So What's the Attendance Excuse for Friday Night?

[IthacaBarrel]

It will look like it always does.

 

[Chip]

It will look like it always does.

Empty in the middle, more packed in in the upper deck end zone.

It's the new normal in football stadium attendance.

For one school, and one school only.

 

[RF2044]

I wish I could go to Friday's game.

One of the things I hate the most about living so far away from CNY.

 

[storange]

Empty in the middle, more packed in in the upper deck end zone.

It's the new normal in football stadium attendance.

For one school, and one school only.

I watch a lot of football. I'm guessing a lot of schools have GA seats for the worst seats in the house. You see empty seats in the corners. As if people had filled in the best seats. And there have been a lot of big gaps, believe me were not the only ones.

 

[Upstate]

35k good fans are better than 45k that don't know how to cheer. Happy it's past most of the blue haired's bedtime.

 

[rrlbees]

Empty in the middle, more packed in in the upper deck end zone. It's the new normal in football stadium attendance. For one school, and one school only.

It's obvious that few people want to donate to the program by buying their season tix in the preferred area.

 

[AirForceOrange]

My guesses:

- The uniforms
- The play calling
- The losses
- The day and time
- Hong Kong protests
- Ebola (someone already suggested this, just adding it to the list)
- ISIS/ISIL or whatever they are called
- Global warming
- MLB playoffs

 

[SmilinBob]

I got fired once for that and I was working on a job up at S.U. at the time...best move I ever made that year.

I told the boss that I was leaving at noon the day before and gameday at 10:30 am he said he was getting rid of me at the end of the day and could I stay for the whole 8 hours. My response was " what part about noon you don't understand" so I left at 10:30.

Whoo hoo...4 day weekend!

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Since the turn of the century Syracuse has had two top-25 caliber teams. One of those good teams, 2012, underachieved drastically.

That's why attendance sucks. Syracuse hasn't won consistently since the 90s.

 

[rrlbees]

35k good fans are better than 45k that don't know how to cheer. Happy it's past most of the blue haired's bedtime.

Those blue hairs give you a program to cheer for.

 

[Cheriehoop]

35k good fans are better than 45k that don't know how to cheer. Happy it's past most of the blue haired's bedtime.

Uggh that old insult "blue hair" again. Who are your blue hairs? Is it just a blanket insult for older fans or is it more specific? So you really think it's a certain group's fault because they do attend but in your opinion need cheer lessons? Are there any other age, racial, ethnic groups, hair colors or hair styles you'd characterize as bad fans or is the blame just focused on a single group? I have yet to ever see any blue hair at games - I have seen blue uniforms , blue tinted goth hair, blue eyes etc - no blue hair. Do your parents have blue hair?

 

[Scooch]

Who cares?

Honestly, the people there will be loud and enjoy themselves as long as it's a good game.

The people not there have their reasons.

If we start winning regularly more people will go.

**k it.

 

[Chip]

It's obvious that few people want to donate to the program by buying their season tix in the preferred area.

You probably could have ended that sentence after the first 11 words. So...

maybe having a donation attached to a season ticket isn't a good idea. Just because something works for basketball doesn't mean it works for football. And it doesn't mean you can't reinstate it if and when there is a product that demands it. We aren't in the south.

 

[longislandcuse]

Rutgers will break their home record crowd vs. Michigan with 56k wearing red and staying the entire game and the Cuse will have 35k vs Louisville in our '14 ACC opener with most leaving at the half.
Think future NJ/NY recruits are taking notice?

Rutgers is actually competitive in games. Maybe we should start scheduling like them since we clearly arent capable of not looking like a joke against the teams we play.

Plus if it's anything like their Penn State sellout, its not gonna impress recruits to see a ton of opposing teams fans in the stands.

 

[Scooch]

This was how Rentschler Field looked last year when Michigan came to town... like a Michigan home game. I imagine Rutgers will look pretty similar...

 

[Bayside44]

Rutgers is actually competitive in games. Maybe we should start scheduling like them since we clearly arent capable of not looking like a joke against the teams we play.

Plus if it's anything like their Penn State sellout, its not gonna impress recruits to see a ton of opposing teams fans in the stands.

What games were we not competitive in? A few things got away from us but I didn't see rollovers so far.

 

[Orangello]

I blame society

 

[KaiserUEO]

None of the northeastern alumni are coming.

we sent 35k to Giants Stadium last weekend.

your turn.

 

[cpatrocks]

Well at least it won't be hard to find a good parking spot.

 

[Cheriehoop]

we sent 35k to Giants Stadium last weekend.

your turn.

I know plenty from CNY who attended the Notre Dame Metlife game. We had 41k for Nova and Maryland at the dome. Whose turn?

 

[longislandcuse]

What games were we not competitive in? A few things got away from us but I didn't see rollovers so far.

We werent competitive against ND. I know people want to act like we were, but we werent.

 

[Bayside44]

We werent competitive against ND. I know people want to act like we were, but we werent.

We weren't competitive against GT and FSU and fall practical purposes Clemson last year.

Notre Dame was a 2 TD game, it was dull but it wasnt a blowout.

 

[Chip]

Just imagine if Fuller (who had nothing to do with the play) was set before the snap on that one ND fumble. Touchdown Orange. 7-0. Instead, 4 plays later, it was Touchdown Irish, 0-7.

Just imagine if the ref called that fluky spike play correctly. Touchdown Orange.

I don't know why people have forgotten the difference between an non competitive blowout, and one team just out playing the other. I mean do we have to go through our who's who list of lopsided scores against?

 

[SU68]

I read on another site that Rutgers sold a record 31,000 season tickets this year.

Does anyone know how many seasons tickets Syracuse sold (besides me)?

 

[IraSez]

Yom Kippur

That's as good excuse as any. I will be praying for your sins (while I follow the game on ESPN app). For those that don't know, the first game in the Dome in September 1980, was supposed to be the afternoon of Yom Kippur. They pushed the kick-off back until 7:30.