Week # 8 Attendance figures

SBC-
WKU@MTSU=17,787
UNT@Troy=20,032
FAU@ULL=21,135

MAC-
C. Mich@Bowling Green=10,042
No. Ill@Miami,OH=9,884
Ball St.@E.Mich.=1,535*
Kent St.@Ohio=17,967
Buffalo@W.Mich.=12,925
Temple@Toledo-16,334

WAC-
La.Tech@Utah St.=14,229
Idaho@Nevada=16,611
Fresno@NMSU=18,893
Boise St.@Hawai'i=[/align]37,928

Saturday's attendance (above post) did not include:
@Arkansas State v FIU 18,779


Sun Belt hopme attendance year to date (#games in parenthesis)

23,258 Muts (3)
22,766 ULL (4)
21,158 Arkansas State (3)
20,789 North Texas (3)
19,441 Troy (3)
15,087 WKU (4)
15,087 FAU (2)
13,773 ULM (3)
10,593 FIU (2)

(10-25-2009 12:20 PM)MagJag Wrote:  Ball St.@E.Mich.=1,535*

Is this for real???

(10-25-2009 12:27 PM)troy4ever21 Wrote:  

(10-25-2009 12:20 PM)MagJag Wrote:  Ball St.@E.Mich.=1,535*

Is this for real???

Correct per ESPN box score
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292972199

(10-25-2009 12:32 PM)MeanGreen61 Wrote:  Correct per ESPN box score
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292972199

Thats probably the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while! But kinda sad at the same time. How are they Div1? Even the lower SBC teams average in the 15,000's..... Wow that's pitiful.

(10-25-2009 12:39 PM)troy4ever21 Wrote:  

(10-25-2009 12:32 PM)MeanGreen61 Wrote:  Correct per ESPN box score
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292972199

Thats probably the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while! But kinda sad at the same time. How are they Div1? Even the lower SBC teams average in the 15,000's..... Wow that's pitiful.

With 20 minutes on the clock before the game (pregame), there were literally less than 150 people at the FIU/Troy game. There ended up being around 3,000 or 6,000 tops, regardless of what ESPN tells you.

I'm surprised MT couldn't break 20K... I know it's WKU, but the team has created excitement over the past couple of years and given how close the schools are geographically, you'd think there'd be some hint of rivalry between the schools. Perhaps once WKU gets their FBS feet wet this game will heat up.

(10-25-2009 01:44 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I'm surprised MT couldn't break 20K... I know it's WKU, but the team has created excitement over the past couple of years and given how close the schools are geographically, you'd think there'd be some hint of rivalry between the schools. Perhaps once WKU gets their FBS feet wet this game will heat up.

The rivalry is there, WKU just doesn't have support for football right now.

Why such a huge error in the reported attendance for Troy?

(10-25-2009 01:44 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I'm surprised MT couldn't break 20K...

I'm surprised too. Homecoming should have had more of the community/alumni out. I'll just have to assume they were watching Tenn./Ala. instead of their hometown team/alma mater. The students were there, and stayed longer than I anticipated considering the score.

We could have been like a number of other schools and reported an inflated fake #. But I don't think we've reported anything other than butts in seats in at least 5 years.