Football attendance with surprises

[Boomer]

Look at the two main schools in the California System. Both bears as mascots and blue and gold colors. I wonder if the other schools have gold or blue colors.

Cal - Berkeley - Bears - Blue (dark) and Gold
Cal - Los Angeles - Bruins - Blue (light) and Gold

----Damn the color thing was a lot like McNeese used to be LSU colors---But I can BEARLY take the mascots!!! u c dat T-Bine????

[basinbear]

No, it wouldn't... The people that are missing the games to go to their duck blinds and such, could care less what conference we are in. I don't understand this thought process. Everyone thinks that a conference change and/or name change would have a "flip the switch" effect, and all athletic programs would suddenly be next level, but I don't see it.

I completely understand the desire to get better, but lately it's like a damn crying towel competition around here...

You couldn't be more wrong

[CajunRebel]

Last year, we played LTU on a beautiful day, and the attendance was 25,607... Average attendance shown here was 25,775.

It's a convenient excuse, but it's not always accurate.

Our average attendance includes the Southern game that had 36,000+ In attendance. La Tech was the most highly attended game besides that, and the weather was nowhere close to beautiful. Pretty sure the forecast that day was for a monsoon.

More people will come to watch C-USA teams. Period.

[shof]

I'm a little skeptical of UTSA's numbers. I'd have to see some crowd shots. Unless the games they played against the Texas schools and Arizona last year offset what I could only guess were poorly attended games against New Mexico, FIU, and USM.

EDIT: Also they were 4-8, even more skeptical.

It's really easy to understand why they had good attendance. It's the "new game" in town. They had high expectations after the previous year, and season tickets were up. They also had some attractive home opponents. The numbers are legit. I'm interested in seeing what year 3 in CUSA looks like attendance wise; but I think it will be decent. They've marketed the heck out of football here.