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Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:06 am
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:07 am to LSU Tigerhead
This means we are following slowly behind with tv and such crowd size should be down
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:08 am to LSU Tigerhead
Crazy that for Oklahoma and Texas the hardest road game they would play in the big12 was at Iowa St and Texas Tech 
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:10 am to Tenn grad LSU fan
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This means we are following slowly behind with tv and such crowd size should be down
English, please
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Tenn grad LSU fan
Oh nevermind
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 10:13 am
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:13 am to BamaSaint
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:16 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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Crazy that for Oklahoma and Texas the hardest road game they would play in the big12 was at Iowa St and Texas Tech
People aren’t talking enough about this. For decades they’ve played in Lawrence or Waco or Lubbock for 35-50k with tons of your fans there
They are in for an awakening
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:19 am to LSU Tigerhead
No way we had that many butts in the seats this year. Upper decks at TS look half empty
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:20 am to dallastiger55
Except for Vandy I think just about every SEC road environment is going to blow the BigXII ones out of the water. OU and Texas don't play on easy mode now
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:31 am to Mason Dixon Swine
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Except for Vandy I think just about every SEC road environment is going to blow the BigXII ones out of the water. OU and Texas don't play on easy mode now
If only we could play at BDS every week...
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:35 am to dallastiger55
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People aren’t talking enough about this. For decades they’ve played in Lawrence or Waco or Lubbock for 35-50k with tons of your fans there
They are in for an awakening
It's been talked about ad nauseam. Crowd size is meaningful but not as big of a deal as it's made out to be. I've been to a ton of college games in about 18 stadiums (including Alabama/LSU at Tiger Stadium) and the craziest crowd I ever experienced was in Lubbock in 2008 and it was like 50,000 people. We handled the 100,000 person crowd at Bama just fine. I know games at Jordan-Hare and Death Valley will be another animal but we're well aware.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:41 am to dallastiger55
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People aren’t talking enough about this. For decades they’ve played in Lawrence or Waco or Lubbock for 35-50k with tons of your fans there
They are in for an awakening
WTF, we played at Bama this year and did just fine. Nothing scary about big crowds. It's fun for the players. That's about it.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:50 am to BigBro
One game. Huge sample size.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:50 am to Capn_Bevo
I give Texas more credit than OU. Y’all have had big games out of conference and go to Michigan next year
OU hasn’t had a big road game in years and have 1 P5 non conference game in the last two years and it’s against Houston next year.
OU hasn’t had a big road game in years and have 1 P5 non conference game in the last two years and it’s against Houston next year.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:09 am to LSU Tigerhead
MSU attendance is usually higher we were averaging around 58k prior to Covid. Capacity is 61k
It had dropped to 49k in 2021 then picked up to 55k in 2022. It dropped this year due to us sucking
Hoping with a new coach it’ll pick back up this next year.
It had dropped to 49k in 2021 then picked up to 55k in 2022. It dropped this year due to us sucking
Hoping with a new coach it’ll pick back up this next year.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:13 am to dallastiger55
I think most sooner fans would tell you that we would much rather our team play in these environments than the sleepy current big 12 environments. It's not like we've run from big environments, we were playing the Ohio States, ND's & Tennessee's of the world in the non-con in the BCS and early CFP eras. We were scheduled to have Georgia and LSU on the schedule prior to the SEC announcement.
One thing I've seen in the recent big 12 is how an 11 AM kick with a small crowd size like Kansas can negatively affect a team. The effect might be more significant than the big environments which can be an additional motivation for a team.
One thing I've seen in the recent big 12 is how an 11 AM kick with a small crowd size like Kansas can negatively affect a team. The effect might be more significant than the big environments which can be an additional motivation for a team.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:14 am to LSU Tigerhead
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:15 am to LSU Tigerhead
The other thing I'd like to see with this graphic is "as percentage of stadium capacity...."
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:27 am to Comancheria
My take on this isn't intimidation of opposing teams by crowd size, it's fan support.
No conference has such driven fan support as the SEC. It's pressure from the fans that drive the programs to be as great as they are.
No conference has such driven fan support as the SEC. It's pressure from the fans that drive the programs to be as great as they are.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:35 am to LSU Tigerhead
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My take on this isn't intimidation of opposing teams by crowd size, it's fan support.
No conference has such driven fan support as the SEC. It's pressure from the fans that drive the programs to be as great as they are.
That's a good point. I'd be curious about the ratio of graduating class size to average gameday attendance.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:38 am to Lonnie Utah
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The other thing I'd like to see with this graphic is "as percentage of stadium capacity...."
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