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Alaska Air Adds 790 Seats To Holiday Bowl
790 seats is better than nothin, I suppose. This ought to add to Ayer's bonus. Why not go whole hog and charge an extra premium?
Addition: As a graduate of both institutions, I admit to being conflicted, so I'm going to cheer for both equally. From Seattle Times: Bowing to the demand of Washington Huskies football fans looking to travel to the Holiday Bowl, Alaska Airlines has opened up roughly 790 seats on its Seattle-to-San Diego flights in the days leading up to the Dec. 30 game. The seats went on sale Wednesday evening, said Marianne Lindsey, a spokesperson for the airlines. A story in Wednesday's Seattle Times quoted one travel service official as saying that airfare "is virtually impossible to come by" for UW fans hoping to attend the school's first bowl game since 2002. UW will play Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl. Lindsey said Alaska was able to find additional seats by putting bigger airplanes on the Seattle-to-San Diego routes. "It's just the demand from the customers," she said. Prices, however, aren't expected to drop. UW reported that it sold more than 5,000 tickets to the game on the first day they were available after the announcement of the matchup was made Sunday night. |
Those SEA-SAN flights are usually packed anyway. While adding 790 seats isn't much, it should definitely help.
Go Huskies!! |
It's a shame, 6-6 teams shouldn't be bowl eligible, I mean really?
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If only there was some sort of a rail system to go from Seattle to SoCal...o wait.
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Originally Posted by FlyAK
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It's a shame, 6-6 teams shouldn't be bowl eligible, I mean really?
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I actually agree. A 6-6 team shouldn't be going to a bowl, but I'll take it. There are definitely too many bowls right now. The 1988 Husky team went 6-5 and did not get invited to a bowl game. How times have changed.
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Yeah, times have changed. Remember Don James? He considered 6-5 a losing season... That was back when they expected to win the national championship every year...
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Originally Posted by FlyAK
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Yeah, times have changed. Remember Don James? He considered 6-5 a losing season... That was back when they expected to win the national championship every year...
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Originally Posted by Mookie
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And what was the graduation rate??
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I'm surprised Shannon got fired. Granted, I haven't been paying attention to the Miami Hurricanes that much lately. I know they are not world beaters any more but, like you said, Shannon did a fine job over there.
Addressing Mookie's question about player graduation rate, I don't know what it was under Don James. I think it was decent. I can speak with 100% certainty about graduation rates under Neuheisel and Ty Willingham. Neuheisel's players had a higher graduation rate than Willingham. An article was published about 3 years ago about college football player graduation rates, and UW's dipped after Willingham took over. I was never a fan of Rick's, but he seemed to have a knack for getting the most out of his players at that time. Willingham, on the other hand, is a loser both on and off the field. Anyway, sorry to digress into football discussion here. Back to mergers & acquisitions... |
The only change to the schedule I see is 492 going from a 400 to an 800. Most of the flights are oversold. 490 on the 29th is oversold by 31 but they are still selling seats on it. Looks like there might be some upset fans missing their flights.
Go Dawgs! |
Originally Posted by Homa
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I'm surprised Shannon got fired. Granted, I haven't been paying attention to the Miami Hurricanes that much lately. I know they are not world beaters any more but, like you said, Shannon did a fine job over there.
Addressing Mookie's question about player graduation rate, I don't know what it was under Don James. I think it was decent. I can speak with 100% certainty about graduation rates under Neuheisel and Ty Willingham. Neuheisel's players had a higher graduation rate than Willingham. An article was published about 3 years ago about college football player graduation rates, and UW's dipped after Willingham took over. I was never a fan of Rick's, but he seemed to have a knack for getting the most out of his players at that time. Willingham, on the other hand, is a loser both on and off the field. Anyway, sorry to digress into football discussion here. Back to mergers & acquisitions... |
Pressure is high for college coaches to perform and produce a winner, especially in a state like Florida. Just look at Urban Meyer and the toll his job took on him. I'm sure he was 10 times happier in Utah. It's a thankless job... having to keep 100 kids in check, keep boosters/administration/fans happy, recruit, develop, etc. Long days in the office. I like my job better. Sure, I don't make much, but I stay healthy and keep my sanity (for the most part). :)
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Originally Posted by Homa
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Pressure is high for college coaches to perform and produce a winner, especially in a state like Florida. Just look at Urban Meyer and the toll his job took on him. I'm sure he was 10 times happier in Utah. It's a thankless job... having to keep 100 kids in check, keep boosters/administration/fans happy, recruit, develop, etc. Long days in the office. I like my job better. Sure, I don't make much, but I stay healthy and keep my sanity (for the most part). :)
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Originally Posted by shfo
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The only change to the schedule I see is 492 going from a 400 to an 800. Most of the flights are oversold. 490 on the 29th is oversold by 31 but they are still selling seats on it. Looks like there might be some upset fans missing their flights.
Go Dawgs! |
We beat Washington at the begining of the season soundly so why even play the game? Chock it up as another win for the Huskers!!!
GO BIG RED |
Who's "we?" Were you wearing a helmet and pads for Nebraska the first time around? Just kidding... :)
I'm looking forward to the game. Yeah, Nebraska will probably win, but so be it. What I don't like is the two teams playing each other 3 times in a span of 12 months. That's just not right. |
Like son, like father. There will come a day when ALK will have to run the numbers and have flights from Pullman to LAX-Pasadena :D
----------------------------------------- Delta Adding More than 4,500 Seats for Customers Traveling to 2011 Bowl Championship Series Games Extra flights now available for sale at delta.com PR Newswire ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2010 Extra flights now available for sale at delta.com ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines DAL is adding more than 4,500 seats on high-demand routes for customers traveling to this year's biggest college football bowl match-ups. Flights have been added to Delta's schedules from Oregon, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin to make it easier for fans traveling between their hometowns and BCS Championship Series Games in Glendale, Ariz., New Orleans, Miami and Pasadena, Calif. |
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