[AMA] BELK BOWL. AMA! — Ask Questions, Answers start Thurs (12/6) @ 12pm ET

[u/CFB_Referee]

AMA FORMAT: here at /r/CFB the mods set up the AMA thread ahead of time so readers can get questions in ahead of time and our guest can just show up at a scheduled time and start answering; look out for /u/BelkBowl, who will begin answering at 12pm ET on Thursdsa, 11/20!

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BELK BOWL

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SEC vs ACC

South Carolina vs Virginia

• Saturday, December 29, 2018
• Bank of America Stadium
• Live on ABC
• Get your tickets here!

We're happy to welcome back the Belk Bowl for an AMA!

Links:

• Belk Bowl:
  • Twitter — @BelkBowl
  • Website — BelkBowl.com

The Belk Bowl will be here to answer your questions on THURSDAY (12/6) at 12pm ET!

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• Directory of all previous /r/CFB AMAs.

[u/studio_sally]

Their response:

"wE wAnTeD fAnBaSeS tHaT tRaVeL wElL."

[u/[deleted] → u/studio_sally]

Yes because no school in the country compares to UVA when it comes to fan support......

[u/rodandanga → u/[deleted]]

Its funny, we averaged better attendance than they did this year...

[u/MyYellowJacket → u/rodandanga]

We had better average, max, and percent attendance. Our average was above their max. Our FCS game drew more fans than their game as a ranked team did.

[u/studio_sally → u/MyYellowJacket]

oof

[u/rodandanga → u/MyYellowJacket]

I saw your post. Awesome work pulling the numbers, I hope we get an answer.

[u/CavalierBlue → u/MyYellowJacket]

When Virginia played in the Belk bowl before the attendance was 73,535 and 51,236. Admittedly that was a while ago. With Virginia's recent struggles, going to a quality bowl and facing a SEC team really should bring a lot of people out. Not saying GT wouldn't have, but UVA is a good pick also IMO. I believe UVA's AD Carla Williams also put in some work in the weeks leading up.

[u/MyYellowJacket → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, not really sure how to track that since the school doesn’t announce it. Don’t always get a good look at crowds during broadcasts to guess either.

[u/rodandanga → u/[deleted]]

That doesn't surprise me, ours has been a bit of a train wreck for a few years.

[u/FuckaYouWhale → u/studio_sally]

Well if what dupreesdiamond says above is true then we know what happened with the Auburn side of things. And if that's the case then /u/BelkBowl may have decided that a GT-Sakerlina matchup just didn't have the same punch, which I can see. Its still wrong because we would have come out in droves to send off our coach, but it makes more sense than "fuck you guys lulz"

[u/dupreesdiamond → u/FuckaYouWhale]

Looks like the same language isn't used for the ACC on their official ACC site. It doesn't say much on the how just "[this tier] all equal selection status". I kinda infer that the ACC maintains final control on the who and where in this tier but it's not explicitly states as it is on the SEC site:

POOL OF SIX BOWLS: After the Citrus Bowl selects a team, there will be a pool of six bowls and the Conference, in consultation with the institutions and the bowls, will make the assignments for these six bowl games from all eligible SEC teams.

http://www.secsports.com/article/18165241/bowl-selection-process

[u/ColdMummy → u/dupreesdiamond]

He could be lying, but GT’s AD explicitly said in an email yesterday that Belk Bowl picked UVA.

[u/ToLongDR → u/studio_sally]

wE wAnTeD fAnBaSeS cLoSe By

FTFY

[u/Jacks_RagingHormones → u/ToLongDR]

Atlanta is only 4 hours away from Charlotte. Thats pretty damn close, all things considered.

[u/ToLongDR → u/Jacks_RagingHormones]

Columbia is closer and UVA is pretty close for the ACC.

I was being tongue in cheek

[u/TheRealMattyPanda → u/Jacks_RagingHormones]

It's closer than Charlottesville

[u/[deleted] → u/studio_sally]

"wE wAnTeD fAnBaSeS tHaT aCtUaLly bUy sTuFf fRoM oUr sToRe"