2018 Swac Football Attendance - Week 6


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Mississippi Valley State at Bethune Cookman
Attendance: 10278

Alabama A&M at Texas Southern
Attendance: 2112

Oklahoma Panhandle State at Grambling
Attendance: 5330

Alabama State at Alcorn State
Attendance: 19445

Jackson State at Ark-Pine Bluff
Attendance: 4200
 
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Fiyah said:
Mississippi Valley State at Bethune Cookman
Attendance: 10278

Alabama State at Texas Southern
Attendance: 2112

Oklahoma Panhandle State at Grambling
Attendance: 5330

Alabama State at Alcorn State
Attendance: 19445

Jackson State at Ark-Pine Bluff
Attendance: 4200
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A&M played at TxSU


& TxSU y’all have the most pathetic fan base in the SWAC. Every week y’all put up numbers that any high school in GA would beat attendance wise.
 



atl hornet said:
A&M played at TxSU


& TxSU y’all have the most pathetic fan base in the SWAC. Every week y’all put up numbers that any high school in GA would beat attendance wise.
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And also may have the largest student population in the SWAC (close to 10K). Perhaps when they build their on campus stadium it will change. However, I believe sTu still have by far the largest commuter population in the conference.
 
atl hornet said:
A&M played at TxSU


& TxSU y’all have the most pathetic fan base in the SWAC. Every week y’all put up numbers that any high school in GA would beat attendance wise.
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Oh shut your trap. We also have a pathetic football team. If the team was above average or in contention for a championship than I would encourage complaints about attendance.

Homecoming, PV, and the game in Dallas will do well though for us attendance wise. Everything else, you won't see us pass 3K so get use to it. Maybe next year we will have a stronger and more exciting team
 
tsugraytiger said:
Homecoming, PV, and the game in Dallas will do well though for us attendance wise. Everything else, you won't see us pass 3K so get use to it. Maybe next year we will have a stronger and more exciting team
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Your game against Prairie View is at Prairie View, not the other way around and the game against Su is their home game.
 
JROCK said:
And also may have the largest student population in the SWAC (close to 10K). Perhaps when they build their on campus stadium it will change. However, I believe sTu still have by far the largest commuter population in the conference.
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Not making excuses but the above in bold is maybe true. When I go to the campus for meetings or basketball games it is amazing how many folks are leaving campus at the end of their day. Having said that, those in the dorms/near campus apartments should be at the games. PERIOD.

P.S. The seats in the Presidents Club are grey :)
 
Herbert77060 said:
Not making excuses but the above in bold is maybe true. When I go to the campus for meetings or basketball games it is amazing how many folks are leaving campus at the end of their day. Having said that, those in the dorms/near campus apartments should be at the games. PERIOD.

P.S. The seats in the Presidents Club are grey :)
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Herb, college students not attending athletic eventis is the current trend. See Alabama. They are finding or doing other things. What do we do to bring them back to the game. That’s our challenge. I met a fellow Hornet alum at the game in Lorman yesterday. She drove over to the game because her son goes to school at Alcorn. I asked her where was he and she replied he was in the dorm sleeping. He didn’t like football. Hmmm it was their homecoming.
 
J C said:
Herb, college students not attending athletic eventis is the current trend. See Alabama. They are finding or doing other things. What do we do to bring them back to the game. That’s our challenge. I met a fellow Hornet alum at the game in Lorman yesterday. She drove over to the game because her son goes to school at Alcorn. I asked her where was he and she replied he was in the dorm sleeping. He didn’t like football. Hmmm it was their homecoming.
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But Alcorn still had 20,000 for their homecoming which is a good number, so how can you use them as a bad example?
 
J C said:
Herb, college students not attending athletic eventis is the current trend. See Alabama. They are finding or doing other things. What do we do to bring them back to the game. That’s our challenge. I met a fellow Hornet alum at the game in Lorman yesterday. She drove over to the game because her son goes to school at Alcorn. I asked her where was he and she replied he was in the dorm sleeping. He didn’t like football. Hmmm it was their homecoming.
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Alabama problem isnt the students arent coming.... its that the students are leaving early... when the game is a blowout at the half... do we really blame them?
 
JROCK said:
And also may have the largest student population in the SWAC (close to 10K). Perhaps when they build their on campus stadium it will change. However, I believe sTu still have by far the largest commuter population in the conference.
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I've been saying that's the root cause for a while but get attacked. Tsu is a commuter school. UH is too. Both have done better at establishing some sort of campus life in recent years but alot of students arent going to be engaged. Also with TSU's total enrollment, a big chunk of that number comes from students in the graduate/professional programs whose loyalties are going to almost always be with their undergraduate institution first.
 
