Early attendance observation

ChristopherRyanWilkes · October 31, 2013

Students showed up,alumni did not.

Eastwood Eagle · October 31, 2013

What we were expecting. Oh well. Students be loud! Let's get that win.

meangreener · October 31, 2013

Typical.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · October 31, 2013

They are loud! Pitch black student section. Already riled up

Eastwood Eagle · October 31, 2013

Showing some fan shots of students. Looks great. Let's hope that the alumni are stuck in traffic and are on the way.

CMJ · October 31, 2013

I don't know...plenty of empty student sections on TV. The ones that have students are densely packed though

aztecskin · October 31, 2013

It's 630pm on a Wednesday in the Metroplex. I don't think anyone is having an easy time showing up anywhere, let alone Apogee. I'm giving them a break for now.

Green P1 · October 31, 2013

50 yard line row 7. We're the only 2 here....

Cerebus · October 31, 2013

There are still tons of people walking in.

Students did a great job.

Eastwood Eagle · November 1, 2013

Student side looks excellent on TV. Wing looks like it is starting to fill up, maybe alumni was just caught in traffic?

meaniegreenie · November 1, 2013

This is at end of first qtr.

Crap cant post pic from phone

Edited November 1, 2013 by meaniegreenie

greenit · November 1, 2013

Lots of the alumni wanted to get on tv so they sat on the student side.

EagleGreen · November 1, 2013

Great job, students!!! I have many students there. Alumni are trick or treating with kids. Understandable! Great job mean green!!!

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 1, 2013

Great job, students!!! I have many students there. Alumni are trick or treating with kids. Understandable! Great job mean green!!!

Yeah not bashing alumni,just proud of fellow students passing up heading to parties for the game.

Rudy · November 1, 2013

And maybe proud of the alumni who maybe took a day off or switched shifts, or worked doubles, etc, to be in attendance?

jdennis82 · November 1, 2013

Before getting too down on attendance last night, here are the attendance numbers for games played this week:

Tuesday

Cincinnati @ Memphis - 22,571

Thursday

South Florida @ Houston - 22,707

Louisiana Monroe @ Troy - 17,013

Rice @ North Texas - 22,835

Arizona State @ Washington - 20,617

I was very pleased with our crowd and the energy we had. Being able to stand on the alumni side the majority of the 2nd half without feeling out of place or rude for blocking the view of those behind me was very encouraging.

Also, being part of the herd of people making our way across the pedestrian bridge AFTER the game (including an impromptu "north..texas" chant) was a great change from recent years.

Edited November 1, 2013 by jdennis82

JRock · November 1, 2013

I was one alum who had my kids. They are 3 and 4 and 8 and promised them to go trick or treating. Raced home as quick as I could to watch and was floored by what I was seeing. Wish we could have been there. Will be bringing a large group for homecoming. GMG.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 1, 2013

And maybe proud of the alumni who maybe took a day off or switched shifts, or worked doubles, etc, to be in attendance?

Thems too. Just proud of everyone,GMG.

golfingomez · November 1, 2013

i have to say that i barely made it in the game...

left dallas just around 5 and got there just in time to see the touchback... traffic was horrendous...

it was a tough game for alumni to make, but i have already seen my facebook start up with people who havent been coming to games talking about being excited to come watch the homecoming game

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 1, 2013

i have to say that i barely made it in the game...

left dallas just around 5 and got there just in time to see the touchback... traffic was horrendous...

it was a tough game for alumni to make, but i have already seen my facebook start up with people who havent been coming to games talking about being excited to come watch the homecoming game

If it wasn't Halloween/Week night we could have easily had 24k.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 1, 2013

If not 25k..

MeanMag · November 1, 2013

What many students now have to understand about the alumni who do not normally come to games is there is a reason they aren't coming and it's not just that it is Halloween. The people who normally come but had kid obligations, work etc. aren't the ones I'm talking about either.

I'm talking about the alumni who never went to games as students, and there are a ton of them. There was no reason for them to get hooked. There was no reason to make it part of their routine during football season.

I work with a ton of UNT alumns. Most all of the UNT alumns I work with have graduate degrees from somewhere other than North Texas. Mostly from TCU. These people have season tickets to TCU. I've been trying to get them to UNT games, but it is difficult. Their routine is now loyalty to another school. It's going to take more than 5-6 wins. It will take longer than a couple years to get people like that to come. It might take more than 9-10 wins for a couple of years for some. Some might just be lost all together. It will be hard to ask someone that age with those obligations already mentioned to start a new routine. Some will. It's not a lost cause, and I will continue to offer.

What happened in the early 2000's has kept a lot of alumni my age around. What is happening now with the students is the best thing that could happen to a program. The best advice I can give to students is to take advantage of the fun that this season is. Ask friends to come to the games and go to the bowl game. Good god, go to the bowl game as a student. Sleep 5 to a room. Squeeze into cars, pick up an extra shift. Do whatever it is you have to do to go to a bowl game as a student and take your friends with you. You will make lifelong memories that will include North Texas Football, and that is tougher to forget for alumni in the future.

I give them crap for it, but It is the reason that the alumni older than me on this board still talk about Hayden Fry and Tennessee and Texas in '88. Do not worry about alumni attendance, worry about having fun as a student at the games. That pays off bigger for the future of a program than worrying about alumni attendance.

