SBC Final Avg Attendance

[CajunEXPRESS]

Covid may be 3 years old but it did give some the taste and convenience of experiencing Cajun football at home which they may not have otherwise experienced and I suspect that one result from that is that many have chosen to continue their enjoyment of Cajun football at home as opposed to at CF.

Didn’t seem to catch on at USM in spite of multiple losing seasons.

[CajunVic]

Didn’t seem to catch on at USM in spite not of multiple losing seasons.

We are not USM.

[AstroCajun]

Embarrassing.

[CajunEXPRESS]

We are not USM.

Apparently there are not a lot of SBC teams that average many thousands more than us. That’s not a thing to joke about.

[CajunVic]

Apparently there are not a lot of SBC teams that average many thousands more than us. That’s not a thing to joke about.

It is the kind of thing that can happen with an aging fan base.

[ragin50]

Covid is 3 years old. No excuse anymore. Again, horrible marketing, not fan friendly, drove away student body etc. All this gets you below Ark St. Congrats to the administration. Awesome job.

Agreed. Covid has nothing to do with this.

[CajunVic]

Agreed. Covid has nothing to do with this.

This is what could be called putting a blind eye on the subject . . .

[Turbine]

Covid made people comfortable with staying home, two years' worth.

The ticket drive needed to be the biggest in school history by a factor of ten.

No tickets in hand ... no drive to attend.

[CajunNation]

Worse fans in the Sunbelt???

yes

[CajunNation]

Worse administration in SBC?

yes

[CajunNation]

Time to get out the comfort zone and do it the old way. Caravan...like you're on the campaign trail.

yes

[Cajunsmike]

We have to fix student attendance some way, some how. I know a lot has changed over the years, especially with the Greeks....but regardless of what's impacting their attendance, getting them to our games would have the largest and most immediate impact on upping the numbers. And, there will always be a 16-18K pool of undergrads to entice, every year. Improving student attendance is all on our administration. They need to get creative and make attending X number of games provides something desirable in return. Maybe discounts in the red zone for 1 year if attended x number of games. Discounted concessions in the 4th quarter...hell we should do that in the whole stadium! Need to do something.

I agree completely that the student issue needs to be addressed. In fact, repairing that relationship needs to be the No. 1 priority going forward. That opinion has been communicated to the new RCAF director and he is receptive to the idea that area needs to be a focus. Easy steps are not to police them for minor stuff, give them good seats from the first game onward, and put signs up on campus announcing each and every upcoming game. Surprisingly, the student basketball attendance has improved this season and 2 of the 3 games have not been vs strong opponents. Much of that is due to the basketball players themselves doing promotional work on campus. Football players can do the same in the summer semester and next season.