jdcurran235 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Grambling State = Not Listed Texas College = Not Listed Miss College = 7,612 Sam Houston = 9,308 SE Lou = 7,799 HBU = ? IWU = ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFAN Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 That is shitty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin tane Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Not good.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Game experience for the casual fan is boring and outdated. I have very little interest in attending a Lamar game with all of the good football on TV on Saturdays. Lamar needs to show some vision. Hire an outside firm to fix the gameday experience. Disney is a good place to look. (i'm not kidding) - You have to make fans WANT to attend even if the team is playing a terrible opponent or one that will blow them out. Bolster the downtown experience. We need to make Beaumont better. Better bars, places to hang out. And we need to make it safer. Implore the Texas Lawmakers to allow casinos to be built on Texas land or water. Keep the money we are sending to Louisiana. Have you ever been to a night game at McNeese? It's electrifying. Lamar? I've been to better High School games. (mid county madness) VISION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthoftheBorder Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I am not going to debate the game day experience and need for improvement. What I will say is that had LU beat Sam, then the attendance the rest of the way out would have been near capacity, if they continued to win!! Now, if LU had beat TAMU and was going to go 12-0, then we would be averaging near 20k!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABrother88 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Grambling State = Not Listed Texas College = Not Listed Miss College = 7,612 Sam Houston = 9,308 SE Lou = 7,799 HBU = ? IWU = ? According to this the Grambling attendance was 9,520 and Texas College was 7,226. http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2014-2015/teamcume.html#TEAM.CMB Grambling brought a good number of fans but also remember the weather forecast wasn't great from the first few games of the year...not that it matters all that much when your only 40-60 % capacity but it still kept a few people away...agree with the masses that this program needs a major shot in the arm...it's a very lame atmosphere compared to the first couple of years when most games were played in front of 14,000+ consistently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigS Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Game experience for the casual fan is boring and outdated. I have very little interest in attending a Lamar game with all of the good football on TV on Saturdays. Lamar needs to show some vision. Hire an outside firm to fix the gameday experience. Disney is a good place to look. (i'm not kidding) - You have to make fans WANT to attend even if the team is playing a terrible opponent or one that will blow them out. Bolster the downtown experience. We need to make Beaumont better. Better bars, places to hang out. And we need to make it safer. Implore the Texas Lawmakers to allow casinos to be built on Texas land or water. Keep the money we are sending to Louisiana. Have you ever been to a night game at McNeese? It's electrifying. Lamar? I've been to better High School games. (mid county madness) VISION They aren't going to like you very much for this post - oh wait, they already don't! lol I agree with this 100% on another note: In the FCS world, you don't go to the games because it's better than what's on TV (that will never be the case) You go because you support your hometown team...that's all! Which brings me full circle that nothing ever gets supported in commuter town BMT! Even if LU brought in Alabama the LU -v- Bama would not be as good as Miss St -v- Auburn or even the UT -v- KState....TCU -v- baylor...etc etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUSportsFan Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) Grambling State = Not Listed Texas College = Not Listed Miss College = 7,612 Sam Houston = 9,308 SE Lou = 7,799 HBU = ? IWU = ? Here are the others. They are available at lamarcardinals.com and on the 2014 Lamar Cardinals football team Wikipedia site. My understanding is that ESPN was not a good source for attendance at the beginning of the season...saw lots of comments about lack of that stat on other sites. Grambling State = 9,520 (Many of us in attendance thought this might have been an under count. Ticket takers had no scanners when we entered the stadium that day.) Texas College = 7,226 Miss College = 7,612 Sam Houston = 9,308 SE Lou = 7,799 HBU = ? IWU = ? Attendance has been disappointing to me. The most disappointing was the Southeastern Louisiana game with a top 10 team coming into