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re: Top 20 fan bases in College sports
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:11 pm to MenloDawg
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:11 pm to MenloDawg
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Bama/UF/LSU/UT have all had recent attendance problems
Bama's only attendance problem has been with the greeks and some of the overall student body when we play directional (or equivalent) schools, and even then most of them show up, it's just late and they leave early. If the university would make good on their threat to take some of the student tickets and give them to Tide Pride, then we wouldn't have an attendance problem at all.
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:11 pm to Bama Bird
I have no ill will toward PSU.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:11 pm to TbirdSpur2010
I don't to A&M either 
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:13 pm to Blake R
Lol@ LSU not in top 10. List is a joke.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:13 pm to Bamatab
They should take away the upper level student seating and designate those tickets for sale to the general public, not just Tide Pride. They should add one more section to the lower student seating. Also, it should be first come first serve student seating. Block seating is a disaster.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:13 pm to Bamatab
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ama's only attendance problem has been with the greeks and some of the overall student body when we play directional (or equivalent) schools, and even then most of them show up, it's just late and they leave early. If the university would make good on their threat to take some of the student tickets and give them to Tide Pride, then we wouldn't have an attendance problem at all.
Its your students at all games, not just the lesser schools. Your most filled student section has been over 4k short in the biggest games
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:13 pm to bayou2003
you are guys are in the top 10 when you are playing alabama
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:14 pm to bayou2003
Business Insider..didn't read. 
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:15 pm to NYCAuburn
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Its your students at all games, not just the lesser schools. Your most filled student section has been over 4k short in the biggest games
It's true. I think it really says more about the culture at UA as a whole than anything
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:25 pm to lsusteve1
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Indiana??
They clearly belong on the list. This isn't even debatable.
I'm going to venture a guess that you've never been outside of Livingston Parish.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:38 pm to Bamatab
And our biggest problem with fans showing up late, at least when I was in undergrad, was the students, specifically the Greek sections. I'll stand by saying fans are pretty much the same. Some schools just have more followers based on size of the school, exposure, geographic location, tradition, etc. When teams are winning there are tickets sold, asses in the seats, and apparel flies off the racks. When teams suck it's largely the opposite. When teams win over a long period of time it gets stale and there is generally less interest. I've never met a single fan base where I thought "wow, these guys are really unique and the best fans in the country." I don't even now how somebody could sit down and attempt to make one of these lists.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 5:01 pm to Bamatab
Penn State should be number 1 or 2 as them and Nebraska have the most loyal fans in college football
Posted on 6/25/14 at 5:05 pm to Sevendust912
Not saying I disagree but how does one measure loyalty amongst a fanbase? Coming to games when the team sucks? If that's it then SCAR has the best fans hands down.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 5:07 pm to Blake R
Two years ago they couldn't pack Doak Campbell out if they were giving away free beer. It had been that way since they canned Bobby.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 5:08 pm to Patton
Well Nebraska has sold out every game for like 60 years and PSU fans still are in denial about Sandusky so I'd say they are both up there as the most loyal.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 5:14 pm to MrAUTigers
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Two years ago they couldn't pack Doak Campbell out if they were giving away free beer. It had been that way since they canned Bobby.
They finally sold out their season tickets for the first time in over a decade.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 6:10 pm to MenloDawg
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And our biggest problem with fans showing up late, at least when I was in undergrad, was the students, specifically the Greek sections. I'll stand by saying fans are pretty much the same. Some schools just have more followers based on size of the school, exposure, geographic location, tradition, etc. When teams are winning there are tickets sold, asses in the seats, and apparel flies off the racks. When teams suck it's largely the opposite. When teams win over a long period of time it gets stale and there is generally less interest. I've never met a single fan base where I thought "wow, these guys are really unique and the best fans in the country." I don't even now how somebody could sit down and attempt to make one of these lists.
Exactly. It's embarrassing when our stands weren't completely full 5 minutes before the USC game this past year. They only time I think they were full by kickoff was the LSU game this year. The most embarrassing part is that it is the students that don't show up. I understand enjoying the pre game festivities, but showing up 10 minutes early isn't that hard. The one thing I will say about our fans is that we travel well. Our traveling fans are up there with the best, and those games I've gone to have been some of the most fun just because everybody that travels to the games actually cares about the team. I've heard our players say that they don't like our home fans, but love our traveling fans. Can't say I disagree with them.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:12 pm to lsusteve1
Indiana in over Kentucky as a basketball fanbase is beyond laughable.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:01 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Tejas 4th aTm 12 th.
List is pure crap.
A&M has 31,000 students standing throughout the game, no matter who we play. They stay in the stands at halftime to cheer the band.
A&M former students set a public university record in 2013 by donating $740 million.
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