Do I dare ask

[orangenauburn]

Ticket sales?

 

[omg_cuse_rules]

I'm sure they are ahead of where they were last year

 

[upperdeck]

above 20k under 50k. Still i dont recall the last time it was this quiet with that question only a week out from game 1..

ticket master is interesting though sections for the Clemson game has different sections available than Game 1 does, so i think they must be holding more tickets for that first game to keep the crowd from spreading out. but the clemson sales look decent so far.

 

[qdawgg]

I'm sure they are ahead of where they were last year

I bet they aren't by a lot, if they are. People are going to be very disappointed with Game 1 attendance I think.

 

[texascpa]

I'm sure they are ahead of where they were last year

We hear this every year.

 

[UnknownOrange]

We hear this every year.

Very interested to see how things shake out though because of the price reductions all over the building.

 

[Trueblue25]

ill be there and rowdy

 

[cusefan88]

people will come if the team wins, not before then. If they have a decent record heading into Clemson then we could see a nice crowd. 4-2 heading into WVU game back in 2011 the reported figure was 45,265.

 

[kirbivore]

34k reported, 26K actual posteriors

 

[Orangepace]

We hear this every year.

No kidding. If I counted the number of times I've heard that, the Dome would be full.

 

[Trueblue25]

id be happy with 32,000, last year's opener was baaaad.

 

[CanadianSU]

Let's put it this way I am a diehard and even myself as forgetting about the game.

Just seems quiet to me at least in terms of media coverage... I can't knock the crowd as I will not be at the game but I'd guess 22k

 

[elimunelson]

we're playing a cupcake. The downside is no one cares about seeing this game versus a marquee 90% likely loss against an Ohio St like opponent where 45k would be in the house.

The program, at this juncture, can't have it both ways. We either build it back up and take our attendance medicine playing D2 teams or we continue to get throttled at the start of each year and lose any sense of momentum by November.

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

25k, give or take 5k (I know this isnt a bold prediction)

 

[TheCusian]

Stop. Worrying. About. Attendance.

It plays into our worst instincts and brings up years of crappy football.

Go to games. Sell your friends and family on going. Enjoy having a chance in every game we play this year.

 

[Scooch]

Don't worry about it. If you're attending just go and enjoy.

My first Dome game was the opener vs Vanderbilt in 1991. Crowd was 36K I believe. And that was with a team that had lots of preseason hype. Our attendance is always in a band of 10-12K. Win and those people show up, lose and they don't.

 

[Eric15]

In 1993, after having lost to Miami 49-0 and West Virginia 43-0 the prior two weeks, we had a crowd of 48,949 in the Dome for Temple. Man I miss those days.

 

[elimunelson]

In 1993, after having lost to Miami 49-0 and West Virginia 43-0 the prior two weeks, we had a crowd of 48,949 in the Dome for Temple. Man I miss those days.

If we beat Texas that year instead of tying them, does that sneak us into a bowl or was the big east allotment full and we wouldn't have gotten in either way?

 

[Scooch]

In 1993, after having lost to Miami 49-0 and West Virginia 43-0 the prior two weeks, we had a crowd of 48,949 in the Dome for Temple. Man I miss those days.

Temple being a perennial Parent's Weekend foe always helped.

There was also 1998 where the crowd for Rutgers, a week after beating Michigan at the Big House, was only 42K. Which is why I say there's about ~10K of flexibility in SU football attendance. When we're good and playing good teams we draw 46-49K. When we're bad and playing bad teams we draw 32-36K.

The upside is that we really don't have a long way to go to get larger crowds back in the Dome.

 

[OttoMets]

Temple being a perennial Parent's Weekend foe always helped.

There was also 1998 where the crowd for Rutgers, a week after beating Michigan at the Big House, was only 42K. Which is why I say there's about ~10K of flexibility in SU football attendance. When we're good and playing good teams we draw 46-49K. When we're bad and playing bad teams we draw 32-36K.

The upside is that we really don't have a long way to go to get larger crowds back in the Dome.

Flash forward 20 years and SU doesn't even guarantee a football game for Parents Weekend (at least once in the last two years the team was away that weekend).

 

[Moontan]

Flash forward 20 years and SU doesn't even guarantee a football game for Parents Weekend (at least once in the last two years the team was away that weekend).

Crazy!

 

[Scooch]

Flash forward 20 years and SU doesn't even guarantee a football game for Parents Weekend (at least once in the last two years the team was away that weekend).

Yeah, that blows my mind.

 

[sufandu]

If we beat Texas that year instead of tying them, does that sneak us into a bowl or was the big east allotment full and we wouldn't have gotten in either way?

Did they have bowl tie-ins at that point?

 

[UnknownOrange]

In 1993, after having lost to Miami 49-0 and West Virginia 43-0 the prior two weeks, we had a crowd of 48,949 in the Dome for Temple. Man I miss those days.

Blame the TV

 

[Ish88888]

34k reported, 26K actual posteriors

Love the anatomy reference