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Chuck Cooperstein just reported.

Wow

Not so shiny anymore

Bama has bought most of the 40,000 tickets sold according to the Cowboys' front office. SMU evidently travels better than Wisconsin ... Remember the B-ham bowl???

Coop on Espn 103.3 talking about it now

good-Game Doesn't make any sense playing it in Dallas

Awesome. I still don't understand why the powers that be think games like this will be big just because they are at Jerry World.

College football is going to get too big for its britches here in the not too distant future.

Bama and Wisconsin are not big hits in the Dallas area.

Bama / Michigan game set a JerryWorld attendance record a few years ago.

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:Awesome. I still don't understand why the powers that be think games like this will be big just because they are at Jerry World.

College football is going to get too big for its britches here in the not too distant future.

Because Jerry said so!!!!!!.......and these idiots bought it.

The first week college game at Jerry World has averaged nearly 70K in the first few years and has been one of the premiere non-conference matchups of the season. Not sure why two powerhouse programs like Bama and Wisconsin are not on that level as well.

StallionsModelT wrote:The first week college game at Jerry World has averaged nearly 70K in the first few years and has been one of the premiere non-conference matchups of the season. Not sure why two powerhouse programs like Bama and Wisconsin are not on that level as well.

Cuz its relatively boring football to the local college fans.

Nobody in Dallas cares one flip about the B1g whatever it is now.

College Football is a sport which is built upon students, alumni, family and friends of the university. At a state school that includes the T-Shirt state residents/fans. In small towns it serves as a semi-professional "only game in town" entertainment. I think it somewhat reflective of my belief that SMU will never build a big fanbase in Dallas outside of its own students, alumni, family and friends of the university. The biggest college football game in the country is a big yawn to Big D. They should have included a Big 12 South team if they wanted a sellout-or at least Texas or Texas A&M. Texas v Notre Dame would sellout-so would Texas A&M v Arizona St.

Based upon the guaranteed payouts to the schools, someone is losing money if they can't draw 50K.

Next year's game is USC-Alabama so they better draw 70K+. If not, they should have done a home-and-home.