What attendance would constitute a good showing on Saturday?

[huskymedic]

Decent crowd. But it sure didn't look like 37,000+. Regardless, perfect weather, Huskies rolled, nice way to start the season.

“Distibuted” being the key word.

 

[kemba]

“Distibuted” being the key word.

Yea but they’ve been using that word for years. And previous years for the fcs game they would do things like give every season ticket holder a free extra ticket which unless I missed the announcement they didn’t do this year.

I was surprised to see the number when it was announced but before it came out I was incredible impressed by the crowd by the eyeball test.

And I rip into the students all the time but they packed the place and stayed into the 2nd half

We’ll see how things continue. Central brought a lot of fans. Usually the students show up for the first game. But for just today couldn’t have asked for more.

 

[Viet Vet]

“Distibuted” being the key word.

No way there were 37,000 tickets sold, or people in the stands at any given time. BUT, the TV panorama of the stands was encouraging. However, the TV announcers never shut up, and the director(s) could not relieve themselves of the desire to show crowd shots, replays, and Joe Zone during actual play. Almost as bad as basketball TV shots of the crowd, parents, cheerleaders while the ball is in play.

May we PLEASE watch the game!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Yeah, no. Not even close.

Stands looked pretty full for the first half.

I was pleasantly surprised with the attendance but 37k is a stretch. I believe a more legitimate number would be around 28k, maybe just slightly more.

 

[zls44]

Crowd looked great from NJ!

 

[Waquoit]

I was pleasantly surprised with the attendance but 37k is a stretch.

"Distributed" is attached to that 37K number. I was at a soccer game years ago when the announced attendance was 37K. I didn't see an empty seat then.

 

[huskymedic]

No way there were 37,000 tickets sold,

Nobody said there were 37k+ tickets sold - they said distributed.

Tickets sold refer to tickets that were paid for, while tickets distributed include all tickets that were given out, both paid and complimentary/promotional.

 

[ZooCougar]

No way there were 37,000 tickets sold, or people in the stands at any given time. BUT, the TV panorama of the stands was encouraging. However, the TV announcers never shut up, and the director(s) could not relieve themselves of the desire to show crowd shots, replays, and Joe Zone during actual play. Almost as bad as basketball TV shots of the crowd, parents, cheerleaders while the ball is in play.

May we PLEASE watch the game!

Old Man Yells At Cloud

 

[Kolumbo]

who cares how many people actually attended. I'm fine going with 37k because it's not a lie if you believe it

 

[Purple Stein]

Good crowd, tough to blame folks for leaving early when the score was what it was.

Gotta lower the price on the sun side chairbacks if they want to fill them.

 

[Gburyhusky]

Anyone who has been to the Rent is aware that at any given time during a game there is a healthy percentage of the crowd milling around the concourse, which is one reason why there is always skepticism about announced attendance based on what people see on TV. There is also always a difference between the tickets distributed v. scanned figures. With all that being said, this was a very solid crowd, with an exceptional student turnout, and given where things were just a few years ago anybody complaining should have there head examined, with all due respect.

 

[Waquoit]

Gotta lower the price on the sun side chairbacks if they want to fill them.

Then raise it for the November games.

 

[businesslawyer]

Obviously that isn’t the real attendance, but both end zones (students and visitors) were pretty packed, and other than the chairback seats that very well may have been sold but where the owners didn’t bother cancelling their Labor Day weekend I would guess that was as full as the stadium has been since P was fired.

 

[huskymedic]

-> … So on balance, the current state of UConn football shows it has come a long, long way in four years, and this was another good day. But the work of getting a prominent place on the Connecticut’s cultural calendar, getting folks in their seats — and on the edge of them — is ongoing. <-

 

[CCSUblue]

And leaving en masse mid 3rd quarter...

That's when the busses start. That's the biggest issue with keeping the students at the game. At least that's how it was 15 years ago.

 

[beerfan]

I got there a little before noon and was second to last row in the Blue lot, a half hour later they were turning people away, not sure where.

It was also nice to see a lot of CCSU fans there.

 

[ZooCougar]

-> … So on balance, the current state of UConn football shows it has come a long, long way in four years, and this was another good day. But the work of getting a prominent place on the Connecticut’s cultural calendar, getting folks in their seats — and on the edge of them — is ongoing. <-

We've been talking about this since the Rent opened and throughout the Big East years. We aren't a punctual fanbase. That is the culture.

 

[ZooCougar]

Obviously that isn’t the real attendance, but both end zones (students and visitors) were pretty packed, and other than the chairback seats that very well may have been sold but where the owners didn’t bother cancelling their Labor Day weekend I would guess that was as full as the stadium has been since P was fired.

Why would they so deliberately misrepresent that number? Surely they know that number is tickets distributed.

The place seats 38k, but many here remember what it was like and how full it looked when we really did have 38-40k in the stadium.

Today looked stout attendance wise but it was nowhere close to 37k in attendance.

 

[zls44]

That's when the busses start. That's the biggest issue with keeping the students at the game. At least that's how it was 15 years ago.

Was told that starting today the student busses don’t leave until the 4th but couldn’t confirm

 

[Windham4th]

Was told that starting today the student busses don’t leave until the 4th but couldn’t confirm

Kids have the attention span of a goldfish these days

 

[LetsGoUC]

Wait, didn't we say we had a sellout vs NC state two years ago?

 

[slepers]

No way there were 37,000 tickets sold, or people in the stands at any given time. BUT, the TV panorama of the stands was encouraging. However, the TV announcers never shut up, and the director(s) could not relieve themselves of the desire to show crowd shots, replays, and Joe Zone during actual play. Almost as bad as basketball TV shots of the crowd, parents, cheerleaders while the ball is in play.

May we PLEASE watch the game!

It is on radio

 

[psilotic]

Gotta lower the price on the sun side chairbacks if they want to fill them.

This. We're in year 23. The pricing model has proven beyond doubt it doesn't work.

 

[CCSU97]

For the record, Pitt reported 50k for a game against fellow NEC member Duquesne today.

Again, it isn't the opponent, weather, or day/time - UConn is never going to draw what other major college football programs do - it just isn't in Connecticut's DNA.

 

[Hoophound]

For the record, Pitt reported 50k for a game against fellow NEC member Duquesne today.

Again, it isn't the opponent, weather, or day/time - UConn is never going to draw what other major college football programs do - it just isn't in Connecticut's DNA.

We’re front runners. We pile up championships in other sports. When our football program is winning and playing in a legit conference again, the Rent will be full. You won’t see the more casual fans show up consistently until then. They expect bigger games, that’s what they are used to within our athletic department. I know it’s the reason. I ask friends to go and they ask who we’re playing. When I tell them we’re getting better, they take a very cautious approach. They are guys that will believe it when they see it and they will go back. They were there every week when we were in the Big East. Right now they are content to golf, gamble on football games, go to a pro game etc. A so so team playing nobodies doesn’t do it for them. They just aren’t hardcore fans.

As far as Pitt goes, people forget that Western Pa was a football hotbed for generations. That reputation has slipped some as the south has taken over football. Football fandom runs really deep in Western PA. I’m not surprised they pulled that many. At the same time you see schools like Wake and others with nobody in the stands. We had a good showing today with a nice crowd. The other fans will be back. Let’s worry about our D Line for now. That’s the more pressing matter.