hoops156
Senior
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2011
- Messages
- 26,497
They will be if we are top-10. Easily.
In 2002, we averaged 69,532 fans/game. In 2018 (when we had hope following a strong 2017), we averaged 61,649. In 2019, the last year where attendance numbers are “real” (you can’t measure last year cause of social distancing and different rules in different states) we averaged 52,829
Compare that to Kentucky’s average attendance of 55,117 in 2019 and I would say that your premise is completely false.
We can pack it in just like they can. The admin just repeatedly kills the program and attendance wanes. But we average out to a top-25 attendance over the last 5 years if you do the research.
lol have you been to OB games? we were doing kids come in free against Troy. the numbers you're giving are based on tickets sold and not actual fans. we cannot and will never pack it in weekly like big state programs. for big games, we do it better than 90 percent of the country. for your average acc game, id guess actual butts? prolly 45-55 if were good. less if were not (you literally just saw that against uVA).
also the 02 attendance was one of our highest ever and it was coming off a title. we likely will never win a title again in the current landscape.