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RE: FBS Attendance Requirements?
(01-16-2018 10:07 PM)KnightNasty Wrote: (01-16-2018 09:54 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: I realize this was probably a troll attempt, but just in case it wasn't, the USF average attendance has never been below 26,000 per year, and is far, far, far from the lowest in AAC. Here is a historical look at both USF and UCF's average attendance.
Average attendance per year (10 year sample size).
2007 - USF 53,170, UCF 44018
2008 - USF 49,690, UCF 39596
2009 - USF 52,553, UCF 38078
2010 - USF 40,849, UCF 39614
2011 - USF 44,550, UCF 34282
2012 - USF 44,130, UCF 34608
2013 - USF 34,702, UCF 42084
2014 - USF 30,694, UCF 37812
2015 - USF 26,578, UCF 30065
2016 - USF 37,539, UCF 35802
10 year average: USF 41,446, UCF 37,596
Both USF and UCF are far, far over the 15,000 limit and both are in the extreme upper echelon of G so called 5 attendance historically. Both have had ups and downs, however, and are known to fall off in lean years. USF is hurt by playing in a 66K stadium making crowds look sparse, although it comes in handy when playing FSU, Miami, etc.
Ya, I don’t know what USF’s “actual” attendance numbers are, which I’m sure are lower than that (though that probably goes for UCF and everyone else as well).
I stand corrected though... and do think that it probably more is an optics thing.
Wasn’t trolling... the attendance seemed troubling... and I just didn’t know if it was anything to be concerned about. Glad to hear it isn’t...
Yeah, I assume you were somewhat serious, and to answer your question, USF has never come anywhere near 15K attendance.
I also assume you are referring to actual attendance (although all FBS programs go by announced attendance, not actual), and that be the case, USF has also exceeded 15K actual attendance each and every year as well.
I will readily admit, that USF's attendance leaves something to be desired. Playing in a 66K NFL stadium can make a 25K-30K crowd look really small, as does having the camera angle pointed towards the visitor's side at all times as it is in RJS.
Our largest home crowd this past season was around 44K vs. Cincinnati on 10/14 and looked really good. You really need at least 40K in an NFL stadium to not look extremely sparse on TV.
By the way, if you are seriously looking for USF actual turnstile attendance numbers, check Joey Knight of Tampa Bay Times twitter account, he sometimes posts turnstile numbers from the TSA.
(This post was last modified: 01-16-2018 10:24 PM by BullsFanInTX.)
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