Attendance is an embarrassment

[El_Toro_86]

2 things that drive attendance are passion and pride and right now USF is woefully lacking in both.  All the other excuses are BS.

Edited September 22, 2017 by El_Toro_86

[wagers]

If we keep rolling on the field with giant score differences and our ranking gets in the high teen's, we should see some good crowds for Cincy and Houston (35-40k).

The key then would be to have consecutive very good years to capture people back.

[Bulls Are We]

Well that didn't take long..

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fennelly-usf-thrashes-temple-to-stay-unbeaten-too-bad-not-many-saw-it-in/2338398

[Sierra048]

8 hours ago, ForestBull said:

I went to every game whenI lived in Tampa, why wouldn't you?

Now that I live in North GA with a family, I can't make it. I really miss live USF games... 

No excuse for alumni not showing up. 

This team deserves better...

ForsetBull, where in N. Georgia are you?

[Apis Bull]

4 minutes ago, Bulls Are We said:

Well that didn't take long..

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fennelly-usf-thrashes-temple-to-stay-unbeaten-too-bad-not-many-saw-it-in/2338398

He only writes about USF when he can get a jab in.

[bullstampede9922]

I brought 3 (casual fan) co-workers with me hoping they might want to go to another one.  They were ready to leave after the 3rd quarter.  Besides the great effort by the defense, there wasn't much entertainment value.  Temple was horrible and after we got a few touchdown lead, we just started running the ball.   

[bullstampede9922]

9 minutes ago, Bulls Are We said:

Well that didn't take long..

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/fennelly-usf-thrashes-temple-to-stay-unbeaten-too-bad-not-many-saw-it-in/2338398

 

The irony is that he writes articles that not many see......

[TallyBull]

Mark Harlan tweeted back to me and said, regarding the need for him to fix attendance issues, he "got it." Something's got to change, and I think he realizes that. No benefit to "national exposure" on Thursday night if your team wins 43-7 but everyone is talking about crappy attendance.

Say what you want about cush seats, HD video, and club seats. Give me an OCS with bleachers and green and gold decor, that seats 30-35K, and that would at least look better on TV. People bash Central for their erector set stadium but at this point I'd be ecstatic with something like that but a little nicer. Waiting 10 years for a $200m stadium that we can't afford and may or may not get built could kill this program. I'm officially in the smaller, expandable OCS soon (3-5 years) camp.

EDIT: an OCS is NOT a reward for good attendance, so put that crap away. An OCS of some kind is a necessity for the long-term viability of this program at the FBS level IMHO. All other G5 teams in Florida seem to understand that except for USF because of our long-gone BCS status.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2017 by TallyBull

[wagers]

I have season tix but live in Jax Beach so it's tough to go to mid-week games.  I did make sure my 8 tix were used though.  Question.....was there a lot of people in the club sections again just hanging out?  I am thinking this was part of it (as usual).

[Apis Bull]

5 minutes ago, bullstampede9922 said:

 

The irony is that he writes articles that not many see......