town. The weather may have held some back (it did rain for about 10 minutes), but we should have had more at that game anyway. For comparison, here's the rest of the conference. Also, boxes color coded green indicate sub-D1 opponents to see if that has any impact. [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Game[/TD] [TD]ACU[/TD] [TD]UCA[/TD] [TD]HBU[/TD] [TD]UIW[/TD] [TD]LU[/TD] [TD]McN[/TD] [TD]Nich[/TD] [TD]NwSt[/TD] [TD]SHSU[/TD] [TD]SLU[/TD] [TD]SFA[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Record[/TD] [TD]4-4[/TD] [TD]4-4[/TD] [TD]1-6[/TD] [TD]1-6[/TD] [TD]5-3[/TD] [TD]4-2[/TD] [TD]0-8[/TD] [TD]4-3[/TD] [TD]3-4[/TD] [TD]6-2[/TD] [TD]5-2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ranking[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]#11[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]#8[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Capacity[/TD] [TD]15,075[/TD] [TD]9,000[/TD] [TD]5,000[/TD] [TD]6,000[/TD] [TD]16,000[/TD] [TD]17,575[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]15,971[/TD] [TD]12,593[/TD] [TD]7,408[/TD] [TD]14,575[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]10,727[/TD] [TD]4,108[/TD] [TD]4,078[/TD] [TD]9,520[/TD] [TD]17,469[/TD] [TD]5,821[/TD] [TD]9,284[/TD] [TD]7,595[/TD] [TD]3,822[/TD] [TD]8,103[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]12,674[/TD] [TD]10,027[/TD] [TD]3,823[/TD] [TD]3,474[/TD] [TD]7,226[/TD] [TD]11,429[/TD] [TD]5,001[/TD] [TD]8,931[/TD] [TD]9,678[/TD] [TD]7,105[/TD] [TD]7,821[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8,913[/TD] [TD]9,748[/TD] [TD]3,158[/TD] [TD]3,412[/TD] [TD]7,612[/TD] [TD]11,744[/TD] [TD]5,103[/TD] [TD]7,895[/TD] [TD]8,418[/TD] [TD]4,165[/TD] [TD]11,816[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]8,117 [/TD] [TD]4,726[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]9,308[/TD] [TD]14,464[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]8,766[/TD] [TD]10,012[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]7,799[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] There are some things the Athletics department is trying. Still I guess it's what it takes to "float your boat". Everyone might not like everything. I'm sure the Athletic Department would appreciate any well thought out ideas. At any rate, I hear people saying attendance will pick up as the team wins. I'm the other way around. I think we should show support with our presence at the games as the program is building. At least that's the decision I made a few years ago. While I wish the record had been better and we didn't have sub-DI schools on our schedule, I've enjoyed the games. I have a dvr so competing games are not an issue as long as I don't try to record more than 4 games at one time. - We had halftime fireworks for the Southeastern Louisiana game. I'd like to see more of that. (Speaking of the Southeastern Louisiana game, it was a great game for the first three quarters. The last quarter was a killer, though.) - There is a "kid zone" before every home game in the Dauphin Center parking lot. - It looks like there is a pretty good group of tailgaters based on walking by the sites on the way to the stadium. - One of the big box stores has and will be giving a 50" HDTV away every home game. - The Raisin' Canes promo in between quarters is interesting. There have been winners of a year's supply of Raisin' Canes chicken each of the last two games. - There's another promo for a chance at a $40,000+ pickup truck each game. The chances are slim, but probably not much worse than a chance to win the lottery. - I enjoyed the youth football players with two games played concurrently on both ends of the field few games ago. Plus it's a good way to get family members to the game to watch the kids. We had something similar at halftime for the SLU game. The kids who participated in the drill team clinic performed with the band and spirit groups. (At least it was interesting for this old geezer.) - There was live music before each game in previous seasons. To tell you the truth, I can't remember if that has been dropped or not. - If you are a member of the Cardinal Club at certain giving levels, there are some pre-game benefits starting around 1-2 hours before the game. We've made one of those and enjoyed it. - There is a "5th quarter competition" after each game for the students. It could be a little fun if more folks stuck around. - Then there's the band and spirit groups. The band is smaller than it was before dropping football, but the musicians are good and put on a good performance. I still think we need to come up with a way to make the team and Lamar sports THE SPORTS for the area. The key is to get the area to buy into the program. While we have around 80,000 living alumni, there is a lot bigger market to draw from if we can get the local folks who didn't go to Lamar to buy in...even a portion of them. I did that in some of