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2. Tampa to lower ticket prices:
The ACC championship game had mixed results in its first three years in Jacksonville. The first game between Florida State and Virginia Tech in 2005 drew 72,749. The second game between Georgia Tech and Wake Forest drew a crowd that was generously estimated at 62,850. Last year’s game between Boston College and Virginia Tech drew 53,212. So the ACC is going to give Tampa the game for the next two seasons followed by Charlotte in 2010 and 2011. The first thing Tampa got the opportunity to do is cut ticket prices. An upper deck seat to this season’s championship game on Dec. 6 will be only $25. For non-students, the cheapest seat to the three games in Jacksonville was $70. Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium seats 65,857. The ACC will also be more involved in marketing the game. The league has decided that it will be willing to make a little less money in order to get the game to a sellout or near a sellout. That’s a smart decision.
Why can't ACC play championship in ATL? | Mr. College Football | ajc.com
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05-16-2008, 05:57 PM
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Quite a lot of interesting news in that article, actually.
Unfortunately I don't think lowering ticket prices will help attendance. Tampa? That's even further than Jacksonville from ACC country. The reduced ticket price should just about cover the extra tank of gas it'll take to get there. The only really logical place for the game is Charlotte. Central location. No more than a 4 hour drive from 8 of 12 ACC schools and their alumni population centers.
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05-16-2008, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by HailToMichigan
The only really logical place for the game is Charlotte.
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Gosh, do I hate to agree with a Wolverine fan.  But you could not be more correct.
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05-16-2008, 09:32 PM
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When it comes to the ACC you can just tell yourself you're agreeing with a Virginia fan instead 
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05-21-2008, 06:59 AM
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Suspended Clemson LB Vincent won't play in '08 - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com
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Suspended Clemson LB Vincent won't play in '08
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Suspended Clemson linebacker Cortney Vincent will not return for the 2008 season.
Vincent was suspended for spring practice for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Coach Tommy Bowden said in a news release Monday that Vincent would have been academically eligible to compete in the fall, but did not meet goals set by the team for the spring.
Vincent started 12 games last season and had 68 tackles and two sacks.
He would have been a fifth-year senior in the fall and will have to transfer to a Division II or Division III school to play this season.
Clemson also announced that wide receiver Jeff Ogren will transfer to another school. Ogren played in four games last year and had one reception for eight yards.
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06-24-2008, 07:11 AM
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ESPN - Running back McElrathbey leaving Clemson for Howard - College Football
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Running back McElrathbey leaving Clemson for Howard
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson's Ray Ray McElrathbey says he's transferring to Howard.
McElrathbey is the football player who earned accolades for taking custody of his younger brother while going to college. In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, he said he's decided to head to the Washington, D.C., school.
McElrathbey's mother told The (Charleston) Post and Courier that McElrathbey chose Howard because of its academics. Her son was expected to take his 13-year-old brother along.
Clemson said in March that McElrathbey would not play for the football team. The athletic department had offered McElrathbey a graduate assistant position with the football team if he wanted to remain with the Tigers.
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ESPN - Dillard, expected to figure in offense, will miss '08 season - College Football
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BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Brandon Dillard, a redshirt junior wide receiver expected to contend for significant playing time for Virginia Tech this season, will instead miss the season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon in player-organized offseason workouts.
The school said Wednesday that Dillard was hurt Tuesday night.
Hokies head trainer Mike Goforth said the Martinsville native will have surgery next week at Montgomery Regional Hospital, with four to six months of rehabilitation to follow.
One of the fastest players in school history, Dillard was expected to help the Hokies alleviate the loss of their top four receivers to graduation after last season.
He gave a glimpse of his potential in the team's Maroon and White spring game with a 49-yard run on a reverse and a 25-yard touchdown reception.
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