Attendance for UCF?

[Hoophound]

What are your guesses for attendance for the UCF game? A good team is coming in for a Thursday night game just before Labor Day. How does it play out and why? I’m guessing 24,500 but fear worse. I’d love to see more but there’s just very little chance of that with kids not back at school yet and the holiday weekend distractions taking people elsewhere.

P.S. I plan to be there with two others but I’m not positive yet.

 

[WrenchFan69]

If we're over 20,000 I'll be impressed. Will be attending +8 or so

 

[firstnline]

27,000-29,000 range. I hope the students turn out and hopefully they stay put for more than a quarter. As much as we need numbers, we need lots of noise at the Rent.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

What are your guesses for attendance for the UCF game? A good team is coming in for a Thursday night game just before Labor Day. How does it play out and why? I’m guessing 24,500 but fear worse. I’d love to see more but there’s just very little chance of that with kids not back at school yet and the holiday weekend distractions taking people elsewhere.

P.S. I plan to be there with two others but I’m not positive yet.

This is actually one game students actually do tend to show up for. A lot easier for most kids to get their on their own with their own cars than the bus fiasco.

 

[EJHarrington]

We're playing the National Champions on opening night; better be 35,000+

 

[huskymedic]

We're playing the National Champions on opening night; better be 35,000+

w/ potential HIsman candidate in the House

UCF is mailing Hawaiian leis for McKenzie Milton Heisman campaign

 

[Scrutineer]

w/ potential HIsman candidate in the House

UCF is mailing Hawaiian leis for McKenzie Milton Heisman campaign

Can't wait for Steve Krajewski to become a star and UConn starts mailing National Flag Blue Kielbasa's to the media.
Chicopee Provision has blue in its colors so they could supply them.............

 

[Wordbomar]

Just hope it’s not an embarassing showing attendance wise. This is the best home game we have all year

 

[gopher2]

I'm more concerned about how many will be there at the start of the 4th quarter.

 

[whaler11]

The last 20 home games have had the same attendance.

18,500.

There is your UCF attendance.

Other than the friends and family that UCF brings there is literally not a single person who give a flying fig about seeing UCF.

BASKETBALL season tickets are down y/y and they hired Hurley. Stop worrying about the attendance. Just go to the games and try to have fun. The clock is probably ticking.

 

[Guapo]

The last 20 home games have had the same attendance.

18,500.

There is your UCF attendance.

Other than the friends and family that UCF brings there is literally not a single person who give a flying fig about seeing UCF.

BASKETBALL season tickets are down y/y and they hired Hurley. Stop worrying about the attendance. Just go to the games and try to have fun. The clock is probably ticking.

(Sorry OT; basketball)

I've been looking for stats re: basketball ticket sales post Hurley; where did you see that they're down?

 

[whaler11]

(Sorry OT; basketball)

I've been looking for stats re: basketball ticket sales post Hurley; where did you see that they're down?

Noted insider Chief posted it in the thread about seat picking times.

Assume it’s right.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Noted insider Chief posted it in the thread about seat picking times.

Assume it’s right.

This might be the biggest hit to Whalers credibility that I’ve ever witnessed...maybe worse than his Diaco post

 

[whaler11]

This might be the biggest hit to Whalers credibility that I’ve ever witnessed...maybe worse than his Diaco post

People love the Chief - what can you do?

Based on the context and detail he provided it didn’t seem like an 11:11 fiasco.

 

[Exit 4]

People love the Chief - what can you do?

Based on the context and detail he provided it didn’t seem like an 11:11 fiasco.

I find the Chief shtick funny. Its pretty clear at this point the Chief account is a house account passed by Warde Manuel to AD David Benedict to troll the boneyard (and yes I am kidding).

 

[Jimdish255]

I think the fans will show well if we do a good job with our media partners promoting this game.

Our D coordinator is going to have the biggest test. I'd be rolling tapes for the players from Day 1 if I was Crocker. With some UCF losses on D we could have a productive day on offense.

 

[Nostical]

There is literally not a single person who gives a flying fig about seeing UCF.

I think the fans will show well if we do a good job with our media partners promoting this game.