the cities I lived in while still supporting MY teams. It was a nice outing and a good way to get out of the house. Edited October 21, 2014 by LUSportsFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin tane Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I enjoy the pre game and the games..as was mentioned, theres good tailgating, kids zone, live bands, fireworks... what this area suffers from...is the live and die on Friday night folks, still wearing their 30 yr old letter jackets . Craig always likes to talk about the size of the area..hell, I bet 80% of the area cant even find Lamar and have no desire, cuz real football is Friday......peeshaw we could have the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders doing naked pole dancing on the 50 yard line...wouldn't change attendance much the blowout to Sam hurt big time, dull Ray Ray is hurting attendance, the crap home schedule is hurting attendance...HBU and IWU..in deer season...maybe 5k.. want to see someone having fun? bring a kid..get him close to where they are throwing footballs, shirts, etc...then throw passes to him on the field after the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin tane Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 not really an attendance thing..but I sure wish the other schools would bring their bands....if nothing else, we could have band wars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigS Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I enjoy the pre game and the games..as was mentioned, theres good tailgating, kids zone, live bands, fireworks... what this area suffers from...is the live and die on Friday night folks, still wearing their 30 yr old letter jackets . Craig always likes to talk about the size of the area..hell, I bet 80% of the area cant even find Lamar and have no desire, cuz real football is Friday......peeshaw we could have the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders doing naked pole dancing on the 50 yard line...wouldn't change attendance much the blowout to Sam hurt big time, dull Ray Ray is hurting attendance, the crap home schedule is hurting attendance...HBU and IWU..in deer season...maybe 5k.. want to see someone having fun? bring a kid..get him close to where they are throwing footballs, shirts, etc...then throw passes to him on the field after the game Not that you care...and not that I've always conveyed my view very well...But I do agree with this post. Simply stated, and I've said it a million times...I just don't think Woodard is the ONLY problem. I'm just asking how fair is it to fire a guy under current circumstances, then improve the circumstances, hire a new coach, then say....see I told you it was the coach.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin tane Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Not that you care...and not that I've always conveyed my view very well...But I do agree with this post. Simply stated, and I've said it a million times...I just don't think Woodard is the ONLY problem. I'm just asking how fair is it to fire a guy under current circumstances, then improve the circumstances, hire a new coach, then say....see I told you it was the coach.. its rayray..its very fair forget all other things..he's dull on commercials, he looks bored to death on the rayray show...boring don't sell as for attendance..its FCS football..every FCS team (well maybe not NDSU) has one similar problem..the wannabe, tshirt fan I was figuring attendance would level off around 8-10k..dont think will make that this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigNasty92 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 From what I've seen, student attendance SUCKS. The ones that do show have a great time and and are spirited..but there aren't very many of them at all. I can't disagree with the over all atmosphere being blah, either. I've mentioned it before, but the PA announcer does NOTHING help the atmosphere at all. Do any of you tail gate on the Montagne side lot? They have 'live' music over by the cotton cargo trailer. The music being played over there is ACOUSTIC COUNTRY. Talk about a buzz kill. That crap puts people to sleep before they even get into the stadium. Crap...how about cheesy classic rock cover band or even