OT: Guys, it could be worse. We could be Georgia Tech...

[NHUConnfan]

117 people attended the spring game.

Yes, you read that right. 117. As in, less than the number if both parents for each football player came.

http://bloguin.com/crystalballrun/2014-articles/117-fans-attended-georgia-techs-spring-game.html

I haven't heard about the marketing for our spring game this year (not in CT) but I guarantee you it's better than this.

 

[uconnbill]

UCONN attendance was pretty good compared to a number of other schools.

 

[huskypantz]

School Attendance
Alabama 73506
Penn State 72000
Auburn 70465
Tennessee 68548
Nebraska 61772
Ohio State 61058
Georgia 46073
Oklahoma 43500
South Carolina 36412
Florida State 36000
Florida 35834
Clemson 33000
Texas 30000
Notre Dame 27986
Louisville 27500
Missouri 23000
Mississippi State 21710
Texas Tech 19500
LSU 18565
USC 17500
Michigan 15000
Ole Miss 15000
Boise State 13822
Utah 12056
West Virginia 10000
Indiana 9231
Arizona State 8456
Vanderbilt 8400
Maryland 8319
Wisconsin 8204
Memphis 7500
Purdue 7175
Arizona 7100
BYU 6500
UConn 6500
Colorado 6350
Utah State 6000
East Carolina 5867
Troy 5500
Cincinnati 5400
North Texas 5325
Illinois 5105
Minnesota 5000
Louisiana Tech 5000
Southern Miss 5000
Western Kentucky 4500
Georgia Southern 4200
Syracuse 4021
Duke 4000
Florida Atlantic 4000
Baylor 3750
Colorado State 3100
Oklahoma State 2500
Appalachian State 2500
TCU 2000
UNLV 2000
USF 2000
Georgia Tech 1500
Ball State 1356
San Jose State 1000
UMass 750
Bowling Green 600
Akron 500
Fresno State 500
Air Force 300
Northwestern N/A
Texas A&M N/A
Tulane N/A
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/7/5590714/spring-game-attendance-numbers-2014
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/7/5590714/spring-game-attendance-numbers-2014

 

[SubbaBub]

Meh, still closer to the bottom of the list, where the wannabes play. I think 10,000 is the number you'd want.

 

[Waquoit]

Meh, still closer to the bottom of the list, where the wannabes play. I think 10,000 is the number you'd want.

Meh, to you. It's just a number.

 

[Palatine]

Meh, still closer to the bottom of the list, where the wannabes play. I think 10,000 is the number you'd want.

I think that's about right and realistic. 10,000 would be a statement and it is achievable if the athletic department makes it a priority.

 

[ktuck911]

Now alls we need to do start recruiting like GaTech and we'll be all set....

 

[BHusky]

I think that's about right and realistic. 10,000 would be a statement and it is achievable if the athletic department makes it a priority.

Regularly getting 10k is realistic with a few winning seasons and a culture where we expect the team to be top 25. I don't see it though until we get to the next level of excitement which would consist of a new conference affiliation. 6,500 is a great number though for a team coming of 3 bad years and mostly driven based on the sales job the new HC has done in a short amount of time.

BC had "roughly 3,000" at their game in the only mention of attendance given in one article. Syracuse had 4,000 in a dome where weather never matters. GTech had 117 (love how they report 1,500), Pitt canceled their game, but historically have horrible attendance. Duke had 4,000 coming off their best football season in 60+ years. Rutgers will probably have a good draw having the B10 excitement as would many teams in their situation. Kind of shocked to see how little support Baylor gets in a football crazed State and with the success they have had the last 5-6 years.

 

[huskypantz]

We had 10k at spring games before. 2005 I think. It's definitely not a stretch.

 

[whaler11]

I didn't see any highlights but based on Twitter there was a big weather issue for GT. Rain of a biblical proportion from the sounds of it.

 

[Husky92]

I was there with my continent, but....how do they count it anyway? I don't recall walking through turnstiles or on being counted in any way. It's gotta just be an estimate, no?

 

[HuskyV]

We don't get 10k to some of our hoop games in Storrs.

 

[ZooCougar]

It really is a meaningless number. But 6,500 for UConn isn't terrible given that we won three games last season. It just shows that we aren't dead yet.

 

[FAIRTIDES]

I think that's about right and realistic. 10,000 would be a statement and it is achievable if the athletic department makes it a priority.

Okay. I personally counted the house. I don't know where the 6500 came from. I had 10,001. My guess is that these numbers a "self-reported."

 

[Waquoit]

I didn't see any highlights but based on Twitter there was a big weather issue for GT. Rain of a biblical proportion from the sounds of it.

I don't remember anyone giving us a pass for our lousy weather games.

 

[whaler11]

I don't remember anyone giving us a pass for our lousy weather games.

I'm not giving anyone a pass, other than if the weather is so bad there were 13 fumbles that must be an unenjoyable atmosphere to sit in. I think the guy who wrote the article is right. Friday night is tough and people are tiring of Johnson.