They are a sensitive bunch.

Memphis has 50k at a Thursday night game as a G5 school. Ark State, the main ones talking trash ITT would have only had 15k. Maybe.


Sorry, but I gotta take up for my conference mates.

I'll wait on final attendance numbers before I concur there's 50,000 in that stadium but considering the city of Memphis has a population of 650,000 + and a program that's finally stopped sucking so much, I would hope real fans would turn up against a hated rival like Cincy

(BTW, Just wanted to point out that in 7 home games last year in a new stadium Houston barely averaged a little over 28,000 a game)

We'll have a Tuesday night game in October. Tune in and see if we hit 15,000. And for a town the size of Jonesboro...we do well.

I was hoping to lure Drew out of the darkness, but he's either at the lake or game.

(09-24-2015 09:52 PM)RamblinRedWolf44 Wrote:  I'll wait on final attendance numbers before I concur there's 50,000 in that stadium but considering the city of Memphis has a population of 650,000 + and a program that's finally stopped sucking so much, I would hope real fans would turn up against a hated rival like Cincy

(BTW, Just wanted to point out that in 7 home games last year in a new stadium Houston barely averaged a little over 28,000 a game)

We would still have the highest attendance in the Sun Belt by a wide margin.

Considering Houston is probably larger than the combined Sun Belt population, I would hope so.

Jack, just so you know. Memphis St and ASU have been rivals forever. These type of barbs/smack is normal.

(09-24-2015 10:15 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Considering Houston is probably larger than the combined Sun Belt population, I would hope so.

Atlanta?

Atlanta metro 5.4 million

Houston metro 6.09 million

Sorry I'm a Statistics nerd

(09-24-2015 06:47 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They win a couple of games that they should win, and they're talking like they're access bowl bound. This has been going on since I was born, and I'm getting old.

It's just the same ol' Memphis....just a new year.

You jinxed it calling it early. Thought you might have learned from the Mizzou game

Do you realize how big Houston is?

(09-24-2015 10:59 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 06:47 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They win a couple of games that they should win, and they're talking like they're access bowl bound. This has been going on since I was born, and I'm getting old.

It's just the same ol' Memphis....just a new year.

You jinxed it calling it early. Thought you might have learned from the Mizzou game

LOL.....I think you're right. But I was bored.
I guess you'll never forgive me for that Missouri loss.

(09-24-2015 11:01 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Do you realize how big Houston is?

It's not much bigger than Atlanta... 400,000 people difference

(09-24-2015 10:57 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:15 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Considering Houston is probably larger than the combined Sun Belt population, I would hope so.

Atlanta?

Atlanta metro 5.4 million

Houston metro 6.09 million

Sorry I'm a Statistics nerd

The metro area is large. The city...not so much. But you could probably still add the SBC cities in that total.

(09-24-2015 11:06 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:57 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:15 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Considering Houston is probably larger than the combined Sun Belt population, I would hope so.

Atlanta?

Atlanta metro 5.4 million

Houston metro 6.09 million

Sorry I'm a Statistics nerd

The metro area is large. The city...not so much. But you could probably still add the SBC cities in that total.

Metro is still part of the city!

If that's the case then Memphis is bigger than Atlanta.

There's about 500,000 in Atlanta. 2.3 million in Houston.
Metro area is much different.

(09-24-2015 11:07 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 11:06 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:57 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:15 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Considering Houston is probably larger than the combined Sun Belt population, I would hope so.

Atlanta?

Atlanta metro 5.4 million

Houston metro 6.09 million

Sorry I'm a Statistics nerd

The metro area is large. The city...not so much. But you could probably still add the SBC cities in that total.

Metro is still part of the city!

If that's the case then Memphis is bigger than Atlanta.

Ok

(09-24-2015 11:09 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  There's about 500,000 in Atlanta. 2.3 million in Houston.
Metro area is much different.

Atlanta city sq miles is only 133 sq miles as Houston is 599 sq miles

Most people when you talk about a major cities population you include the metro

Regardless. We all know just because your in a major city doesn't mean great attendance. More often than not attendance isn't great at all because there's more to do than watch G5 football.

(09-24-2015 10:12 PM)Farmer Jack Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 09:52 PM)RamblinRedWolf44 Wrote:  I'll wait on final attendance numbers before I concur there's 50,000 in that stadium but considering the city of Memphis has a population of 650,000 + and a program that's finally stopped sucking so much, I would hope real fans would turn up against a hated rival like Cincy

(BTW, Just wanted to point out that in 7 home games last year in a new stadium Houston barely averaged a little over 28,000 a game)

We would still have the highest attendance in the Sun Belt by a wide margin.

Not by a wide margin

(09-24-2015 09:43 PM)Farmer Jack Wrote:  Memphis has 50k at a Thursday night game as a G5 school. Ark State, the main ones talking trash ITT would have only had 15k. Maybe.


Sorry, but I gotta take up for my conference mates.

1. The Sensitive little kittens remain our biggest rivals. We're going to talk smack about them all we want, no matter if you like it or not.

2. The idea we'd only have 15K for a Thursday Night game against Cincy is laughable. We get more than that for games against SBC teams on Tuesday nights.