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USF 25, Illinois 19 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Spanky" data-source="post: 1412675" data-attributes="member: 746040"><p>It's alot easier for the players to prepare to play at Memorial Stadium, than travel anywhere else for a game. If you are going to play in front of small crowds regardless, at least make it easier on your team.</p><p></p><p>And I don't think Lovie Smith has any effect on getting fans to come out to the game. There was an initial bump in attendance when he was hired, but that is gone now. And it's non-existent in Chicago. In Beckman's 2nd season (even after his awful 2012), Illinois sold 47,000 tickets for Washington. This is Lovie's 3rd season, and they sold 21,000 in Chicago for South Florida.</p><p></p><p>There's not enough alum demand for a game in Chicago to warrant playing there IMO. All it does is make it harder for the team to win games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spanky, post: 1412675, member: 746040"] It's alot easier for the players to prepare to play at Memorial Stadium, than travel anywhere else for a game. If you are going to play in front of small crowds regardless, at least make it easier on your team. And I don't think Lovie Smith has any effect on getting fans to come out to the game. There was an initial bump in attendance when he was hired, but that is gone now. And it's non-existent in Chicago. In Beckman's 2nd season (even after his awful 2012), Illinois sold 47,000 tickets for Washington. This is Lovie's 3rd season, and they sold 21,000 in Chicago for South Florida. There's not enough alum demand for a game in Chicago to warrant playing there IMO. All it does is make it harder for the team to win games. [/QUOTE]
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