Northwestern State at Louisiana Attendance Predictions

[CajunRebel]

Rebel, I think it has to do with audits, etc., that have really come to the forefront the last couple of years.

Fair enough. I guess my next question is if UL has to be as accurate as possible why do schools like ULM, FIU, Ga State, etc. get to so obviously fudge the numbers?

[Clutch0364]

Just curious are you having all 5 tickets scanned?

The spare tickets are always given away to friends who will then sit in GA.

[CajunNation]

Fair enough. I guess my next question is if UL has to be as accurate as possible why do schools like ULM, FIU, Ga State, etc. get to so obviously fudge the numbers?

They report paid attendance as well. It's just that they are frauds with make believe football programs that get boosters to buy up as many season tickets as possible. See Tulane.

[ATXCajun]

Pretty sure we speak "Fire Marshall talk"

Who is Marshall and what happened to "Fire Farmer?"

[ATXCajun]

I'm predicting 27000 in the first quarter. 20000 in the 3rd quarter. We will probably have a commanding lead and lots of "fans" will high tail it home to watch LSU.

Is this where Brian Kinchen got his information?

[CrazyCajun]

Who is Marshall and what happened to "Fire Farmer?"

He couldn't get in, Marshall wouldn't let

[Cajun90]

Virtually every school calculates non chairback seating capacity as allowing 18 inches per seat. In today's society, seating capacity is not, in reality, 36,900.

Because if you allow 18 inches and put Hawk, Hammer, Z, Turbine and me side by side I guarantee you that's more than five seats.

That is part of the reason why the stadium appears to be closer to capacity than it really is.

Which brings up another question. Do we calculate at 18" for total capacity but use a different number for actual ticketing? I've never measured my seat. And is there a different allotment for the new section in the end zone over the older parts of the stadium. I'm fairly certain the spacing between rows was increased but not certain if the width was as well.

[Cajun90]

I think the 18" seat for determining capacity explains a lot. I know I'm not alone in requiring a little more shall we say elbow room. I zoomed in on the panorama and it becomes pretty obvious that everyone is spread out comfortably in the non chair back sections.

So ultimately our (and many others) seating capacity is over stated in realistic terms.

[Policarp]

UT Knoxville expanded Neiland one year by over 5,000 without adding a seat. Erased bench seats from 18" and replaced with by putting all 16" apart.

[reddot]

If there were 27k in attendance there is no way there were 33k against North Texas in 2011

[Just1More]

UT Knoxville expanded Neiland one year by over 5,000 without adding a seat. Erased bench seats from 18" and replaced with by putting all 16" apart.

I've been there twice and it's miserable. And let me tell you... Tennessee has some very fat fans.

[Just1More]

If there were 27k in attendance there is no way there were 33k against North Texas in 2011

I don't even get Jay's response "paid attendance" (from John). I know two groups of two that had tickets (season) and didn't go to the game and didn't give their tickets to anyone. If they were "counted" then we had less people than reported. I disagree with Jay (massively) that only a couple of hundred people were in the grass. It was WAY more. I started counting them and then extrapolated that value to an approximation of the rest. I also counted a line of people standing and did the same. And saying that an audit is why we don't count every head in the house doesn't make sense. We announce "attendance". We can always reduce that to actual paid attendance to auditors when necessary. Other schools have auditors and they always exaggerate their attendance. When you don't get aggressive with that number, you only hurt yourself. I guess we'll never agree on this... but I'll stick with my own estimates.