Crowd?

[UNTLifer]

How is the crowd an hour prior to kickoff?  Hope tailgating wraps up and everyone heads in to Apogee early enough for the players to come out to a rocking house!

[Ryan Munthe]

46 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

How is the crowd an hour prior to kickoff?  Hope tailgating wraps up and everyone heads in to Apogee early enough for the players to come out to a rocking house!

Horrific 

[MeanGreenDan]

A couple if us are here, not much more than that. 

[golfingomez]

Does not look great on the... Side not, did fine grow another inch or two?

 

[Matt from A700]

Looks like 15-18k.

[bstnsportsfan3]

Didn't seem like a very good crowd :(

[NT91]

How many?

[Salsa_Verde]

People started leaving mid 3rd quarter. No one was really excited to see Lamar in my opinion. 

Edited September 3, 2017 by Salsa_Verde

[NT91]

I took off at the half.

[Snowy]

In my opinion, it was a reasonable crowd considering the opponent and the "gas situation". 

[djohnnie]

I have been a Green fan for some time now and there always seems to be an excuse for our crowd totals.

We have to show up from week to week like the bigger programs do. If it isn't the weather, its the game being on a holiday weekend.

It's one thing or another. Good programs teams show up week after week no matter what. I know it takes time to build a program.

I guess I am just tired of the excuses. I  hope some change finally comes.  Go get em Green!

Edited September 3, 2017 by djohnnie

[MeanGreenMailbox aka TFLF]

Brought my 75 year old dad, son, and a nephew.  We all had a great time.  But...

...yeah, the attendance was less than I thought it would be.  If we are blown out back-to-back against SMU and Iowa, it's hard to imagine selling UAB beyond the hard core base.

Surely, tonight's crowd had to be an eye-opener for the new AD and assistant.

[meaniegreenie]

2 hours ago, UNTKING said:

One word...GAS

Burritos?

[NT91]

I have Mexican gas.

[DeepGreen]

19,592

[EagleMBA]

1 hour ago, Salsa_Verde said:

People started leaving mid 3rd quarter. No one was really excited to see Lamar in my opinion. 

I know the fisherman is not supposed to have compassion for the bait, but I got no joy from whipping their behinds. My thoughts all week have been sympathetic to their plight because I've been through a major hurricane myself many years ago. Otherwise, I think I would have been more energized and excited to see Lamar. I agree that I didn't hear much conversation specifically about Lamar while tailgating.

[RBP79]

There are always excuses at North Texas. Crowd was decent I thought...but it took a while for the main crowd to get to their seats. Yep, we commented to each other about people leaving at the half and the flood gates opened beginning of 4th. Made it easy for me to head back to the house...no traffic for me...red lot. WB and the gang gotta along way to go.......win!

 

Edited September 3, 2017 by RBP79
Wrong quarter

[NorthTexan95]

The crowd fills in after kickoff ... it's always been like that. 

[BTG_Fan1]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenMailbox said:

Brought my 75 year old dad, son, and a nephew.  We all had a great time.  But...

...yeah, the attendance was less than I thought it would be.  If we are blown out back-to-back against SMU and Iowa, it's hard to imagine selling UAB beyond the hard core base.

Surely, tonight's crowd had to be an eye-opener for the new AD and assistant.

Yes it's worrisome, but for the student section that was a good impressive win, even if they were still giving crap to Lamar, from the sideline I told some guy to shut his mouth because he kept giving crap to 1 player.. 

The question is, what does the alumni side do???

[KRAM1]

Excellent crowd in the Club level I thought. Better than last year. More came out to their seats, but still...way too many stay inside for good portions or all of the game. Their choice, of course, but sure wish they would come outside and make some noise.  Saw lots of "new" folks trying out their seats.  Their were at least 8 newbies in my section alone that I noticed.  

Thought crowd was OK for Lamar, but work to do.  That "work" starts at SMU next Saturday!

[Cr1028]

12 hours ago, UNTKING said:

One word...GAS

I believe it. I considered skipping the game til I realized there was plenty of gas in Waco and Temple.

[emmitt01]

Take care of business on the field. If this team beats SMU, the UAB crowd will be up from last night.  

This was a holiday weekend against a FCS opponent.  For the people who casually follow North Texas this was an expected outcome...nothing to signal that things are different in Denton.  Getting people to buy into #NewDenton will require sustained success.  Also, keep in mind, Denton residents don't even turn out for their high school teams.  I watched a ranked Ryan team play a ranked Lancaster team on Friday night and the place was half (or less) full. 

Nobody (outside of that locker room) expects a win in Iowa so the average fan won't look down on us for dropping that one...but SMU is the barometer.   NOBODY in DFW thinks of SMU as a "bodybag game" or as a "quality opponent."  We won't get the benefit of the doubt for dropping that one.  It will be "same ol' North Texas, they can't even beat SMU"

[Cr1028]

The folks saying gas may have a good point, UT had their smallest crowd in 5 years yesterday and that was with all the Tom Herman excitement.

[Snowy]

In addition, Freshmen (and often Sophomores) almost ALWAYS go home during the Labor Day weekend. So, the student side was definitely smaller. I had less freshman come up to my tailgate than in years past. 

[the green rokemi]

It's labor day weekend, everyone's gone home. They had gas for that lol

That said, once the crowd filled in it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be