JMU Attendance Issues

[Ursa Major]

I can only imagine the cost to repair the stadium seats on the NoDak side alone. I understand that Toyota Stadium is planning on the installation of self-buttering doors contingent upon UNDSU making the championship game.

You wouldn't know a thing about Toyota stadium, as the grizzlies haven't come close to a national championship game in what two decades?

I heard the city of meth-a-zoola is trying to gouge the city of Frisco for rental of some of their portable meth houses, just in case Montanas' fans will fill at home just in case the can hitch up the covers wagon and make it down there.... Don't worry there will be plenty stillaround In meth-a-zoola I guess they are on every intersections of the dirt roads you got running through that "city"

Hate to see Chicago Duke go. As a parting gift we would like to send the pride of UNDSU, cowboy Toad, with you. :thumb:

God Speed

 

[Grizwold]

Cowboy 84 you are a f@@k tard. It's time for you to get back on your mammas tit.

 

[VimsinceO3]

I know that might sound silly, but JMU kids study quite a bit (which is different than when I was there in the late 90's).

College kids study before finals? And water is wet. I love how JMU alums' pretend they are William & Mary academically when that's not the case. JMU is an average university, so I would guess JMU students study an average amount. Nothing wrong with that at all, but have to call out the pretenders.

 

[Griztrain]

I know that might sound silly, but JMU kids study quite a bit (which is different than when I was there in the late 90's).

College kids study before finals? And water is wet. I love how JMU alums' pretend they are William & Mary academically when that's not the case. JMU is an average university, so I would guess JMU students study an average amount. Nothing wrong with that at all, but have to call out the pretenders.

Coming from a dude who wants to be vim03, gotta call out the pretenders, right?

 

[ChicagoDuke]

I know that might sound silly, but JMU kids study quite a bit (which is different than when I was there in the late 90's).

College kids study before finals? And water is wet. I love how JMU alums' pretend they are William & Mary academically when that's not the case. JMU is an average university, so I would guess JMU students study an average amount. Nothing wrong with that at all, but have to call out the pretenders.

Dude, are you sure you want to go there?

 

[Griztrain]

College kids study before finals? And water is wet. I love how JMU alums' pretend they are William & Mary academically when that's not the case. JMU is an average university, so I would guess JMU students study an average amount. Nothing wrong with that at all, but have to call out the pretenders.

Dude, are you sure you want to go there?

Don’t mind that poser, he’s pretending to be a Valuable Cat poster, vimsince03, and this clown duplicated his username with an O instead of a zero

 

[CFallsGriz]

College kids study before finals? And water is wet. I love how JMU alums' pretend they are William & Mary academically when that's not the case. JMU is an average university, so I would guess JMU students study an average amount. Nothing wrong with that at all, but have to call out the pretenders.

Dude, are you sure you want to go there?

Tell us hillbillies again about that East Coast arrogance and the dangers of stereotyping... :lol:

I’d say “good luck tonight,” but I like to avoid being disingenuous. Reading some of your posts has been interesting. :thumb:

 

[ChicagoDuke]

Dude, are you sure you want to go there?

Tell us hillbillies again about that East Coast arrogance and the dangers of stereotyping... :lol:

I’d say “good luck tonight,” but I like to avoid being disingenuous. Reading some of your posts has been interesting. :thumb:

Let's be clear about what's happening here. Someone attacks the value of your education; if you even suggest that you might retort you're being arrogant? Only one way mudslinging on this board apparently.

I'll take the high road.

 

[GrizSpartan]

I can only imagine the cost to repair the stadium seats on the NoDak side alone. I understand that Toyota Stadium is planning on the installation of self-buttering doors contingent upon UNDSU making the championship game.

You wouldn't know a thing about Toyota stadium, as the grizzlies haven't come close to a national championship game in what two decades?

I heard the city of meth-a-zoola is trying to gouge the city of Frisco for rental of some of their portable meth houses, just in case Montanas' fans will fill at home just in case the can hitch up the covers wagon and make it down there.... Don't worry there will be plenty stillaround In meth-a-zoola I guess they are on every intersections of the dirt roads you got running through that "city"

What a sad example of writing! Either you have had too much alcohol, maybe some of that meth you seem to obese about, or maybe just have the writing abilities of a fourth-grader. I am sorry you are so sad.

