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With the pros, was watching the Jets game at San Diego, the stadium looked full except for almost the entire mezzanine section.
 
This is widespread throughout college football. Lot of stadiums seem to have many empty seats.
 
I like the AD at MSU is at least trying to be proactive and reaching out to the student body to see how attendance can be increased. I hope some ideas come out of it and UConn can pick up and improve upon it.
 
CTMike said:
The problem is they are safe, while we've been demoted. It's not good enough that other programs have similar problems, we have to be better. In a lot of areas.
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heck, Michigan did a promotion where you buy a couple of sodas and you get free tix.
 
One big difference. MSU is being proactive and trying to change it...UConn continues the same practice and is expecting different results.
 
Milo65 said:
One big difference. MSU is being proactive and trying to change it...UConn continues the same practice and is expecting different results.
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You nailed it. Creativity is a must.
 
Who Ha said:
You nailed it. Creativity is a must.
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Warde just needs to spend 10 minutes here and he'll have enough ideas to last him a lifetime. In fact, there's a whole thread dedicated to it.
 
The upper deck of the student section wasn't just sparsely populated, it was completely empty.
 
according to stats from economic develop pros in Hartford cnty: attend at husky foosball in 2013 averaged 22k as compiled by mgmt contractor over civic center & e hart stadia; they used the number of times turnstyles actually turned on game day; this 22k is a 5% decline from 2012 (during 2013 univ said average attend was approx 34.6k so i guess this figure includes no shows?)

same pros said rev for huskies during 2013 for foos was 11.1mil, more than both hoops teams combined

during '13 syr rev was 33.2mil, duke 24.1, bc 22.9, texas 109.4

ya think hhuskies can compete
 
HuskyPete said:
Here's a great article by Mike DiMaruro that explains why students don't like the Rent. and leave early.

http://www.theday.com/article/20140919/SPORT01/309199972/1070/ENT02

They are Bored and Broke...To funny. I guest a two hour ride to the Army game is out of the question.

Enjoy
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Good ol' BC boy couldn't help but applaud his beloved Eagles for their "crazy" atmosphere against USC, could he? The game didn't even sell out! If he wanted to truly do a UCONN piece, all he had to do was point to last year's Michigan game at the Rent. That game DID sell out and the students were in their seats well before kickoff and throughout the whole game. Now THAT was a crazy atmosphere.

UCONN is really dropping the ball with their students. Either it needs to really consider building an on-campus stadium sometime in the next 10 years OR it needs to figure out how to engage students. Bus ride and tailgate costs should be rolled into the cost of a student season ticket. Drop the kids off at a tailgate specific for the students and feed these kids. And for the love of God, hold them hostage for a little longer than 1/2 of a game! When UCONN football is good again, and it will be, we want our students rocking the place.
 
HuskyPete said:
Here's a great article by Mike DiMaruro that explains why students don't like the Rent. and leave early.

http://www.theday.com/article/20140919/SPORT01/309199972/1070/ENT02

They are Bored and Broke...To funny. I guest a two hour ride to the Army game is out of the question.

Enjoy
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They don't like the Rent because the team is terrible. They leave early because most games aren't competitive late. If and when we start winning again that will change.
 
Wait what's a competitive game? OH how I long for those 5-7 seasons of long ago....
 
DoctorWho85 said:
Warde just needs to spend 10 minutes here and he'll have enough ideas to last him a lifetime. In fact, there's a whole thread dedicated to it.
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Damn it. If UCONN wants to know what it will take, other than winning, to fill the student section; ask the students. They are a captive audience. They're on campus, in the dorms, dining halls, class rooms, etc. "A Winner" will be number-one, by a wide margin. But, just maybe, one or two or more good ideas might emerge. I've been assuming that this was so obvious that it had already been accomplished. However, since no one has mentioned it, I can only assume that the students haven't been subject to even a rudimentary survey. Hell, call it "Exit interviews." What's so difficult?

1. Why don't you go?
2 Why don't you stay?
3. What would make you go and stay?
 
FAIRTIDES said:
Damn it. If UCONN wants to know what it will take, other than winning, to fill the student section; ask the students. They are a captive audience. They're on campus, in the dorms, dining halls, class rooms, etc. "A Winner" will be number-one, by a wide margin. But, just maybe, one or two or more good ideas might emerge. I've been assuming that this was so obvious that it had already been accomplished. However, since no one has mentioned it, I can only assume that the students haven't been subject to even a rudimentary survey. Hell, call it "Exit interviews." What's so difficult?

1. Why don't you go?
2 Why don't you stay?
3. What would make you go and stay?
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Never assume the obvious.
 
HuskyPete said:
Here's a great article by Mike DiMaruro that explains why students don't like the Rent. and leave early.

http://www.theday.com/article/20140919/SPORT01/309199972/1070/ENT02

They are Bored and Broke...To funny. I guest a two hour ride to the Army game is out of the question.

Enjoy
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OMG. He went on campus and interviewed students to find out -- get this now -- that there is less enthusiasm for getting to games when the team sucks and has sucked for a while? Damn, that's good reporting. Hopefully when he gets his Pulitzer the NYT hires him and lets him focus on getting scoops from the White House instead.

Putz.
 
UConn Football is not sustainable without something breaking our way relatively soon. First step in our control is winning, and winning relatively soon.
 
FAIRTIDES said:
Damn it. If UCONN wants to know what it will take, other than winning, to fill the student section; ask the students. They are a captive audience. They're on campus, in the dorms, dining halls, class rooms, etc. "A Winner" will be number-one, by a wide margin. But, just maybe, one or two or more good ideas might emerge. I've been assuming that this was so obvious that it had already been accomplished. However, since no one has mentioned it, I can only assume that the students haven't been subject to even a rudimentary survey. Hell, call it "Exit interviews." What's so difficult?

1. Why don't you go?
2 Why don't you stay?
3. What would make you go and stay?
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That's basically what I was trying to say, but I guess I wasn't clear. There are a million ideas to help increase student attendance and it all starts with the students. Get them involved with planning events or tailgates for the games and I think it'll go a long way to getting butts in the seats.
 
Agreed. Winning is most important, but it's silly to just stop there and say "it'll sort itself out when we start winning".

Determine every reason why students don't go and address those excuses one by one.
 
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