Are we Home or Away team for Big Ten Championship Game?

Home just like in 21 but I am guessing it 80/20 in favor of UM.

I heard this skewed attendance number as well. I guess it was like that two yrs ago as well. It kind of surprises me and makes me wonder as I would think Iowa fans would travel for the BIG c-ship game. Do Iowa fans hold out to spend $$$$ on a bowl trip instead to get away in winter?
 
I heard this skewed attendance number as well. I guess it was like that two yrs ago as well. It kind of surprises me and makes me wonder as I would think Iowa fans would travel for the BIG c-ship game. Do Iowa fans hold out to spend $$$$ on a bowl trip instead to get away in winter?
In my experience at Kinnick, Michigan fans are the most well-traveled visitors team at Iowa games, so it would stand to reason they'd have the most fans at a CCG. I'm sure part of it is their popularity, and part of it is that there seem to be way more rich pricks in their ranks which makes the travel more feasible for them as a whole.

Indy is physically closer to them, and they have a WAY larger fan base than the Hawks. There are huge numbers of UM football fans in every state.
 
In my experience at Kinnick, Michigan fans are the most well-traveled visitors team at Iowa games, so it would stand to reason they'd have the most fans at a CCG. I'm sure part of it is their popularity, and part of it is that there seem to be way more rich pricks in their ranks which makes the travel more feasible for them as a whole.

Indy is physically closer to them, and they have a WAY larger fan base than the Hawks. There are huge numbers of UM football fans in every state.
But you still would think that each team is allotted the same number of tickets and one would think Iowa fans would gobble up at least their share of what is allotted to them. I mean that's all we hear when bowl season comes is how well Iowa fans travel and they go in droves. I realize number-wise Michigan fans outnumber but there are still enough rabid Iowa fans to fill half a stadium. It's all we hear is why Iowa travels so well and how bowl committees want Iowa for that reason.

Doesn't make sense to me I guess.
 
I was curious so I checked ticket prices today on Stubhub. $40 behind the end zone. On the 50-yard line 2nd section up, $400 on the Iowa side and $600 on the Michigan side.
 
But you still would think that each team is allotted the same number of tickets and one would think Iowa fans would gobble up at least their share of what is allotted to them. I mean that's all we hear when bowl season comes is how well Iowa fans travel and they go in droves. I realize number-wise Michigan fans outnumber but there are still enough rabid Iowa fans to fill half a stadium. It's all we hear is why Iowa travels so well and how bowl committees want Iowa for that reason.

Doesn't make sense to me I guess.
Right but they don't allot the entire stadium to both teams. There are lots of public sale tickets that I'm sure get bought way more by Michigan fans than Iowa.

I also know a whole bunch of Iowa fans in my circle who normally go to bowl games but said no way in hell to the CCG. Think about it...Iowa will in all likelihood get stomped by Michigan. If you were going to go with your spouse as part of a group or even just the two of you, that's two plane tickets, a rental car, probably a two-night minimum at a $300+/night motel, food, game tickets, bar expense...you could spend $2-3K EASY on two people just to go watch 'em get shithoused by Michigan and have to sit amongst their dickhead fans all night. No way Jose.

Plus, you mentioned the bowl game...how many Iowa fans are going to want to spend the time and money doing both when there's a 99% chance we get curb stomped again like 2021? I know I'd never do both, and given the chance between the poop show that's likely going to happen on Saturday and a trip to say, the Citrus Bowl against a beatable opponent...I'm going to the bowl game, man.
 
I got tickets in the upper bowl on the 35 yard line for a little over a hundred bucks plus all the fees. I am sure the Michigan fans will outnumber the Hawk fans, but not by that much. Iowa fans travel, as we showed at Wrigley. That said, a lot of my buddies who considered going basically said they could not bear to watch the carnage in person. I suspect that will certainly suppress Iowa's numbers. Iowa is playing for a better bowl and to not get killed. Michigan is playing to get into the playoffs. Fan enthusiasm has a big role in who shows up.
 
I'm going to make the trek out to Indy for this. I didn't get out there in 2015 or 2021, and I figure it might be the last time we make it to the CCG with divisions going away, and USC/Oregon/Wash joining.

A friend got 6 free tickets from his company (his boss is a donor), so we figured what the hell. I have zero expectations for Iowa, I just want to see it in person.
 
Right but they don't allot the entire stadium to both teams. There are lots of public sale tickets that I'm sure get bought way more by Michigan fans than Iowa.

I also know a whole bunch of Iowa fans in my circle who normally go to bowl games but said no way in hell to the CCG. Think about it...Iowa will in all likelihood get stomped by Michigan. If you were going to go with your spouse as part of a group or even just the two of you, that's two plane tickets, a rental car, probably a two-night minimum at a $300+/night motel, food, game tickets, bar expense...you could spend $2-3K EASY on two people just to go watch 'em get shithoused by Michigan and have to sit amongst their dickhead fans all night. No way Jose.

