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Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 8:40 AM
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While Bama fans made up just a tad half of the attendance at the game itself and Official Fanfest functions, I saw VERY few of them around town in the days leading up to the game and or the day following the game. I'm not sure if they were collectively being held hostage in their hotel or what. But there were very few around. Pretty odd.
BTW the pregame Fanfest thing was stellar. I'm not a huge Keith Urban fan but he was really good. The crowd at the stage was not so big where you could not see him. You felt connected to the concert. Overall I'd rate the entire trip at 9. It would have been a 10 had the weather on Sunday not been so rainy.
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 8:45 AM
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Tampa was very similar. It was like most of the AL fans showed up just for the game and left. You didn’t see a huge presence in the days leading up to the game then either.
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Same for Sugar Bowl. That game they could easily drive to.***
Jan 19, 2019, 8:49 AM
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Orange Blooded [3348]
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 8:50 AM
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Similar in Tampa. 90% of cars with flags headed down I-75 between Ocala and Tampa were Clemson people, 80% of people tailgating on the day of the game were Clemson people, then the game starts and the stadium is split 55/45 slightly in favor of Clemson. A lot of Bama fans somehow sneak into and out of town on game day without being seen.
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 8:53 AM
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Tampa was exactly the same. We didn't see any pregame, and then boom, stadium full of Bammers. Their crowd was very organized with the cheering. Kind of robotic.
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Orange Blooded [3131]
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 12:18 PM
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Our hotel manager in Tampa said their reservations were about 60/40 Clemson, but all the Clemson people had checked in between 1-3 pm Sunday and most of the Bama fans showed up after 8 pm. The ratio at Tuesday breakfast was about 95-5 Clemson. 
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Legend [18407]
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 8:53 AM
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Guess it really does go back to bama expects to be there and they follow their head coach that it’s all business. Like it’s just another road game.
Just hope we don’t get that way after we get our 4th or 5th natty in the next several years.
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 12:08 PM
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I was thinking the same. There’s no fun in that. Complacency may be somewhat natural for all their success so like you, I hope I never feel that way knowing we are going to have continued success.
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I've heard some of them on Finebaum. They were probably
Jan 19, 2019, 8:55 AM
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scared to leave their room in "liberal, commie California". I swear the comments some of them made because the event was even held there. That's what the United States has come to. Honestly, the most back woods, tin foil hat wearing, redneck comments you've ever heard.
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I hear there's a movement afoot in Bama
Jan 19, 2019, 9:23 AM
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for tin foil helmets and Mylar jerseys. And for Nick to start limboing in the locker room after a win.
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Over the last few years, being a Clemson or Bama fan...
Jan 19, 2019, 11:57 AM
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has gotten rather pricey.
For Clemson, in addition to IPTAY, season ticket costs, regular season road games to Boston, Syracuse, Louisville, and Texas A&M, the added cost of conference championship games, we've also had CFP trips to Miami twice, New Orleans, Dallas, Arizona twice and now San Francisco.
Bama is in that same boat and on that basis, I suspect many of them flew out on the day of the game and flew back home the very next day. I know a lot of Clemson fans who did the same thing to make the cost of the trip a little more manageable.
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CU Medallion [64519]
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We arrived on Thursday and left on Tuesday...
Jan 19, 2019, 11:47 AM
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and it rained literally every day we were there except for the day of the game.
We did get a brief break from the rain the day we visited Battery Spencer and Muir Woods.
Like you, I couldn't help but notice that in the days leading up to the game, Clemson fans in and around the city vastly outnumbered the Bama fans.
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Was stadium “loud”?
Jan 19, 2019, 11:53 AM
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Just curious about crowd intensity. If you went to Tampa, compare?
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CU Medallion [64519]
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The Clemson fans certainly were...
Jan 19, 2019, 11:59 AM
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Bama fans, on the other hand, didn't have a whole lot to cheer about.
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Re: Strange thing about attending the Natty
Jan 19, 2019, 12:05 PM
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Phoenix was like that. It was probably 80/20 Clemson/bama fans leading up to the game. I was astonished when the game was about 50/50. I remember wondering where the heck they all came from
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