(09-05-2018 08:55 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  when usf announced 31K I thought there was legit 15K max there. Turns out there was actually 21K. Honest question, are usf fans happy with 21K coming off the best year in school history to opening home game?

Memphis looked larger than 33K tbh but I cant say whether it was up to 40K or not, hard to tell on TV. Probably somewhere between 35-36K. Very good for an FCS team. I know the UCF game later this year is going to be a capacity crowd, biggest we'll see all year at UCF.

Uconn was better than they expected and better than I expected. I think it was pretty close to the 23K announced. For a team that hasn't been any good in a long time I thought they did well.

ECU had a solid crowd as well and in the same boat as Uconn I am impressed by their fans continuing to show up despite awful play on the field. If ECU was coming off the last few seasons that USF had no doubt in my mind there'd be 50K+ every game.

Tulane and Tulsa is what it is. Small private schools with a small following and in Tulane's case theres some major competition for eyeballs in new orleans. Hopefully they can improve.


With the bang Cinci started with and the new stadium renovations I am very excited to see their crowd this weekend.

UCF should be sold out as well for the FCS home opener, it'll probably be announced in the 44K range.

Tulane played at the same time as the saints, so I think 15,000 isn't too bad. I think you will see a jump this week even though it's fcs, it's a local school and no NFL competition.

Tulsa's crowd was bigger than 4 games last year. On labor day weekend, vs an fcs school, after a 2-10 season, with temp highs on Saturday that felt like a 100+ and was actually 92 without the heat index at kick off. I would say that is a positive showing for Tulsa to get it's attendance back to respectable.

This year we have some new ideas and new people being put in. This is leading to a better response about game day atmosphere and the little perks being offered. We're doing a lot of community outreach, Saturday was our first responders game and we honored a local police officer and former player as a team captain. Cain's a world famous music venue is putting on concerts pre game. In general we are doing marketing for the first time and it appears doing it correctly. A winning team will seal the deal, but the positive attitude change is a good start to lay the foundation again.

It looks like the reseating has brought up sales a little and games on television should look much better as crowds. The student section, general admission, band, medium tier tickets are all on the camera side now. Although our end zone seating may be sparse if we don't improve on last year's performance especially because TU moved the family fun zone to the west grand stand, which was a smart move but was a large portion of the end zone crowds.