Announced Attendance?

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:33 pm

I was amazed at how many people thought the game started at 2:30

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:34 pm

I tuned in at 230 after I got home from a late lunch and it was already 14-0

SMU80MSD · Post by **SMU80MSD** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:41 pm

ponyscott wrote:The A & M game will be bought out and we will probably be in the BE for scheduling....its all in the works.

Who is doing the buying out? Is A&M looking to get out of the game or SMU?

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:43 pm

A&M is looking to buy the game out, or have it moved to some place like the Alamo Dome.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:05 pm

PonyPlayer4 wrote:A&M is looking to buy the game out, or have it moved to some place like the Alamo Dome.

Good thing about that is it counts as a home game so their 75,000 fans count towards our total

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:46 pm

I think having afternoon games hurts us. I feel like at 2:00 people aren't done on the boulevard. We could have sold out based on the boulevard Saturday.

General and student attendance is down vs NWST and UTEP where the weather was worse, the opponent as or more irrelevant.

PonyWest · Post by **PonyWest** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:22 pm

But A&M and TCU will be 33%+ frAggies and Frogs. Maybe even 50%+.

Bergermeister · Post by **Bergermeister** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:03 am

NY Pony wrote:For all the worrying we do about attendance, think about how good its going to be next year (barring buyouts):

Home Games:
SFA (season opener has to have 25,000+)
TAMU (unbelievably beyond anything Ford has ever seen packed)
TCU (Packed)
Houston (Calling it now, 23,000)
Tulsa (22,000)
USM (24,000)
Memphis (I bet they schedule this for fall break, 17,000)

By the way, 7 home games... treat ourselves.

Possibly/probably not gonna play A&M. "Insiders" have mentioned the Aggies buying out of this game.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:21 am

How much do we get? Can use money to have otter start a marketing department?

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:40 am

Copeland set up contract...it costs nothing to buy us out...

Kynd Tulsa Phan · Post by **Kynd Tulsa Phan** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:50 am

NickSMU17 wrote:Copeland set up contract...it costs nothing to buy us out...

Copeland was really good at being terrible.

ponyte · Post by **ponyte** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:03 am

I'm amazed at how well we have drawn given the schedule at home this year and poor end of the year results last year. Losing the last two games didn't created any end of the season buzz. And we really have the worst of all worlds scheduling this year. No big draw teams at home this year and the really challenging games on the road.

Navy is our biggest possible draw this season.

Folks are a bit upset at the student section but from my vantage point it is not even comparable to student crowds 4 years ago. More kids at the beginning of the game, more staying after the half and more enthusiasm from the students. Perfect, no. Better, yes.

Part of getting folks to buy a ticket and attending the game is giving them a product they want. Not anyone’s fault but this year’s schedule doesn’t provide opponents a lot of casual fans want to see. It isn’t just marketing but the product as well. And our two game collapse didn’t help pump up the Tulane game either. So we have to produce a consistent winner as well.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:18 am

Ponyte is right on with this statement.

abezontar · Post by **abezontar** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:04 pm

couch 'em wrote:I think having afternoon games hurts us. I feel like at 2:00 people aren't done on the boulevard. We could have sold out based on the boulevard Saturday.

General and student attendance is down vs NWST and UTEP where the weather was worse, the opponent as or more irrelevant.

I agree on this one. Due to all the stuff I had to take care of on Saturday I had to choose between missing the game or missing the boulevard. I chose to miss the boulevard. If the game had been at 7 I could have made it to both.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:19 pm

saturday afternoon football is great when the weather is nice like it was.