Plus, you mentioned the bowl game...how many Iowa fans are going to want to spend the time and money doing both when there's a 99% chance we get curb stomped again like 2021? I know I'd never do both, and given the chance between the poop show that's likely going to happen on Saturday and a trip to say, the Citrus Bowl against a beatable opponent...I'm going to the bowl game, man.
Well, this was my thinking of why this is the case with the BIG CCG.
 
We are being way too negative about the CCG. We just won eleven games even though our record does not show it. We may be the underdog and massively banged up but we come to play.
 
I got tickets in the upper bowl on the 35 yard line for a little over a hundred bucks plus all the fees. I am sure the Michigan fans will outnumber the Hawk fans, but not by that much. Iowa fans travel, as we showed at Wrigley. That said, a lot of my buddies who considered going basically said they could not bear to watch the carnage in person. I suspect that will certainly suppress Iowa's numbers. Iowa is playing for a better bowl and to not get killed. Michigan is playing to get into the playoffs. Fan enthusiasm has a big role in who shows up.
Iowa fans I think have by and large resigned themselves to the fact that this is a token exhibition game that we aren't going to win anyway. That makes the bowl more appealing IMO. we have a good shot at the Citrus Bowl which is winnable and in a warm destination that can also serve as a vacation.

Not a lot of reason to pick the CCG over the bowl game unless you plan on both.
 
Iowa fans I think have by and large resigned themselves to the fact that this is a token exhibition game that we aren't going to win anyway. That makes the bowl more appealing IMO. we have a good shot at the Citrus Bowl which is winnable and in a warm destination that can also serve as a vacation.

Not a lot of reason to pick the CCG over the bowl game unless you plan on both.
My son goes to Indiana, so I am meeting him for the game. Otherwise, I would not be going. I went in 2015 and it was both amazing and heart-wrenching. This won't be that.

Orlando is not a bad place to be in January, I agree.
 
Right but they don't allot the entire stadium to both teams. There are lots of public sale tickets that I'm sure get bought way more by Michigan fans than Iowa.

I also know a whole bunch of Iowa fans in my circle who normally go to bowl games but said no way in hell to the CCG. Think about it...Iowa will in all likelihood get stomped by Michigan. If you were going to go with your spouse as part of a group or even just the two of you, that's two plane tickets, a rental car, probably a two-night minimum at a $300+/night motel, food, game tickets, bar expense...you could spend $2-3K EASY on two people just to go watch 'em get shithoused by Michigan and have to sit amongst their dickhead fans all night. No way Jose.

Plus, you mentioned the bowl game...how many Iowa fans are going to want to spend the time and money doing both when there's a 99% chance we get curb stomped again like 2021? I know I'd never do both, and given the chance between the poop show that's likely going to happen on Saturday and a trip to say, the Citrus Bowl against a beatable opponent...I'm going to the bowl game, man.
New Year in a sunny warm Florida destination is a much bigger seller than an early dark and dreary December in a game Iowa is likely to lose. It seems like a no brainer unless someone has money for both.
 
New Year in a sunny warm Florida destination is a much bigger seller than an early dark and dreary December in a game Iowa is likely to lose. It seems like a no brainer unless someone has money for both.
I don't have money for either so it's an easy decision for me.
 
Iowa fans I think have by and large resigned themselves to the fact that this is a token exhibition game that we aren't going to win anyway. That makes the bowl more appealing IMO. we have a good shot at the Citrus Bowl which is winnable and in a warm destination that can also serve as a vacation.

Not a lot of reason to pick the CCG over the bowl game unless you plan on both.
It's not every year you get to the B1G champ game. Bowl games are a dime a dozen.

I was at the 2015 tilt...granted the CFP was on the line. Sold out stadium, extremely loud and energetic. Not always the case at a half filled bowl game.
 
My son goes to Indiana, so I am meeting him for the game. Otherwise, I would not be going. I went in 2015 and it was both amazing and heart-wrenching. This won't be that.

Orlando is not a bad place to be in January, I agree.
Yeah but the Citrus Bowl is literally in the middle of a ghetto. Not sure if it's been renovated but it was a dump when I saw iowa beat LSU and Saban.
 
Yeah but the Citrus Bowl is literally in the middle of a ghetto. Not sure if it's been renovated but it was a dump when I saw iowa beat LSU and Saban.
Nobody cares where the stadium is. People go to bowls for the warm weather, the night life, and the surrounding area. Dead center of Orlando is an hour away from Daytona and only two hours from Palm Beach. If you're a complete f*cking idiot, Sea World, Disney World, Universal Studios, etc. are all minutes away, there's more golf there than any place on Earth....yadda yadda yadda.

And let's not act like Lucas Oil isn't in a complete shithole of a neighborhood. Here's the view DIRECTLY out the front door of Lucas Oil Stadium...

The forecast for Saturday is rain and cold. Yeeeeaaaahhhhh...nope.


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Just watching the BTC and they are still talking about the Michigan vrs Ohio State game. Finally mentioned the Iowa vrs Michigan game and how Iowa would have to play a flawless game to have a chance.

 

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