Attendance prediction for smut?

Matt from A700 · August 30, 2022

On 8/28/2022 at 9:35 PM, DentonLurker said:

Yeah right. That ticket trailer was embarrassing. Digital tickets is the only way to go these days for students. It’s the easiest and fastest they’ve ever had it to get a ticket.

I guess I am old school. I still prefer the physical ticket, and hate events that are digital only, especially that force you to pay ticket fees. Plus the physical ticket trailer reminds students that there's a game this weekend.

untphd · August 30, 2022

1 hour ago, Cooke County Kid said:

My wife bought tickets to Robert Plant/Allison Krause in Grand Prairie the same night as this game and I am sick, WTD...............

GO MEAN GREEN!!!
WIN GAMES!!!!!!!!!

Well do you want to watch a 74 year old rocker or a 28 year old college quarterback improve from week one to week two?

GreenTexan13 · August 30, 2022

Games this time of year seem to be awfully hot. Maybe with some cloud cover and temps in the 80's, we can actually expect it to people who show up to not bake and tap out. Hopefully attendance is up there and the home team can put on a show for a larger attendance.

MrAlien · August 30, 2022

so are people not able to walk up and buy tickets at the stadium?

Cr1028 · August 30, 2022

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

I guess I am old school. I still prefer the physical ticket, and hate events that are digital only, especially that force you to pay ticket fees. Plus the physical ticket trailer reminds students that there's a game this weekend.

Same here. I was shocked when I went up to the “box office” at minute maid park and they told me they could not sell me a ticket. What if someone that didn’t have a smartphone or service walks up? Sorry no baseball for you?

Globe Life is soooooo much better. The Rangers box office staff was fantastic and so helpful.

UNTLifer · August 30, 2022

3 hours ago, Cooke County Kid said:

My wife bought tickets to Robert Plant/Allison Krause in Grand Prairie the same night as this game and I am sick, WTD...............

GO MEAN GREEN!!!
WIN GAMES!!!!!!!!!

Tell her to enjoy the concert and you will meet up with her at home later.

GMG_Dallas · August 30, 2022

4 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Tell her to enjoy the concert and you will meet up with her at home later.

Be sure to have the couch ready the way you like it when she gets home. I know what my setup would look like.

Coffee and TV · August 30, 2022

3 hours ago, Cooke County Kid said:

My wife bought tickets to Robert Plant/Allison Krause in Grand Prairie the same night as this game and I am sick, WTD...............

GO MEAN GREEN!!!
WIN GAMES!!!!!!!!!

Zeppelin is legendary but dude is like 80 at this point. Easy choice.

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

I guess I am old school. I still prefer the physical ticket, and hate events that are digital only, especially that force you to pay ticket fees. Plus the physical ticket trailer reminds students that there's a game this weekend.

I miss the souvenir but much prefer digital in this day and age. In my day all you needed was to flash your student ID.

southsideguy · August 31, 2022

Chance of rain

DentonLurker · August 31, 2022

5 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Plus the physical ticket trailer reminds students that there's a game this weekend.

Honestly, in 2022, you’d have to live under a rock to not know there’s a game this weekend. I don’t think the issue with students at UNT has typically been that they don’t know there’s a game. It’s convincing them that it’s the best place to spend their time.

greenminer · August 31, 2022

6 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Honestly, in 2022, you’d have to live under a rock to not know there’s a game this weekend. I don’t think the issue with students at UNT has typically been that they don’t know there’s a game. It’s convincing them that it’s the best place to spend their time.

Not an excuse to not advertise, though. Put that shit out there. Make them see and read something about the SMU game no matter where they look. It'll convince a few. Then it'll convince a few others to research that we are 1-0, and they'll come to. Then they will bring a few of their friends and fam.

Keep winning. Keep advertising. Play in a corn field. Whatever gets them to come.

DentonLurker · August 31, 2022

23 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Not an excuse to not advertise, though. Put that shit out there. Make them see and read something about the SMU game no matter where they look. It'll convince a few. Then it'll convince a few others to research that we are 1-0, and they'll come to. Then they will bring a few of their friends and fam.

Keep winning. Keep advertising. Play in a corn field. Whatever gets them to come.

