Very much an outlier relative to college football attendance

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Apr 17, 2019
2:45:35pm

BlackBart All-American

Very much an outlier relative to college football attendance

and even then, it hasn't been able to stay away from the general trend of fans staying away when a team isn't trending successfully

Saturday Tradition

Not even Nebraska is immune to attendance issues in college football

You know attendance has reached a crisis point when fans in Nebraska stop coming to games. Of course, the Cornhuskers had fallen on hard times last season but some of the crowds for the final home games of the season are pretty stunning considering Nebraska’s sellout streak. According to Sam McKewon of the World-Herald, Nebraska […]

https://saturdaytradition.com/nebraska-football/not-even-nebraska-immune-attendance-issues-college-football/

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Derwin Gray just now: "For the fans that are listening, what I would say is...

DraperCoug22

4/17/19 1:58pm

I agree, but... The players at times simply were not trying. This group of guys

Cougar TD

4/17/19 2:01pm

"Whole entire empty sections" He's talking to you ROC/Students.

RockyBalboa

4/17/19 2:01pm

Anyone who would see or hear these comments isn’t the problem

DanSmith

4/17/19 2:04pm

Both endzones have had some pretty big gaps.

JuicyJam

4/17/19 2:19pm

Too many “Peter Pans” in skinny jeans

Tsisquan

4/21/19 2:43am

Totally agree. (BTW, was Derwin Gray a FS or CB? Cougar stats just says "DB".

BleedCougarBlue2

4/17/19 2:21pm

Safety

Dan

4/17/19 3:32pm

Thanks! Always thought he was a CB.

BleedCougarBlue2

4/17/19 10:17pm

The Mitchell brothers were CB

StalwartBraveTrue

4/17/19 11:07pm

The crowd can only do this so long. Overall BYU's crowd is excited, cheering and

BYUtka

4/17/19 2:22pm

This is a very valid point. Personally I am not close to giving up yet.

DraperCoug22

4/17/19 2:29pm

Yep - I went to the Cal and NIU games last year. One offensive touchdown

Dangerous

4/17/19 2:34pm

I was also at those two games last year and they were rough.

DraperCoug22

4/17/19 2:39pm

Signed, Nebraska

The Dark Knight

4/17/19 2:40pm

Very much an outlier relative to college football attendance

BlackBart

4/17/19 2:45pm

This article is hardly accurate. Fewer than 70,000 fans?

Marvelous

4/17/19 2:57pm

I guess this article would be inaccurate as well?

BlackBart

4/17/19 3:02pm

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Marvelous

4/17/19 3:08pm

My goodness. Read the article. I'm sorry you take this personally.

BlackBart

4/17/19 3:10pm

I owned up with my comment below.

Marvelous

4/17/19 4:24pm

I type corrected.

Marvelous

4/17/19 3:09pm

Nevertheless, my point remains that fans CAN be loyal.

The Dark Knight

4/17/19 3:33pm

Better yet, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

NewMexiCoug

4/17/19 3:30pm

Was that on BYUSN? That was a good interview. I like him more every time I hear

crack

4/17/19 2:33pm

Yeah it's quoted from his BYUSN interview posted today.

DraperCoug22

4/17/19 2:40pm

Crowds filling venues of other sports suggests all you have to do is put

BlackBart

4/17/19 2:42pm

Can't disagree. ROC needs to get loud... and the older folks need to pitch in.

Benfica1

4/17/19 3:10pm

When ROC is there they're great. Lose one game or a lesser opponent and poof!

RockyBalboa

4/17/19 3:20pm

It's more of a "Who cares" if we've already lost to UMass

Dissenter

4/17/19 8:39pm

UMass was last home game of the season...so invalid excuse

RockyBalboa

4/18/19 9:21am

it's just an example...

Dissenter

4/18/19 9:50am

Some people can hack it, others can't. It's ok if you can't.

RockyBalboa

4/18/19 10:34am

RE: Derwin Gray just now: "For the fans that are listening, what I would say

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

4/17/19 3:35pm

Username checks out

Indy Coug

4/18/19 12:40am

You're always a downer from what I've seen. Must get old.

DraperCoug22

4/18/19 10:02am

BYU football gets me down. Then I check out and fair-weather back...

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

4/18/19 12:49pm

Meh. I already have a job.

Ham

4/17/19 4:19pm

Every season I bring my whole heart and energy to the first game of the year.

BlueBeliever

4/17/19 4:29pm

Lower the prices

Srg

4/17/19 4:45pm

LOL

RockyBalboa

4/17/19 4:49pm

He is right, essentially. But the lack of excitement has just worn me out.

Fifty Shades of Blue

4/17/19 6:10pm

Amen amen and amen!!!

Born in Provo

4/17/19 9:02pm

I totally get this, and I have not yet given up.

Mattattack159

4/18/19 8:29am

For sure. But do the two choices have to be mutually exclusive?

DraperCoug22

4/18/19 10:03am

Exactly. If everyone just "lifts where they stand" instead of waiting for

The Dark Knight

4/18/19 10:06am

Great points - you have convinced me that both need to happen simultaneously.

Mattattack159

4/18/19 10:53am

We, as fans, need to come out fired up at the start of every game. We have not.

Boomcannon

4/18/19 11:53am

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