Honestly I think the low attendance numbers might be on me. TCU's

Oct 25, 2014
4:27:15pm

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attendance numbers started plummeting when I began attending graduate school there in 2011 (and I didn't even go to their games). Now that I am living in Utah again, BYU's numbers are dropping.

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How sad is this pic. Our fanbase would kill for some elite football to watch:

riboflavin

10/25/14 4:18pm

What's going on with TCU? It's so weird.

SandYFan

10/25/14 4:19pm

Their student body is only like 4000

workindev

10/25/14 4:22pm

Or 9500, as posted below

workindev

10/25/14 4:23pm

And it's not like it's a dumpy stadium, either. TCU's upgraded facilities are

ataylor

10/25/14 4:21pm

There really isn't a large body of Horned Frog fans, and a good number

Still Open

10/25/14 4:21pm

I don't recall their stadium being this empty when BYU has played there.

SandYFan

10/25/14 4:25pm

Honestly I think the low attendance numbers might be on me. TCU's

Still Open

10/25/14 4:27pm

It was 1/2 full both games I went to, and there were a ton of BYU fans there

workindev

10/25/14 4:27pm

Hmm I guess I'm misremembering.

SandYFan

10/25/14 4:27pm

The west side upper deck was completely empty

workindev

10/25/14 4:29pm

There was no such thing as a "TCU" fan until about 2008 or so.

dfudge

10/25/14 10:44pm

Well put dfudge.

Still Open

10/25/14 10:49pm

TCU never has had a large fan base. Tiny in fact. They added nothing to $$

Zaphod

10/25/14 4:34pm

yeah, but they didnt get run out of MO....

traveller 1860

10/25/14 4:51pm

MSU had a bunch of 2mpty seats, as well

fattycoug

10/25/14 5:06pm

Looked like Cal Oregon did too, but I started watching right after Half-time and

Cougar8Duck

10/25/14 5:49pm

Cal-Oregon was played in a stadium an hour from Berkeley, but yeah, the stadium

BerkeleyCoug

10/26/14 12:15am

Wow. that IS pretty sad...

AntiSNOT

10/25/14 6:17pm

Can we just transport that team and coach to LES? They could keep TCU on their

cougarick

10/25/14 9:44pm

Dallas finally has a professional FB team worth cheering for.

Traveshamockery

10/25/14 10:35pm

If I lived in the area I'd go just to see their cheerleaders/drill team, even if

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