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PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:42 am

Announced attendance. I pray for a consistently full Ford one day.

Mustangs35SMU · Post by **Mustangs35SMU** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:44 am

Didn't even look like that many.

SMU_Alumni11 · Post by **SMU_Alumni11** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:45 am

There is no way there was that many people. On tv it looked like maybe 5000, maybe

squire · Post by **squire** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:49 am

Looks like the new marketing group is doing great things.

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:00 am

Then maybe you should go to the games in person.

SMU_Alumni11 · Post by **SMU_Alumni11** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:03 am

Job comes before game, believe me I don't choose to be in austin

Treadway21 · Post by **Treadway21** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:10 am

Not 16 but not 5. Who would have expected a big crowd on a Thursday night after a terrible loss. Marketing does not overcome that.

WildBillPony · Post by **WildBillPony** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:26 am

UofH brought a decent turnout; the west side of Ford was populated OK, could have made the 16k. How about the club up on level 3? Does that count in the figures?

PK · Post by PK » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:38 am

It was a damn nice crowd for a Thursday night game on top of being the first game following that debacle in New Orleans 5 days earlier. Home team side doesn't get much TV coverage.

School night for families with school age kids, so by fourth quarter quite a few had left, but they were there for the start of the game.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:49 am

There was more than 5000, come on.

Mustangs35SMU · Post by **Mustangs35SMU** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:57 am

PK wrote:Home team side doesn't get much TV coverage.

It got plenty last night.

tristatecoog · Post by **tristatecoog** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:30 am

Looked solid before halftime in the lower sections. Upper level was sparse on east side and even more so in the end zone.

JasonB · Post by **JasonB** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:46 am

Honestly, there were more there than I originally expected. The west side filled in pretty well.

TidePony · Post by **TidePony** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:47 am

I think that sounds about right.

03Mustang · Post by **03Mustang** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:00 am

Embarrassingly bad, but we should all be used to that by now. Face it, our "fan base" sucks as 80% of them are casual observers at best.

Solid stream of losers heading for the gates at halftime despite it being anyone's game at that point. The fact is most SMU "fans" treat games like minor league baseball...a distraction that is easy to walk away from and forget.

I wish I had the answer...aside from winning games and getting the bandwagon fans rolling in, I have no idea what to do to fix it at this point.

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