TCU-SMU GAME SOLD OUT

SMU2006 · September 17, 2022

10 hours ago, PlummMeanGreen said:

And I think SMU will kick TCU all the way into next week, too.
It will be close but the Ponies will win the highly coveted Iron Skillet. Winning does have its perks.🙂

It won't be close.

SMU2006 · September 17, 2022

5 hours ago, dodgefan said:

UNT should play TCU too. I saw on twitter, SMU has some BIG announcement about facilities next Friday. The do need to widen the concourse.

shhh. Don't ruin the surprise! Its a pretty big announcement that should make quite a bit of news both here and nationally.

100% agreed on the concourse area. Its incredibly cramped. Ford was great when it first opened in 2000 but there have been minimal upgrades. Thanks to the $100m (already fully funded) renovation it should remedy a lot of those issues.

NT80 · September 17, 2022

44 minutes ago, SMU2006 said:

It won't be close.

You're right. Maryland and TCU will both take turns beating a dead horse.

southsideguy · September 17, 2022

Wonder if the ticket were bought up to make it a sell out. Have to look good for the PAC 12

dodgefan · September 19, 2022

We have a TCU guy in our crew, so we try and make the TCU-SMU game every year. Looking at the forecast this Saturday of 97- with zero shade, we're starting to regret purchasing tickets. Laugh if you want, but heat can be dangerous to men our age. I bet with that early kick time, combined with the heat, you will see people leave early or just watch from the airconditioned den.

southsideguy · September 19, 2022

I don't think SMUT people sweat?

drex · September 24, 2022

I watched the crowd for kickoff and it seems to me it was 'lying down room only.' Lots of empty seats in sections.

Mike Jackson · September 24, 2022

On 9/16/2022 at 9:50 AM, SMU2006 said:

Expecting 38-40k with standing room only.

How many but in seats? Turn on the TV plenty of paid for seats available. And that is looking halfway through the 2nd quarter. Even the commentators commented on it. 🤷🏽‍♂️. I would rather be 10% short of a sellout 24 hours before kickoff and it actually look like a sellout on TV.

CaribbeanGreen · September 24, 2022

This is a very SMU "sellout".... that place looks half empty and there's a ton of purple. SMU students must have stayed on the Boulevard.

emmitt01 · September 24, 2022

Even the classes at SMU are crowded.

Here’s a photo of a “sold out” lecture.

Moobs · September 24, 2022

NT80 · September 24, 2022

10 minutes ago, Moobs said:

Looks all purple in the stands to me. LOL.

DentonStang · September 25, 2022

It was definitely a sellout, but since stadium operations decided to have a complete meltdown, it took until the second quarter before there weren't lines trying to get in. Then our incompetent concessions meant there were probably 5000 in line for food or beer at any one time.

Then since it was 100 degrees and high noon, a bunch left at halftime. I saw two people in my section alone have to get medical assistance for heat issues. Given buying beer or water was almost impossible with 45 minute concession lines, and some stands were out of water by halftime, not surprising a bunch left early.

All in all we had a great half-quarter of a full house.

Game was a disappointment. Stadium management was an embarrassment.

untjim1995 · September 25, 2022

4 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

It was definitely a sellout, but since stadium operations decided to have a complete meltdown, it took until the second quarter before there weren't lines trying to get in. Then our incompetent concessions meant there were probably 5000 in line for food or beer at any one time.

Then since it was 100 degrees and high noon, a bunch left at halftime. I saw two people in my section alone have to get medical assistance for heat issues. Given buying beer or water was almost impossible with 45 minute concession lines, and some stands were out of water by halftime, not surprising a bunch left early.

All in all we had a great half-quarter of a full house.

Game was a disappointment. Stadium management was an embarrassment.

We’ve been there…

NT80 · September 25, 2022

40 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

It was definitely a sellout, but since stadium operations decided to have a complete meltdown, it took until the second quarter before there weren't lines trying to get in. Then our incompetent concessions meant there were probably 5000 in line for food or beer at any one time.

Then since it was 100 degrees and high noon, a bunch left at halftime. I saw two people in my section alone have to get medical assistance for heat issues. Given buying beer or water was almost impossible with 45 minute concession lines, and some stands were out of water by halftime, not surprising a bunch left early.

All in all we had a great half-quarter of a full house.

Game was a disappointment. Stadium management was an embarrassment.

Karma.

GrandGreen · September 25, 2022

50 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

It was definitely a sellout, but since stadium operations decided to have a complete meltdown, it took until the second quarter before there weren't lines trying to get in. Then our incompetent concessions meant there were probably 5000 in line for food or beer at any one time.

Then since it was 100 degrees and high noon, a bunch left at halftime. I saw two people in my section alone have to get medical assistance for heat issues. Given buying beer or water was almost impossible with 45 minute concession lines, and some stands were out of water by halftime, not surprising a bunch left early.

All in all we had a great half-quarter of a full house.

Game was a disappointment. Stadium management was an embarrassment.

You must be the one who counts SMU's attendance.

5000 in line at the concession stands, sure.

dodgefan · September 25, 2022

Like I said earlier in the week, one of the guys in our crew is a TCU guy. It was so dangerously hot, early in the first quarter, we made a deal that we would stick it out until halftime, we barely did. I can testify to the person talking about the lines in the concourse, it was something like I had never seen before, total failure by their management. Attendance numbers are announced on tickets sold, they had over 35,500 tickets sold, I can empathize with the people that chose not to use their ticket. I know TV runs the college football world, but they should start making these TCU and SMU games at night. We went to the game in Fort Worth last year and it was incredibly hot and miserable, TCU had thousands and thousands of no shows as well. TCU's band is enormous just like UNT's, they took up a whole section by themselves, besides that, they probably had 3,000 or a few more in attendance. You guys that constantly talk about SMU's attendance, must not have mirrors in your own home.

meangreenbob · September 25, 2022

Stupidity in scheduling a football game at 11am in Texas in September.

untphd · September 25, 2022

9 minutes ago, texx2818 said:

Dude there were entire sections of the stadium that were empty. Donors bought up empty tickets, just admit it. You never had a full house.

Didn't you hear him. He said entire sections were buying food or beer.

dodgefan · September 25, 2022

1 hour ago, meangreenbob said:

Stupidity in scheduling a football game at 11am in Texas in September.

Schools have no choice in this matter, it's all up to the television executives.

UNTcrazy727 · September 25, 2022

35 minutes ago, untphd said:

Didn't you hear him. He said entire sections were buying food or beer.

There were crowd shots every quarter. The north endzone was never close to being full.

dodgefan · September 25, 2022

14 hours ago, NT80 said:

Looks all purple in the stands to me. LOL.

SMU asked their fans to wear blue, you may be confusing blue with the purple.

TIgreen01 · September 25, 2022

I assume it must be difficult planning for this when you have just one home game a year that draws this must interest. For us it’s the smu game and we most definitely botched that one this year, too. Logistics issues everywhere you turned.

dodgefan · September 25, 2022

49 minutes ago, texx2818 said:

Dude there were entire sections of the stadium that were empty. Donors bought up empty tickets, just admit it. You never had a full house.

100% not accurate, we had to buy our tickets through the secondary market. Let's take a look at our attendance and worry about our own business for once. Maybe we wouldn't be in the crap hole that we're in now.