J C said:
Herb, college students not attending athletic eventis is the current trend. See Alabama. They are finding or doing other things. What do we do to bring them back to the game. That’s our challenge. I met a fellow Hornet alum at the game in Lorman yesterday. She drove over to the game because her son goes to school at Alcorn. I asked her where was he and she replied he was in the dorm sleeping. He didn’t like football. Hmmm it was their homecoming.
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In Jackson, the Students stay till the end regardless of the result. So keep that in Alabama
 
JayRob said:
But Alcorn still had 20,000 for their homecoming which is a good number, so how can you use them as a bad example?
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No where do I use Alcorn as an example. I used one of their student as an example of a growing trend among college students which can be supported with published data if you care to look.
 
Herbert77060 said:
Not making excuses but the above in bold is maybe true. When I go to the campus for meetings or basketball games it is amazing how many folks are leaving campus at the end of their day. Having said that, those in the dorms/near campus apartments should be at the games. PERIOD.

P.S. The seats in the Presidents Club are grey :)
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Well also keep in mind that our school is in the middle of a cool and dynamic major city. A higher portion of our students have jobs (part time jobs are easy to find in Houston) or out exploring the 1,000s of things to do nearby (concerts, shopping, clubs, bars, restaurants, festials, etc)

Students in Jackson, Baton Rouge, Pine Bluff, and even Prairie View etc don't have the same luxuries and distractions as TSU students. So campus life for TSU students is not the center of their universe like it is as our peer institutions, but I still will like to see them make more of an effort to support our teams. On a positive note, I do feel like the new dorm completed in 2016 did help with campus life ... I notice more students on campus since it was completed.

And I think it's a Houston problem looking at UH. Most of their students don't support them either. UH student body is over 40,000 and alumni base over 200,000 but only close to 30K (40K capacity) showed up to the Tulsa game yesterday and I'm sure most were alumni. And UH has a 4-1 record.
 
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tsugraytiger said:
Well also keep in mind that our school is in the middle of a cool and dynamic major city. A higher portion of our students have jobs (part time jobs are easy to find in Houston) or out exploring the 1,000s of things to do nearby (concerts, shopping, clubs, bars, restaurants, festials, etc)

Students in Jackson, Baton Rouge, Pine Bluff, and even Prairie View etc don't have the same luxuries and distractions as TSU students. So campus life for TSU students is not the center of their universe like it is as our peer institutions, but I still will like to see them make more of an effort to support our teams. On a positive note, I do feel like the new dorm completed in 2016 did help with campus life ... I notice more students on campus since it was completed.

And I think it's a Houston problem looking at UH. Most of their students don't support them either. UH student body is over 40,000 and alumni base over 200,000 but only close to 30K (40K capacity) showed up to the Tulsa game yesterday and I'm sure most were alumni. And UH has a 4-1 record.
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So with that said why even attempt to build an on campus stadium if you think the students are too distracted to go to games anyway?
 
jag4life said:
So with that said why even attempt to build an on campus stadium if you think the students are too distracted to go to games anyway?
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You don't get it. Stadiums are not built for students (who get into games for free due to game admission built into fees they pay per semester) it's for the ticket paying fans.
 
Furthermore, we will not be building an on campus stadium. If the referendum passes next month we will be enhancing Durley Field.

Enhancing = $3M - $5M
Building = $40M - $60M
 
C-LeB28 said:
Furthermore, we will not be building an on campus stadium. If the referendum passes next month we will be enhancing Durley Field.

Enhancing = $3M - $5M
Building = $40M - $60M
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Isn't the referendum for reallocation of money anyway?
So there is no new funds coming in from student fees.
 
C-LeB28 said:
You don't get it. Stadiums are not built for students (who get into games for free due to game admission built into fees they pay per semester) it's for the ticket paying fans.
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I know but I was just addressing tsugraytiger's comments. Students make up a small percentage of those who go to the games. That's why I STILL don't understand why a student referendum would have much impact on "enhancing" Durley. Alums ain't going to games either though.
 
J C said:
No where do I use Alcorn as an example. I used one of their student as an example of a growing trend among college students which can be supported with published data if you care to look.
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If a team's not winning on a consistent basis, students or non-students will stop coming. There's no need for rocket science or theories.
 
JayRob said:
If a team's not winning on a consistent basis, students or non-students will stop coming. There's no need for rocket science or theories.
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Around most of TX they like winners. If you a'int winning they definitely a'int coming especially people of color.
 
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