Is UL Attendance Really That Bad!

[Cajunrunner]

"UCLA is trying everything to get fans in the stands Saturday.

According to a tweet, the Bruins are offering four free tickets to fans that attended UCLA's season opener against San Diego State last week."

http://www.oudaily.com/sports/ou-foo...f298116f6.html

Looks like we're not the only program with attendance problems.

I heard about this on a Houston sports show just now. The host commented that while college football has probably never been more popular, the combinations of longer games due to commercials, rising ticket prices, concession prices, and now larger Home TVs, access, no bathroom lines at home, etc just naturally makes more people want to enjoy games at their home.

[wcd35]

I don’t want to say it is a friends and family sized crowd at the Rose Bowl 15 minutes prior to UCLA kickoff buuuutttt ... pic.twitter.com/APvl2dYeLx

— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) September 7, 2019

[zephyr]

People are revolting, Chip Kelley won't last the rest of the season.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

I don’t want to say it is a friends and family sized crowd at the Rose Bowl 15 minutes prior to UCLA kickoff buuuutttt ... pic.twitter.com/APvl2dYeLx

— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) September 7, 2019

Holy crap that may be less people than we had Saturday

[HelmutVII]

People are revolting, Chip Kelley won't last the rest of the season.

Yes, some are more revolting than others though.

[MetryCajun]

College football is an extremely watered down version of the NFL that offers very few compelling matchups each week...unless you are into gambling. The pageantry and traditions have slowly been removed to give more access to networks and their advertisers. Also, the new cost basis can only be justified if you have a top 20 team. With 130 teams, most programs have little to play for by the time the leaves change colors. I would expect attendance to continue its downward trajectory outside of the perennial powers.

[CajunJeaux]

College football is an extremely watered down version of the NFL that offers very few compelling matchups each week...unless you are into gambling. The pageantry and traditions have slowly been removed to give more access to networks and their advertisers. Also, the new cost basis can only be justified if you have a top 20 team. With 130 teams, most programs have little to play for by the time the leaves change colors. I would expect attendance to continue its downward trajectory outside of the perennial powers.

All of this...outside of 2 specific programs, what is everyone else exactly playing for??

[CajunVic]

All of this...outside of 2 specific programs, what is everyone else exactly playing for??

They playing for university pride, for their fans and they also playing for to win.

[CajunJeaux]

They playing for university pride, for their fans and they also playing for to win.

Well, apparently UL and plenty of others aren’t going to survive on that...

[CajunVic]

Well, apparently UL and plenty of others aren’t going to survive on that...

You never asked what they are going to survive upon.

[CajunJeaux]

You never asked what they are going to survive upon.

I guess I meant it this way...people love the NFL bc at 8-8 or 9-7, you’re team is still playing for a cause (Wildcard birth)...in college, you lose 1 game and in the big picture, your season is done...the masses (not hardcore fans like everyone on RP) lose complete interest at that point

[CajunVic]

Nothing has really changed of late in college football other than to set up a system for determining the national champ other than by poll - the 4 team playoff. I would dare to predict that there may be many more teams in the running to become one of the four latter into the season than there were teams with a chance to be polled into a National Championship under the old system. Comparing college football to the NFL is fruitless as the NFL has 37.5 percent of participating teams making the playoffs.