(09-12-2021 12:41 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 12:32 PM)SVHerd Wrote:  Love to see how Rice counts attendance.

This one was easy, lots of Youston fans

Actually not as many Houston fans as you might expect (they were excited about the Big 12 but they're not sold on their coach either and had the week 1 loss to Texas Tech). I'd say it was about 50-50 - perhaps even a few more Rice fans than Houston.

Here's a photo of the crowd looking towards the Rice side right before kickoff. It got a bit bigger after that as the tailgaters wandered into their seats.

https://uhcougars.com/galleries/football...1363/39735

Regardless, we won't touch that crowd again this year after last night.

(09-12-2021 09:49 AM)Ewglenn Wrote:  These are the ones I could find. If you know any missing please include it.

Rice 26,253
Southern Miss 25,235
Marshall 24,521
ODU 18,363
FAU - 17736
UTSA 16,229
LT 15,328
Charlotte 12,274

FIU not listed

Do better

FIU has over 58K students, not sure why they cannot average more than 10K fans. They don't even average 2k fans, I have been there and seen it.
It is a cultural thing, the student body is more than 70% hispanic or hispanic descent, it has a large population of international students and they could care less about the football team. Miami has night life options, so it is hard to attend a game when you have better options. In addition, U-Miami is king down there and even people from FIU root for the 'Canes.
The day I went to a game between FAU and FIU and saw FIU students dancing merengue in the parking lot; that's when I knew their program would never take off.

(09-12-2021 07:25 PM)niteowlchamp Wrote:  FIU has over 58K students, not sure why they cannot average more than 10K fans. They don't even average 2k fans, I have been there and seen it.
It is a cultural thing, the student body is more than 70% hispanic or hispanic descent, it has a large population of international students and they could care less about the football team. Miami has night life options, so it is hard to attend a game when you have better options. In addition, U-Miami is king down there and even people from FIU root for the 'Canes.
The day I went to a game between FAU and FIU and saw FIU students dancing merengue in the parking lot; that's when I knew their program would never take off.

That is true. FIU football is still like an infant compared to UM football. Most FIU alums are UM fans first. Almost every FIU alum I know is a UM fan.

(09-12-2021 07:25 PM)niteowlchamp Wrote:  FIU has over 58K students, not sure why they cannot average more than 10K fans. They don't even average 2k fans, I have been there and seen it.
It is a cultural thing, the student body is more than 70% hispanic or hispanic descent, it has a large population of international students and they could care less about the football team. Miami has night life options, so it is hard to attend a game when you have better options. In addition, U-Miami is king down there and even people from FIU root for the 'Canes.
The day I went to a game between FAU and FIU and saw FIU students dancing merengue in the parking lot; that's when I knew their program would never take off.

FIU should drop football and go all in on Soccer.

(09-12-2021 01:56 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  FIU isn’t announcing attendance this year. Both box scores just have 0.

That's actually pretty accurate.

I also got a huge laugh out of the rice attendance lol. If it was 26k, 25k was houston.

(09-12-2021 08:08 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 01:56 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  FIU isn’t announcing attendance this year. Both box scores just have 0.

That's actually pretty accurate.

I also got a huge laugh out of the rice attendance lol. If it was 26k, 25k was houston.

100 percent wrong. See my comment above.

50-50 crowd at best. It might not have been 26K in the stands but was low 20's for sure.

UTSA... SMH...

Very pleased with the USM number, given our poor first game and a bad FCS opponent. Hopefully more for the Troy game, but if we lose that one I'm not sure we'll see another good crowd this season. The admin really improved the pregame atmosphere though, so that might help.

(09-12-2021 10:15 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  Not happy with Marshall's attendance and there's no excuse for it. I just hope it's because people are still nervous about COVID and/or still suffering from boredom from Doc Holliday.

Guess we will find out this week when we host ECU. Anything short of 30k will be a disappointment, but 35k should be what we are aiming for.

It's it's just covid man, I wouldn't sweat it. Everybody's going to have lower attendance numbers this year.

It's just what it is.

(09-15-2021 08:13 AM)rileylives Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 10:15 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  Not happy with Marshall's attendance and there's no excuse for it. I just hope it's because people are still nervous about COVID and/or still suffering from boredom from Doc Holliday.

Guess we will find out this week when we host ECU. Anything short of 30k will be a disappointment, but 35k should be what we are aiming for.

