Attendance

[Mustangsabu]

Attendance will be largely unchanged. We sold out Moody this season but for most games there were at least 2000 no shows. For SMU the wallet is a lot more willing than the body. Ford is a whole different proposition. Let's just hope the performances are better and hope we catch the imagination of the locals

[skyscraper]

Attendance will be largely unchanged. We sold out Moody this season but for most games there were at least 2000 no shows. For SMU the wallet is a lot more willing than the body. Ford is a whole different proposition. Let's just hope the performances are better and hope we catch the imagination of the locals

At least 2000 no shows at most games? Ummm, no.

[smupony94]

Never saw the place 30% empty maybe first five minutes of the game

[Pony Boss]

Agree, Moody was always well attended, although not 100 percent full every game except the big ones.

[whitwiki]

It's much easier to attend a basketball game...

[LA_Mustang]

Saying there were at least 2000 no shows on average at Moody is a ridiculous exaggeration. That's like saying JJ really tried to recruit.

[ojaipony]

Questions from regular attendees about how many usually show up.

1- How many students typically show? Of their sections how many do they fill up and do they fill up both the red seats below and the blue seats up high?

2- What percentage of the remaining SMU fans are alumni, casual dallas fans, or family of players?

SMU has roughly 40k alumni in DFW so the potential is there to sell out with good product on the field. Obviously some are women and/or disinterested alums but the guys and their families as well as the student body alone could likely do it with enough team momentum paving the way.

We need your help BU. Tell Briles et al to lay an egg against us. That will help. Thanks. Lock arms!

[Pony Boss]

It's much easier to attend a basketball game...

How so?

[Mustangsabu]

2000 might be an overstatement but Moody did not reflect a sellout more than 4 times last year, and there were certainly occasions when it was 70% full. If demand is so great, that would not be the case. As a fanbase our willingness to buy seats exceeds our willingness to sit in them.

[Mestengo]

2000 might be an overstatement but Moody did not reflect a sellout more than 4 times last year, and there were certainly occasions when it was 70% full. If demand is so great, that would not be the case. As a fanbase our willingness to buy seats exceeds our willingness to sit in them.

apparently the new shipment of hydro has arrived

[East Coast Mustang]

It's much easier to attend a basketball game...

How so?

2 hours vs. 3.5 hours, also a lot less competition for entertainment on a Tuesday/Thurs night than a fall Saturday afternoon.

[Pony Boss]

It's much easier to attend a basketball game...

How so?

2 hours vs. 3.5 hours, also a lot less competition for entertainment on a Tuesday/Thurs night than a fall Saturday afternoon.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't know of anything better to do on a fall Saturday than to boulevard and watch some football. Dallas is not SF, NY or Miami and apart from Northpark and drinking in a bar in uptown there is little to do. Pony up.

[Pony Boss]

I think we could be a great option for the casual football fan to watch some good ball being played in Dallas and to catch the college football atmosphere at its finest. People will pay to watch good football. Everyone I talk to seems excited about CM: our "disinterested" alums are excited, coworkers, friends, people in Dallas and even Fort Worth that I have talked to are excited. I am not worried about the future of SMU Football anymore as I feel we have hired the best coach anyone could want.

[ponyboy]

It seems to me that playing important games against real competition is what Dallas likes. I'm convinced we're on the road to doing exactly that in football as we've done in basketball. But I don't expect too much for the upcoming season in terms of butts in seats at Ford. Baylor is going to be a great crowd to start the season though.

[Dukie]

It seems to me that playing important games against real competition is what Dallas likes. I'm convinced we're on the road to doing exactly that in football as we've done in basketball. But I don't expect too much for the upcoming season in terms of butts in seats at Ford. Baylor is going to be a great crowd to start the season though.

I agree with all of this, except that the Baylor game crowd will be "great," from an SMU perspective. It will merely be full.