New Idea To Increase Ford Attendance

[HarvCrimYaleBlue]

We will probably never get the fans that Green and Coug can get. For grins let’s discover why. Size: SMU is not even a third the size. Local Factor: 90% of students from UNT/UH reside in TX, whereas SMU is 50%. For grins, say every Texan showed up for a game. UNT/UH would get approx. 32-35,000 fans whereas SMU would pull a stellar 4,800. I doubt every Texan would show so let’s look at "locals" and you would have approx. 17-22,000 fans where SMU would bring in closer to 2,500. Huh.

UNT UH SMU
Undergrad uate 28,911 30,452 6,249
All 35,778 39,820 10,893
Immediate TX County 17,048 22,440 4,806
Other TX Counties 15,116 13,031
Out-of-State 1,739 984 4,805
International 1,875 3,365 1,282


I pulled together some quick and dirty statistics from college stats dot com so we can compare universities on an academic level. I will not even get into the debate on that end.

UNT UH SMU
Accredited 1925 1954 1921
Sector Public Public Private
Total Students 34,710 34,663 10,982
Full-time Students 23,916 24,371 8,378
Part-time Students 10,794 10,292 2,604
In-State Tuition $5,972 $6,084 $34,990
Out-of-State Tuition $12,644 $12,756 $34,990
Overall % Graduation 44% 43% 75%
Retention Rate 74% 77% 89%
Graduation Rate 44% 43% 75%
Overall Percent Admitted 65% 77% 55%
Percent Men Admitted 62% 77% 57%
Percent Women Admitted 68% 76% 53%
Total Number of Applicants 34,710 34,663 10,982
SAT 75th % (Math) 600 600 690
SAT 75th % (Reading) 600 570 680
ACT 75th % 21 19 27

[GRGB]

We could sell out!

[LHS81]

Why is this page so large???

[CenTXpony]

Why is this page so large???

Don't act like you're not impressed....

[ReedFrawg]

Why is this page so large???

Don't act like you're not impressed....

Haha that made me chuckle...as did the comment about a one legged man by mean green fan. Great thread!

[JoeKidd]

I know the thread started off tongue-in-cheek and then got even further off-base with our houston high troll, but a serious idea that I have had would be for the athletics dept./school to bring in students (like the band idea) from not only the Metroplex, but other parts of the state or big cities close to Dallas, e.g. Houston, Austin, San Ant., OK City, Shreveport. You bus the kids in for a day game and give them a food pass or something for 1 meal at the game and then bus them home afterwards. You also give them SMU shirts to wear. This not only helps fill the stadium, but helps SMU awareness with both student-athletes and just students that are localized to our area. I believe we need more in-state and near-state students to have a stronger more supportive alum base in the future.

We know the tickets don't all sell so those are essentially free and so the cost really is the bus trip, meal and t-shirt, maybe $25 per student? This is pretty pricey if you were committed to doing it for every home game and on a scale that makes an impact, say 2,500 per game, but this could be a new program that alums/boosters could participate in sponsoring. I believe the long-term dividends would pay off.

[PerunaDontCare]

I know the thread started off tongue-in-cheek and then got even further off-base with our houston high troll, but a serious idea that I have had would be for the athletics dept./school to bring in students (like the band idea) from not only the Metroplex, but other parts of the state or big cities close to Dallas, e.g. Houston, Austin, San Ant., OK City, Shreveport. You bus the kids in for a day game and give them a food pass or something for 1 meal at the game and then bus them home afterwards. You also give them SMU shirts to wear. This not only helps fill the stadium, but helps SMU awareness with both student-athletes and just students that are localized to our area. I believe we need more in-state and near-state students to have a stronger more supportive alum base in the future.

We know the tickets don't all sell so those are essentially free and so the cost really is the bus trip, meal and t-shirt, maybe $25 per student? This is pretty pricey if you were committed to doing it for every home game and on a scale that makes an impact, say 2,500 per game, but this could be a new program that alums/boosters could participate in sponsoring. I believe the long-term dividends would pay off.

Yeah! Maybe we could call it like the "Bus Brigade" or something!

[mrydel]

Yeah. Get someone else to pay for the buses. I am never doing it again.

[SMU2007]

What if there was a post game concert on the field?

[jpe747]

What if there was a post game concert on the field?

A+

[mrydel]

It would be unique to see the stadium starting to fill up in the middle of the fourth quarter.