Given the last few years of ineptness, flying figs will require a media advertising blitz to create interest. Benedict has the ability, if he chooses, to spend the money to create the buzz around seeing this year’s Huskies playing last year’s undefeated “champion” with their Heisman QB candidate. Absent that kind of hype, from all forms of media, attendance will likely be embarrassing.

 

[whaler11]

Given the last few years of ineptness, flying figs will require a media advertising blitz to create interest. Benedict has the ability, if he chooses, to spend the money to create the buzz around seeing this year’s Huskies playing last year’s undefeated “champion” with their Heisman QB candidate. Absent that kind of hype, from all forms of media, attendance will likely be embarrassing.

Can you point to a successful advertising blitz in the past?

They should spend 50k to sell 1k tickets?

Nobody in Connecticut gives a hoot about Milton. Other than hardcore gamblers I don’t know a single person who knows who he is that doesn’t post here.

 

[shakes65]

Maybe I am an optimist, but being an alum, living in NYS, and traveling 2.5 hours to every game since 2003, I am not as affected by the negativity surrounding the program. Knowing what we have done in HCRE’s first test here, I have to think that a team as good as UCF should bring out 30,000. And, that is not a really good crowd. Really, there has to be a UConn base plus students that can always produce this kind of crowd. Not fair for anybody who considers themselves part of the UConn base to insist on waiting until Edsall rights the ship. We’re all in this together and the Huskies need us now.

 

[Nostical]

Can you point to a successful advertising blitz in the past?

They should spend 50k to sell 1k tickets?

Nobody in Connecticut gives a hoot about Milton. Other than hardcore gamblers I don’t know a single person who knows who he is that doesn’t post here.

No, I can't recall any AD publicly hyping a game to generate interest. Unlike past FCS openers, our first game Aug 30 has enough importance (and a good back story) to warrant a strong promotional effort. I haven't done a cost benefit on the idea but the net cost may just be worth it. And as for nobody in Connecticut knowing who Milton is, you just proved my point.

 

[FAIRTIDES]

The last 20 home games have had the same attendance.

18,500.

There is your UCF attendance.

Other than the friends and family that UCF brings there is literally not a single person who give a flying fig about seeing UCF.

BASKETBALL season tickets are down y/y and they hired Hurley. Stop worrying about the attendance. Just go to the games and try to have fun. The clock is probably ticking.

It's funny. I used to think your last name was Hathaway. After-all, he did reduce costs (and increase his bonus) by stripping the BB program of its academic and compliance support all while alienating most, if not all, of the most substantial boosters. He also attempted to shove his HoF coach under an NCAA bus. Tangentially, it was SH who kicked him, and his self-perpetuating one year extension, contract to the curb.

I've changed my mind. Your projections are so hyperbolically apocalyptic that I now think you're the second coming of John of "Revelations," and that you've added a fifth "Horseman.".

"Behold a red horse His name is fiscal calamity and 'Whaler11' follows with him."

 

[whaler11]

It's funny. I used to think your last name was Hathaway. After-all, he did reduce costs (and increase his bonus) by stripping the BB program of its academic and compliance support all while alienating most, if not all, of the most substantial boosters. He also attempted to shove his HoF coach under an NCAA bus. Tangentially, it was SH who kicked him, and his self-perpetuating one year extension, contract to the curb.

I've changed my mind. Your projections are so hyperbolically apocalyptic that I now think you're the second coming of John of "Revelations," and that you've added a fifth "Horseman.".

"Behold a red horse His name is fiscal calamity and 'Whaler11' follows with him."

LOL - sorry you can’t hack simple arthimatic.

 

[TheDoggPound]

These are the dumbest threads - it's gonna be the same as the last 5 years.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Heart - 40,000

Head - 28,000

 

[uconnphil2016]

It's funny. I used to think your last name was Hathaway. After-all, he did reduce costs (and increase his bonus) by stripping the BB program of its academic and compliance support all while alienating most, if not all, of the most substantial boosters. He also attempted to shove his HoF coach under an NCAA bus. Tangentially, it was SH who kicked him, and his self-perpetuating one year extension, contract to the curb.

I've changed my mind. Your projections are so hyperbolically apocalyptic that I now think you're the second coming of John of "Revelations," and that you've added a fifth "Horseman.".

"Behold a red horse His name is fiscal calamity and 'Whaler11' follows with him."

That supposed author is John of Patmos. Finally seminary coming in handy on here.