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.. attend, for instance, Ohio St or Notre Dame in the playoffs on their National Championship run?

I have been to 5 Miami National Championship games but no way could I afford it if it was this way, with the playoffs, back in the day.

Think about it - 4 extra games, how do they allot tickets, travel expenses, etc… you are talking about thousands (tens of thousands?) of dollars plus the tine off of work, etc…. No?

What average fan has the capacity to do this?

They need to change the playoffs to be more like the NFL. Higher seed gets home field. Then people with season tickets can see the games, not have to travel thousands of miles, and the higher seed has a home field advantage Have the NC game at a neutral site - like the Super Bowl.

How much would it coast you and your family if Miami ever made a run?

I am thankful it was the way it was.
 
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So this is an entirely rhetorical post pontificating on the expense of being a traveling fan through the playoffs and national championship game?

Yeah, not for the poopsies for sure.
 
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Golsen82 said:
Id guess almost 10k. Tickets and hotel. Depending on how many in your party attend
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I'd guess more than that.

Ohio State fans would've needed home tickets for the Tennessee game, then they'd have needed to travel to Pasadena over New Years's with hotel, airfare and tickets to the Rose Bowl. From there they'd have then gone down to Dallas for a weekend—hotel, airfare and tickets again—and then one more round trip to Atlanta for the same?

Three round trip tickets. Realistically seven to nine days worth of hotels depending how quickly they got in and out—and meals / eating out for those days, as you're arguably not holing up at some AIRBNB and cooking.

Also, we talking nose-bleed Uecker seats just to say you were there, or good enough seats?

I"d think $10,000 would be the bare minimum.

I'd also think as a fan you don't try and do every game.

Pasadena would've been fun and Atlanta to bring it home, but to cut costs I'd have skipped Dallas and maybe the first home game as Tennessee fans jacked up the price on those with demand.
 
At least for Notre Dame, as a season ticket holder you could apply for postseason tickets regardless of the location of the game. And there was a lottery for any games where demand exceeded supply along with a waiting list. So you at least had a chance to get tickets to the games at face value. I only applied for the home game and got my regular tickets. My law partner went to all of the games and got all of his tickets at face value, but obviously spent a lot on travel going to New Orleans, Miami, and Atlanta.
 
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Yeah I never thought about it like that. That’s insane to have attended all the games. And you can’t “catch the next one” cause what if you lose lol. Good problem to have
 
With the GF, the 20k number is about right for “full service”.
Realistically for me, one (or two?) of those games would have to be a quick hit/one night stay or even same day travel, which I do at times during the season.
STH/Cane Club members getting tix at face value helps.
10k is possible.

The National Championship game in 2026 is at Hard Rock Stadium.
 
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So basically the average fan or family that buys season tickets is not going to be able to afford it.

It’s like you buy Dolphin season tickets, they have the best record and then they play the playoffs in Dallas, Portland and Phoenix. With no home field advantage or a stadium full of their fans.
 
ItsAUThing.com said:
I'd guess more than that.

Ohio State fans would've needed home tickets for the Tennessee game, then they'd have needed to travel to Pasadena over New Years's with hotel, airfare and tickets to the Rose Bowl. From there they'd have then gone down to Dallas for a weekend—hotel, airfare and tickets again—and then one more round trip to Atlanta for the same?

Three round trip tickets. Realistically seven to nine days worth of hotels depending how quickly they got in and out—and meals / eating out for those days, as you're arguably not holing up at some AIRBNB and cooking.

Also, we talking nose-bleed Uecker seats just to say you were there, or good enough seats?

I"d think $10,000 would be the bare minimum.

I'd also think as a fan you don't try and do every game.

Pasadena would've been fun and Atlanta to bring it home, but to cut costs I'd have skipped Dallas and maybe the first home game as Tennessee fans jacked up the price on those with demand.
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Very first home playoff game in school history, and you'd skip it? Over going to Pasadena for a rematch against a school that already beat you?
 
Now that Tik Tok is back up, do a Canes podcast to finance your travels. Wait, CIS membership has a noncompete clause.
 
I don't give a f* how much it costs. I will be there. I was a student in '01 and '02 and assumed we'd be there every year so I'd have another chance to see a natty soon and instead it's been 20 years of mediocrity. When we're there, I'm mortgaging the house if I have to but I will be wherever these games are played, even if its played in Russia.
 
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Bobby Carpenter talked about this Sunday(?) on one of the shows on SiriusXM college radio. He said that even with his media discounts at hotels and such (I think he said the got like 25-30% discount) for him alone he was somewhere around $6,500 not including the national title game. So, he probably came in around ~$8,500 ? Regardless, it's crazy expensive and likely won't get much better unless they move more games to the campuses.
 
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Desperate times will call for desperate measures....

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It’s no different than following your team throughout the nfl playoffs. It’s going to be pricey and most aren’t financially able to do it.
 
Location, points, planning and flexibility go a long way. If you want great seats, convenience and the team hotel you better be willing pay the price.

I had flights and hotel to ACCCG, Peach Bowl and Champ game set before we **** ourselves. All on points. Cotton bowl flights would have been easy from my location and the availability of hotels in DFW are plentiful. Pasadena is a 4+ hour drive and Glendale is 15 minutes door to door. Ironically as a Canes fan getting to Miami/FLL would have been the worst option cost/point wise for me.

Cotton bowl tix before OSU/Texas secured their spots were under $200. Rose bowl tix bottomed at $200 day of game, fiesta was about $120-150, peach bowl tix could have been had under $100 and that was after teams announced. Granted these aren’t primo seats and don’t know who you’re sitting but going back to my first point of you want it all, pay up.
 
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