Alumnus has solution for attendance woes

SMU_Alumni11 · Post by **SMU_Alumni11** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:29 am

2ndandlong wrote:
whitwiki wrote:Also serving gyros might bring more Greeks.

this may be the best attendance comment I have read yet. it is certainly funny and at least as intelligent as any of the other [deleted] slung against the wall.

ouch

DiamondM75 · Post by **DiamondM75** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:34 am

There is a simple solution to ending the boulevard. Just use the French Quarter technique.

About 30 minutes after the boulevard ends, come through with the high pressure street cleaners and hose the place down.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:43 am

Put coeds in here

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:04 am

Win at home consistently (more than just for half a season-at least a couple seasons). Then start to do it on the road.
That will do more to solve attendance woes than some quick fix schtick which will lose its appeal after 2 games.

ponyfan2005 · Post by **ponyfan2005** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:14 pm

Have game attendance count toward stuff like the homecoming results. Have a wealthy alum donate money to the frat/sorority philanthropy that has the highest attendance percentage at games. Make it a competition among the Greeks. Have penalties for the Greeks that still have kids tailgating after kickoff. Just tell them TABC comes around kickoff time and will also be visiting the houses. That will get them to the game.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:18 pm

Game attendance counts as extra credit for class work

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:34 pm

ponyfan2005 wrote:Have game attendance count toward stuff like the homecoming results. Have a wealthy alum donate money to the frat/sorority philanthropy that has the highest attendance percentage at games. Make it a competition among the Greeks. Have penalties for the Greeks that still have kids tailgating after kickoff. Just tell them TABC comes around kickoff time and will also be visiting the houses. That will get them to the game.

game attendance used to count towards stuff like homecoming point for greeks. until they decided they didn't care about that crap either. i think it was a long time ago.

yeah, sure, just tell them TABC comes around. please.

just win football games. no one likes a loser, but everyone likes beer.

Topper · Post by **Topper** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:10 pm

How much would it hurt to give students and a guest free tickets in an open seating area upon presentation of a student id at the gate?

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:25 pm

Topper wrote:How much would it hurt to give students and a guest free tickets in an open seating area upon presentation of a student id at the gate?

for the record, only the student's ticket would count towards official NCAA attendance.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:30 pm

Do empty seats count towards attendance?

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:45 pm

smupony94 wrote:Do empty seats count towards attendance?

I understand that. Just pointing out that it won't count towards NCAA attendance numbers which we need order to roll our BE invite into an NFC East invite.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:23 pm

Why do we blame the students all the time for our attendance problems? If they all showed up we would still have major attendance problems. Students are not the major problem.

smusic 00 · Post by **smusic 00** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:36 pm

Greeks invented Cincinnati chili. I'd rather not have any of that nonsense around Ford.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:10 am

Still not chili.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:31 am

If we could get a majority of the boulevarders into the stadium, it wouldn't look bad at all. The problem isn't the boulevard per se, it's the fact that people stay rather than walking to the stadium (so perhaps a policy forcing people to pack up 30 mins before the game would help?). Even then, I don't think the blame should be placed on tailgaters, we just need more non-SMU fans. Period. Our student population and alumni population is pretty small. It's time to get Johnny Dallas interested in going to watch SMU. There's too much of a damn elitist barrier at SMU so we really need to market our athletics as a Dallas event, not a rich white SMU people event.