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How can Southern's ticket sales be higher than JSU's, when JSU has an average home attendance of 33,000 compared to SU's 17,000? JSU has to have the highest ticket sales revenue in FCS, and probably more than half of FBS, period. If JSU's average ticket sales is lower than SU's, then those attendance numbers are skewed immensely or something else is going on. Allowing all those school-aged kids free admittance is starting to take its toll!
I think we were set up to have a good attendance this Fall like we had in 2018. LC Classic was against SFA (~12,500), Sep 19th was Southern (~15,000), HC was Alcorn again (~19,000), and Grambling in November (~5,000). With the anticipation and excitement for this year's team you could reasonably expect that our attendance would've been pushing 13K.
So hopefully the AD has learned the formula, and will build upon it.
To answer @Earle ,I'm not the AD, but believe you me if I were we'd have been had that schedule every year. Also, a lot of the older alumni don't like playing JxSU or UNA due to bad blood from the past, and I can respect that. I can't change their minds, but I'm of the mindset that I'm gonna beat your ass on the field to get my point across.
I think the SWAC still caters heavily to the "Big 3" schools when it comes to scheduling. There is no logical reason why AAMU has to travel to Texas twice in a season to play both TxSU and PVAMU in football, especially using a scheduling model that rotates opposite division opponents on/off the schedule.Looking at those numbers the conference need to look at giving schools equal balance for every year with the type of teams each school gets to host. Why did you have Alcorn, Su & Gsu in the same year as home games? What was the attendance in the odd year for your conference games?
I know it's a imbalance with stu and PV with their home conference games since each has to host each other and Su in the same years (stu - odd, PV - even) which makes their 2 biggest home games in the same year and the year you don't have those 2 games your attendance is down. I think that they should not have to host the 2 biggest games in the same year but host 1 of those games each year which would give each school a more balance attendance and income for each year.
I think the SWAC still caters heavily to the "Big 3" schools when it comes to scheduling. There is no logical reason why AAMU has to travel to Texas twice in a season to play both TxSU and PVAMU in football, especially using a scheduling model that rotates opposite division opponents on/off the schedule.
Can't disagree one bit here. I think you hit the nail on the head. I'd like to see Hicks be more aggressive and strategic in this department. I've been trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, but "isn't much of a visionary" touched my soul just now, lol.To answer @Earle ,
and to add to @Mr. SWAC ’s comments,
Alabama A&M’s Ath Director isn’t much of a visionary. Many things under his watch could be done better especially football scheduling. In 2018 & 2019, he had a chance to say “no” on losing home games with Southern & Central State. But he decided to let AAMU play in Gulf Coast Challenge and lose out on home games in back-to-back years.
The UNA games in 2017 & 2018 had great attendance numbers. But AAMU didn’t move swiftly to sign new contracts with UNA. The Lions now have their non-conference slate set for the next few years with Jacksonville State, Chattanooga, Nicholls State & Dixie State. So it will be years before they could play again.
I hadn’t heard much in trying when it comes to scheduling Jacksonville State. But i do know that the gamecocks non-conference slate is full for the next two seasons.
AAMU is rumored to be playing Tuskegee next season in Mobile for Gulf Coast Challenge. I do know that Coach Connell Maynor doesn’t like playing D2 schools (like Miles & Morehouse as he’s done in the past).
Tennessee State would be a good additional for AAMU to the schedule but it couldn’t be any earlier than 2022. No Non-conference in spring 2021 for Tigers and fall 2021 is full.
SU game doesn't make money in Huntsville... Central State would be an empty home game. Both of those games did much better in Mobile than they would have done here. As far as UNA.... Remember Maynor said "as long as Im coaching here , we won't play UNA anymore".... so we all knew that was the last game of that series. I would rather see Tuskegee as a home game. Tenn State hasn't wanted to play us in years... it takes two sides to agree to play. Maybe their new AD will work something out.To answer @Earle ,
and to add to @Mr. SWAC ’s comments,
Alabama A&M’s Ath Director isn’t much of a visionary. Many things under his watch could be done better especially football scheduling. In 2018 & 2019, he had a chance to say “no” on losing home games with Southern & Central State. But he decided to let AAMU play in Gulf Coast Challenge and lose out on home games in back-to-back years.
The UNA games in 2017 & 2018 had great attendance numbers. But AAMU didn’t move swiftly to sign new contracts with UNA. The Lions now have their non-conference slate set for the next few years with Jacksonville State, Chattanooga, Nicholls State & Dixie State. So it will be years before they could play again.
I hadn’t heard much in trying when it comes to scheduling Jacksonville State. But i do know that the gamecocks non-conference slate is full for the next two seasons.
AAMU is rumored to be playing Tuskegee next season in Mobile for Gulf Coast Challenge. I do know that Coach Connell Maynor doesn’t like playing D2 schools (like Miles & Morehouse as he’s done in the past).
Tennessee State would be a good additional for AAMU to the schedule but it couldn’t be any earlier than 2022. No Non-conference in spring 2021 for Tigers and fall 2021 is full.
Well you know that I have a personal factor when it comes to seeing Southern in Huntsville.SU game doesn't make money in Huntsville... Central State would be an empty home game. Both of those games did much better in Mobile than they would have done here. As far as UNA.... Remember Maynor said "as long as Im coaching here , we won't play UNA anymore".... so we all knew that was the last game of that series. I would rather see Tuskegee as a home game. Tenn State hasn't wanted to play us in years... it takes two sides to agree to play. Maybe their new AD will work something out.