Mike, I agree with everything you have said except for one thing, the notion that Lamar fans are more fair weather than other places.

In my experience there are very few exceptions to the rule that winning fills seats, you have some franchises and schools that can draw decent crowds regardless of a teams record, but for the most part the only way to get fans is to win consistently.

For how bad some of Lamar's sports programs have been in the past decade Lamar has managed to lead the league in attendance, that doesn't sound like fair weather fans to me.

Being competitive with DI competition is all it takes for people to come out to games. For far too long we haven't done that. Basketball should start to turn around and crowds will grow, the jury is still out on football but I'm going to be optimistic for the time being.