1) SEC- averaged 75,594
2) Big 10- averaged 70,431
3) Big 12- averaged 59,783
4) Pac 10- averaged 58,236
5) ACC- averaged 53,462
6) Big East- averaged 41,736
7) MWC- averaged 34,015
8) C-USA- averaged 27,281
9) WAC- averaged 22,253
10) Sun Belt- averaged 16,351
11) MAC- averaged 16,220

Imagine what The BEast numbers would look like without WVU...

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but it seems to me there are 5 different groupings of conferences with like attendance.

bitcruncher Wrote:Imagine what The BEast numbers would look like without WVU...

Imagine what C-USA would look like without ECU.

Imagine what ECU's numbers would look like without the WVU game...

I just couldn't resist. It was too good to pass up...

Imagine what else I could have done with the time I wasted reading this thread

Except for Pitt, WV and USF. The Big East stadiums are around 40k so thats a problem. UL and Rutgers are in the process of expanding, hopefully others follow suit
WVU is avg 59,762
USF is avg 52,126
Pitt is avg 46,619

Cubanbull Wrote:Except for Pitt, WV and USF. The Big East stadiums are around 40k so thats a problem. UL and Rutgers are in the process of expanding, hopefully others follow suit
WVU is avg 59,762
USF is avg 52,126
Pitt is avg 46,619

Cuse's stadium holds 50K.

bitcruncher Wrote:Imagine what The BEast numbers would look like without WVU...

USF is drawing just as many fans as WVU, so the Big East's numbers would probably be the same if you replaced their attendance with someone else like ECU (if they were invited).

Jose_Jalapeno_on_a_Stick Wrote:Imagine what else I could have done with the time I wasted reading this thread

That's got some teeth to it...

ECU is averaging around 43k per game and I don't think that included to game in Charlotte against VaTech that was supposed to be an ECU home game.

bitcruncher Wrote:Imagine what ECU's numbers would look like without the WVU game...

I just couldn't resist. It was too good to pass up...

Almost the same.

Cubanbull Wrote:USF is avg 52,126

What was USF averaging before joining the Big East? I am under the impression that it was less than 25,000.

USF waa drawing around 28K when in CUSA. I expect our numbers to drop in our last two games because many bandwagon fans are jumping off.

But the main reason USF numbers have increased are because we are winning. Our two seasons in CUSA were not our greatest 7-4 and 4-7 so our numbers wwerent that great..

Obviously winning, BE exposure and national rankings have helped

bitcruncher Wrote:Imagine what ECU's numbers would look like without the WVU game...

I just couldn't resist. It was too good to pass up...

Actually, we had more for the Houston game, and within about a 100 for the Marshall game. It was a decent turnout for the WVU game, though. The VT game in Charlotte brought in about 73,000, which isn't included as home.

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Topcard91 Wrote:

bitcruncher Wrote:Imagine what The BEast numbers would look like without WVU...

Imagine what C-USA would look like without ECU.

What is ECU's compared to Memphis?

Brick City Pirate Wrote:ECU is averaging around 43k per game and I don't think that included to game in Charlotte against VaTech that was supposed to be an ECU home game.

UCF easily lead CUSA in attendance last year, with ECU following them up in 2nd place:

2007
UCF: 44,018
ECU: 41,537

In 2008, UCF and ECU are neck-n-neck but ECU should come out a head in the CUSA attendance stats in 2008:

UCF: 42,786 (Only Thanksgiving Weekend game left vs UAB...not good attendance expected).
ECU: 42,996

TigerFoosball Wrote:

Topcard91 Wrote:

bitcruncher Wrote:Imagine what The BEast numbers would look like without WVU...

Imagine what C-USA would look like without ECU.

What is ECU's compared to Memphis?

C-USA's Average Attendance:
1.ECU - 42,996
2.UCF - 42,786
3.UTEP - 38,701
4.USM - 29,990
5.UM - 28,235
6.MU - 25,741
7.Tulsa - 25,489
8.Tulane - 23,577
9.UH - 22,868
10.SMU - 21,132
11.UAB - 20,964
12.Rice - 17,602

Memphis's low attendance is due to the 0-3 start. In a good year, we can easily average over 40,000.

Good thing is, most of us have room for growth. Those top-tier BCS schools with 85k+ seat stadiums don't have anywhere else to expand except the ticket price itself. It's not like Michigan could add another 20k seats, because they really can't.