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[NYUConn]

I'm sorry but this isn't even close to being true.

I know for a fact that the announced attendance at the Rent for about 90% of the first three seasons it was open was 40,000 - a sellout.

 

[mike012]

It's funny how ill-informed most fans are about where their schools really sit in the world. We've all been immersed in this data for years and have few illusions.

Just looking at athletic budgets. UConn ranks ahead of Colorado, let alone Colorado State. CSU is between Fresno and UMass. Behind such athletic powerhouses as Old Dominion, James Madison and ECU.

The good thing about Colorado is when you say" I wish I could get some of what your smoking" You can actually buy it there.

 

[IMind]

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This is the greatest chart in the history of charts.

 

[IMind]

I'm sorry but this isn't even close to being true.

You're forgetting about all those years where they counted ticket sold instead of turnstyled attendance. We had a fair number of 40k games... and a lot of pretty good years even after we flipper formulas... PP was only 3 years... I know it seems like longer... but the rent was open 7 years before PP showed up.

 

[The Viking]

UConn's average football attendance since 2003 is 36+k?

There has been 30k in the stadium maybe three times in the last 5 years.

You might want to check the math on that one.

A lot of teams balloon their attendances regarding actual Fannie's in the seats.
Calm down

 

[Bezzz]

There has been 30k in the stadium maybe three times in the last 5 years.

Attendance as per UCONNHuskies.com

'15-16
Navy 33,204
USF 31,719

'14-'15
BYU 35,150
Boise 30098

'13-'14
Towson 30,689
Maryland 38,916
Michigan 42,704
USF 37,861

'12-'13
UMass 35,270
NC State 34,202
Buffalo 34,666
Temple 37,279
Pitt 33,503
Cinn 33,112

'11-'12
Fordham 34,562
Iowas St. 37,195
W. Michigan 36,648
USF 37,162
Syracuse 38,769
Louisville 34,483
Rutgers 37,857

 

[Husky25]

You're forgetting about all those years where they counted ticket sold instead of turnstyled attendance. We had a fair number of 40k games... and a lot of pretty good years even after we flipper formulas... PP was only 3 years... I know it seems like longer... but the rent was open 7 years before PP showed up.

Not to pick nits but 03-'10 inclusive = 8 years, and however UConn counted attendance, officially, they have been able to fill Rentschler to 90% capacity for the first 12 years of FBS football.

2014​

27,461

2013
30,932

2012
34,672

2011
36668
2010​

38,248
2009​

38,229
2008​

39,331
2007​

38,205
2006​

38,939
2005​

40,000
2004​

39,304
2003​

37,059​

Average

36,587​

 

[IMind]

Not to pick nits but 03-'10 inclusive = 8 years.

Hehehe... I miss-read the Wikipedia page.

<=---- I refer you to my title.

 

[whaler11]

Attendance as per UCONNHuskies.com

'15-16
Navy 33,204
USF 31,719

'14-'15
BYU 35,150
Boise 30098

'13-'14
Towson 30,689
Maryland 38,916
Michigan 42,704
USF 37,861

'12-'13
UMass 35,270
NC State 34,202
Buffalo 34,666
Temple 37,279
Pitt 33,503
Cinn 33,112

'11-'12
Fordham 34,562
Iowas St. 37,195
W. Michigan 36,648
USF 37,162
Syracuse 38,769
Louisville 34,483
Rutgers 37,857

LOL. The only number close to reality is the Michigan number.

Do you guys actually go to the games?

I buy tickets in the last row - I know when you can throw a grenade and injure no one.

 

[whaler11]

You're forgetting about all those years where they counted ticket sold instead of turnstyled attendance. We had a fair number of 40k games... and a lot of pretty good years even after we flipper formulas... PP was only 3 years... I know it seems like longer... but the rent was open 7 years before PP showed up.

I understand that you can take ridiculous numbers and do anything you like to them. I've been at every game but one since the place opened.

The years they were publishing 40k (in a building that holds 38,500) were just as silly as over 30k for Towson.

There have been two games that were legitmate sell outs. Boston College and Michigan.

 

[IMind]

LOL. The only number close to reality is the Michigan number.

Do you guys actually go to the games?

You don't think Cinnci and Houston inflated there numbers too?

 

[whaler11]

You don't think Cinnci and Houston inflated there numbers too?

I'm sure they do.

Here is what you are missing and why I said it.

