(09-22-2018 05:00 PM)Fthechips Wrote:  

(09-22-2018 04:50 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(09-22-2018 04:32 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  

(09-22-2018 03:03 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  GA Tech is playing #2 Clemson at the same time in Atlanta, and the Braves were in the middle of a game in Atlanta too. With UGA playing the early afternoon name, GA St could've had the evening all to themselves.

Yeah the other 5 million or so available people in the area just didn’t care. That has less to do with Western Michigan and more to do with GaState. They’ve got a pretty legitimate problem with getting people excited for their program/ staying excited after game 1 or 2. That’s not trash talk.

Does BYU or Liberty require student attendance at games? Could GaState attempt to implement this as a part of a freshman college experience class or something?

Most G5 teams schedule around local P5 teams. Schedule this game in the evening, you're also not battling people being turned away from the heat. I have no clue what Georgia St was thinking.

That being said, I agree tho: home game 2 you shouldn't be seeing this kind of attendance already. Didn't watch the game (listened to it on the radio), but how was the student section, at least? Also the stadium being a former baseball stadium, attendance might be deceiving.

From the TV angles it looked like there were maybe 2k people there. It was very, very quiet, you could hear people's conversations on the TV broadcast. ESPN reported 15k in attendance, that's a lie. I would be surprised if there were over 7k.