popdad
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Post by popdad on Dec 7, 2018 15:44:00 GMT -5
Our fans don’t do very well on weekday night games, and before I retired I used to hate it too, going to work or to class has to come first.
Before we started the losing streak in the early 2000’s, we were averaging a bigger number for attendance, and even while we were losing year after year our ticket prices were increasing which didn’t make sense to me especially because of the kind of fans we have. We’ve lost fans that haven’t come back and probably never will during those hard times (I used to buy 12 tickets but now it’s just me and my wife).
The kind of fans that we have are fare weather fans that will leave the stadium if we’re behind or will not stick around to enjoy it if we’re way ahead. They pretty much sit on their hands during the games, but they at least show up on road games and have no problem at all being heard. The students, seemed to have shown up for most games, but for a university this size 75% of the student body should be sold on and bought into being a part of the great things happening with our football team.
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Post by The Professor on Dec 7, 2018 16:05:53 GMT -5
2018 Attendance 13,111 Gardner Webb 15,909 Morgan State 11,530 SCSU ( Thurs Night) 15,418 FAMU Avg . 13,992.....65 percent full Not great, not bad either. It was raining during the SCSU game. Thats still high enough for top 15 out of 125 schools. Yall are delirious |
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Post by AggiePride on Dec 7, 2018 17:27:05 GMT -5
Not great, not bad either. It was raining during the SCSU game. Thats still high enough for top 15 out of 125 schools. Yall are delirious Delirious because the top hbcu program and now a top ten program cannot average 15k fans, what else is there to do in Greensboro? |
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Post by aggierattler on Dec 7, 2018 17:54:53 GMT -5
2018 Attendance 13,111 Gardner Webb 15,909 Morgan State 11,530 SCSU ( Thurs Night) 15,418 FAMU Avg . 13,992.....65 percent full Not great, not bad either. It was raining during the SCSU game.
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Post by The Professor on Dec 8, 2018 18:52:53 GMT -5
Thats still high enough for top 15 out of 125 schools. Yall are delirious Delirious because the top hbcu program and now a top ten program cannot average 15k fans, what else is there to do in Greensboro? Do u watch FCS football? Majority of the top teams have worst attendance. We are 10th in the country. Its 2 SWAC and 1 MEAC team ahead of us. That should tell u attendance and records arent exactly the factors |
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Post by The Professor on Dec 8, 2018 20:23:43 GMT -5
Official attendance numbers for the just completed Quarter-Finals.
Colgate @ NDSU = 16,404
Maine @ Weber State = 7,726
UC Davis @ E Washington = 5,503
SDSU @ Kennesaw State = 3,242
Remember these the last 8 teams in FCS
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Post by aggierattler on Dec 8, 2018 22:20:48 GMT -5
Official attendance numbers for the just completed Quarter-Finals. Colgate @ NDSU = 16,404 Maine @ Weber State = 7,726 UC Davis @ E Washington = 5,503 SDSU @ Kennesaw State = 3,242 Remember these the last 8 teams in FCS |
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Post by aggierattler on Dec 8, 2018 22:41:25 GMT -5
Official attendance numbers for the just completed Quarter-Finals. Colgate @ NDSU = 16,404 Maine @ Weber State = 7,726 UC Davis @ E Washington = 5,503 SDSU @ Kennesaw State = 3,242 Remember these the last 8 teams in FCS |
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Dec 9, 2018 9:33:38 GMT -5
I know who won the games.......but like I said on MEACfanszone, fans have gotta start caring about the playoffs, IF THEY ARE THE END-ALL/BE-ALL for FCS football.
3 of 4 games didn't even draw close to 10K people. The only thing this tells me is that NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE FCS PLAYOFFS, NOT EVEN THE FANS OF THE RESPECTIVE TEAMS.
I respect ND St and their fan base......they consistently bring it......but outside of them (crickets).
I gotta have more evidence the FCS playoffs matter more in the college football landscape before spending money to participate in it. I just haven't seen it.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Dec 9, 2018 9:37:49 GMT -5
The FCS playoffs are just too watered down right now for anybody to care.
24 teams and 5 weeks of extra games creates too much mediocrity.
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Post by aggieman007 on Dec 9, 2018 9:57:51 GMT -5
Kennesaw football coach is upset with the attendance. Kennesaw has over 30k students.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Dec 9, 2018 9:58:25 GMT -5
I don't disagree.....but even before they expanded, they weren't generating any buzz. They remain an unimportant event within the annual landscape of college athletics.
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Post by AggiePride on Dec 9, 2018 10:19:09 GMT -5
Delirious because the top hbcu program and now a top ten program cannot average 15k fans, what else is there to do in Greensboro? Do u watch FCS football? Majority of the top teams have worst attendance. We are 10th in the country. Its 2 SWAC and 1 MEAC team ahead of us. That should tell u attendance and records arent exactly the factors I do not care what other schools attendance is, there is room for improvement for our attendance. |
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Post by aggie2039 on Dec 9, 2018 11:10:43 GMT -5
If we create a fun atmosphere people will show up.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Dec 9, 2018 12:32:37 GMT -5
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