What attendance would constitute a good showing on Saturday?

[Palatine]

And what attendance do you predict?

I think anywhere around 25,000 would be a respectable number.

I expect 21, 384 to be the actual number.

 

[BlueandOG]

Its the home opener against a local opponent on a gorgeous day - we'll get 25,000.

 

[coachcap]

It is Labor Day Weekend, with many scheduling "end of Summer" festivities (last time going to the beach, boating, family reunion picnics).
On a better note, my daughter & son-in-law just ordered tickets for their family, so I get 3 of my grands at the tailgate!

 

[businesslawyer]

Can’t make a guess unless you specify whether you’re asking to guess fans in the building or reported attendance. Because they are two totally different numbers.

 

[Devland]

I am only concerned with me being there. Everyone else is up to them.

 

[Gburyhusky]

Hopefully near 30k (tickets distributed). Local opponent and nice weather will help with sales at the end of the week.

 

[UCFBfan]

I’ll be watching while at the beach but I think 25k is very ambitious. I think somewhere in the 16-18k region is a win.

 

[FightOnCT]

We reportedly sold >30K last year vs Merrimack coming off a 3-9 season and a blowout loss the week prior. It better be around that number this year, regardless if accurate to the physical attendance.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I remember seeing a good amount of CCSU fans last time they played.

 

[Steve UConn72]

FWIW, my phone says the weather next Saturday is partly cloudy with a high of 74. (Not worth much, really. It will say something different tomorrow.)

 

[uconntailgater]

I don’t think it was a good idea to schedule this game for 2 o’clock on a Saturday afternoon on the last major summer holiday weekend. The game should’ve been scheduled for this Thursday evening at 7 PM. Unless we were playing a better named opponent and television dictated a Saturday start time, then this game should’ve been moved to Thursday evening.

 

[BlueWolf25]

where is this info available?

It’s not, he’s a troll

 

[CL82]

a high of 74.

For a second, I thought this was an extraordinarily pessimistic estimate of the crowd size.

 

[RSTuthill]

It's Labor Day Weekend, and most people head for the shore on the Friday night before. Historically UConn has opened against an FCS opponent on Thursday night and gotten a decent crowd. CCSU as the opponent will be a plus for attendance, the date and time of the game a minus. Who knows, maybe 18K tickets scanned which will be reported by UConn as 25K and will include the season tix not scanned as well as other distributions. I prefer to see old Yankee Conference foes but CCSU will be a good opponent too. Apparently they are pretty good this year which will give UConn a bit of a test to prepare for Syracuse the next weekend. Can't believe the weather has turned cooler and gorgeous. Football is right around the corner. Hoping for a deminimus injury report after.

 

[ZooCougar]

It's fun to talk about, but in truth, I don't think it matters.

I think we better come out with a barrels blazing and put up a big score to generate more excitement. This was a playoff team last year and not a Merrimack.

 

[BugsyCT]

27K (in the building) is my semi-optimistic prediction because of the local opponent & good weather.