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[QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 1134464, member: 39"]
I think people have to be realistic. In this day and age, attendance is falling for most every regular season sporting event there is - with the lone exception of the NFL. But the NFL should be viewed with a different lens always, in every aspect - for better or worse.

Around the country, college football attendance is down. Especially at like private universities. It's a reality - and couple that with the fact that we were so bad for the GRob period, and had just one season where you could really say we were fun to watch (and that came after a series of clunkers offensively), it shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone that the Dome isn't filled on a regular basis.

The one thing I will say that gives me hope is that the Dome does get filled when good teams come. The Clemson game last year, the WVU game on Friday night three years ago, FSU this year and hopefully Louisville too. The Dome was great - and even Villanova, from reports that I received from people who were at the game, had a pretty good crowd. The potential is there that if we can build a fun, winning team, we can get 40-45K for the unexciting opponents. But until we ourselves are exciting, and are exciting right from the start of a season, it's not going to happen.

(And this is why Alin Eduoard, or a dynamic-type QB, is so huge for this program to find going forward. They make all the difference in the world from a 7-5/8-4 team to a 10-2/11-1 team.)
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