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May 28, 2020
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Jacob4thejazz
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Dude...
I was at this game and at no time was there anywhere close to 57,000 fans... I don't know why you keep arguing it. That is just how attendance is reported.
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Alright, who's been cooking their books?
Indy Coug
Loquacious Lummox
5/27/20 9:35am
Scanned percentage, per WSJ:
Gustav
5/27/20 9:37am
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Abe Froman
5/27/20 10:27am
Wow. Utah and Clemson grossly overestimating less than others.
cougsareforreal
5/27/20 10:39am
Utah has the 80th highest scanned percentage of 96 teams reporting.
Scratch
5/27/20 10:47am
BYU only reports actual attendance
Gustav
5/27/20 10:55am
HA! That's hilarious. What is this based on? Can you support that claim?
Scratch
5/27/20 11:05am
It's well known that BYU takes that approach
Gustav
5/27/20 11:44am
Not a chance.
Scratch
5/27/20 12:06pm
I assure you, it is BYU's approach
Gustav
5/27/20 12:09pm
It's not. Period. It's completely insane to argue otherwise when the Daily
Scratch
5/27/20 12:14pm
Right, because BYU is known for doing everything the same way as others . . .
Gustav
5/27/20 12:40pm
BYU tries to make itself look as good as possible. Just like other schools.
Scratch
5/27/20 12:49pm
BYU comes by it's good looks naturally. Silly Ute.
PJMort
5/27/20 12:53pm
BYU has never been that concerned with looking good
Gustav
5/27/20 1:04pm
LOL. Sure it does, certainly when it doesn't play into religious issues. And
Scratch
5/27/20 1:10pm
Again, do you believe that BYU, with some crappy start times, bad weather, and
Scratch
5/27/20 1:16pm
Most things are different at BYU
Gustav
5/27/20 1:26pm
As evidenced by all of the people on this board, who are generally pretty
Scratch
5/27/20 1:41pm
So do you want to hear something amazing? I went back and looked at a couple of
Scratch
5/27/20 3:36pm
Let’s see the articles.
pilot17
5/27/20 12:45pm
RE: Let’s see the articles.
displacedute
5/27/20 12:54pm
That's speaking of "schools" generally
Gustav
5/27/20 1:03pm
No...I do know that BYU does report actual attendance. They may also report
boogers
5/27/20 2:04pm
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Abe Froman
5/27/20 11:05am
BYU reports the same way. Everyone does. No one reports tickets scanned.
Scratch
5/27/20 11:06am
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Abe Froman
5/27/20 1:22pm
It's not cooking the books to report tickets sold. That's just how it's done.
Scratch
5/27/20 1:29pm
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Abe Froman
5/27/20 2:44pm
Probably, considering Utah is in the 83rd percentile nationally for public
Scratch
5/27/20 2:52pm
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Abe Froman
5/27/20 6:33pm
I never said I knew how big the difference is for BYU between tickets sold and
Scratch
5/27/20 7:00pm
and now for the rest of the story ... how many actual fans does each represent?
ManicBlue
5/27/20 11:11am
*crickets
ManicBlue
5/27/20 1:45pm
Sorry, I didn't respond to your unintelligible question.
Scratch
5/27/20 1:52pm
or you just can't do the math? Forgot you are a ute.
ManicBlue
5/27/20 1:57pm
I'd be happy to do the math if the question were coherent and the numbers are
Scratch
5/27/20 2:24pm
Here you go ...
ManicBlue
5/27/20 4:09pm
Depends on what you mean. The WSJ article already has the number you seem to be
Scratch
5/27/20 4:18pm
I know their fans are crap, but you can't actually COUNT crap as attendance .
Cougarclaw
5/27/20 9:38am
RE: Alright, who's been cooking their books?
mobius
5/27/20 9:41am
One of those things gives away all the unsold tickets for free.
BYUtka
5/27/20 9:42am
LOL.
Scratch
5/27/20 9:48am
RE: Alright, who's been cooking their books?
displacedute
5/27/20 9:47am
It's not jealousy, it's just amusement at the lengths people will go to falsify records
Indy Coug
5/27/20 9:48am
Maybe time for some . . .