I should clarify I’m not saying to not promote the game. I agree with you they should promote the game on campus like it’s the most important game ever. I just don’t think making students wait in line to get physical tickets is the answer. We need to convince them there’s not a single place they’d rather be than Apogee on Saturdays in the fall.

greenminer · August 31, 2022

35 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

I should clarify I’m not saying to not promote the game. I agree with you they should promote the game on campus like it’s the most important game ever. I just don’t think making students wait in line to get physical tickets is the answer. We need to convince them there’s not a single place they’d rather be than Apogee on Saturdays in the fall.

When people see there is a high demand for something, they get curious. Old advertising mind trick.

...so, it's not a bad idea to put something out there that illustrates high demand. This includes ticket lines.

UNTcrazy727 · August 31, 2022

9 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I dunno where you sit, but I've maybe seen a handful of LATech fans in my section (205) before. I don't recall seeing any UTSA fans in my section EVER. I think UTSA fans like to sit together in the visitors section. Their section always seems full.

And yeah, Houston will bring quite a few fans up around us. I should have included them. Not anything like that 2017 Army game though. We were basically surrounded by black & gold.

But every time SMU rolls through, they leak into our section quite a bit. Families w/kids, old/retired couples, etc... all kinds of people who don't want to just sit and bake in the sun on the East Side of Apogee.

La Tech probably had around 2-3K at the 2018 game and UTSA had a very strong showing last year. Maybe 2K?

SMU hasn’t come close to that. I honestly don’t think they’ve even cracked 1K. They even know their showings in Denton suck.

DeepGreen · August 31, 2022

A free beer for all students of legal drinking age at the beginning of the 4th quarter.

GIF by Budweiser

UNTcrazy727 · August 31, 2022

9 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

For that bowl? Yep.

Lol what would be a reasonable price to you? $10?

This board kills me sometimes. Always whining about lack of funding and fan support, but then complaining about paying $50 for a bowl game right down the street.

DentonLurker · August 31, 2022

45 minutes ago, greenminer said:

When people see there is a high demand for something, they get curious. Old advertising mind trick.

...so, it's not a bad idea to put something out there that illustrates high demand. This includes ticket lines.

I think we are just going to disagree. To me, convenience outweighs the false sense of demand you’re referring to in the minds of students in the year 2022.

VideoEagle · August 31, 2022

On 8/28/2022 at 5:22 PM, GMG_Dallas said:

25,174

But 200,000 will say they were there.

If we win!

PlummMeanGreen · August 31, 2022

A UNT College of Music official tweeted yesterday that they will have 800 bandsmen for UNT Band Day this Saturday.
Throw in some parents of those bandsmen & that would be for a total of approximately 1,000 extra fans .

GMG!

dodgefan · August 31, 2022

I'm planning on parking by Lovelace Stadium, is the Bonnie Brae exit still available on gameday?

GMG_Dallas · August 31, 2022

1 hour ago, VideoEagle said:

If we win!

Oh of course. Everybody was there when you get a big win.

MeanGreenTexan · August 31, 2022

9 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

La Tech probably had around 2-3K at the 2018 game and UTSA had a very strong showing last year. Maybe 2K?

SMU hasn’t come close to that. I honestly don’t think they’ve even cracked 1K. They even know their showings in Denton suck.

Now that I’ve brought it to your attention (to look around the home side & not in the hot/sunny visitor side), estimate SMU’s attendance again. If you still come up with 1k, I dunno what to say. They definitely bring more than 1k.

MeanGreenTexan · August 31, 2022

12 hours ago, Coffee and TV said:

Zeppelin is legendary but dude is like 80 at this point. Easy choice.

I miss the souvenir but much prefer digital in this day and age. In my day all you needed was to flash your student ID.

If you haven’t seen Plant & Krauss, I recommend the show. She’s incredible, and as you say, he’s a legend (albeit those days of rock are long gone).

golfingomez · August 31, 2022

On 8/29/2022 at 3:20 PM, malonish said:

Bringing myself and my sunscreen is my +1

I hear you... I ran out of lotion before but never thought to use sunscreen. Doing it at a football game is kinda weird, but... Desperate times

UNTcrazy727 · August 31, 2022

1 hour ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Now that I’ve brought it to your attention (to look around the home side & not in the hot/sunny visitor side), estimate SMU’s attendance again. If you still come up with 1k, I dunno what to say. They definitely bring more than 1k.

You are literally the only person I've ever seen suggest they bring this many.