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If true, that is great to hear considering two of our home games were against HS teams. It can only get better from here right?

Call me crazy, but I'm expecting 55-60k this Saturday.
 
Those stats are through week 5. We have played 3 home games through week 5 including UF. Last year, through week 5, we had only played Bethune-Cookman and NC State. Those numbers are misleading. I expect that by the end of the year we will be up 10-15%.
 
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Dingaan1828 said:
Those stats are through week 5. We have played 3 home games through week 5 including UF. Last year, through week 5, we had only played Bethune-Cookman and NC State. Those numbers are misleading. I expect that by the end of the year we will be up 10-15%.
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Those are per games averages (not totals) so it's not all that misleading. Sure UF gave us an attendance boost, but a Friday game against FAU and a noon game against Savannah State would typically negate that boost. Anyone whose been to games this year compared to the last 5 years will tell you its just a different feel this year. Moving the students out of the endzone was absolutely brilliant. If we cant keep our average above 50K, it will be a good year.
 
We'll need to keep winning for more than 50k to show up consistently. Maybe if we're undefeated going into the VT game we'll approach 60k again.
 
The stat may be tainted but hopefully more fans will come even if it is because we're winning.
 
As a previous poster said, winning cures everything. Fans, of any sport and team, want a winning product. Otherwise they will stay on their couch and change the channel after the latest Blandy debacle or fire up their XBX to finally get a Canes win on NCAA Football XX'. This is true for any team, despite some fans wanting to beat their chest that they always fill a stadium.

Only Nebraska can truly say that.
 
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Of course the Florida game skews the numbers, but the numbers are up regardless. We had more bodies in the seats for FAU and Savannah State than we had for NC State last year. We had more bodies in the stands for Savannah State than we had for Bethune in 2011 and 2012, if you add those 2 together. I'm expecting at least 50,000 for GT and more would not surprise me, especially with a 330 and not noon start.
 
canes1977 said:
Dingaan1828 said:
Those stats are through week 5. We have played 3 home games through week 5 including UF. Last year, through week 5, we had only played Bethune-Cookman and NC State. Those numbers are misleading. I expect that by the end of the year we will be up 10-15%.
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Those are per games averages (not totals) so it's not all that misleading. Sure UF gave us an attendance boost, but a Friday game against FAU and a noon game against Savannah State would typically negate that boost. Anyone whose been to games this year compared to the last 5 years will tell you its just a different feel this year. Moving the students out of the endzone was absolutely brilliant. If we cant keep our average above 50K, it will be a good year.
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I understand that. I was pointing out that the average for last year was based on two games (BCU and NCSt). The average for this year is based on three games including an over capacity game vs UF.

We average 47,719 last year for the season. So, 50K would be a modest increase.
 
Dingaan1828 said:
canes1977 said:
Dingaan1828 said:
Those stats are through week 5. We have played 3 home games through week 5 including UF. Last year, through week 5, we had only played Bethune-Cookman and NC State. Those numbers are misleading. I expect that by the end of the year we will be up 10-15%.
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Those are per games averages (not totals) so it's not all that misleading. Sure UF gave us an attendance boost, but a Friday game against FAU and a noon game against Savannah State would typically negate that boost. Anyone whose been to games this year compared to the last 5 years will tell you its just a different feel this year. Moving the students out of the endzone was absolutely brilliant. If we cant keep our average above 50K, it will be a good year.
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I understand that. I was pointing out that the average for last year was based on two games (BCU and NCSt). The average for this year is based on three games including an over capacity game vs UF.

We average 47,719 last year for the season. So, 50K would be a modest increase.
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Look at my post above though. Take out the Florida game and you still can already see a marked improvement in actual butts in seats, not just tickets sold/distributed.
 
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I have trouble finding people to give my extra tickets to, its always a struggle but playing at Joe Robbie does not help. Any Chance we get an on campus stadium soon. :drevil:
 
itsacanething said:
we don't have an attendance problem as much as we have a capacity problem. i am expecting 55 for this game.
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This. It's about supply and demand. Move Miami into a 55K capacity stadium and we sell out every game. Many people dont buy season tickets because they know they can pick and choose the big games and the supply will be there. You drop the supply and people are forced to buy season tickets.
 
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We need to keep winning so that the wiggers come out in full force for the VT game.
 
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canes1977 said:
itsacanething said:
we don't have an attendance problem as much as we have a capacity problem. i am expecting 55 for this game.
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This. It's about supply and demand. Move Miami into a 55K capacity stadium and we sell out every game. Many people dont buy season tickets because they know they can pick and choose the big games and the supply will be there. You drop the supply and people are forced to buy season tickets.
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I think there is a lot of truth there. That has always been a problem. From the start, the OB was much bigger than UM needed. Almost all programs (Mich, USC, and a few others are exceptions) with huge stadiums now, grew from much smaller facilities. Ticket demand in the smaller stadiums caused expansion to meet the demand. Miami has always had it backward (not their fault).
 
You guys make it seem like the UF game was a real sellout! There were plenty of empty seats so the numbers are not strictly based off that. The SSU game suprisingly had a decent crowd considering the opponent. Last year 20k would have showed up. And I disagree with the "night game" theory.

Night games is what KILLS this team. South Florida people dont want to spend there Saturday Night at a UM game. Did you guys see the attendance for Vtech last year? And that was a "big" game for us. We all but locked up the Coastal because of that win. 30k showed up. If that..

The 3:30 time slot is our BEST FRIEND. Not too early to where the heat is too much to bare and not too late to where you cant salvage the night and hit a club or lounge/bar after the game. Last years UNC game had 50k and that was AFTER we got slaughtered by ND. Great crowd. I was SHOCKED.

I stand by my 55k-60k prediction for this game.
 
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