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[QUOTE="SU94, post: 2768344, member: 202"]
I've mentioned this before, but most times, in sports, there is a year-long drag on attendance for teams that have good seasons or have reasons to be optimistic. And since a precious few SU faithful envisioned we'd be 7-2/8-2 and ranked #13 right now, I think this merits mention.

For instance, ... in a somewhat similar scenario to ours, the Miami Hurricanes reached 10-0 last season. Their fans were elated, high on life. They went into [I]this [/I]season with a top 10-12 ranking and things have gone a bit sideways (they have QB issues), but their attendance is decidedly up.

So, I ran some basic numbers:
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[*]Miami averaged 56,263 fans in 2017 (4th in ACC)
[*]Miami is averaging 61,842 fans in 2018 (only one crowd sub 60K: 59,814 for FIU)
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So, their attendance is up almost exactly 10% from last season's terrific campaign.

I am going to guess that we will see some similar gains next year at the Dome.
 
One positive schedule note: we appear to have a worthy/healthy QB to be excited about (Miami didn't). Big plus for season ticket totals.

We also don't have the most attractive home slate next fall (WMU, Holy Cross, Wake, Pitt, Clemson, BC). Far from awesome, but to be fair, ... not terrible either.
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