Cerebus · November 1, 2013

What happened in the early 2000's has kept a lot of alumni my age around. What is happening now with the students is the best thing that could happen to a program.

Yes, in person and on the board I have noticed that the majority of die hard fans come from two eras:

The Fry years and the Dickey bowl years.

We are building a new batch of die hards right now, with the added strengths of being in a more regional conference, having brand new facilities, and this may be most important: Having an administration and athletic program that are working hand in hand to create student enthusiasm.

Really exciting time for the North Texas athletic program, and by extension, the entire University.

filmerj · November 1, 2013

What many students now have to understand about the alumni who do not normally come to games is there is a reason they aren't coming and it's not just that it is Halloween. The people who normally come but had kid obligations, work etc. aren't the ones I'm talking about either.

I'm talking about the alumni who never went to games as students, and there are a ton of them. There was no reason for them to get hooked. There was no reason to make it part of their routine during football season.

I work with a ton of UNT alumns. Most all of the UNT alumns I work with have graduate degrees from somewhere other than North Texas. Mostly from TCU. These people have season tickets to TCU. I've been trying to get them to UNT games, but it is difficult. Their routine is now loyalty to another school. It's going to take more than 5-6 wins. It will take longer than a couple years to get people like that to come. It might take more than 9-10 wins for a couple of years for some. Some might just be lost all together. It will be hard to ask someone that age with those obligations already mentioned to start a new routine. Some will. It's not a lost cause, and I will continue to offer.

What happened in the early 2000's has kept a lot of alumni my age around. What is happening now with the students is the best thing that could happen to a program. The best advice I can give to students is to take advantage of the fun that this season is. Ask friends to come to the games and go to the bowl game. Good god, go to the bowl game as a student. Sleep 5 to a room. Squeeze into cars, pick up an extra shift. Do whatever it is you have to do to go to a bowl game as a student and take your friends with you. You will make lifelong memories that will include North Texas Football, and that is tougher to forget for alumni in the future.

I give them crap for it, but It is the reason that the alumni older than me on this board still talk about Hayden Fry and Tennessee and Texas in '88. Do not worry about alumni attendance, worry about having fun as a student at the games. That pays off bigger for the future of a program than worrying about alumni attendance.

Totally Agree. I think I know more UNT grads, who are art or RTVF Majors who don't give a Rats Ass about UNT football, much less football. I was lucky. I remember when I first got to UNT in the late 90's I was excited tho find out we had a D1 football team. I didn't know we had one when I chose to attend the UNT. I came from South Texas where the closet D1 program was UT and A&M. I remember going to games and wondering why I was one of only, (what seemed like 20 students,) at the game. Then I found out. Year after year, game after, game, I found out. But me being the loyal person that I am, I stuck with them(basketball too) and was able to enjoy the tail end of the good 'ol '00s. Not every one on campus is a hard core sports fan, who can stomach some of the things this program has put it fans through. So that's why it's important we get students to the games to enjoy these good times and keep the good times going. So that when current students become alumni the alumni side of the stands are full, along with the student side, and hopefully somewhere along the way The City's residents learns to love us as well.

Edited November 1, 2013 by filmerj

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 1, 2013

What many students now have to understand about the alumni who do not normally come to games is there is a reason they aren't coming and it's not just that it is Halloween. The people who normally come but had kid obligations, work etc. aren't the ones I'm talking about either.

I'm talking about the alumni who never went to games as students, and there are a ton of them. There was no reason for them to get hooked. There was no reason to make it part of their routine during football season.

I work with a ton of UNT alumns. Most all of the UNT alumns I work with have graduate degrees from somewhere other than North Texas. Mostly from TCU. These people have season tickets to TCU. I've been trying to get them to UNT games, but it is difficult. Their routine is now loyalty to another school. It's going to take more than 5-6 wins. It will take longer than a couple years to get people like that to come. It might take more than 9-10 wins for a couple of years for some. Some might just be lost all together. It will be hard to ask someone that age with those obligations already mentioned to start a new routine. Some will. It's not a lost cause, and I will continue to offer.

What happened in the early 2000's has kept a lot of alumni my age around. What is happening now with the students is the best thing that could happen to a program. The best advice I can give to students is to take advantage of the fun that this season is. Ask friends to come to the games and go to the bowl game. Good god, go to the bowl game as a student. Sleep 5 to a room. Squeeze into cars, pick up an extra shift. Do whatever it is you have to do to go to a bowl game as a student and take your friends with you. You will make lifelong memories that will include North Texas Football, and that is tougher to forget for alumni in the future.

I give them crap for it, but It is the reason that the alumni older than me on this board still talk about Hayden Fry and Tennessee and Texas in '88. Do not worry about alumni attendance, worry about having fun as a student at the games. That pays off bigger for the future of a program than worrying about alumni attendance.

Great post. Wasn't as much worried as just stating the obvious from looking around the stadium. May have come out a little bluntly but mostly just because I posted it from my phone 5 minutes before kick off. Like I said proud of the team and everyone who showed up. I'm not one of those who is going to give someone a hard time for not showing up, I know there are other things in people's lives other than UNT football. Go mean Green!