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#51
#51
BrewHawk said:
For better or worse (depending on who you talk to), Ferentz has the team approach every game very consistently and professionally. This can be good when trying to avoid letdowns and deal with success, but bad when you can't match the emotion of the opponent.

I think you'll see a motivated Iowa team in Jacksonville as the senior leadership has been pretty strong all season.
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As much as the negativity has been going on with the Hawks.. The team and coaches seem pretty focused. I heard they even brought part of the weight room down to Jacksonville to still get their lifting program in. That is Coach Doyle dedication right there!

TaxSlayer Bowl: Iowa brings weight room to Florida | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather
 
#52
#52
kiloVOLt said:
Bowl officials say they are on pace for 60000 tickets sold. The official capacity is a little over 67000. The stadium can seat up to over 80000 but that is only if they bring in additional bleachers.
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You have a link?
 
#53
#53
I'm on the Iowa side in section 135 so hopefully vol fans get some of those east side tickets. I'm expecting a majority to be vol fans and fill up the stadium so they'll prob be plenty of UT fans on the enemy side. If not, that just means I'll have to be even louder. **** NYE...I'm ready for January 2nd.
 
#59
#59
Thinking about making this my 14 and 12 year old sons first game . Where is the best deal to be had securely for tickets . Need four. Thanks for any help in advance .
 
#62
#62
Big Orange Rock said:
Thinking about making this my 14 and 12 year old sons first game . Where is the best deal to be had securely for tickets . Need four. Thanks for any help in advance .
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There are $60, instant download seats on Stubhub in the upper deck on the 50.
 
#63
#63
BrewHawk said:
You have no idea what you're speaking of in regards to the Iowa program.

Yes, it is a disappointing year. In that disappointing year, we will only have 15-20,000 fans there.

For this bowl to have 60,000 fans there is a great accomplishment. We usually take 30-35,000 to the Outback and up to 50,000 to the two Orange Bowls we've been to.

I would say we will travel quite well to Jacksonville, considering the clunker of a season that we've had. Keep in mind that Kinnick Stadium seats 30,000 less than Neyland. We just don't have the population base to support two BCS caliber programs.

Going off topic here, but both Wisconsin and Minnesota only have one major program and twice the population of Iowa. Combine the attendance of Iowa and Iowa St. and you could fill a 125,000 seat stadium. This from a state with a population under 3 million.

OK, I'm done now...almost. Iowa had 20 years of non-winning seasons before Hayden Fry arrived. We still averaged over 50,000 attendance per game. Don't ever question a Hawkeye fan's loyalty. There are just several out there who are trying to voice their opinion of the current leadership by not buying tickets.
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Is there two BCS teams in Iowa? I didn't know that. No offense, but you are saying that over 50,000 Hawkeye's showed up at the 2010 orange bowl against GT and tech only had 16,000. I would like to see the factual data that supports that. Especially since tech is 1/3 the distance to Miami.
 
#64
#64
UT_Dutchman said:
Is there two BCS teams in Iowa? I didn't know that. No offense, but you are saying that over 50,000 Hawkeye's showed up at the 2010 orange bowl against GT and tech only had 16,000. I would like to see the factual data that supports that. Especially since tech is 1/3 the distance to Miami.
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Best I can do with a quick search, will post again if I find more evidence. I will say we easily outnumbered GT fans 3-4:1 as I was there. GT's section even had the upper deck tarped in their corner.

From the Daily Iowan...

On Monday, Orange Bowl football committee member Larry Gautier estimated that 48,000 Iowa football die-hards made the trip to Miami in 2003. That experience, he said, greatly influenced the bowl committee’s decision to make Ferentz’s squad an at-large selection.

“We had had Iowa on our radar screen for a long time. We had a very positive experience with the Hawkeye Nation and Iowa back in our 2003 game,” Gautier said. “We anticipate that same number [of Iowa fans] or maybe more this year.”

In 2003, he admitted, the Orange Bowl was “a little overwhelmed” by their first experience with the well-traveling Iowa fans. Twenty-five thousand supporters showed up for the Hawkeye Huddle that year, far surpassing the Orange Bowl’s expectations.

This time, Gautier said, they’ll be more prepared.

“We now have that experience under our belt,” he said.
 
#65
#65
BrewHawk said:
Best I can do with a quick search, will post again if I find more evidence. I will say we easily outnumbered GT fans 3-4:1 as I was there. GT's section even had the upper deck tarped in their corner.

From the Daily Iowan...

On Monday, Orange Bowl football committee member Larry Gautier estimated that 48,000 Iowa football die-hards made the trip to Miami in 2003. That experience, he said, greatly influenced the bowl committee’s decision to make Ferentz’s squad an at-large selection.

“We had had Iowa on our radar screen for a long time. We had a very positive experience with the Hawkeye Nation and Iowa back in our 2003 game,” Gautier said. “We anticipate that same number [of Iowa fans] or maybe more this year.”

In 2003, he admitted, the Orange Bowl was “a little overwhelmed” by their first experience with the well-traveling Iowa fans. Twenty-five thousand supporters showed up for the Hawkeye Huddle that year, far surpassing the Orange Bowl’s expectations.

This time, Gautier said, they’ll be more prepared.

“We now have that experience under our belt,” he said.
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Well that's pretty impressive, though the Iowan may have a little bias I will not doubt your past travel numbers. There's going to be a pretty full stadium Friday, I didn't remember seeing it, though I'm sure you have said, are you going BH?
 
#66
#66
UT_Dutchman said:
Well that's pretty impressive, though the Iowan may have a little bias I will not doubt your past travel numbers. There's going to be a pretty full stadium Friday, I didn't remember seeing it, though I'm sure you have said, are you going BH?
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I would be there, but work won't let me.

My year for New Year's duty, unfortunately.

Good luck to you guys. Stay healthy and have a prosperous 2015 (just not on Jan 2:)).
 
#67
#67
BrewHawk said:
I would be there, but work won't let me.

My year for New Year's duty, unfortunately.

Good luck to you guys. Stay healthy and have a prosperous 2015 (just not on Jan 2:)).
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Yeah I have to work as well. Good luck to you guys and here's to a more prosperous 2015 for everyone.
 
#71
#71
President of bowl said over 60K (similar to GA and others over the last few years) and stadium holds around 80K
 
#72
#72
44DivePlay said:
President of bowl said over 60K (similar to GA and others over the last few years) and stadium holds around 80K
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Pretty good for Tennessee but bad for Iowa. I think Iowa sold less than 10K. This should help Tennessee get good bowl games in the future.
 
#73
#73
I was at the Music City bowl, and they announced 60,000 +, but I think it was closer to 45,000

There were a lot of empty seats
 
#74
#74
Keep in mind that the 60k+ that the president of the bowl announced is sales. That means a good 4k will be empty seats that were Iowa's allotment.
 
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