Gustav
5/27/20 9:50am
RE: It's not jealousy, it's just amusement at the lengths people will go to
displacedute
5/27/20 9:51am
Lol. Take a look at the stadium capacities. Besides KS and UO (which are larger), Rice Eccles is WAYYY smaller
letthewookieewin
5/27/20 9:57am
It is even less impressive to have to lie about filling a 45k stadium.
thirdgencoug
5/27/20 10:03am
RE: Lol. Take a look at the stadium capacities. Besides KS and UO (which are
displacedute
5/27/20 10:05am
RE: Lol. Take a look at the stadium capacities. Besides KS and UO (which are
Fatalplacebo
5/27/20 10:14am
Jealous that you get 10K less fans?
ochobeeguy
5/27/20 10:07am
RE: Jealous that you get 10K less fans?
displacedute
5/27/20 10:14am
RE: Jealous that you get 10K less fans?
ochobeeguy
5/27/20 11:24am
RE: Jealous that you get 10K less fans?
displacedute
5/27/20 12:43pm
Wow, that’s the equivalent of stuffing a rolled up sock in your pants. Pathetic
Zaphod
5/27/20 10:08am
Utah boarding a flight through the "Actual Attendance, Not Announced" zone
Gustav
5/27/20 10:11am
What are you saying? Everyone reports tickets sold, not tickets scanned.
Scratch
5/27/20 10:34am
The Utes stuff the sock down the back of their pants though
mwcoug
5/27/20 10:14am
This was one of my dad’s favorite jokes! “The potato goes in the front”.
mvtoro
5/27/20 11:04am
Doesn’t their stadium hold like 15K? My high school team had more attendees
zerome4sooners
5/27/20 11:01am
BYU should pretend that LES has the same capacity that Utah pretends RES has.
TailgateU
5/27/20 11:04am
This is what "sold out" looks like.
wiscougarfan
5/27/20 11:10am
Last year I had a client who purchased a sponsorship with the U.
MaxxPower
5/27/20 12:01pm
6 of the 10 are Red color scheme schools FWIW.
BamaCoug
5/27/20 12:12pm
It's so lame to me that "tickets sold" is how they determine this
Resurgens
5/27/20 1:53pm
Utah sucks so bad.
TheWoodman
5/27/20 3:19pm
This is such a silly thing for Utah to be so proud of and to spend so much time lying about. It's hilarious
YIsForBrigham
5/27/20 6:19pm
Lying. LOL. So there’s no such thing as a sell-out in sports. BYU used to report
Scratch
5/27/20 7:03pm
Look at all these yewts getting so butthurt 😂 snowflakes
bornbyu93
5/27/20 11:52pm
BYU reports actual attendance
Gustav
5/28/20 9:25am
RE: BYU reports actual attendance
Scratch
5/28/20 9:31am
You can deny it as many times as you want. Doesn't change BYU's approach.
Gustav
5/28/20 9:36am
Can you answer those questions I posed? You understand that your position is
Scratch
5/28/20 9:52am
BYU also, for example, actually enforces its honor code, unlike most schools
Gustav
5/28/20 9:56am
LOL. And how is that in any way applicable here?
Scratch
5/28/20 10:01am
Because, and perhaps you dont get this, BYU does things differently
Gustav
5/28/20 10:09am
They do some things differently and some things the same. The numbers BYU
Scratch
5/28/20 10:18am
Here, take a look at this one. This is the box score for the BYU-Gonzaga
Scratch
5/28/20 10:25am
Actually the student section used an overflow area they don't sell tickets for t
puntersarepeople
5/28/20 10:54am
So no tickets sold and not counted. The bottom line is that reporting attendance
Scratch
5/28/20 10:55am
Why are you so obsessed with this?
Gustav
5/28/20 11:00am
Dude...
Jacob4thejazz
5/28/20 11:17am
People made some ridiculous statements criticizing the U for reporting
Scratch
5/28/20 11:29am
The smaller the stadium the easier it is to sell out.
GilbertAZCougar
5/28/20 12:17am
Silly thread. EVERYONE counts tickets sold. BYU has had 10s of thousands
ALUF 1990
5/28/20 5:49am
What a ridiculous thread. Everyone who follows college football knows that
theOnceler
5/28/20 9:36am
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