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It's such bull that all of the games are in the South. If the roles were reversed, the SEC and Big 12 would boycott.
 



Ski U Mah Gopher said:
If it's the championship, it should be in all prts of the country.

I would like to see the new dome, Lucas Oil Stadium, and Ford Field all bid on the NCG.
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New vikings stadium after it is built should be included.
 


The reason the Championships are in the South, weather. And vacation destinations. If the Championship was held in Syracuse in the Carrier dome who would go there? Same for Detroit. Chicago is no great destination right now. Kansas City, Denver, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, or Annapolis. Do not, will not compare to Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, Dallas, Pasadena, Tempe, come January.

Sure fans of the team might travel to the ends of the earth, but why? It should be a reward. Maybe a stipulation that the teams selected to play cannot play in there region. For instance Ohio State vs. Alabama must be played in either Dallas, Tempe, or Pasadena. If it is Texas vs. USC then, it has to be played in Orlando or Miami. There can be any inherint home field.
 

The NCAA basketball tournament doesn't have any problem with games at northern sites. The 2001 Final Four was here in Minneapolis. The difference is venues. Basketball is an indoor sport. Most northern sites for football games wouldn't be indoor venues. The Vikings stadium should be able to host a game if a good bid can be presented.
 

husker70 said:
The reason the Championships are in the South, weather. And vacation destinations. If the Championship was held in Syracuse in the Carrier dome who would go there? Same for Detroit. Chicago is no great destination right now. Kansas City, Denver, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, or Annapolis. Do not, will not compare to Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, Dallas, Pasadena, Tempe, come January.

Sure fans of the team might travel to the ends of the earth, but why? It should be a reward. Maybe a stipulation that the teams selected to play cannot play in there region. For instance Ohio State vs. Alabama must be played in either Dallas, Tempe, or Pasadena. If it is Texas vs. USC then, it has to be played in Orlando or Miami. There can be any inherint home field.
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Off the top of my head, I'd much rather spend time in New York, D.C., Minneapolis, Chicago, Indy or Denver than I would Dallas, Tempe or Houston. Does vacation destination just mean "warm" even when the city is a dirty, backwoods sh*thole?
 

RedPoo said:
Off the top of my head, I'd much rather spend time in New York, D.C., Minneapolis, Chicago, Indy or Denver than I would Dallas, Tempe or Houston. Does vacation destination just mean "warm" even when the city is a dirty, backwoods sh*thole?
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Unfortunately, it does to way too many Midwesterners. That's why they are convinced that places like Myrtle Beach, SC are vacation destinations, even though they are absolute dumps full of rednecks. If I want to go on vacation, I'll go overseas, not to Atlanta.

We are our own worst enemy.
 



RodentRampage said:
The NCAA basketball tournament doesn't have any problem with games at northern sites.
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Because it's in April, not January.

Seriously, when the Gophers have been eligible for a Bowl, how many posts do you see hoping they go to the PizzaPizza Bowl? Part of that is because it is a low tier bowl, part of it is because you take your life in your own hands in some areas of Detroit, but it's also because people want a destination where they can leave their coat at home.

Part of the reason the B1G dropped Nashville was weather. I went to two of the Music City Bowls, and they were fun, but other than the result I enjoyed the Insight Bowl much better because it was so nice out.

Honestly, I think the mostly southern destinations is about right.
 

March isn't exactly the prime season for tourism in northern cities, yet the NCAA tournament doesn't suffer for having some of the games at northern sites. If a local group can put up a good bid for a playoff game at the Vikings stadium, they shouldn't be excluded just for being a northern city. Green Bay, yes, exclude them, they don't have the venue even if they could produce a bid.
 

Lakeville Goldy said:
Seriously, when the Gophers have been eligible for a Bowl, how many posts do you see hoping they go to the PizzaPizza Bowl? Part of that is because it is a low tier bowl, part of it is because you take your life in your own hands in some areas of Detroit, but it's also because people want a destination where they can leave their coat at home.
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New Orleans has the highest murder rate per capita of any city in America (granted, Detroit is second, but still). Atlanta and Miami are also in the top 15.

I know the old snowbirds want to spend their money traveling to Tempe, AZ for their winter vacation, I just don't get it. I'd much rather drive to Chicago to watch a game and spend a night in a major metro area than spend 5 times that to fly across the country to a place that is warm but really nothing else.
 

If it was a championship game, people would travel to the Twin Cities.

This isn't some bowl game where you're trying to attract tourists & marketing the local flavor; people would come. If the stadium is everything it looks like it will be, it would work.
 



FYI, the low temp this year on January 7th (day of the championship) was 42 in New Orleans, 37 in New York, 30 in Dallas and Detroit, 23 in St. Louis, 20 in Chicago, and 19 in Minneapolis.

Part of me wants to see the Super Bowl in NYC next year be a big success which would possibly help other northern cities get big games like this. The other part of me wants a huge snowstorm to come in that weekend and mess everything up because of the arrogance of the NFL and NYC.
 

This is a stupid argument. As mentioned, Super Bowls and Final Fours are both hosted in northern cities all the time, and they do just fine. I fail to see why the college football championship would be any different.
 

I'd have no problem going to NY, Chicago, Seattle, etc. in the winter. A championship in a northern city would draw fine. I can understand limiting northern championships to domes, but outside of that I see no problem in having a northern city host an NCAA championship game. In fact, I think it would help define the new championship as something different from the old days of 'voted' championships that always come with controversey and winks.
 

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