zydeco? SOMETHING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUSportsFan Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Game[/TD] [TD]ACU[/TD] [TD]UCA[/TD] [TD]HBU[/TD] [TD]UIW[/TD] [TD]LU[/TD] [TD]McN[/TD] [TD]Nich[/TD] [TD]NwSt[/TD] [TD]SHSU[/TD] [TD]SLU[/TD] [TD]SFA[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Record[/TD] [TD]4-4[/TD] [TD]4-4[/TD] [TD]1-6[/TD] [TD]1-6[/TD] [TD]5-3[/TD] [TD]4-2[/TD] [TD]0-8[/TD] [TD]4-3[/TD] [TD]3-4[/TD] [TD]6-2[/TD] [TD]5-2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ranking[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]#11[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]#8[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Capacity[/TD] [TD]15,075[/TD] [TD]9,000[/TD] [TD]5,000[/TD] [TD]6,000[/TD] [TD]16,000[/TD] [TD]17,575[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]15,971[/TD] [TD]12,593[/TD] [TD]7,408[/TD] [TD]14,575[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]10,727[/TD] [TD]4,108[/TD] [TD]4,078[/TD] [TD]9,520[/TD] [TD]17,469[/TD] [TD]5,821[/TD] [TD]9,284[/TD] [TD]7,595[/TD] [TD]3,822[/TD] [TD]8,103[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]12,674[/TD] [TD]10,027[/TD] [TD]3,823[/TD] [TD]3,474[/TD] [TD]7,226[/TD] [TD]11,429[/TD] [TD]5,001[/TD] [TD]8,931[/TD] [TD]9,678[/TD] [TD]7,105[/TD] [TD]7,821[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8,913[/TD] [TD]9,748[/TD] [TD]3,158[/TD] [TD]3,412[/TD] [TD]7,612[/TD] [TD]11,744[/TD] [TD]5,103[/TD] [TD]7,895[/TD] [TD]8,418[/TD] [TD]4,165[/TD] [TD]11,816[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]8,117[/TD] [TD]4,726[/TD] [TD]3,386[/TD] [TD]4,558[/TD] [TD]9,308[/TD] [TD]14,464[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]7,073[/TD] [TD]8,766[/TD] [TD]10,012[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]11,163[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]7,799[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]13,881[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Here's the table updated with Saturday (Oct 25) attendance. Looks like SFA and UCA really made a good showing. (Home teams on Saturday were UCA, HBU, UIW, SHSU, and SFA - shown enlarged and bolded.) Edited October 27, 2014 by LUSportsFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardfan2010 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 If the Beaumont Enterprise would cover Lamar sports as much as it covers high school girls track and volleyball it might get people interested enough to attend. I'm sorry but the Enterprise sports page is nothing but high school. Pictures of high school students so grandmas and aunts and uncles will buy the paper. The Enterprise should have NOTHING on the front page on Lamar game day BUT articles on the upcoming game and Sunday should have the whole front sports page devoted to the game covering and grading. Maybe the paper can put a special section just for high school sports, but please! Why cant the paper treat Lamar games as an event??? It bugs me to no end. Front page sports should be devoted to College and pro sports. The Enterprise needs to get its act together and support the football and basketball programs at Lamar at least as well as covers an upcoming Nederland vs. Port Neches-Groves. (or worse girls high school soccer. With quarter page color pictures!...Really?) I will NEVER buy another Enterprise until the sports writers there grow the hell up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFAN Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I will say this... my main complaints are as follows with the LU games... The kickoff music has been the same since yr 1... its is old and played out... lets change that... love what u of h does on their kick offs... The announcer is as good as listening to paint dry... the basketball anouncer is way better.. love the emotion... Also TURN UP THE volume on the scoreboard... If they would do a few other things the games would be more fun... also i think that we need to work to create the PECKERS... a section of rowdy folks like the bull pen .. make it a club in school that is meant to go to games and be LOUD and jack with the opposing teams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LamarKA1865 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 students try to mess with the other team and our own LUPD tells them to stop. Even when its not inappropriate from what I've seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFAN Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Have you brought this to the administration or the student govt?? seems to me like a policy shift is needed... dont just let some barney fife ruine your game day experiences.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I don't know for sure whether there are any conference rules that affect what is allowed but my understanding was that was why the student section for LU basketball games was moved years ago. When I first started attending basketball games the student section was right behind the visitors bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUSportsFan Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Game[/TD] [TD]ACU[/TD] [TD]UCA[/TD] [TD]HBU[/TD] [TD]UIW[/TD] [TD]LU[/TD] [TD]McN[/TD] [TD]Nich[/TD] [TD]NwSt[/TD] [TD]SHSU[/TD] [TD]SLU[/TD] [TD]SFA[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Record[/TD] [TD]5-5[/TD] [TD]5-5[/TD] [TD]2-7[/TD] [TD]2-7[/TD] [TD]6-3[/TD] [TD]6-2[/TD] [TD]0-10[/TD] [TD]4-5[/TD] [TD]5-4[/TD] [TD]6-3[/TD] [TD]6-3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ranking[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]#11[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]#8[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Capacity[/TD] [TD]15,075[/TD] [TD]9,000[/TD] [TD]5,000[/TD] [TD]6,000[/TD] [TD]16,000[/TD] [TD]17,575[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]15,971[/TD] [TD]12,593[/TD] [TD]7,408[/TD] [TD]14,575[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]10,727[/TD] [TD]4,108[/TD] [TD]4,078[/TD] [TD]9,520[/TD] [TD]17,469[/TD] [TD]5,821[/TD] [TD]9,284[/TD] [TD]7,595[/TD] [TD]3,822[/TD] [TD]8,103[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]12,674[/TD] [TD]10,027[/TD] [TD]3,823[/TD] [TD]3,474[/TD] [TD]7,226[/TD] [TD]11,429[/TD] [TD]5,001[/TD] [TD]8,931[/TD] [TD]9,678[/TD] [TD]7,105[/TD] [TD]7,821[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8,913[/TD] [TD]9,748[/TD] [TD]3,158[/TD] [TD]3,412[/TD] [TD]7,612[/TD] [TD]11,744[/TD] [TD]5,103[/TD] [TD]7,895[/TD] [TD]8,418[/TD] [TD]4,165[/TD] [TD]11,816[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]8,117[/TD] [TD]4,726[/TD] [TD]3,386[/TD] [TD]4,558[/TD] [TD]9,308[/TD] [TD]14,464[/TD] [TD]5,002[/TD] [TD]9,178[/TD] [TD]7,073[/TD] [TD]8,766[/TD] [TD]10,012[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]11,163[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]7,799[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]13,881[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]10,212[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Here's the table updated with Saturday (November 1) attendance. (Home teams on Saturday were LU, Nich and NWSt - shown enlarged and bolded.) Two games were played at neutral sites. SFA and SHSU played at NRG Stadium in Houston in the annual BOTPW game. The attendance at that game was 26,788. UCA and ACU played at John Clark Stadium in Plano, TX. Attendance at the 14,442 capacity Plano ISD stadium was 8,435. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cplatt Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Attendance will keep this program at the FCS level. Got to have a bigger and better stadium to attract bigger conferences (unless ur Rice). Winning brings in money, Facilities bring in athletes (sad but true) and a mixture brings in exposure to expand. Right now we are just a rocking chair. Were moving but in the same spot. Facts. Cplatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUSportsFan Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Not including playoff games, here's how we compared with the rest of the Southland Conference (using home attendance from home field for the comparison). (Sort is based on average attendance in descending order.) [TABLE=width: 500, align: left] [TR] [TD]Team [/TD] [TD]Capacity [/TD] [TD]Avg[/TD] [TD]High [/TD] [TD]Low [/TD] [TD]BOTW [/TD] [TD]Avg w/ BOTW [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]McN [/TD] [TD]17,610[/TD] [TD]12,096[/TD] [TD]17,469[/TD] [TD]7,402[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UCA[/TD] [TD]9,000[/TD] [TD]8,636[/TD] [TD]10,727[/TD] [TD]4,726[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LU[/TD] [TD]16,000[/TD] [TD]8,347[/TD] [TD]10,212[/TD] [TD]6,751[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]NWSt[/TD] [TD]15,971[/TD] [TD]7,895[/TD] [TD]9,284[/TD] [TD]4,189[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ACU[/TD] [TD]15,075[/TD] [TD]7,801[/TD] [TD]12,674[/TD] [TD]4,800[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SFA[/TD] [TD]14,575[/TD] [TD]7,743[/TD] [TD]13,881[/TD] [TD]4,810[/TD] [TD]Visitor[/TD] [TD]Visitor[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SHSU[/TD] [TD]12,593[/TD] [TD]7,696[/TD] [TD]9,678[/TD] [TD]5,717[/TD] [TD]26,788[/TD] [TD]10,878 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SLU[/TD] [TD]7,408[/TD] [TD]5,838[/TD] [TD]8,766[/TD] [TD]3,822[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nich[/TD] [TD]10,500[/TD] [TD]5,206[/TD] [TD]5,821[/TD] [TD]5,001[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UIW[/TD] [TD]6,000[/TD] [TD]3,800[/TD] [TD]4,558[/TD] [TD]3,474[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]HBU[/TD] [TD]5,000[/TD] [TD]3,502[/TD] [TD]4,108[/TD] [TD]3,124[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [TD]N/A[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Here are our trends since the program reboot. [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Season [/TD] [TD]Average [/TD] [TD]High [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2014[/TD] [TD]8,347[/TD] [TD]10,212[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2013[/TD] [TD]8,379[/TD] [TD]10,738[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2012[/TD] [TD]11,119[/TD] [TD]15,367[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2011[/TD] [TD]14,442[/TD] [TD]15,367[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2010[/TD] [TD]16,078[/TD] [TD]17,306[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] For