Attendance against State

It looked around 35-40k right before half, but that's just a guesstimate from glancing at the TV.

We lost at least a million dollars today regardless. THAT'S what'll get the admins attention before results on the field, sadly

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We lost at least a million dollars today regardless.

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I keep asking this week after week, HOW?

Don't say ticket sales, the majority were paid for prior to the season beginning in season sales. Just look at the after market sites for proof and I spoke to the foundation this past week for a long period of time.

Don't say concessions, because the new concession deal was awesome for the University. The concession contracts had specifics built in to keep the university losses down. those leasing the space are eating the majority of the losses.

Clothing, etc? Some..... but it isn't as bad as most think.

The university is relying on TV contract funds, shoe company funds, etal. This is one reason they haven't panicked... yet....

I just heard my major donor guy repeat this after the last couple home games, and this was the smallest crowd yet.

Regardless if most tickets are pre-sold, you can't tell me they're not losing chunks of money when the stands are half empty. That's not to mention apparel sales and donations.

The concession deal was based off previous sales and projected sales before the season, if that slumps then the next deal will be quite a bit less/worse.

If losing made as much money as winning - or even came close - then programs wouldn't be paying coaches ridiculous sums of money with giant buyouts.

That was the smallest crowd Ive ever seen in RRS for a hog game. Embarrassing attendance..ive Never seen so many empty seats in an SEC stadium.

Smallest DWRRS crowd since the expansion is what I saw earlier. Say what you want but having a crowd smaller than what you ran 20 yrs ago is a pretty dang big deal.

Don't know if it's true, but I saw on Twitter that we're averaging 11,000 less tickets sold per home game than we were in 2018.

If true, that's a big hit. I know the season ticket holders are where the big money is, but 11k tickets per game isn't chump change. Even if the truth is half that it hurts, and would only get worse next year.