Word out of B-HAM: After only 20K in '05 for SCG..Over 40,000 expected Saturday.


I wish the game much success. It would be good for the conference if the attendance increase. Everyone in the conference should be pulling for a nice crowd. The graduation situation is unfortunate......But such is life.

Go SWAC.....
 
DAHILL said:
aint no such thing as reserved seating at a Black college game... who every pays for reserved seats is waisting money... buy a ticket and sit anywhere you want to. The same people who buy general admission tickets will be sitting on the 50 yard line.
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DH, do you realize that some people actually buy tickets for a big family, a group of friends or whatever and they sort of EXPECT to sit in the seat they paid for? I mean, why would anybody want to walk into a stadium, ready to have a good time at the game and have to deal with somebody in their seat.
 



JROCK said:
I wish the game much success. It would be good for the conference if the attendance increase. Everyone in the conference should be pulling for a nice crowd. The graduation situation is unfortunate......But such is life.

Go SWAC.....
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True, Texas Southern's graduation is holding me from making the trip to Birmingham being that I have to swear in our new alumni during our Fall Commencement excercises.
 
AAMU's fall commencement is SATURDAY MORNING! When those kids get their degrees, they'll be high-tailin' it down I-65 immediately thereafter.
 
UAPB-LIONS-AM&N said:
The inaugural SWAC Championship Game, pitting Southern vs. Jackson State in 1999, drew a record 47,621 fans. But crowds have thinned ever since, falling to 20,612 last season as GSU beat Alabama A&M.

SWAC officials are reporting 50 percent more tickets sales so far for Saturday's game, which has been bolstered by a favorable weather forecast and some related city-sponsored events.

That would mean 30,918. But I do beleive it will top 40,000
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I think you are mis-interpreting this. :smash: :read:
 
JROCK said:
I wish the game much success. It would be good for the conference if the attendance increase. Everyone in the conference should be pulling for a nice crowd. The graduation situation is unfortunate......But such is life.

Go SWAC.....
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I'm also hoping for a record turnout......:tup: :tup:
 
AAMU Alum said:
AAMU's fall commencement is SATURDAY MORNING! When those kids get their degrees, they'll be high-tailin' it down I-65 immediately thereafter.
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You have to take into account that the majority of these students will have their family and friends coming from all over the country to see them graduate. They won't be coming to also go to B-ham. With your families coming in town, going back out of town for a football game becomes less of a priority.
 
I may know the ticket person or someone very close to the situation over there...ever thought about that?

I want to see hard numbers...can't wait until Saturday
 
Well I don't think it will exceed 25,000 but hat just my opinion. Like I said before if SU aint in it, fuyuck it! No apologies.
 
kg0586 said:
Well I don't think it will exceed 25,000 but hat just my opinion. Like I said before if SU aint in it, fuyuck it! No apologies.
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yeah phugg it!!! we feel the same way when SU is in it....and AAMU aint. go figure...

its nothin new that certain people want the game to fail in some way or have a low turnout. Its a good example of how negative black fplks can be..which is kinda funny lmao

Paul Mooney where ya at? lol
 
In Wednesday's Houston Chronicle...

Dec. 13, 2006, 2:48PM
UAPB's resurgence quite a story

Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK ? Quick ? name the most surprising accomplishment by an Arkansas football team this year.

Was it Arkansas' 10-game winning streak and trip to the Southeastern Conference championship game after two straight losing seasons?

What about Central Arkansas' 8-3 mark in its first year in Division I-AA?

Shouldn't Arkansas State receive credit for winning six games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in about 20 years?

Or how about d) none of the above?

Arkansas-Pine Bluff, a perennial afterthought in the state's football consciousness, will make its first appearance in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game Saturday against Alabama A&M in Birmingham, Ala.

UAPB went 3-8 last year, its fourth losing record in five seasons. But the Golden Lions are on a roll now. They've won seven straight and are 8-3 heading into this weekend's game ? part of a remarkable year in which Arkansas' four Division I schools are a combined 32-15.

UAPB's next hurdle, however, will be difficult. Alabama A&M (8-3) lost to the Golden Lions 23-21 during the regular season, but that game was at Pine Bluff. Now, the teams will meet in Birmingham, about 100 miles from Alabama A&M's campus and a lot farther from UAPB's.

Also, the Golden Lions will be without starting quarterback Chris Wallace for the first two quarters. Wallace, the SWAC offensive player of the year, is suspended for the first half after being ejected from UAPB's regular-season finale against Texas Southern.

ALABAMA A&M 28, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 21

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Season record: 63-31 (67 percent)
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TRU3000 said:
yeah phugg it!!! we feel the same way when SU is in it....and AAMU aint. go figure...

its nothin new that certain people want the game to fail in some way or have a low turnout. Its a good example of how negative black fplks can be..which is kinda funny lmao

Paul Mooney where ya at? lol
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I see we were feeling that way for a long time. :D
 
Mr. SWAC said:
You have to take into account that the majority of these students will have their family and friends coming from all over the country to see them graduate. They won't be coming to also go to B-ham. With your families coming in town, going back out of town for a football game becomes less of a priority.
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Even more reason for this game to be moved to the first weekend of December. I need to send another e-mail to the Commish about this ....sheesh!!
 
Tigerpride said:
I think you are mis-interpreting this. :smash: :read:
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I am telling you with all certainity that if 20,612 one year and the next year 50% more than that are sold, then 30,918 would be sold the next year.

<!-- END TEMPLATE: bbcode_quote -->50% of 20,612 is 10,306
50% more than last year is 20,612 + 10,306=30,918
My correction is that the article therefore does not say the attendance will be 40,000.
 
Ticket sales are up 50% from the same time before the game day...that is how you look at the numbers. If last year - 3 days before the game only 4000 tickets had been sold, then that means right now 6000 tickets have been sold. And I am not using those numbers as anything definate, just showing an example of how you track sales of this nature.

Like Xmas shopping, people can tell you that sales are up or down by 3% from this same time last etc...its by taking in the sales totals from this date and comparing them to the same date as the previous year.
 
UAPB-LIONS-AM&N said:
I am telling you with all certainity that if 20,612 one year and the next year 50% more than that are sold, then 30,918 would be sold the next year.

<!-- END TEMPLATE: bbcode_quote -->50% of 20,612 is 10,306
50% more than last year is 20,612 + 10,306=30,918
My correction is that the article therefore does not say the attendance will be 40,000.
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Read Majiksity's response above. Remember, I am THE Logical ONE. It's my job to point things out to those who are not as smart as me.
 
majiksity said:
Ticket sales are up 50% from the same time before the game day...that is how you look at the numbers. If last year - 3 days before the game only 4000 tickets had been sold, then that means right now 6000 tickets have been sold. And I am not using those numbers as anything definate, just showing an example of how you track sales of this nature.

Like Xmas shopping, people can tell you that sales are up or down by 3% from this same time last etc...its by taking in the sales totals from this date and comparing them to the same date as the previous year.
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exactly... i dont understand how buddy is understanding it as 50% of entire previous yeards attendence.... they were speaking of at the same time.
 
State high school playoffs were held 12/9; DH, you haven't sat in the stands during MCC because I have seen a lot of people move. I paid for a specific seat and that's where i want to sit. If you are in my seat, I will ask B'ham's Blue to ask you to move!
 
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