MF'er had me till he called us ALL bandwagon fans. I mean, he's basically right, but there's lots of us who live and die and bleed orange and green no matter 6-7 or 12-0. Man, we are a few wins away... one game at a time. Go Canes.
The 30-40k that have been coming to the games over the last decade are the diehards. We’ll get an infusion now of the bandwaggoners, both posting here and attending games now, and the program will happily take their money, as it’s needed.
Why is Miami constantly put into an unfair comparison?
We have EIGHT THOUSAND full-time undergrads. Those are the ONLY ones who have to pay the Athletic Fee (and then get to go to the games). Those 8,000 undergrads come from all over the country because we are a private school, not a state school. We have a small alumni base living in South Florida (at least compared to what other state schools have in their own local markets).
Yet...we are constantly compared to UF and F$U, to the SEC crowds and the Big 10 crowds. And there is NEVER a comparison made to Duke, or Northwestern or Vanderbilt or Stanford or Southern Cal (private, but with double our undergrad enrollment) or Baylor (double our undergrad enrollment) or TCU or Syracuse or Boston College.
Yeah, that's it. Those are the ONLY private schools in the Power 5. The SEC has ONE. The Big 10 has ONE. The Pac 12 has TWO and the Big 12 has TWO. The ACC leads the way with FOUR private schools (five if you include Notre Dame).
So that is 10 or 11 private schools in Power 5 play. Those are the ONLY schools to which we should be compared when it comes time to discuss attendance. And I NEVER see the ESPN talking heads slamming Vandy or Northwestern or Duke or BC for their attendance.
Just us.