(05-19-2015 12:27 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 08:05 PM)FUB Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 11:09 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(05-15-2015 06:50 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  

(05-15-2015 09:58 AM)Stammers Wrote:  After the Ole Piss game we hammered Cincy; were 3-2, with only 1 season out of the previous 5 with more than 3 wins, and we end up drawing 32,784 for Houston.

Going into our second to last game against Tulane, we are 7-3, on a 4 game winning streak, after 2 straight road games and draw 34,635.

We go into the season ender against UConn 8-3, on a 5 game winning streak, and draw 35,102.

MTSU was an aberration, a full 11,000 - 13,000 higher than normal and coming off of a loss.

You completely ignored my point again. I'm talking about our bandwagon/tag along when we beat ole miss fans. We have many, many of those. And those showed up at the MTSU game Bc of our showing at UCLA. Beat ole miss, and those fans continue to come back. Those fans don't care about Cincy, Houston, being 7-3, playing for a conference championship, etc. They care about beating ole miss. We've always had that group. And it's a rather large group.

It would have been another 4,000 - 5,000 tops. I don't have to live in Memphis to know that the fans don't care that much about moral victories. The UCLA loss didn't bring in an extra 15,000 fans. MTSU was an aberration.

Ijust don't believe you are right.

He's not.

If "MTSU was an aberration", what does that mean, exactly? I mean, that makes it sound like "accident", as if 47,000 people "accidentally" showed up at the LB and they didn't know why. People attend games for a reason.

What it meant was, we had just given UCLA all they wanted, much to the surprise of the rest of the nation, and in the minds of those fans with pride issues at work with their SEC friends and co-workers, there was still hope to get national recognition with the Ole Miss game. There was still a chance to be part of big-boy football discussion at the water cooler. In short, we were still relevant when we played MTSU. After we played and lost to Ole Miss, we were no longer relevant.

look at it this way. If MTSU and Houston had traded spots on the home schedule, the attendance figures would have been the same on the same dates.

B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o.

Early season games typically draw better than late season games. In the early fall, fans are clamoring for some football. I remember many late season games that were relevant (ok, maybe not many) like East Carolina with a trip the the Liberty Bowl on the line. What did we draw? 24K? Something like that.
I agree this year should be close to 40K if weather cooperates. A built in sell out always helps. Can't wait for the season to start.

Easily would have had 35,000 for Austin Peay but it rained all night, Houston threat of rain, Tulsa Friday night Halloween and frigid temps. I was disappointed in the USF and UConn turn outs but it was Thanksgiving by that point. I think we had about as bad a breaks on the weather as we've had in years. I think there will be 40,000 strong for the opener this year.

(05-24-2015 09:24 PM)tigers18 Wrote:  Easily would have had 35,000 for Austin Peay but it rained all night, Houston threat of rain, Tulsa Friday night Halloween and frigid temps. I was disappointed in the USF and UConn turn outs but it was Thanksgiving by that point. I think we had about as bad a breaks on the weather as we've had in years. I think there will be 40,000 strong for the opener this year.

Agree, the last couple of years the weather has been a real problem. We are fighting to gain fans. If the weather cooperates, we have a terrific game experience with the improvement of the team, tiger lane, etc.