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Opinion on neutral site games
Aug 15, 2012, 8:58 PM
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Do you like them? I don't mind them, just wish we'd play somewhere other than the GA Dome for a neutral site game, I know they like doing the whole Chick-fil-A Classic, but it'd be nice to see a change of scenery if we are indeed going to go to a neutral site.
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Re: Opinion on neutral site games
Aug 15, 2012, 9:02 PM
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I'm going but havent wanted to play there since Bama
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Wish we could play them in another venue than the GA Dome
Aug 15, 2012, 9:58 PM
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Hopefully we can exorcise some demons this year. I was there in the 2003 Peach Bowl, and it was awesome to beat Tennessee. Haven't had much luck there since.
We've had better luck in Charlotte, though. Wish we could play there more.
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I don't like them unless
Aug 15, 2012, 9:08 PM
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it is a big game and you can not get a home and home series. Save them for the Bowl games
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We're likely going to be seeing a lot more of these pop up
Aug 15, 2012, 10:06 PM
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in the coming years, which I don't particularly see as a bad thing. Quality home/aways will be tougher with leagues going to 9 games, so the neutral site offers great exposure with a decent payout as opposed to simply a lost home game.
The era of the "pre-season bowl" is likely coming. Depending on the destination and the matchups, they could turn out to be pretty interesting.
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Re: We're likely going to be seeing a lot more of these pop up
Aug 16, 2012, 4:51 AM
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agreed.also, unlike an end of season bowl game, where you don't know the destination untill a few weeks out, it gives fans the long lead-time to prepare for the travel expenses to go to the game.
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Re: Opinion on neutral site games
Aug 15, 2012, 10:08 PM
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I don't really see any benefit in being in a game like this.
It's essentially a marketing partnership between Chick-Fil-A and ESPN. Doesn't really benefit a team like Clemson who, or the last 10 years, has played MUCH BETTER at home than away.
They call it "neutral." I just call it being away from Death Valley.
I would much prefer another home and home.
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Re: Opinion on neutral site games
Aug 16, 2012, 10:16 AM
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The problem is that another home and home isn't going to happen. Given the reality of a 9 game ACC schedule and the budgetary requirement to generate home game type revenue 7 times a season, we either play a neutral site game with a big payout or we play Ball State at home.
In a perfect world, Clemson would develop a round robin schedule where we played games in Charlotte, Atlanta, and Jacksonville once every 3 years against a marquee team not on our regular schedule, like:
Charlotte - Tennessee, Ohio State, Notre Dame, or East Carolina
Atlanta - Tennessee, UGa, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, or Missouri
Jacksonville, Florida, UCF, UGa, Auburn, or South Florida
Lesser teams like Louisville, Cincinnati, or Rutgers might be an option. I just don't know how well those teams would draw.
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Used to play Duke in Norfolk, VA in the Oyster Bowl.
Aug 15, 2012, 10:12 PM
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I think we won one year 3-2 in 1965. Oddity in that we returned home to beat TCU 3-0 the next week.
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Re: Used to play Duke in Norfolk, VA in the Oyster Bowl.
Aug 15, 2012, 11:04 PM
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Didn't we play Duke in Tokyo, Japan the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 1991? I was trying to go to that game as I was ETS'ing from Korea that Tuesday before the game. Now that is a nuetral site.
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The 1982 Wake game was also played in Tokyo***
Aug 16, 2012, 9:37 AM
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If we can't do any better!
Aug 15, 2012, 10:57 PM
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ATL is our backdoor. We should expect better! If we can't win there.......Pfft! We're done!
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Re: Opinion on neutral site games
Aug 16, 2012, 8:27 AM
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We played Wake in Japan one year. Man was that a tough roadtrip!!!!
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I'd prefer home and home
Aug 16, 2012, 8:53 AM
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its always fun to go to new schools and see their tradition and atmosphere (especially if you go home a winner). But neutral site games are usually good matchups so I'm ok with them.
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