Do we sell out Ray Jay with mainly Bulls fans before getting an OCS?

[CousinRicky]

3 minutes ago, bulloni said:

I think that's just college basketball in general. Looking at a pre-covid season here: 

2018–19 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team - Wikipedia

 

We played at ECU and they had 4,600 in attendance, we played them in Tampa and had 5,700 in attendance

We played at UCF and they had 4,700 in attendance, we played them in Tampa and had 7,200 in attendance

Seems a lot harder to build up a fanbase in college basketball if you aren't competitive. I don't think that should be a predictive factor in our students being uninterested in football games. I think a big thing is a lot of the games are on weeknights, and people don't want to go by themselves. So not only does a student have to be free, but there friends also have to be free. Much easier to get everyone to go to a football game every couple weeks on a Saturday than a bunch of random basketball games scattered throughout the week.

And the majority of those people, me included, drove to campus. There weren't 2,000 students. And probably 1/2 of them were UCF fans - that drove there.  

[bulloni]

@John Lewis

There's rumors the football center is going to be combined with the OCS project. Does that mean donating to the Football Center Fund contributes to the OCS? Or will they still be fundraised separately?

[John Lewis]

4 minutes ago, bulloni said:

@John Lewis

There's rumors the football center is going to be combined with the OCS project. Does that mean donating to the Football Center Fund contributes to the OCS? Or will they still be fundraised separately?

No, that does not mean that.

We are working with the Foundation on the fund for the stadium, operations buidling, etc. More information will coming.

[NewEnglandBull]

31 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

No, that does not mean that.

We are working with the Foundation on the fund for the stadium, operations buidling, etc. More information will coming.

Me likey! 

[Joe]

On 9/15/2021 at 2:21 PM, NewEnglandBull said:

When Cincy did their upgrade they attached classrooms in order to tap state funding. Nothing wrong at all with that strategy. 

I can tell you that is not true at all.

That said most states have blocked that loophole that existed in the 80s.

[zarnozdabull]

On 9/19/2021 at 7:52 PM, CousinRicky said:

And, again, Yuengling Center gets about 200 of those students for MBB games.  

Florida is a football state. No one cared about the basketball team at all when I went to USF (didn't matter where they played) but we wished the football team was good. I mean even UF has trouble getting students to go to the basketball games unless they're playing Kentucky but meanwhile the Swamp is sold out for FAU. I don't think you can compare the potential excitement/desire of students wanting to go to a college basketball game than that of a college football game on campus in our state.

 

[NewEnglandBull]

32 minutes ago, Joe said:

I can tell you that is not true at all.

That said most states have blocked that loophole that existed in the 80s.

I know for a fact that this was the truth when they completed phase 1 of the upgrade. 

[Outlaw]

On 9/20/2021 at 9:46 AM, Paisa el Toro said:

Spot on. We have a culture issue at USF. The general region and students are mostly disconnected from the Athletics. I love our diehards. Beyond winning, we need to figure a strategy for getting more buy in from our students and community.

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