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Posted on 11/22/21 at 3:55 pm to LuciusSulla
Posted on 11/22/21 at 3:55 pm to LuciusSulla
It has much more to do with the slate of games this year than anything. Austin Peay, Tulane in a torrential downpour, Arkansas at 11 am, LSU, A&M, Liberty, and Vandy in 30 degree weather.. 4 cupcakes and Arkansas at 11 when everyone has had issues with attendance.
I'm lucky enough to live here and went to every game except Tulane (didn't wait out the rain) and Liberty (went to a wedding). But when talking with friends, I couldn't ever get a lot of them to come because if they needed a hotel, it was exorbitantly expensive. It ain't worth it to see most of those games. The ones that it was worth it, we showed up.
I'm lucky enough to live here and went to every game except Tulane (didn't wait out the rain) and Liberty (went to a wedding). But when talking with friends, I couldn't ever get a lot of them to come because if they needed a hotel, it was exorbitantly expensive. It ain't worth it to see most of those games. The ones that it was worth it, we showed up.
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Posted on 11/22/21 at 5:10 pm to TMRebel
We have put butts in the seats when the game matters.
Again, I want to stress this issue is not ours alone. Even bluebloods have been struggling with attendance.
Some bluebloods, such as Alabama and LSU, report attendance numbers which are clearly incorrect to the naked eye. If you watched even a fraction of the LSU/UL-Monroe or LSU/Arkansas games, you'd know there weren't 92,000 people there. The same thing is true for Auburn: there were huge swaths of Auburn's upper decks with no people in them in their game versus Mississippi State, yet Auburn reported a sellout.
Then, there are the programs that have simply stopped caring. Those programs are out west. Oregon State is having its best season since 2012, and even they can't sell out their stadium. They only had 29,579 in the stands this weekend when they beat a 7-4 Arizona State team. Their stadium seats over 43,000.
Again, I want to stress this issue is not ours alone. Even bluebloods have been struggling with attendance.
Some bluebloods, such as Alabama and LSU, report attendance numbers which are clearly incorrect to the naked eye. If you watched even a fraction of the LSU/UL-Monroe or LSU/Arkansas games, you'd know there weren't 92,000 people there. The same thing is true for Auburn: there were huge swaths of Auburn's upper decks with no people in them in their game versus Mississippi State, yet Auburn reported a sellout.
Then, there are the programs that have simply stopped caring. Those programs are out west. Oregon State is having its best season since 2012, and even they can't sell out their stadium. They only had 29,579 in the stands this weekend when they beat a 7-4 Arizona State team. Their stadium seats over 43,000.
This post was edited on 11/22/21 at 5:24 pm
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