USF Football Attendance: is it really about an OCS?

[Flowers4Heisman]

I think it has so much to do with (1) who we play and  (2) if we play against good teams an win.

We need to continue to schedule better and better out of conference teams.

http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204767028

Largest Crowd at Raymond James Stadiums
Att.	Opponent	Date
1. 67,012	West Virginia	9/28/2007
2. 66,469	Miami	11/28/2009
3. 65,948	UCF	10/13/2007
4. 63,976	Cincinnati	10/15/2009
5. 58,755	Kansas	9/12/2008
6. 57,379	Cincinnati	11/3/2007
7. 57,288	Louisville	11/17/2007
8. 51,384	Syracuse	10/18/2008
9. 50,307	Pittsburgh	10/2/2008
10. 49,388	Louisville	11/21/2009
11. 48,058	UT-Martin	8/30/2008
12. 47,216	Rutgers	11/15/2008
13. 45,274	West Virginia	12/3/2005
14. 45,139	UCF	9/17/2005
15. 43,844	Pittsburgh	11/20/2010
16. 43,122	Florida A&M	9/10/2005
17. 42,422	UConn	10/23/2008

Here's Voodoofive.com's compiled numbers.

verage TSA Actual Attendance	Average USF Announced Attendance	% of Actual vs. Announced
1997	21,154	33,039	64.03%
1998	21,382	27,143	78.78%
1999	18,218	25,053	72.72%
2000	18,714	26,414	70.85%
2001	17,562	25,820	68.02%
2002	20,478	26,304	77.85%
2003	25,515	30,512	83.62%
2004	19,699	27,060	72.80%
2005	33,485	38,865	86.16%
2006	24,750	30,222	81.89%
2007	44,716	53,170	84.10%
2008	37,625	49,690	75.72%
2009	41,378	52,553	78.74%
2010	29,956	40,849	73.33%
2011	32,435	44,550	72.81%
2012	30,455	44,130	69.01%
2013	20,379	34,702	58.73%

[bullsmeanbusiness]

We need to continue to schedule better and better out of conference teams.

Amen to that! 

[BullsFanInTX]

We have good out of conference teams scheduled.  That isn't the problem.  The attendance issue is 90% due to losing and the 5 year bowl drought.  Tampa fans are serious bandwagon fans.  Win and they will come.  There is always a lag though.  You won't see attendance spike until next year, when our averages should go up at least 10 thousand, especially with FSU at home.

Look at UCF.  They were saying what a great fan base they have, and how they're better than USF.  Then, what happens when the losing begins.  An empty Bright House networks stadium.  They may have announced 23-24K at some games, but a couple games I watched, there weren't more than 10K actual bodies in the stands and that's being VERY generous.  A sea of metal bleachers with a smattering of fans.

Sustained winning solves most attendance issues (not a one year uptick but sustained).   

And by the way, the teams we are playing now are every bit as good as the ones we played in the Big East.  Houston, Memphis, and Navy would demolish most of the old BE teams.  When was the last time the Big East had 4 teams ranked at the same time like we did this year.  Currently there are FIVE AAC teams either ranked or receiving votes, including USF.  

[BullsFanInTX]

But as far as the OCS is concerned, naturally you would have quite a few more students to the games and attendance would go up some.

[GaUSFBull]

Anyone know what exactly IS this OCS everyone keeps talking about so much?  

[ArmyBull]

Ohh!  Good!  Another OCS thread, awesome!  

[Roaming Bull]

Anyone know what exactly IS this OCS everyone keeps talking about so much?  

it's like a cross between the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, and Optimus Prime. But that's only what I've heard

Edited December 2, 2015 by HR Bull

[jasonb56]

FSU Game had over 69K, and was largest USF home crowd in History... just an FYI.

Edited December 2, 2015 by jasonb56

[GaUSFBull]

it's like a cross between the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, and Optimus Prime. But that's only what I've heard

Yeah?  Well, I heard that it's a cross between Winn-Dixie (unacceptable from the jump), CiCi's Pizza and Home Depot.  So I'm not sure who to believe. I can't just go off of rumors.  I need facts, man.  FACTS.  

 

[Flowers4Heisman]

FSU Game had over 69K, and was largest USF home crowd in History... just an FYI.

Game Info
Florida State Seminoles @ South Florida Bulls: Sep 29, 2012
Attendance: 69383

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/boxscore?id=18325