attendance

[Green Crazy]

I think actual attendees was no less than 19k.

[meaniegreenie]

ATTENDANCE: 21,171

How does a thread go three pages of arguing a fact?

Because I counted and it was actually 21,172. Wait, maybe I counted myself twice...crap, can everybody please return to their seats...

[KingDL1]

How does discussing perceived attendance become construed as negative haters hating?

I have no idea why unless its because its not the company line? I thought last night was a good crowd considering all other factors. Can you guys imagine when we actually pack that place?

It will give loud a new meaning!

Edited October 13, 2013 by KingDL1

[foutsrouts]

I think if we win the next three (two on the road, so fingers and toes crossed) we may see a near sellout for homecoming as we try to #hit6 against UTEP...weather permitting.

I'm hopeful that UTEP brings a few thousand, but I would be surprised if San Antonio brings much of anything. San Antonio pretty much has zero alums who grew up with a school football team, and the grads until the last very few years were overwhelmingly from San Antonio. Hope they surprise me.

[greenit]

I am not so worried about how many of their fans show up, but I am interested to see what an in state opponent does for our own fans showing up.

[SSP]

I am not so worried about how many of their fans show up, but I am interested to see what an in state opponent does for our own fans showing up.

The students are really going to have to be the ones to step up at the Rice game if we aren't doing any sort of Halloween special prmos/activities other then the ones already mentioned. I agree that there will probably be a lot of alumni that won't be able to make it.

[KRAM1]

How does discussing perceived attendance become construed as negative haters hating?

If you can't figure that out, there would be no use trying to explain it to you. Should I quote a few of the posts for you?

Perspective, Sir, perspective.

[KRAM1]

I am not so worried about how many of their fans show up, but I am interested to see what an in state opponent does for our own fans showing up.

Keeping fingers crossed...but it better not rain...too many Mean Green fair weather fans who scatter at even the thought of a bit of moisture.

Still not giving up on the Rice game on Oct. 31st. I think having Rice in town and the fact that it is on Halloween Night will make for a nice crowd...sellout? Heck no! But I think 18,000 - 21,000 is more than possible.

Heck, by then maybe even the students will know they get in free.

[SSP]

Keeping fingers crossed...

Heck, by then maybe even the students will know they get in free.

I'm thinking about standing on the side of 35 with a big sign.

[Side Show Joe]

TCU claimed 41,894 against Kansas yesterday.

We had a great game and a great crowd. Lets just enjoy it.

Edited October 13, 2013 by Side Show Joe

[JRock]

My gosh people. Some of us will argue about anything. Great turnout and game. Had a blast.

[Proud North Texan]

Great turnout and game!!

Go Mean Green

[JesseMartin]

Apologists gotta apologize?

It's too late to apologize.

TCU claimed 41,894 against Kansas yesterday.

We had a great game and a great crowd. Lets just enjoy it.

Did the other side look the same? If so it could literally be 1/10th of the "official" number.

[Side Show Joe]

It's too late to apologize.

Did the other side look the same? If so it could literally be 1/10th of the "official" number.

That's my point. We had a great night, and I thought our attendance was solid. We need to enjoy it. TCU can't even get 10,000 to show up and watch them play a Big 12 team.

[Rudy]

TCU claimed 41,894 against Kansas yesterday.

We had a great game and a great crowd. Lets just enjoy it.

I think that's supposed to a decimal and not a comma. 41.894/41,894

Punctuation. It makes the difference.

[JRock]

Lol. TCU.

[MeanGreenTexan]

In order for me to believe the 21k+ number, I would need to see people in the wings.... there were plenty of people in the wings. Therefore, I believe the number.

[bstnsportsfan3]

Tcu looks like they had 40,000 fans dressed as metal bleachers.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Guess I need to call long time WBAP AM personality Hal Jay on the air (who brags about TCU every other sentence) and ask him if he had a hard time finding a good place to sit last Saturday.

So the Frog faithful all stayed home to watch Texas/OU? LOL!

This is a Big 12 game in that ACS photo? I've posted (ad nausem just like about everything else) how TCU had attendance problems back in the 60's, 70's and part of the 80's so now maybe a few more believers now? I made a handful of their OOC games back in the day, but I never saw ACS this empty.

No traveling Big 12 fans ="s this? How would Apogee look like with a minimum of 5K traveling fans for our conference games? (How's 'bout 27,000 for last weekend's game for staters)?

Darn shame SMU didn't have a home game this last weekend so we for the first time in memory could say we won the Metroplex NCAA FBS Schools Attendance Award.

I did see some very promising signs with our promotions efforts last Saturday evening, but I hope none of us get happy with crowds in the low to mid 20's; after all, Apogee Stadium does seat 31,000. Seeing the Wing Zone 1/3'rd full was such a welcome sight.

Wonder what are we doing to help ourselves at the turnstiles for Halloween Night versus the Rice Owls for our nationally televised game. I will be there with 3 other guests from Parker County.

GMG!

Edited October 14, 2013 by PlummMeanGreen

[GrayEagle]

Page 5 arguing a simple fact? Only at North Texas.

The attendance that was reported to the NCAA was 21,171. Officially, that's it regardless of whether you thought that it was 3,000 or 30,000.

Maybe we hired SMU's attendance counter. Maybe a third of the crowd came in and left before the game started. Maybe 5.000 were still tailgating. I don't know (or care). It was a good, loud crowd and not an embarrassment; embrace it.

[KRAM1]

Page 5 arguing a simple fact? Only at North Texas.The attendance that was reported to the NCAA was 21,171. Officially, that's it regardless of whether you thought that it was 3,000 or 30,000.Maybe we hired SMU's attendance counter. Maybe a third of the crowd came in and left before the game started. Maybe 5.000 were still tailgating. I don't know (or care). It was a good, loud crowd and not an embarrassment; embrace it.

Could not be said any better.

[southsideguy]

The crowd seemed loud , i lost my voice, and wonder how the volume on the field was?

[Harry]

The crowd seemed loud , i lost my voice, and wonder how the volume on the field was?

North Texas Chant

[PlummMeanGreen]

The below pic taken at Amon Carter Stadium during a Big 12 match-up last Saturday:

This quote from that school in Cowtown's HFC:

“When I started here 16 years ago we had 16,000 people in the stands,” he said. “…I think, always, you talk about you’d like to have it a little bit better, but just like we’re growing as a football program going into the Big 12, I think you’re also growing and understanding as a crowd how important they are for us to have a home-field advantage and win. It all takes time.”

Patterson vaguely touched on the idea that college football teams feed off their fans perhaps more than any other teams in sports.

(And then these words for our UNT constituency to consider)

“Everybody needs to understand for us to get where we want to get to, everybody’s going to need to buy in,” he said. “There’s not any in-between. Fans, players, recruits, the city — everybody has got to be there if we want to get to where we want to get to.”

http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/10/14/5245878/tcu-notes-frogs-face-two-rested.html

Edited October 17, 2013 by PlummMeanGreen

[jredallas]

. . . . Wonder what are we doing to help ourselves at the turnstiles for Halloween Night versus the Rice Owls for our nationally televised game. I will be there with 3 other guests from Parker County.

The livingsocial deal is still good for that game.