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Message: [QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 1192738, member: 666"] It was over 20 years ago, but Miami used to offer free tickets to all sporting events to students. The only time I recall the student section being full was the game against SU. Granted, the trip to the Orange Bowl was a pain in the butt. We received free passes for the Metrorail, which brought us to a bus, which brought us to the stadium. I believe it was between 45 minutes to an hour each way. I believe the issue had less to do with the devaluing of the tickets as much as the effort and time it took to go to an off campus venue. There have been numerous reports in the last couple of years of student attendance issues for football, even at SEC schools. A little bit different because of the number of available seats, but Michigan State has done a nice job with the [URL='https://futurealumni.msu.edu/programs/2013-14%20Izzone%20FAQs.pdf']Izzone[/URL]. At the Clemson game, there were numbered parking stalls on the street around Memorial Stadium at which people tailgated. I was informed that access to the spots was based on IPTAY donations. The fire department issues aside, perhaps Syracuse could do something similar on the internal streets to give the campus more of a “college football” feel. At the end of the day, different things could increase the attendance and game experience for ever day fans/alumni as opposed to students. Students are the more fickle of the bunch their traditions need to be more organic as opposed to being arranged. I am going to the Nebraska-Wisconsin game on Saturday. There are three things that I am confident will happen: (1) the students will show up late as a result of tailgating and the asinine way the school handles student tickets; (2) even if it is a close game, students will begin to leave after “Jump Around” at the 3rd Quarter break and the singing of Build Me Up Buttercup in the 4th Quarter, and (3) most of the alums will wait until the signing of the Varsity after the game. Depending on the weather, a third to a quarter of those in attendance will watch the 5th Quarter performance by the band. The reason I am pointing this out is Wisconsin is considered to have a great game experience, but it struggles with getting students to the game on-time and with the students leaving early. What gets the students interested is the social aspect of the game, being with friends, and the traditions. It has an easier time filling its student section every game (even though it usually takes until the 2nd Quarter) because it has a much higher enrollment. But, in the end, it has similar issues as a smaller school like Syracuse keeping the students engaged and in their seats. [/QUOTE]

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