2019 Swac Football Attendance - Week 10


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Alabama State at Mississippi Valley State
Attendance: 2967

Alabama A&M at Southern
Attendance: 20344

Texas Southern at Grambling
Attendance: 14562

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Jackson State
Attendance: 26341
 
That Grambling number must be tickets sold. There was no where near that number in the stands. The home side was not full and the visitors side was damn near empty.
 



Herbert77060 said:
That Grambling number must be tickets sold. There was no where near that number in the stands. The home side was not full and the visitors side was damn near empty.
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I'm noticing a disturbing trend in the SWAC ... only the football classics seem to be holding steady attendance wise. Even SU is "struggling" with home attendance if it's not the Boombox Classic or Homecoming. And by struggling I mean the numbers are not what they used to be ... but still strong for the FCS.

I'm still praying one day our fanbase will rival SU and JSU but I just realize our campus culture is different which likely plays into it. SU and JSU feels like a big family all the time on campus because they are in a smaller city and state with less degrees of separation ... TSU feel familyish at times but to a lesser extent, we still have that big city "who are you" mentality. on campus. And I don't think Texas people (especially Houston & Dallas) are as friendly as people in Louisiana and Mississippi so it always feels like for me SU and JSU have more fun at their events which is why they come out in larger numbers than us.
 
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Herbert77060 said:
That Grambling number must be tickets sold. There was no where near that number in the stands. The home side was not full and the visitors side was damn near empty.
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Not sure where your vantage point was...but the home side was "extremely" packed.....the visitor side was a little sparse....there were also lots of people up on the hill....I can post a video showing the home side during halftime if you'd like to see it
 
MACKG said:
Not sure where your vantage point was...but the home side was "extremely" packed.....the visitor side was a little sparse....there were also lots of people up on the hill....I can post a video showing the home side during halftime if you'd like to see it
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On the visitors side north 45. I had a very good view of the home side. If stadium capacity is less than 20,000 and the home field side was not packed and the visitors side was not nearly as full as the home field side that attendance number is off.
 
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Herbert77060 said:
On the visitors side north 45. I had a very good view of the home side. If stadium capacity is less than 10,000 and the home field side was not packed and the visitors side was not nearly as full as the home field side that attendance number is off.
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That stadium has a capacity of 19600
 
tsugraytiger said:
I'm noticing a disturbing trend in the SWAC ... only the football classics seem to be holding steady attendance wise. Even SU is "struggling" with home attendance if it's not the Boombox Classic or Homecoming. And by struggling I mean the numbers are not what they used to be ... but still strong for the FCS.

I'm still praying one day our fanbase will rival SU and JSU but I just realize our campus culture is different which likely plays into it. SU and JSU feels like a big family all the time on campus because they are in a smaller city and state with less degrees of separation ... TSU feel familyish at times but to a lesser extent, we still have that big city "who are you" mentality. on campus. And I don't think Texas people (especially Houston & Dallas) are as friendly as people in Louisiana and Mississippi so it always feels like for me SU and JSU have more fun at their events which is why they come out in larger numbers than us.
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SU has to battle with LSU being in the same city. SU vs PV was hurt by LSU’s homecoming. SU home schedule sucked this season. SU attendance will be great next season as long as no Hurricanes ruin a game or two like the year before.
 
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SUjagTILLiDIE said:
SU has to battle with LSU being in the same city. SU vs PV was hurt by LSU’s homecoming. SU home schedule sucked this season. SU attendance will be great next season as long as no Hurricanes ruin a game or two like the year before.
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THE FAMOUS SU GO TO LINE !!!! Well where was LSU located when SU had good numbers. lol. I thought SU said they have the best fan base in all of HBCU. But how if another school is able to effect your home attendance. Sounds a bit contradicting to me. I see some schools use the words BEST a bit lose and without thinking lol.
 
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SUjagTILLiDIE said:
SU has to battle with LSU being in the same city. SU vs PV was hurt by LSU’s homecoming. SU home schedule sucked this season. SU attendance will be great next season as long as no Hurricanes ruin a game or two like the year before.
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Ole Miss, Miss St, USM, and JSU each played games in Jackson up until some time in the 90s and JSU was still able to lead IAA (at the time) in attendance. Alcorn and Valley had that 60k+ game during that time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Veterans_Memorial_Stadium#History
 
I don't think SU has a attendance problem. I just think people are not coming to the games like that. My biggest issue is that SU is not getting those visitors numbers. If you look at SU traveling crowds (Memphis, FAMU, Alcorn, Mcneese) SU brought thousands, those numbers are not coming to Mumford. SU could very easily have 20,000. It's no excuse but that is my two cents. SU just has to do a better job of marketing or better deals etc
 
tsugraytiger said:
I'm noticing a disturbing trend in the SWAC ... only the football classics seem to be holding steady attendance wise. Even SU is "struggling" with home attendance if it's not the Boombox Classic or Homecoming. And by struggling I mean the numbers are not what they used to be ... but still strong for the FCS.

I'm still praying one day our fanbase will rival SU and JSU but I just realize our campus culture is different which likely plays into it. SU and JSU feels like a big family all the time on campus because they are in a smaller city and state with less degrees of separation ... TSU feel familyish at times but to a lesser extent, we still have that big city "who are you" mentality. on campus. And I don't think Texas people (especially Houston & Dallas) are as friendly as people in Louisiana and Mississippi so it always feels like for me SU and JSU have more fun at their events which is why they come out in larger numbers than us.
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i definitely agree about the friendly part! U cant compare the two because texas folks aint as warming to others
 



houstonpolice said:
THE FAMOUS SU GO TO LINE !!!! Well where was LSU located when SU had good numbers. lol. I thought SU said they have the best fan base in all of HBCU. But how if another school is able to effect your home attendance. Sounds a bit contradicting to me. I see some schools use the words BEST a bit lose and without thinking lol.
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The new generation is totally different . They chase homecomings. We have our base but the casual BR folks are going where the biggest party is now a days. SU finished #4 in attendence last season.
 
MetroPhillyTiger said:
You missed the point. Your fellow jag blamed LSU for SU's attendance. I'm not comparing JSUs and SUs attendance numbers. You actually proved my point as well since SU was able to have good attendance numbers in lieu of LSU being nearby.
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I said the PV game, because it was LSU’s homecoming.
 
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