It's it's just covid man, I wouldn't sweat it. Everybody's going to have lower attendance numbers this year.

It's just what it is.

Was talking with a member of our athletic department and apparently the nationwide average in attendance decline this year so far has been about 20%. Not sure how valid that number is but it seems right based on the eye test.

(09-15-2021 08:27 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(09-15-2021 08:13 AM)rileylives Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 10:15 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  Not happy with Marshall's attendance and there's no excuse for it. I just hope it's because people are still nervous about COVID and/or still suffering from boredom from Doc Holliday.

Guess we will find out this week when we host ECU. Anything short of 30k will be a disappointment, but 35k should be what we are aiming for.

It's it's just covid man, I wouldn't sweat it. Everybody's going to have lower attendance numbers this year.

It's just what it is.

Was talking with a member of our athletic department and apparently the nationwide average in attendance decline this year so far has been about 20%. Not sure how valid that number is but it seems right based on the eye test.

Yeah, so I wouldn't chalk it up to anything but that. Also FCS.

We will see a much larger turnout this weekend for the ECU game.

(09-13-2021 08:35 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  UTSA... SMH...

WOW...I didn't realize how low your attendance was. What happened?

(09-15-2021 08:33 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 08:35 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  UTSA... SMH...

WOW...I didn't realize how low your attendance was. What happened?

Great question... probably a combination of an FCS opponent, covid, and the Come and Take It controversy. Interesting though, the student section showed up in full force.

If FIU has a band they weren't shown on the broadcast. Could never tell from the audio because you couldn't hear a thing from the stadium. No fan noise, no ref, nothing. The only audio was coming from the box and any outside noise that leaked in.

(09-12-2021 09:49 AM)Ewglenn Wrote:  These are the ones I could find. If you know any missing please include it.

Rice 26,253
Southern Miss 25,235
Marshall 24,521
ODU 18,363
FAU - 17736
UTSA 16,229
LT 15,328
Charlotte 12,274

FIU not listed

Just for reference of our peers:

Coastal 17,697 (Friday vs Kansas)
Arkansas State 19,501 (Memphis)
Troy 24,714 (Liberty)
ULL 25,417 (local FCS)

Any weekend Rice, the smallest school in the league, leads the conference in attendance is a sad commentary on the league.


I expect the number reflects tickets sold, not butts in seats.

(09-12-2021 06:34 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 12:41 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 12:32 PM)SVHerd Wrote:  Love to see how Rice counts attendance.

This one was easy, lots of Youston fans

Actually not as many Houston fans as you might expect (they were excited about the Big 12 but they're not sold on their coach either and had the week 1 loss to Texas Tech). I'd say it was about 50-50 - perhaps even a few more Rice fans than Houston.

Here's a photo of the crowd looking towards the Rice side right before kickoff. It got a bit bigger after that as the tailgaters wandered into their seats.

https://uhcougars.com/galleries/football...1363/39735

Regardless, we won't touch that crowd again this year after last night.

TSU had 18,297 for their game with Prairie View A&M, so that game attendance might break 20,000, too.

(09-15-2021 08:08 AM)Luckyshot Wrote:  Very pleased with the USM number, given our poor first game and a bad FCS opponent. Hopefully more for the Troy game, but if we lose that one I'm not sure we'll see another good crowd this season. The admin really improved the pregame atmosphere though, so that might help.

Regardless of the announced number, unless the forecast improves we will be lucky to have 15K butts in seats this weekend...current forecast is 80% rain Thursday, 70% of Friday with 60% Saturday and 50% Sunday. Our only saving grace is that it's a 6:00 pm kickoff on Saturday so maybe/hopefully the rain will move out by or close to gametime.

(09-15-2021 02:09 PM)usm99 Wrote:  

(09-15-2021 08:08 AM)Luckyshot Wrote:  Very pleased with the USM number, given our poor first game and a bad FCS opponent. Hopefully more for the Troy game, but if we lose that one I'm not sure we'll see another good crowd this season. The admin really improved the pregame atmosphere though, so that might help.

Regardless of the announced number, unless the forecast improves we will be lucky to have 15K butts in seats this weekend...current forecast is 80% rain Thursday, 70% of Friday with 60% Saturday and 50% Sunday. Our only saving grace is that it's a 6:00 pm kickoff on Saturday so maybe/hopefully the rain will move out by or close to gametime.

Same forecast for LA Tech.