The sheer excitement of a full house!

[jimhagle]

There will come a day when our fans take up most of the seats if CM does his thing.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

The standard estimates typically seen on here for the A&M/Baylor/Tech/TCU games highly underrate the amount of SMU fans.

[One Trick Pony]

There will come a day when our fans take up most of the seats if CM does his thing.

I live for that moment in sports time

[Topper]

There will come a day when our fans take up most of the seats if CM does his thing.

Sadly, I watched part of the SMU-A&M game from 1982 on Youtube the other night. Verne Lundquist (skinny at the time) was the play-by-play guy and lamented that we were having attendance problems despite being 7-0 and ranked Number 5 or 6 in the country. We had just beaten UT at their place. Our biggest home crowd of the year, despite Dickerson and James starring in their Senior year, had been 31K vs. TCU. That crowd wouldn't have filled Ford. I was at that Aggie game (Homecoming) in person and I doubt that the actual paid attendance was more than 35K. A majority of them Aggies of course.

[panhandle_pony]

Unfortunately, Topper is accurate - lack of attendance has been a cultural issue for decades.

[Pony Boss]

How many years of success had the pony express been through? 79-82 or just 4 years of being really good?

[panhandle_pony]

In the late 60's when Mrydel and others on this board were roaming the campus, we had some very good teams - still an apathetic fan base

[Mustangsabu]

Focus on the product on the field not the attendance. Except for games against big opponents Ford will never be full, we just don't draw the crowds.


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[panhandle_pony]

Bingo

[PonySnob]

It won't be an atmosphere that Chad will be familiar with.

A full house will be a new thing for virtually all of our returning players...I think they shine, for a time, in the spotlight. It will be a great day when the concept of a full house is not the exception (half full of the opposition or not).

I think Ponysnob was talking about a full house with half of it being Baylor fans. I hope the SMU fans can cheer the loudest.

Watch the entrance at a Clemson game

[jimhagle]

If the Pony Express had played at Ford I bet the place would have been packed because a campus venue is hard to beat if the product is good. We have not had a great team play on campus in ages so it is an unknown.

[footballdad]

Focus on the product on the field not the attendance. Except for games against big opponents Ford will never be full, we just don't draw the crowds.


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Exactly. Which is why P5 a pipe dream. Ceiling is AAC championships.

[mrydel]

I am not sure about that. We do not have enough students to fill 2 sections at Ford and the average Dallasite does not know where to park and is not familiar with the area. When we played at Texas Stadium, everyone knew where it was and parking was right there. I love the campus stadium, but I really believe it hurts with the Dallas average Joe. Being a small stadium is a plus.

[peruna81]

Focus on the product on the field not the attendance. Except for games against big opponents Ford will never be full, we just don't draw the crowds.


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Exactly. Which is why P5 a pipe dream. Ceiling is AAC championships.

For all the creative vitriol aimed at others, I find you a pitiable man.

[footballdad]

Focus on the product on the field not the attendance. Except for games against big opponents Ford will never be full, we just don't draw the crowds.


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Exactly. Which is why P5 a pipe dream. Ceiling is AAC championships.

For all the creative vitriol aimed at others, I find you a pitiable man.

Amen!

AAC championship would be cool. Should be able to compete for 1 or 2 before Morris leaves. If we can keep up with Houston recruiting.