truth is, they are using terrible metrics to decide the rankings.

Sbisa Chef said:

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jt16 said:

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SteveA said:

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You mean a bowl in Texas is less valuable when a Texas team isn't in it?

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$50 is more than just "less valuable" for the CFP quarterfinals. That's shockingly low.

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If the game is not a sellout, the schools in it will go bankrupt from not being able to afford their NIL commitments!

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Looking at Ticketmaster, the game is sold out, the only thing available are resale seats. The Cotton Bowl got its money.

BMX Bandit said:

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RIGHT NOW THAT COMMITTEE WANTS EYEBALLS AND REVENUES NOT ACCURACY/LEGITAMACY.

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yet smu over alabama last year and miami over notre dame this year

the "they just want eyeballs" doesn't carry much weight


the truth is, they are using terrible metrics to decide the rankings.

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Yes and those metrics tend to include ensuring the best matchups not the "correct" matchups if we had a good system in place. Your comment is noted but at the end of the day my point is a lot more than who are the best 12 teams goes into this.

fulshearAg96 said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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RIGHT NOW THAT COMMITTEE WANTS EYEBALLS AND REVENUES NOT ACCURACY/LEGITAMACY.

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yet smu over alabama last year and miami over notre dame this year

the "they just want eyeballs" doesn't carry much weight


the truth is, they are using terrible metrics to decide the rankings.

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Yes and those metrics tend to include ensuring the best matchups not the "correct" matchups if we had a good system in place. Your comment is noted but at the end of the day my point is a lot more than who are the best 12 teams goes into this.

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It's not so much about "eyeballs" as it is representing all power conferences

That's why Miami got in over notre dame

The power conferences run this thing and they want their teams in there

I'm sure there was pressure from the acc to make sure they got a team in

It's likely why they used that f'ed up sos metric otherwise you'd have even more sec teams on there than what made it

It's likely vandy or texas get in if they use a real sos metric and Miami is out, plus tech would be seeded between 7th and10th while A&M and ole miss would have both been ahead of Oregon as well

O State fans saving their money until next round. BTW these playoff games should be on campuses

NyAggie said:

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fulshearAg96 said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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RIGHT NOW THAT COMMITTEE WANTS EYEBALLS AND REVENUES NOT ACCURACY/LEGITAMACY.

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yet smu over alabama last year and miami over notre dame this year

the "they just want eyeballs" doesn't carry much weight


the truth is, they are using terrible metrics to decide the rankings.

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Yes and those metrics tend to include ensuring the best matchups not the "correct" matchups if we had a good system in place. Your comment is noted but at the end of the day my point is a lot more than who are the best 12 teams goes into this.

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It's not so much about "eyeballs" as it is representing all power conferences

That's why Miami got in over notre dame

The power conferences run this thing and they want their teams in there

I'm sure there was pressure from the acc to make sure they got a team in

It's likely why they used that f'ed up sos metric otherwise you'd have even more sec teams on there than what made it

It's likely vandy or texas get in if they use a real sos metric and Miami is out, plus tech would be seeded between 7th and10th while A&M and ole miss would have both been ahead of Oregon as well

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All conferences = eyeballs

Craigy said:

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O State fans saving their money until next round. BTW these playoff games should be on campuses

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I'm at game.
It will be packed. Game was sold out .
Only resell are secondary so Cotton Bowl made their $.
When they Goto 16 teams the 1st 2 rounds will be campus games.
The quarterfinal / semifinal rounds will stay as is with the bowls being host sights.
Way too much $ at stake, it won't change.
And honestly until attendance suffers there is no reason to even discuss change to those rounds.