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Message: [QUOTE="Chip, post: 1156818, member: 19"] Here's the problem. There is no draft. We can't pick the best player because we had the worst year. We have to sell the program to recruits. Recruits like playing in front of full crowds. You sell them on the excitement of coming here and playing in front of that full Dome. When they see empty seats all over the Dome, what's their motivation for coming here? Playing time? Our cool uniforms? Our style? Maybe. But in general, you probably end up getting the kids who are excited about 25,000 people scattered about a 50,000 seat stadium, because that's their best option. When the bigger schools don't have sell outs, they look empty in the upper corners, and the place is still loud. When we don't have sellouts, it looks like our seating philosophy is that no one sits next to each other. [/QUOTE]