The Student Section is a lot better than it was when I went 10 yrs ago

Sep 16, 2014
2:35:03pm

CougarCanuck76

In fact, the students seem to be the ones bucking the trend. They are getting there earlier and are more passionate than any other demographic attending (or not attending) the games.

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One reason attendance is down:

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:20pm

I think there is a lot of truth to that, this generation doesn't care as much.

BYU81

9/16/14 2:22pm

empty seats were in the norht endzone

v1k0u6

9/16/14 2:23pm

I could see them in both end zones

BYUFam1

9/16/14 2:27pm

Stanford?

crm48

9/16/14 2:26pm

Have you seen their stadium? It is never full and usually its half empty

TrueAndBlue

9/16/14 2:29pm

RE: Stanford?

JAGA97

9/16/14 2:33pm

As someone else pointed out, they are kind of a bad example

darkcoug

9/16/14 2:33pm

People have been saying that since the '90s. I don't think there has been a

Mikey

9/16/14 2:26pm

I don't think it's fair to lay the blame on the students.

swingcat

9/16/14 2:27pm

Students are going still, I don't think that's a problem. Large families that

Duke Silver

9/16/14 2:29pm

I thought Mormons have stopped buying Cable and share Netflix & Hulu accts

crm48

9/16/14 2:33pm

What a great idea! Anyone want to go in with me?

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:34pm

I've been rockin my friends Comcast login for the ESPN app...fantastic!

CougarPilot

9/16/14 3:18pm

I agree. CB is proof that nerds care about football.

frontrowcougar

9/16/14 3:25pm

The Student Section is a lot better than it was when I went 10 yrs ago

CougarCanuck76

9/16/14 2:35pm

I think that's been BYU Athletics/Marketing leading the way

BlackBart

9/16/14 2:35pm

As a season ticket holder for years and years....

Bonoman

9/16/14 2:35pm

Yup. The home schedule this year is crap. They should reduce prices for crappy

Mikey

9/16/14 2:38pm

Waaah...gotta love spoiled local fans.

Fdnman

9/16/14 2:40pm

I'm not local, but I certainly understand why people don't want to pay that kind

Mikey

9/16/14 2:46pm

Lately I buy tickets to support the program. Not so much because of the schedule

Bonoman

9/16/14 2:54pm

How is that different than previous years in the WAC/MWC?

darkcoug

9/16/14 2:40pm

It's not...just some major short term memory going on

Fdnman

9/16/14 2:41pm

In terms of quality of teams it is not much worse, but those were conference foe

Mikey

9/16/14 2:51pm

McMahon will be honored at the Utah St game

pspack41

9/16/14 5:29pm

This guy knows how to humble brag..... its cuz he's so smart

4mack

9/16/14 2:36pm

No humblebrag intended, unless it's about my kids. But I don't even pretend to

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:39pm

Big 10 schools?

Pasadena

9/16/14 2:40pm

Big 10 schools have higher academic entrance requirements than BYU? Seriously?

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:42pm

Umich composite ACT is 28/32 and the average

Pasadena

9/16/14 2:54pm

You sure? I went to Penn State for grad school, and found the undergrads less

spoxjox

9/16/14 3:01pm

yeah, I'm sure. I can't vouch for them once they

Pasadena

9/16/14 3:10pm

not to mention Virginia

run26

9/16/14 4:07pm

Sounds like BYU needs to offer Biggest Fan scholarships

germ1

9/16/14 2:45pm

This is definitely part of the equation. I've watched the student body at BYU...

BearsandBulls

9/16/14 2:47pm

wrong. grad in 2010. i breathed football and homework.

karatekid

9/16/14 2:51pm

This doesn't mean he's wrong. You're 1 guy, I also graduated in 2010 and I think

4mack

9/16/14 3:12pm

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BearsandBulls

9/16/14 3:28pm

I graduated in 2008 before they relegated all the students to the endzone.......

Bluedomination

9/16/14 2:54pm

I think BYU should start actively recruiting UVU students to go to BYU games

4mack

9/16/14 3:13pm

This reeks of desperation. It seems highly unlikely...

BearsandBulls

9/16/14 3:33pm

But UVU students might be less nerdier and more apt to be football fans. better

The Farm

9/16/14 3:39pm

Based on my experience with UVU grads, they are content to be Wolverines.

BearsandBulls

9/16/14 4:13pm

What about BYU not having any freshmen guys? It was such a huge thing

YSeattle

9/16/14 3:42pm

I don't think students are the main culprit, although they may attend less now.

StalwartBraveTrue

9/16/14 4:48pm

No you're right on that

byufan2489

9/16/14 5:09pm

I think the nerdification of BYU has definitely increased in the last 20 years.

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