The sheer excitement of a full house!

[mrydel]

I respectfully disagree. I think it can be done now if handled right. The highest attendance figures for Northwestern was during their national record losing streak. You just need to sell the product, but obviously winning would certainly be a plus factor.

I think our biggest drawback now is the competition. We need area teams which of course are all boarded on a ship that has sailed.

[PerunasHoof]

http://www.smumustangs.com/gameday/

This link should be the first thing you see when you go to smumustangs.com leading up to home games, as well as plastered all over social media. Might also be a good idea when you put the parking map up to list the prices and what the color coding means for those who are new to the experience. I've never had an issue parking; get there with plenty of time, pay your $20 (someone said $30 - did it go up this year?) and go. There's also an issue if you click on Ford Stadium from the Football page, there is a link to an interactive campus map for mobile devices that is broken; everything else seems to be pretty decent. We just need to make it as easy as humanly possible for people to find out whatever they think they need to know from the website, and then blast that info out to the known universe using every medium you can think of.

It looks like Moody garage is $30. I think it was $20 either one or two years a go.

[RyanSMU98]

Thanks. Moody garage was $20 last year, but if it went up then so be it.

[PerunasHoof]

Thanks. Moody garage was $20 last year, but if it went up then so be it.

I think you're right. The website says you can buy them ahead of time for $30 which I think was the price last year online too. But then it was $20 when we drove up if you didn't buy ahead of time. Kind of annoying after we already bought them. I'll be curious to see if the price mismatch is there this year too.

[StallionsModelT]

In the day and age of Uber why would you ever bother with this hassle?

[LA_Mustang]

DART is best way to get to football and basketball games by mile, IMO.

[PerunasHoof]

DART is best way to get to football and basketball games by mile, IMO.

Eh, not if you're bringing coolers, tents, chairs, and a BBQ to the boulevard and dropping it off at your spot. Otherwise, I would agree with you.

[SMU89]

If we win all our games and 1 person attends, what matters?

[Topper]

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.

I have posted before that I can almost never give away some pretty good tickets to non SMU/ casual college fans in the Dallas area. They definitely worry about parking, are generally unfamiliar with the Park Cities, and they hate 11:00 a.m. kickoffs. They also tend to support either UT or A&M and would rather stay home for those TV games. As far as SMU alums are concerned, Ford doesnt have nearly as many yard line seats in the West stands to satisfy their desires as Texas Stadium or the Cotton Bowl.

[Donnell88]

Seems everyone is forgetting the dramatic spike in basketball attendance after the team started winning.

[Pony Boss]

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.

I have posted before that I can almost never give away some pretty good tickets to non SMU/ casual college fans in the Dallas area. They definitely worry about parking, are generally unfamiliar with the Park Cities, and they hate 11:00 a.m. kickoffs. They also tend to support either UT or A&M and would rather stay home for those TV games. As far as SMU alums are concerned, Ford doesnt have nearly as many yard line seats in the West stands to satisfy their desires as Texas Stadium or the Cotton Bowl.

this entire post is filled with excuses. Not enough yard line seats? Then why not buy up the east side? It's usually sparsely attended in conference. Damn sure there are tons of nice seats left there. Parking? It's easier to park there than for any other sports event in the entire town (TCU, Cowboy$, Mav$, Ranger$)! Moody, Airline, Law, Ownby, Fondren, VS and Umphrey, the church, Meadows, DART station....cheap excuse. 11 am kickoffs? Not happening this year. They are just being nice telling you that instead of "your team sucks dude and I don't want to go".

[Pony Boss]

Seems everyone is forgetting the dramatic spike in basketball attendance after the team started winning.

Yes a massive spike, from 2,000 to 7,500 in 2 years. Almost triple.

[Charleston Pony]

Seems everyone is forgetting the dramatic spike in basketball attendance after the team started winning.

it's all about seating capacity. 4k increase in attendance meant a lot in hoops but will barely be noticed at Ford. We need to find another 10-15k interested Mustang fans

[StallionsModelT]

Seems everyone is forgetting the dramatic spike in basketball attendance after the team started winning.

it's all about seating capacity. 4k increase in attendance meant a lot in hoops but will barely be noticed at Ford. We need to find another 10-15k interested Mustang fans

You're kidding right? We would be over the moon happy with an additional 4-5K fans per game for football coming off a 1-11 season.

[smusportspage]

"It's easier to park there than for any other sports event in the entire town (TCU, Cowboy$, Mav$, Ranger$)! Moody, Airline, Law, Ownby, Fondren, VS and Umphrey, the church, Meadows, DART station....cheap excuse."

Very true. Just another excuse and reason to complain.