U. Houston drew 19,981 vs. Oregon Thurs on ESPN-2

[NT80]

Attendance: 19981 (and that's being very generous)

Reliant Stadium looked VERY sparse on ESPN-2. By the end of the game there were maybe 2000 in the stands. Pretty poor showing for an opening game vs. PAC10 and on National TV.

[Baby Arm!]

Attendance: 19981 (and that's being very generous)

Reliant Stadium looked VERY sparse on ESPN-2.  By the end of the game there were maybe 2000 in the stands.  Pretty poor showing for an opening game vs. PAC10 and on National TV.

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There is NO WAY there that many in actual attnedance, Maybe they are counting the thousands of free tickets the gave to refugees in the Astrodome next door.

[greenminer]

There is NO WAY there that many in actual attnedance,  Maybe they are counting the thousands of free tickets the gave to refugees in the Astrodome next door.

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I thought there were about 20K in attendance...seems about right to me.

[NT80]

There is NO WAY there that many in actual attnedance,  Maybe they are counting the thousands of free tickets the gave to refugees in the Astrodome next door.

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Schools can now either report actual attendance or tickets distributed.

[MeanGreenBuzz]

They probably should have given all the extra tickets to the refugees next door...

[Eagle1855]

They probably should have given all the extra tickets to the refugees next door...

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They gave ALL refugees who wanted to go free admission

[BIG DAWG]

We SHOULD in all honesty, no green colored glasses, be able to get 20K+

[MeanGreen61]

Did see a post somewhere that Reliant was more difficult to get to because of increased traffic & traffic controls due to the influx of people from NO. Not familiar with Houston, but could it have affected game attendance ?

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

---Houston's attendence from their own fans was a problem in the SWC somewhat. It hurt them and the Big-12 accepted Baylor instead of the state school Houston.