THE SEC Championship recreation had a troubling quantity of empty seats over the weekend.

The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Texas Longhorns 22-19 in extra time within the SEC Championship recreation.

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Sometimes, the SEC receives spectacular numbers in attendance in Atlanta in comparison with different conferences.

The SEC Championship did announce a crowd of 74,916 however Mercedez-Benz Stadium did not look like stuffed at the beginning of the sport between Texas and Georgia.

WSB-TV Sports activities Director Zach Klein posted a video on social media of the stadium which confirmed what gave the impression to be 1000’s of empty seats “minutes” earlier than the beginning of the sport.

“RIP SEC Championship recreation… was one of many 2 greatest yearly occasions I had the privilege to cowl (Masters is the opposite)” he wrote on X.

“Minutes earlier than kick and the constructing is useless… no buzz.

“No playoff ambiance.”

Followers reacted to the clip and shared their worries concerning the SEC Championship future, with one writing, “School soccer could possibly be useless.”

The sport would change into an electrical extra time win for Georgia.

It was head coach Kirby Sensible’s third-ever convention title.

Nonetheless, the 48-year-old did admit that there was much less build-up contained in the constructing earlier than the competition.

“I hate to say it, however in pregame, I did not suppose the sport had the identical juice and ambiance I’ve seen it earlier than,” Sensible stated after the sport.

The reasoning? Convention titles are much less vital within the new 12-team playoff and each groups are already within the playoff.

Saturday’s recreation was additionally native for Georgia and round solely 20 p.c of the followers have been Texas followers, per The Athletic.

Different convention championship video games additionally skilled less-than-stellar attendance figures.

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The Large 12 Championship Recreation between Arizona State Solar Devils and Iowa State Cyclones had unimpressive turnouts.

It was a late arriving crowd for the sport which occurred at AT&T Stadium, dwelling of the Dallas Cowboys.

“There is no such thing as a one right here,” one fan wrote concerning the recreation on X.

“If Colorado was taking part in folks would really go – nobody cares about this recreation or these groups,” one other fan added.

Arizona State received 45-19 within the contest that drew 55,889 – the bottom within the occasion’s 28-year historical past.

The Large Ten Championship between the Oregon Geese and Penn State Nittany Lions drew 67,469. which was not a sellout.