Hows the dome looking capacity wise...

[orangeinjersey]

16 minutes before kickoff

 

[ImperialOrange]

Not good.

 

[orangeinjersey]

looks terrible on espn3, wow

 

[OrangeDW]

16 minutes before kickoff

I don't ever remember it looking that empty. Maybe it was in the GRob era and I just blocked it out. But it looks terrible.

 

[SaltineWar]

This is a disgrace.

 

[Jeepers]

On TV, looks like worst I've ever seen.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

On TV, looks like worst I've ever seen.

Between the 30's, it looks the worst.

 

[Bayside44]

Reverse camera angle looks a lot better, go figure.

 

[Stern]

One of the smallest crowd I can remember and I have missed only a few games in the past 30 years.

 

[anomander]

Absolutely embarrassing. Student section was solid though

 

[OttoMets]

Smallest Dome football crowd I've ever been a part of (though the Robinson WVU opener was the only home game I attended during his tenure). It looked like a sectional game when I got into the building at 3:50. Student section was almost full, though, and pretty involved during the first half.

 

[upperdeck]

attendance was 33k. that shows how many people didnt bother to show.

 

[GoCuse44]

Worst attended game in the 20+ years I have had season tickets. It was a disgrace!!

 

[upperdeck]

Watching the game there were easily twice as many people at our game than what was at UNC home opener 2 weeks ago.

 

[Full_Rebar]

Is anyone surprised by the turnout? I mean there was no way the 0-2 start was going to convince a casual fan to come out and watch a FCS team play while Bama-A&M was on. Does anyone know if SU did anything other than the free kid's ticket to try and get people there?

 

[OrangeCrush22]

It was a Robinson-esque crowd. Except for the students. They should always have free tickets.

 

[JohnCuse44]

33k was announced but it looked like several thousand less. Basketball games have higher attendance What!

 

[SmilinBob]

Students stepped up but that was about it. Hopefully winning 55-0 should help get some excitement going into the Tulane game.

 

[CarolinaCuse]

I wish the athletics marketing office would stop focusing so much on being NYS's college team and focus on being the Syracuse community's team. Seriously, from just a community pride perspective - I have no idea why people don't embrace such an important part of the community. In a time when so many national/international industries are moving out of the Syracuse community, the university's national brand (and the perceived support of the local community) is actually important. Showing up for games is a simple thing that members of community can do to show support and help Syracuse's national brand.

 

[lincolncuse]

22k actual is my guess

 

[Mark Lufkin]

They need to do something about the wands and search when entering the dome. I understand the need for searching with Boston Marathon and an unfortunate part of life today but they need to add more staff to make it more efficient. It took forever to get in with 33k. Imagine what it will be like for Clemson.

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[richard levy]

For what its worth, may have lost a few thousand because of the Jewish Holiday, first time I can remember an SU FB game not scheduled around it

 

[rocklloyd]

I figured 19k. With exception of students, every section was far less than half full.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

The true question is why go? Only blind fandome gets people there. Good for them, and those of you here that went. SU has very few total fans. At Syracuse, most people are sports consumers. You need a winning team, which plays exciting offense, OR a huge name opponent, to draw people to the Dome. That's it. Simply going to support SU for SU's sake is not enough.

 

[CuseOnly]

Not nearly the worst crowd I have seen in the dome as some are suggesting. Looked realistically to be around 26K with an announced of 33K.