Outside of donors , fans/prospective fans , students , Alumni , recruits and casual football fans in the Denton area, I'd say not many.
Let's play fill in the blank :
My neighbor whom I've been trying to get to come to a game in Apogee - Hey Bob , how about this year ? We host _______ , u should come out.
My co workers whom I got to come to the IU game last year who tailgated & had a great time. Hey guys , let's tailgate this year for _______
Got an alumni friend whom I roomed with for a few years to come out to the Houston game last year... This year it will be , want to come see_______ ?
June Jones says to the big OL , Hey son , how about you come check out the campus and watch us play Texas a&m
Dennis Franchione says, hey we are hosting Tech Tech & Nevada. Come give us a look see
Rice is hosting UCLA , NMSU is hosting BYU , UTEP hosting OU , Monroe hosting Baylor,etc etc
This is a business , you have to keep the customers happy . Outside the 500-1,000 hardcore fans,u have to be able to sell the product. This schedule is epic fail from a business standpoint. You can't sell this to the casual fan. We will have much lower #'s this year.
Also , while I feel like bitchin , having LSU to start it off will not help. You schedule these types of games as late as possible. You want to catch them when they could care less. Try to do it in between conference games. Think ULM would have beaten Bama If that were the 1st game of the year? Playing a team to kick off the season you get their undivided attention. Starting off the season with a potential 40-7 type of score you get the people saying " same ol UNT" .On the flip side of that , we win & Apogee is near capacity vs Texas Southern
You don't build a badass stadium and in only it's 2nd year have a hard time fielding a schedule. Just my 2 cents.
GMG !!!
On a positive note , I think 7-5 is a real possibility