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Originally Posted by HailToMichigan
Still, the fans continue to show up. Over 90% capacity in places like Mobile, Boise, and Detroit. (And the Motor City Bowl is in an NFL stadium.)
People may say they want a playoff. But they're still voting with their feet and wallets and filling up stadiums to watch Bowling Green get steamrolled by Tulsa. And if one of the main arguments for a playoff is that "the fans want it" on bodies of evidence like unscientific online polls and letters to columnists, then it's specious to argue against extra bowls when the evidence is in the seats.
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The Bowl game in San Diego every year is pretty much free admission and still there's less than 30% of the place full. Even though the almighty matchup between TCU and Norther Illinois was so highly regarded. Seriously, they were giving tickets away if you spent 50 Bux at some stores.