mthoopsfan
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argh! said:
Because no college team does that? If the Griz did that,some Griz fans wouldn’t believe the stats anyway.
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Booming Attendance -- At Places
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Because no college team does that? If the Griz did that,some Griz fans wouldn’t believe the stats anyway.
Grizbeer
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You might be right, I don’t have real numbers just my observation. The Labor Day game for sure I would be shocked if there was 12,000 tickets scanned. Night game and homecoming we’re better, but I don’t think there has been >20,000 in the stands for a game (and I believe but am not positive) scanned attendance includes workers like concessions 50/50 sellers ushers etc.mthoopsfan said:
I’m not willing to file a foi like the missoulian did to get actual attendance, and it should be better in November,
Grizbeer
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I think it does matter for a lot of reasons, chiefly what t indicates for the future. A big gap between actual and paid attendance is an indication of future lagging ticket sales. Probably more concerning is the related issues - many of the grass tailgates are empty. To tail gate n campus drive they used to require an rv. Now there are multiple pickups and even a Shriner clown vehicle. Even with relaxing the rule about 1 in 4 spots along campus drive have not been filled, despite eliminating the the spots in front of the adams center.IdaGriz01 said:
The parking lot next to the van Buren walking bridge is at 1/2 capacity die to construction of the indoor practice facility, yet it hasn’t been full on game day. The parking lot across from the adams center is greatly reduced due to construction of the MMAC, but still not full.
There are lots of indications that um athletics may be looking at a funding crisis next year if things don’t change. Fortunately the football team is playing better and co trial their destiny, and winning seems to cure all ills.
mthoopsfan
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For the games I attended, butts in the seats, or drinking on the club(s) and boxes, was quite high. Had there been 13,000 tickets not being used, there would have been people selling them all over the place. I didn't notice a bunch of sellers. My view is that there were way over 20,000 at each of the games I attended.
Ut-Grizfan
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Watching the ISU vs Portland State game with what looks like maybe 1000 people in total there...2 things.
1) Why the hell did we lose Idaho as a rivalry game for the Commies...I mean Vikings? That needs to be fixed, Vandals are an actual rivalry game.
2) Highlights how it sucks to be in the Conference at times, way to many teams don't give a shit about football/athletics and/or dont have fan support
1) Why the hell did we lose Idaho as a rivalry game for the Commies...I mean Vikings? That needs to be fixed, Vandals are an actual rivalry game.
2) Highlights how it sucks to be in the Conference at times, way to many teams don't give a shit about football/athletics and/or dont have fan support
EW406 said:
Well you might wanna go chat with Idaho's athletic department then, because apparently they're calculating their attendance wrong. They posted on social media that the game vs Montana was sold out (16,000), but an attendance of 14,218 was announced. That to me says that tickets scanned into the game determine the attendance of the game and 1,800 fans did not show up.
https://twitter.com/VandalFootball/status/1712531147761267111
SinCityGriz2005
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I don't think it does the Big Sky Conference justice to downplay game attendance. those numbers are pretty decent considering there is no other show around. Weber has to compete with Utah and Utah State. Cal Poly isn't going to get a huge number of fans attending. San Luis Obispo has a whopping population of 47K. To even equal UM or state, roughly half of the residents of the city would have to attend the games. UC Davis is sort of in the same boat with Davis only having a population of 66k. There really isn't an excuse for Sac State not to have people in the seats, other than the fact that it is more or less a commuter college like Portland State. Speaking of Portland State, I don't think people in Portland actually care about PSU. It's a commuter college, and even though I say they have to compete with the Ducks and Beavs, there is no competition. I know people who actually graduated from PSU who go to UO games instead of Portland, and really who can blame them? EWoo should have a higher attendance than they do, especially given the fact their las NC was 12 years ago and that they have been a perennial playoff team until recently. Idaho State is the only game in town and should be able to regularly put 10-12k in the seats but... they are Idaho State. Northern Arizona could do a better job of marketing themselves to get attendance up given Flagstaff actually does have the population to support at least 10-12k fans a game. Northern Colorado doesn't have a chance with CU and CSU (even though CSU is pretty bad). That's you Big Sky Conference. There really isn't a lot of competition from other schools to pull fans away with the exception of four teams, population is really the issue for most of them.
People say, "but look at the attendance of the FCS teams on the east coast, it's worse". True, but again, other than PSU, Sac State, Idaho and Weber, there really isn't anything around to compete with. On the east coast, there are FBS teams everywhere, as well as other pro-sports they have to compete with.
People say, "but look at the attendance of the FCS teams on the east coast, it's worse". True, but again, other than PSU, Sac State, Idaho and Weber, there really isn't anything around to compete with. On the east coast, there are FBS teams everywhere, as well as other pro-sports they have to compete with.
HelenaHandBasket
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IdaGriz01 said:
The NCAA is planning to remove the attendance requirement with it being replaced by a minimum scholarship/spending threshold.
https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-working-to-increase-cost-to-transition-from-fcs-to-fbs
footballdood
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SinCityGriz2005 said:
This is partially due to competition from WSU (they were looking like a really good team until recently) and Spokane isn't that much of a sports town. They'll go out and support Gonzaga until they stop making the NCAA tournament on a regular basis which probably won't happen until Coach Few eventually retires or Gonzaga joins a better conference.
SinCityGriz2005 said:
True. I lived in Pokey a long time. That NC year of '81 is LONG AGO. A 42 year downhill slide. Even if the average fan back then was in his 40's, they're all dead by now, or knockin' on the Grim Reapers door. Pokey is about 75% Mormon. Weber comes to town Nov. 4 at 4 pm. The BenGals haven't been this competitive, and Weber hasn't been this down, since I can remember. With a little reminder from the numerous LDS Pulpits, Holt should sell out that weekend. Earth shaking event. The chance to finally beat Weber, AT HOME should bring out a new breed of cat, New Bengal Fans. Not impossible, as Idaho Falls is just 45 miles up the road. SE Idaho has over 250,000 people in it. The only other college is Ricks(BYU-Idaho) and they don't play football anymore. I would think even as obtunded the marketing dept at ISU has become, that they could fill 12,000 seats for the Mormon Bowl. Bears watching.
3-7-77 said:
I think it would real cool to see a resurgence of Idaho state. Maybe Hawkins can do it.
HelenaHandBasket
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argh! said:
What does this even mean?
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