Those crazy kids at the Oracle are at it again: USF football attendance

[NewEnglandBull]

 

[hm101]

My goodness spare me. The product isn't great. Once it improves casual fans will be willing to shell out 100+ for a game for the family again. Until then you only get the diehards IF THAT, to watch us with no reason for optimism until the 2nd half of this season. 

[Jim Johnson]

52 minutes ago, hm101 said:

My goodness spare me. The product isn't great. Once it improves casual fans will be willing to shell out 100+ for a game for the family again. Until then you only get the diehards IF THAT, to watch us with no reason for optimism until the 2nd half of this season. 

The product was better under Taggart and people didn't come out then.

It will take Y-E-A-R-S of consistent winning to rebuild the base - especially against the new AAC.

[Roaming Bull]

Who knew Joey would become the editor at the Oracle 

[USFRaider]

I am still of the opinion that attendance hit the skids because the Big East dissolved and USF was left behind to join the minor league AAC. IMO, attendance is only going to get worse in the next few seasons as the minor league AAC morphs into Conference USA 2.0 Tampa is a pro sports town with plenty of entertainment options. No one outside of the hardcores cares about the AAC.

[hm101]

27 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

The product was better under Taggart and people didn't come out then.

It will take Y-E-A-R-S of consistent winning to rebuild the base - especially against the new AAC.

Yes I agree thank you for the refined point. Consistently good product. 

[Cornada]

I want a real nice stadium on campus that I can enjoy before I die.   I'm fine with the university, city, county, and state going in debt for me to have my stadium.  If you don't like it then SUCK IT.

[NewEnglandBull]

56 minutes ago, Cornada said:

I want a real nice stadium on campus that I can enjoy before I die.   I'm fine with the university, city, county, and state going in debt for me to have my stadium.  If you don't like it then SUCK IT.

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, USFRaider said:

I am still of the opinion that attendance hit the skids because the Big East dissolved and USF was left behind.

Agree completely .....

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No one outside of the hardcores cares about the AAC.

The hardcores care about USF not the AAC. I doubt attendance is affected that much with whatever configuration we morph into, except there won't be the bump every other year when the dip***** came to town ...

[USFreak]

My reply to this topic.  I live in Colorado and have 2-3 kids in the "college age".  One didn't care at all about football and went to more of a tech school.

The second, we visited quite a few schools and, to be blunt, it matters.  We went to a small(ish) school in Montana (Montana State) and the Saturday gameday atmosphere - electric.  We went to Colorado State.  A small school in a small conference. Electric.  Like I LOVED IT. I've been with my son to a game at Western Colorado this year.  Maybe 4500 fans.  Electric.  My daughter went and visited UF and UCF a month ago - electric.  The common thread.  An on-campus stadium.  

I told my old boy Dave Glaser (who probably will still let me buy a few overprice boat drinks and watch his cover band) that I bypassed USF for her for that very reason. I literally told my daughter "look somewhere else."  He was disgusted.  I feel it, but USF ain't "next level" until they make that change.  The results and failure is right there - who is in the Big 12?  UCF  Who can make the next jump.  Not us. They should have been on it 15 years ago and not fired Leavitt.  Tell me I'm wrong.  We are an AAC team I watched 8 minutes of on Nov 26th....a dude that was die-hard...die-hard 15 years ago.  I could care less.  

Build a stadium tomorrow and get to the business of making it a true campus experience.