mattegunz Posted October 11, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 687 Reputation: 20 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted October 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Brad said: It's really not important to players. Winning is. Would be nice to hear a little about football. Why not ask fans about attendance, since they're the ones either showing up or not? Why not dig in to the issue with the Administration? It couldn't have anything to do with the type and amount of coverage provided in the Tampa Bay area media, so don't interview yourself. Players? Brad, Of course it hurts the players when 80% of the seats are vacant during the game. Of course it infuriates Coach T, BUT..... What is responding with their true feelings going to achieve other than provide a hanging curve ball for Martin Fennelly? I doubt it convinces anyone else to show up. Reality bites. Our die hard fanbase is small. I'm glad to be a part of them and thanked the few left around me in section 138 after the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchem1995 Posted October 11, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 51 Content Count: 3,357 Reputation: 1,101 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/02/2014 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Last week was not a typical weekend game. For three days prior, all anyone in FL heard was a Cat 4 Hurricane was heading to Fl. I'm sure some students went home to be with family, not really worrying about our football game ( I was there with my three friends). It was just a crazy weekend. BTW FL postponed their game. We shouldn't look back at this without appreciating a major hurricane was about to devastate, homes, lives, etc. It will be better this weekend. I will be there with my peeps. GO BULLS. I hate my local reporters here period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullFan98 Posted October 11, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 258 Content Count: 7,780 Reputation: 328 Days Won: 7 Joined: 08/13/2010 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I think attendance gets a pass for the ECU game due to Hurricane Matthew. However, this doesn't excuse game day attendance in prior weeks (with the exception of the FSU game). This is a much bigger issue than any one week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajusf16 Posted October 11, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 110 Content Count: 2,558 Reputation: 86 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/2009 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I would anticipate a much better crowd this coming weekend with no storm and it being a night game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePhillips Posted October 12, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 22 Content Count: 280 Reputation: 164 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/26/2008 Share Posted October 12, 2016 It sucks, but it's certainly not the current player's fault at all I have friends who literally started at USF as a freshman, and graduated and didn't see a single winning season. Went to dozens of losing home games. The firing of Leavitt and the "Holtz Era" caused a horrific amount of damage to the support of the USF Football Team. We are slowly getting that back, but it's going to take a little bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullDoug Posted October 12, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 469 Content Count: 4,451 Reputation: 52 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/2001 Share Posted October 12, 2016 A few top wins vs Top 20 at Ray Jay is the answer. I agree with the hurricane issue. I hate to say the letters but "OCS" is the real answer for the students. As an example to similar schools. My daughter is a freshman at UTSA and she does not go to games. I think if it the stadium was on campus she would go. My son played a game at TX State this season. TSU does not fill their stadiums either. However TSU does better than UTSA because they have a nice stadium OC in San Marcos and they were founded in 1890. UTSA is at the Alamo dome and is about 8 yrs younger than USF with football being 10 yrs younger. BTW did anyone see how the Stanford fans cleared out of the thier stadium before the four qtr just being down 3 scores. That was awful. Condeleezza Rice and Tiger Woods was at the game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breedwell Posted October 12, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 863 Reputation: 96 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/20/2012 Share Posted October 12, 2016 We're going to get Navy in the house ranked. Unless them being inactive somehow gets them kicked out of the rankings. We ourselves may be getting more looks when that time comes too. I feel like people pay more attention when your school is "ranked" or playing a "ranked" team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted October 12, 2016 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,738 Reputation: 10,964 Days Won: 425 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted October 12, 2016 25 minutes ago, BullDoug said: I hate to say the letters but "OCS" is the real answer for the students. I think that's something we all agree on .... that the students would be the only lock for better attendance with an ocs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dausfbulls11 Posted October 12, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 320 Content Count: 3,030 Reputation: 670 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/15/2005 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Agree...and it may a few fickle folks from pinellas and sarasota less likely to make the longer drive, not me but some for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlantainChipsForMe Posted October 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 2 Content Count: 89 Reputation: 55 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/15/2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 On 10/11/2016 at 2:40 PM, BullsBoltsJagsRays said: The seats would keep their red color longer. Maybe we could rent them out to the Bucs to make a few bucks. Bucks from the Bucs. They could use them also: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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