comparison, here is a list of our highest attended games. [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Date [/TD] [TD]Opponent[/TD] [TD]Attendance[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9/13/1980[/TD] [TD]Baylor[/TD] [TD]18,500[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9/22/1979[/TD] [TD]Louisiana Tech[/TD] [TD]17,600[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10/9/2010[/TD] [TD]Langston[/TD] [TD]17,306[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10/6/1979[/TD] [TD]West Texas State[/TD] [TD]17,250[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9/17/1977[/TD] [TD]Louisiana-Lafayette[/TD] [TD]17,222[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10/2/2010[/TD] [TD]Sam Houston State[/TD] [TD]17,187[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Edited November 27, 2014 by LUSportsFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthoftheBorder Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Not including playoff games, here's how we compared with the rest of the Southland Conference (using home attendance from home field for the comparison). (Sort is based on average attendance in descending order.) [TABLE=width: 500, align: left] [TR] [TD]Team [/TD] [TD]Capacity [/TD] [TD]Avg [/TD] [TD]High [/TD] [TD]Low [/TD] [TD]BOTW [/TD] [TD]Avg w/ BOTW [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]McN [/TD] [TD]17,610 [/TD] [TD]12,096 [/TD] [TD]17,469 [/TD] [TD]7,402 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UCA [/TD] [TD]9,000 [/TD] [TD]8,636 [/TD] [TD]10,727 [/TD] [TD]4,726 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LU [/TD] [TD]16,000 [/TD] [TD]8,347 [/TD] [TD]10,212 [/TD] [TD]6,751 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]NWSt [/TD] [TD]15,971 [/TD] [TD]7,895 [/TD] [TD]9,284 [/TD] [TD]4,189 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ACU [/TD] [TD]15,075 [/TD] [TD]7,801 [/TD] [TD]12,674 [/TD] [TD]4,800 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SFA [/TD] [TD]14,575 [/TD] [TD]7,743 [/TD] [TD]13,881 [/TD] [TD]4,810 [/TD] [TD]Visitor [/TD] [TD]Visitor [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SHSU [/TD] [TD]12,593 [/TD] [TD]7,696 [/TD] [TD]9,678 [/TD] [TD]5,717 [/TD] [TD]26,788 [/TD] [TD]10,878 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SLU [/TD] [TD]7,408 [/TD] [TD]5,838 [/TD] [TD]8,766 [/TD] [TD]3,822 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nich [/TD] [TD]10,500 [/TD] [TD]5,206 [/TD] [TD]5,821 [/TD] [TD]5,001 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UIW [/TD] [TD]6,000 [/TD] [TD]3,800 [/TD] [TD]4,558 [/TD] [TD]3,474 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]HBU [/TD] [TD]5,000 [/TD] [TD]3,502 [/TD] [TD]4,108 [/TD] [TD]3,124 [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [TD]N/A [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Here are our trends since the program reboot. [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Season [/TD] [TD]Average [/TD] [TD]High [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2014 [/TD] [TD]8,347 [/TD] [TD]10,212 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2013 [/TD] [TD]8,379 [/TD] [TD]10,738 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2012 [/TD] [TD]11,119 [/TD] [TD]15,367 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2011 [/TD] [TD]14,442 [/TD] [TD]15,367 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2010 [/TD] [TD]16,078 [/TD] [TD]17,306 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] For comparison, here is a list of our highest attended games. [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD]Date [/TD] [TD]Opponent [/TD] [TD]Attendance [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9/13/1980 [/TD] [TD]Baylor [/TD] [TD]18,500 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9/22/1979 [/TD] [TD]Louisiana Tech [/TD] [TD]17,600 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10/9/2010 [/TD] [TD]Langston [/TD] [TD]17,306 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10/6/1979 [/TD] [TD]West Texas State [/TD] [TD]17,250 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9/17/1977 [/TD] [TD]Louisiana-Lafayette [/TD] [TD]17,222 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10/2/2010 [/TD] [TD]Sam Houston State [/TD] [TD]17,187 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] You cannot look at this any other way but a downward trend. Winning against better competition is really the only answer to attendance. There are not any family friendly promotions that will turn that around if we keep losing by big margins to the best of the SLC along with playing the Texas/Mississipi Colleges in our OC schedule at home. People can keep trying to spin things but the turnstile numbers tell the truth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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