(09-10-2017 10:02 AM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote:  

(09-04-2017 08:34 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(09-04-2017 12:04 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(09-03-2017 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  I'm hoping everyone one here that is complaining attended the game. Frazier did what was asked and got a good team to come here. No one showed up. Our fans are pretty lousy unfortunately and it hurts to say that since I'm a die hard. BC did make the stipulation that they wanted Friday and tv so we got screwed on the time. Many students wouldn't have stayed for Saturday. As for everyone saying if Lynch was playing we would have been full, go back and check the attendance during our MAC dominance run. I believe we still only averaged 15-17 k. Granted there were many maction games but we still didn't draw well.

In 2013 when Lynch was getting Heisman hype we had 2 sellouts. The only ones we've had for more than a decade. Saturday games, of course.

I agree that NIU alumni in general simply suck. Bunch of lame asses convinced by the media that only football factories count. But the vast majority of people on this board were at the game or are far removed from Dekalb.

I was talking to a few people in the HAF tent before the game. There is no question in my mind that the fan base has been lost because of the midweek games. These are people who have been avid fans and now attend only a couple games a year. They were all complaining like crazy.

BINGO. Despite what all of you on this board think , it is not about who we play as much as WHEN. I keep saying that those of us who love Huskie football just want to go see our team play. The average NIU fan wants to go to see NIU play on a Saturday - as college football should be. Tailgate, enjoy a beautiful fall day & watch their Huskies. Most don't give a rat's butt who the opposing team is because it doesn't matter to most people.
Weeknight games have killed & continue to kill our fan base.

How many season ticket holders did not renew due to this year's schedule of only 2 Saturdays?