What if....

[chicky9914]

I know a lot of our fans didn't attend the game in Birmingham due to the location, it being so close to Christmas, traveling expense, etc., but lets think in the "what-ifs" here...what if we have clinched the Big East and were heading down to the Orange Bowl in Miami to play on the 2nd.  How many fans do you think we'd bring? I think we have a legitimate to win the Big East next year, especially when we've got U of L and WVU at home(although this season we proved we can be effective and win on the road thanks to the WVU win).  How many fans do you think we'd bring to the BCS game 6 hrs away?

[USF03]

I hope A LOT.

But, I'm not sure with our fans.  I guess it depends if its "good for them."  

Greedy people...

[chicky9914]

I'm thinking 8-10k...eh 10k being generous.  I'm thinking 8k

[fishinBULL]

we would need to be 12-0 or 11-1 to win the big east next year.  Louisville and WVU are going to powerhouses again.  If we were able to pull off such a magical run, I would expect that the thousands USF grads from the tampa bay area would come out of their holes and jump on the bandwagon.  We could finsh the year with home crowds in the 40-50,000's.  If we land the Orange bowl, that is only a 3 hour drive, and there is no reason not to bullieve that we could bring at least 20,000 fans.  USF alumni will jump on the bandwagon fast if we pull off such a run...just look at Rutgers, we'll be the darlings of the southeast.

[fishinBULL]

eh, i might be way to overly optimistic though...

i cant get off these green and gold glasses, they are plastered to my face.

[AndytheBull]

I'd say about 15,000 for the Orange Bowl (I hope).

I also think we could get 10,000 for the Gator Bowl. 15-20 thousand if we play Miami or F$U.

[Economics_Nerd82]

Very good question Chicky!

I think it was said before, to win the Big East we'd have to have a really strong record (including beating Auburn) and I think as the year went on we'd pick a lot of band wagon fans. Plus, I'm sure a lot of the hidden alumni (those that aren't that interested in football) would also jump on the wagon as well. I was say 10,000 at the very least. That's being conservative on my part.

[Don Toro]

 I think we could bring 8K tops.  The cost of BCS tickets will keep a lot of people away, no matter how die-hard they are.  And alumni that never followed the Bulls are not going to spend $400+ in tickets.

[Guest JulmisteForPrez]

Yep......one word......BANDWAGON.

I think we'd see 12-15k if it were the Orange Bowl, a significant percentage of which would be the same people who hopped on the Bucs wagon (and have since hopped off), the Lightning wagon, and will jump on the Rays' wagon (when they finally finish above .500 45 years from now).

Just hope that solid and TRUE fanbase continues to snowball.

[E.T.]

Hope to actually know in '08   following our Big East Title run in '07  8-)

Our fan base is just too small to honestly expect more than 10K ... but do hope we seee a big jump in season ticket sales for the '07 season.