 

[CFallsGriz]

Tell us hillbillies again about that East Coast arrogance and the dangers of stereotyping... :lol:

I’d say “good luck tonight,” but I like to avoid being disingenuous. Reading some of your posts has been interesting. :thumb:

Let's be clear about what's happening here. Someone attacks the value of your education; if you even suggest that you might retort you're being arrogant? Only one way mudslinging on this board apparently.

I'll take the high road.

It was there dude, and is again here. It’s OK.

Regardless all that BS, your team won and you’re on the road. Congrats and good luck v the NoDaks. You’ll need a bunch. :clap:

 

[3-7-77]

Bridgeforth Stadium - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bridgeforth_Stadium
Bridgeforth Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Capacity: 24,877 (2011–present);

At least half the seats were empty. All you have to do is watch the video.

 

[first11]

Let's just get this one out of the way....

I've seen lots of references to how pathetic JMU's attendance is, and thought it might be informative to give you some facts and theories about what's going on with JMU football Playoff attendance. This is not meant to give excuses....rather, just reasons why it is what it is. And trust me, we die-hards get frustrated this time of year.

First the facts: Bridgeforth stadium holds about 25K. We average ~22K during the regular season. That will always include two sellouts for Homecoming and Family weekend. Excluding those we average about 20K for a normal game. Maybe a little more in September when the weather is nice, and a little less in November for meaningless games against teams like Elon, Stonybrook, or Towson. We only had ~12K for our recent game vs. SELA.

So we can have a nice crowd all season long, but then it really diminishes in the Playoffs. So what's going on? This has roundly debated among the JMU faithful, and here are the most likely reasons....

First I'll address students: During the early games in the season + HC + Family, all 5000 student tickets will be used. But come playoff time, especially if it's the weekend before finals, a portion of those who might normally be inclined to attend are going to stay home to study. I know that might sound silly, but JMU kids study quite a bit (which is different than when I was there in the late 90's). I would expect 4000 students to show up on Friday night, but a lot of them will be late, and if the game is boring or if the weather is sub-optimal quite a few will leave early to get an early start to partying.

But the biggest issue are the Adults/Alumni. In order to understand what's going on here, you have to understand the make-up of our fanbase. When we're talking about JMU fans, almost always talking about an actual graduate of the university (or their significant other). We don't really have casual fans or local fans. I think that stems from the fact that we don't have Virginia in our name like UVA or VT. I'm sure you guys get some of that too.....incredibly passionate fans who root hard for Montana but never actually attended. Rather, they cheer for Montana simply because the Griz represent the great state of Montana. And that's fantastic! So while you've got 1 Million + Montanans (minus the degenerates who chose Montana State) to cheer you on and potentially fill up your stadium, we've only got our 100K alums to draw from. All things considered, I think we've just got a smaller fan base than schools like you, NDSU, etc.

Another point to keep in mind is geography. Very, very few of our fans and alums live anywhere near Harrisonburg. Our biggest concentrations of alumni live in DC, Richmond, or the Norfolk area, which are all 2-3 hours away (but with DC traffic, expect much longer!). So going to a game is kind of a full-day affair. That's quite doable when you have months of notice of dates and times for Saturday games, but it's a heck of a lot harder for a Friday night game announced 6 days earlier. All this is to say not everyone can just wrap up our work day and mosey on down to the game. I guess you could theoretically leave at the end of the workday and get to the stadium right at kick-off, but you've missed the best part, tailgating with your friends. At that point, might as well stay warm and cheer from the couch.

But I think this is the biggest reason: December is just a tough month for folks to drop everything and head to Harrisonburg for a football game. Almost everyone I know has a million obligations this time of year.....work parties, kids holiday concerts, NFL or NBA games, all of that kind of stuff. There's a lot of competition for folks time in December. Many JMU fans will admit that they just can't afford to block off Friday and Saturday for 3 straight weekends in early December to make sure they can attend the games. It sucks, but that's how it is.

So what can you expect on Friday? I think you'll see a late arriving crowd, finally filling in mid-first quarter. I think we'll probably hit 15K, maybe 16K if we're lucky. But those who do show up will be considerably louder than a sold out Homecoming Crowd. It's going to be a good atmosphere, even if it's only 65% capacity.

Sorry for the long post, and thanks for reading this far. Let's all hope for a good game, and regardless, NDSU goes down next week! Go Dukes!

Attendance aside…..your JMU program is built for immediate impact in FBS land. I’m thinking AP State quick success in their move. Wishes for your dukes to win it all in last go in FCS