The dear genius that tweeted the chart wrote a blog post being critical of the optics of attendance at a game that he watched on TV from 5 minutes away.

When he was called out on it he edited the post and has refused to admit that he was critical of the people that did the same thing he did.

He's a wannabe journalist who can't even come clean when he is full of crap. You'd think a wannabe journalist would care about having credibility - but he doesn't so I will forever mock him.

 

[IMind]

I'm sure they do.

Here is what you are missing and why I said it.

The dear genius that tweeted the chart wrote a blog post being critical of the optics of attendance at a game that he watched on TV from 5 minutes away.

When he was called out on it he edited the post and has refused to admit that he was critical of the people that did the same thing he did.

He's a wannabe journalist who can't even come clean when he is full of crap. You'd think a wannabe journalist would care about having credibility - but he doesn't so I will forever mock him.

I still like the chart.

 

[whaler11]

I still like the chart.

The chart is fine I guess - but when you work with numbers when idiots use arbitrary endpoints it's impossible to take them seriously.

 

[IMind]

The chart is fine I guess - but when you work with numbers when idiots use arbitrary endpoints it's impossible to take them seriously.

The attendance isn't even the worst thing on there... I mean he starts in '03 when the Rent opens... makes sense... to some extent. I hate US News and World Reports... and the AD budget is complete insanity... but it's a quick and easy (and superficial) chart that does answer some of the stupider arguments against our inclusion in the B12.

 

[whaler11]

The attendance isn't even the worst thing on there... I mean he starts in '03 when the Rent opens... makes sense... to some extent. I hate US News and World Reports... and the AD budget is complete insanity... but it's a quick and easy (and superficial) chart that does answer some of the stupider arguments against our inclusion in the B12.

But nobody with greater than 10 brain cells is swayed.

I just enjoy pointing out when idiots think they are being clever.

 

[Slasher]

So WVU fans would rather be in the American than the SEC? That poll is interesting (and it was an actual scientific poll.)

 

[CallMeBruce]

They know they can't win in the SEC, but they could in the AAC, so I guess there's that.

 

[IMind]

So WVU fans would rather be in the American than the SEC? That poll is interesting (and it was an actual scientific poll.)

If I didn't duck-_king hate every single person associated with Syracuse, Pitt, BCU, Miami, PC, and Villanova... I'd probably agree with them.

 

[whaler11]

So WVU fans would rather be in the American than the SEC? That poll is interesting (and it was an actual scientific poll.)

The only option that should be available in a West Virginia poll is 'not sure'

 

[billybud]

I read the poll...women voters outnumbered men...53% to 47%.

Three times the percentage of Male voters preferred the ACC over Female voters (I wonder why the difference).

2% of the Female voters preferred the SEC while 8% of the Male voters did...four times the female percentage (surprised at low % overall though).

 

[UConn22]

I understand that you can take ridiculous numbers and do anything you like to them. I've been at every game but one since the place opened.

The years they were publishing 40k (in a building that holds 38,500) were just as silly as over 30k for Towson.

There have been two games that were legitmate sell outs. Boston College and Michigan.

Opening day against Indiana was a sell out. I would agree they have not had a large number of legitimate sell outs, but to say that there's only been two is absurd.

 

[SubbaBub]

The ACC is huddled quietly in the corner hoping the B12 raids the AAC, and the P2 is happy counting their money.

Any preemptive move by the ACC at this point might garner too much attention from others who might perceive it as weakness.

Say the B12 is interested in UCONN and the ACC calls instead. With UCONN off the table, maybe the B12 decides to go for FSU instead.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The ACC is huddled quietly in the corner hoping the B12 raids the AAC, and the P2 is happy counting their money.

Any preemptive move by the ACC at this point might garner too much attention from others who might perceive it as weakness.

Say the B12 is interested in UCONN and the ACC calls instead. With UCONN off the table, maybe the B12 decides to go for FSU instead.

With GOR's, every P5 program is locked up through 2025. FSU is not going anywhere.

 

[CallMeBruce]

The ACC is huddled quietly in the corner hoping the B12 raids the AAC, and the P2 is happy counting their money.

Any preemptive move by the ACC at this point might garner too much attention from others who might perceive it as weakness.

Say the B12 is interested in UCONN and the ACC calls instead. With UCONN off the table, maybe the B12 decides to go for FSU instead.

The availability of UConn would have no bearing on the Big 12 trying to acquire Florida State. If Florida State wanted to go to the Big 12, they would, without question, be the first invite.