Attendance: 18,973

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SOURCE: https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPS...;ATCLID=1280470

[GoMeanGreen1999]

Very impressive amount of fans turned out tonight for an 0 - 5 team. I brought my brother to the game who was visiting from El Paso, and he was very impressed with how many where there. He, like I, grew up going to the games, and he mentioned that he had never seen so many students at a game as there were there tonight.

[UNTSIG]

i was very happy with attendance. i was figuring that we wouldn't have more 13K at the game. i think that the culture is slowly but surely changing. it seems that more and mroe students and alumni are buying into the program and making a stake in our future...

[UNTflyer]

Excellent. With Homecoming and Navy coming up, we should definitely bury our average from last year.

Optimistically assuming 21,000 for Homecoming and 28,000 for Navy, we would need just 12,000 for WKU to guarantee an average of 20k for the year.

Edited October 14, 2007 by UNTflyer

[MeanGreen61]

Sun Belt attendance numbers

This week's games

18,973 @ North Texas v ULM

18,242 @ Arkansas State v ULL

Year-to-date (* = number of home games)

21,188 Troy (**)

21,160 Arkansas State (***)

20,306 Middle Tennessee (***)

19,892 ULL (****)

19,726 North Texas (**)

17,532 WKU (**)

17,055 ULM (**)

14,421 FAU (***)

8,962 FIU (**)

Edited October 14, 2007 by MeanGreen61

[good_ken]

Sun Belt attendance numbers

This week's games

18,973 @ North Texas v ULM

18,242 @ Arkansas State v ULL

Year-to-date (* = number of home games)

21,188 Troy (**)

21,160 Arkansas State (***)

20,306 Middle Tennessee (***)

19,892 ULL (****)

19,726 North Texas (**)

17,532 WKU (**)

17,055 ULM (**)

14,421 FAU (***)

8,962 FIU (**)

The FAU numbers are disapointing, considering the success that they are having. Winning games, and making valiant challenges in their losses.

[BleedGreen64]

The DMN reported attendance of 22,000 plus for the FAU game which would give us an average of over 20,000 now. Was the DMN report wrong?

[UNTflyer]

The DMN reported attendance of 22,000 plus for the FAU game which would give us an average of over 20,000 now. Was the DMN report wrong?

You are right. So revise my projections from earlier, we would need just 10,500 at the WKU game (assuming 21,000/28,000 for MTSU/Navy).

[3XNTGRAD]

The DMN reported attendance of 22,000 plus for the FAU game which would give us an average of over 20,000 now. Was the DMN report wrong?

It was about 20,200 actual, so maybe that was just a case of a typo showing 22,000.

[Green Mean]

Maybe 22K tickets sold but like 19K actually showed up.....kinda like at Rangers games they say the attendance for that game is like 33K but really only about 8K showed up.

[H-towngreen]

8,962 FIU (**)

Ouch!!

[Mean Green 93-98]

That UL-L average looks pretty high considering they couldn't have had more than 5000 fans (if that) when we played there.

[stebo]

Ouch!!

Don't forget - FIU is building their new stadium this year, during football season - so they are playing their home games away at various locations. Also - FAU does not have a stadium at all. It just got the approval to be built. They are playing their home games split between 2 different places, an abandoned high school stadium about 30-40 minutes from campus... and Dolphins Stadium - which is like NT playing in Waco... Both schools will have better attendance once they have on campus stadiums. FIU is building theirs during this season, it is being built right now... FAU should start next summer. They both have bigger athletic budgets than us.

[stebo]

That UL-L average looks pretty high considering they couldn't have had more than 5000 fans (if that) when we played there.

Yep, that is their average - they only counted like 8K for our game; but they had 33,500 for McNeese State. That loss to McNeese killed their attendance for their next home game - against US, lol - and it was pouring on top of that,

[drex]

Let's give a big thank you to the events staff who handled the 'parents weekend'. They got students and their parents to the game, and it really made a big difference on the student side. Thanks to Karen Selby and her staff for the promotion.

[MeanGreen61]

The DMN reported attendance of 22,000 plus for the FAU game which would give us an average of over 20,000 now. Was the DMN report wrong?

Attendance info is from the NCAA site.

[PerryG2480]

I just watched the TV broadcast, and the environment looked ten times better than what I saw at ULL last weekend. I almost forgot I was watching a Sun Belt game for a minute (shots of full stands during punts and kickoffs!).

[MCMLXXX]

I left with about 3 minutes remaining and made it home to see ULM score their last two touchdowns. I was impressed by how the game appeared on TV. In addition, the announcers appeared to be much better than those calling the ULL game.

[Mean Green 93-98]

I left with about 3 minutes remaining and made it home to see ULM score their last two touchdowns. I was impressed by how the game appeared on TV. In addition, the announcers appeared to be much better than those calling the ULL game.

If I'm not mistaken, one of those guys also called the UL-L game. Apparently, somebody had gotten on to him for saying Brock "Stricker" last week, so this week he was saying "Sticker."

[MCMLXXX]

You mean this guy?

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...p;Q_SEASON=2007

[UNTLifer]

Sun Belt attendance numbers

This week's games

18,973 @ North Texas v ULM

18,242 @ Arkansas State v ULL

Year-to-date (* = number of home games)

21,188 Troy (**)

21,160 Arkansas State (***)

20,306 Middle Tennessee (***)

19,892 ULL (****)

19,726 North Texas (**)

17,532 WKU (**)

17,055 ULM (**)

14,421 FAU (***)

8,962 FIU (**)

Glad to see the MUTS attendance number. They have struggled for years, even with a "sexy" team.

[Guest JohnDenver]

Glad to see the MUTS attendance number. They have struggled for years, even with a "sexy" team.

Honest question:

I remember a couple years back that some schools had signed a home and home type deal where the one "home" game was actually off campus or actually at the other school's campus, but it counted as a home game. Am I making that up?

Something like... One year the UL v MTSU game counted towards a UL home game, this year it counted as a MTSU game?

I vaguely remember La Tech doing that with LSU ... maybe it is the theraflu speaking again.

[GoMeanGreen1999]

I have to give the UNT fans and students credit for sure, as I was very pleased with the turnout. We have made a good move with the hire of Dodge and Co to be able to get this many people there for a team that was 0 - 5.

[MCMLXXX]

Honest question:

I remember a couple years back that some schools had signed a home and home type deal where the one "home" game was actually off campus or actually at the other school's campus, but it counted as a home game. Am I making that up?

ULM played a home game in Little Rock against Arkansas.

[ADLER]

Honest question:

I remember a couple years back that some schools had signed a home and home type deal where the one "home" game was actually off campus or actually at the other school's campus, but it counted as a home game. Am I making that up?

Something like... One year the UL v MTSU game counted towards a UL home game, this year it counted as a MTSU game?

I vaguely remember La Tech doing that with LSU ... maybe it is the theraflu speaking again.

It's the medication. A couple of years ago you could host a home game at a neutral site even if it was closer to your opponent's home stadium. UL-Monroe hosted Arkansas at War memorial in Little Rock (even though Arkansas handled all the ticket distribution and host activities), and Arkansas State hosted Missouri at a game in Missouri.

The rule has since been changed; you must now host two games at that site for it to count towards attendance.

ASUfan should be here in a few minutes to expound further.