Crowd

[beasteast]

Very happy with today’s attendance… building it back ! On to next Friday !

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It took me about 15 minutes to get out of the parking lot. I do not remember the last time there was any meaningful traffic leaving the stadium after the game was over. Usually the Rent has emptied out long before that.

 

[uconnbill]

The crowd was the best in five years. They were loud and a good many stayed until the game was almost over.

 

[Coach J]

Crowded and enthusiastic!

 

[DoctorWho85]

Crowd sounded loud and very invested in the game. It's been awhile since it sound like that on TV

 

[ct06111]

Had to park @ letter O. Haven’t parked that far down the alphabet in a long time.

 

[Scrutineer]

The crowd sounded delirious on TV. The roars were really loud and it was often hard to hear the announcers.
For those at the game, was it that loud or did the producers just have a microphone amped up to make it sound that good?
Whatever it was, it should have made a great impression on any recruits that may have watched it!

 

[MKH2317]

The crowd sounded delirious on TV. The roars were really loud and it was often hard to hear the announcers.
For those at the game, was it that loud or did the producers just have a microphone amped up to make it sound that good?
Whatever it was, it should have made a great impression on any recruits that may have watched it!

It was loud, and there were some passionate fans up in those seats, especially in the first half with our flurry of offense at the beginning and some huge defensive stops. Boy was it ever loud in third downs with the “welcome to the jungle intro” which was immediately followed by more noise when we stopped them. The crowd was loud on every first down we made. It was a great atmosphere, I’m glad I got to see the Rent that way again.

 

[BugsyCT]

It was a good crowd - 25K+

The advantage of 1) scheduling local opponents and 2) having a competent FBS football team again that's on the rise. Not to mention the weather has been really good for all our home games thus far.

We've had a great home schedule this year - CCSU, Syracuse, BC and UMass. If that doesn't generate local fan interest and fannies in the seats, not much will.

 

[Waquoit]

It was a legit crowd that was really into the game.

 

[SubbaBub]

It was a legit crowd that was really into the game.

Legit game against a legit name opponent. It was never the fans. It was the product and getting jerked around for 10 years. We were averaging over 30,000 as late as 2016.

 

[UConnJim]

The fan base needed to be rebuilt. Think about this. If you were a student at UConn in the past 10 years, you never experienced a winning season. And, not only was the team not good, many seasons they were one of the worst in FBS. COVID? UConn was one of the only teams to cancel the season. That does not help build the fan base! But, winning changes everything, especially when you can play and beat local opponents.

 

[Redding Husky]

25K is good, especially since BCU didn’t bring many. It’s not like it was 15K for UConn and 10K for BCU. It was nearly all UConn.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Any chance we get 25k again for Friday?

 

[Redding Husky]

Pretty good crowd for a “hockey school”.

 

[Redding Husky]

Any chance we get 25k again for Friday?

The goal is 25 and it may be possible. I’m thinking 17-20. The weather is supposed to be pretty good. My family is flying up from Dallas this week and we’ll be at the game.

 

[Husky92]

What was interesting was the lack of BC fans. Cuse had at least 25% of the crowd for their game if not more. BC fans were present, but nearly as many, and fairly invisible.

 

[BugsyCT]

What was interesting was the lack of BC fans. Cuse had at least 25% of the crowd for their game if not more. BC fans were present, but nearly as many, and fairly invisible.

Cuse is good this year and have a lot of alumni in the area. BC sucks this year and we know the deal with their fan(s).

 

[hardcorehusky]

The jingling of the keys was deafening!

 

[HartfordHank]

For those that were at the game, during the PC Richard's promotion, the kid that tried to kick the ball really embarassed himself!

 

[giddyup]

For those that were at the game, during the PC Richard's promotion, the kid that tried to kick the ball really embarassed himself!

Hilarious. The slow mo replay was brutal. He’ll have that one hanging over him for the rest of life… ever seen your Dad kick a field goal? … ever seen your Grandpa …

 

[ZachFan]

The jingling of the keys was deafening!

A few times on third down the scoreboard showed a picture of shake your keys, of course with an advertisement below, and they did not play any third down music to get people jacked up. It's about as dumb as you can get

 

[CL82]

The jingling of the keys was deafening!

I heard that the BCU players thought they were getting tinnitus and thus were distracted.

#fearthejingle

 

[DoctorWho85]

If you build it (the program) they will come (fans)

 

[HartfordHank]

A few times on third down the scoreboard showed a picture of shake your keys, of course with an advertisement below, and they did not play any third down music to get people jacked up. It's about as dumb as you can get

Having to pipe in music is weak. Way to much yesterday. UConn has a great band, why pipe in music when you have the band?