Despite Tennessee State recording its largest margin of victory in the Eddie George era on Saturday against Lincoln (CA), the team played in front of its lowest home crowd attendance of the season.
George last Saturday following the Tigers homecoming win at Nissan Stadium over Norfolk State expressed disappointment that only 13,975 fans showed up and a large percentage left after halftime.
While the coach was pleased with the output, he questioned whether TSU fans loved football and urged them to attend game that did not exclusively feature HBCU opponents.
Well, the crowd was much smaller Saturday against an unheralded Lincoln (CA) that was 0-8 heading into the matchup. The official attendance was 2,727, according to the box score.
George, however, didn’t chide fans in his postgame remarks this week.
“For those who came I’m glad they came out,” George said. “They were really engaged and they were awesome.”
Schedule better. Asking fans to pay full prices for a sorry opponent is wrong. Listen to your fanbase. They’re speaking with their support and attendance.
That’s the sorry excuse that’s used all time. If you are truly concerned about or a true supporter of the University you will come out and support. Only with adequate support and finances can anything be done that the “so called” fans say they want to see. All you do is complain but only make excuses when it’s time to support young men who go out everyday and work hard, and literally put their health on the line to play this sport. IF YOU WANT BETTER—SUPPORT BETTER. Enough with the lame excuses. ( If a lot of other folks out there have their way these schools would be shut down because they see that we won’t to their support) Beware!!!
EG came in saying he didn’t really want to coach. Then, the old players weren’t welcomed on the sideline/locker room/practices. Most past traditions were eliminated and/or criticized by the new staff and AD. He got off to a bad start and was never really a part of the black community although being in Nashville for over 25 years. It is difficult to build when you come in not embracing the supporters that you do have. And let’s be honest. Winning is welcomed but playing decent teams does attract. The teams we’ve beaten have a collective 6-28 record. Ouch!
Tennessee State needs to leave the OVC, join either the MEAC or SWAC, and play ALL games at HOME! We deserve this!
Agreed! A similar scenario is when you play schools without a historic bond and destroy allegiances attendance suffers. Being an alum of NC A&T we wrecked our athletic program when we left the MEAC. We need to go back home.
The magic will cone back when you start putting the teams that made you back on the schedule. This Rattler, a product of a father who attended Famu and a mother who attended TSU, is waiting for things to get right and we play each other again. When you put Famu back on, everything will fall into place. We miss ya’ll. Let’s take over Atlanta like we used to!!!!