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Posted on 5/2/10 at 1:55 pm to BilJ
No one is in town, school is out and most students went home before the weekend.
Baseball has never been a big draw at UF for some reason. We get 2500 to show up to watch lacrosse, or 10,000 for gymnastics, but outside of games against FSU and Miami (and postseason games) we don't sellout baseball.
Baseball has never been a big draw at UF for some reason. We get 2500 to show up to watch lacrosse, or 10,000 for gymnastics, but outside of games against FSU and Miami (and postseason games) we don't sellout baseball.
Posted on 5/2/10 at 2:13 pm to bgator85
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No one is in town, school is out and most students went home before the weekend.
Beat me to it. Gainesville becomes a ghost town when school is out. Traffic free roads, desolate parking lots, empty bars, etc. For many students, the drive to Gainesville from their hometown is more than 2-3 hours away. For me it was about 2 1/2. Please keep that in mind before painting the entire fanbase with your bitter brush.
Posted on 5/2/10 at 2:15 pm to ocelot4ark
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o you admit you have shitty fans? Cool.
They do...At the game UF/Arky game last year...If they weren't cheering for Tebow, they didn't cheer...
It was pretty pathetic
Posted on 5/2/10 at 2:18 pm to sugatowng
okPosted on 5/2/10 at 2:19 pm to bgator85
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bgator85
seriously...and it was pathetic
Posted on 5/2/10 at 2:21 pm to sugatowng
I was there, don't know what you are talking about.
But whatever makes you feel better about being a Hog fan.
But whatever makes you feel better about being a Hog fan.
Posted on 5/2/10 at 6:50 pm to bgtiger
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I think that if ESPN shoved baseball down everyones throat like they do for WCBB, baseball could flourish.
Just to play Devil's Advocate, why aren't they doing it, then?
Posted on 5/2/10 at 6:55 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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why aren't they doing it, then?
Not all of ESPNs decisions appear to have good reasoning behind it. Why they show poker? Who the hell knows.
Posted on 5/2/10 at 8:25 pm to slayerxing
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Florida fans have one love: Football.
Everything else is secondary.
Well, it's obviously like that at Alabama, but we still manage to average close to 4,500 at baseball games (good for 8th in the country).
Posted on 5/2/10 at 9:05 pm to CapstoneGrad06
There were a lot more people at the Arkansas series. People were leaving town this weekend after graduation.
But I mean really, who cares? LSU has the best attendance of all time but they still got swept by UF.
But I mean really, who cares? LSU has the best attendance of all time but they still got swept by UF.
Posted on 5/2/10 at 9:11 pm to slayerxing
I think the confusion comes from the fact FL has a very good team but the fans don't care enough to support them. I don't understand it myself. How can a FL fan not want to see that team play?
Posted on 5/2/10 at 10:16 pm to slayerxing
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There were a lot more people at the Arkansas series.
You sure about that? On TV it looked pretty sparse for the Saturday game...like 1500ish.
Posted on 5/3/10 at 2:34 am to ocelot4ark
The Arkansas game also fell during finals week. A lot of people had already left town at that point. Once the students leave Gainesville, the place is dead.
The team used to draw pretty well, especially during the 2005 run. Not sure what is going on now.
It's not like UF fans won't come out, 2500 show up to watch lacrosse.
The team used to draw pretty well, especially during the 2005 run. Not sure what is going on now.
It's not like UF fans won't come out, 2500 show up to watch lacrosse.
Posted on 5/3/10 at 2:53 am to beudreaux18
quote:This has pissed me off for years! I do not like it one bit and to the Gator fan that stated we only like football...GFY.
Interesting how the #6 ranked team in America draws barely half their stadium's capacity- on a saturday, no less- and against defending champions, no less.
Posted on 5/3/10 at 6:04 am to caribG8R
I rather stick needles in my eyes than watch baseball.
Posted on 5/3/10 at 7:15 am to caribG8R
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This has pissed me off for years! I do not like it one bit and to the Gator fan that stated we only like football...GFY.
It's not that Gator fans don't like their team, it's that they don't like baseball in general. That doesn't make them bad fans.
Now...
Posted on 5/3/10 at 7:31 am to beudreaux18
quote:When things are getting bad, bring up attendance.
beudreaux18
When you live on a peninsula 75% surrounded by beaches that are crawling with fine arse on a weekend, why would you skip out on that in lieu of an amateur baseball game, especially when you've got the entire summer to see the two major league teams on said peninsula?
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:43 pm to xiv
We usually get a couple thousand at each baseball game. That being said, for the LSU series finals were going on, classes were over, and I would have been there if I wasn't walking for graduationon Saturday!
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:47 pm to beudreaux18
Nobody in Florida gives a shite about baseball. See Marlins and Rays attendance in recent years.
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