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As I was putting together my annual AAC vs P5 Best Games post on AmericanRx I noticed something - Temple has a KILLER home schedule this Fall!

Saturday, Sept. 5 - Penn State Nittany Lions @ home
Saturday, Sept. 12 - @ Cincinnati Bearcats
Saturday, Sept. 19 - @ UMass Minutemen
Friday, Oct. 2 - @ Charlotte 49ers
Saturday, Oct. 10 - Tulane Green Wave @ home
Saturday, Oct. 17 - UCF Knights @ home

Thursday, Oct. 22 - @ East Carolina Pirates
Saturday, Oct. 31 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ home
Friday, Nov. 6 - @ SMU Mustangs
Saturday, Nov. 14 - @ USF Bulls
Saturday, Nov. 21 - Memphis Tigers @ home
Saturday, Nov. 28 - UConn Huskies @ home


Look, there are lots of teams who would be happy to have that home schedule!

My question is this: how are ticket sales going for Owl football this year? Will Lincoln Field be full for Penn State and Notre Dame but empty for everyone else, or will this great schedule be reflected in higher attendance all season?
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RE: Temple Home Schedule
(04-13-2015 09:14 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  As I was putting together my annual AAC vs P5 Best Games post on AmericanRx I noticed something - Temple has a KILLER home schedule this Fall!

Saturday, Sept. 5 - Penn State Nittany Lions @ home
Saturday, Sept. 12 - @ Cincinnati Bearcats
Saturday, Sept. 19 - @ UMass Minutemen
Friday, Oct. 2 - @ Charlotte 49ers
Saturday, Oct. 10 - Tulane Green Wave @ home
Saturday, Oct. 17 - UCF Knights @ home

Thursday, Oct. 22 - @ East Carolina Pirates
Saturday, Oct. 31 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ home
Friday, Nov. 6 - @ SMU Mustangs
Saturday, Nov. 14 - @ USF Bulls
Saturday, Nov. 21 - Memphis Tigers @ home
Saturday, Nov. 28 - UConn Huskies @ home


Look, there are lots of teams who would be happy to have that home schedule!

My question is this: how are ticket sales going for Owl football this year? Will Lincoln Field be full for Penn State and Notre Dame but empty for everyone else, or will this great schedule be reflected in higher attendance all season?

Great schedule. The fans should love it. Temple could be a much better team this year...and have a rough time getting bowl eligible again. 7 wins with this schedule would be a very good accomplishment.
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I have no idea how ticket sales are going, but yes, PSU and ND will sell out and everything else will not. Empty is relative. I'm sure attendance will be up a bit, but it will not look full considering it's a 70K seat stadium.
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(04-13-2015 03:52 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  I have no idea how ticket sales are going, but yes, PSU and ND will sell out and everything else will not. Empty is relative. I'm sure attendance will be up a bit, but it will not look full considering it's a 70K seat stadium.

Of course, I never meant the stadium would be completely empty! To be honest, Temple has some attractive AAC conference games, IMO.

Tulane is a nice school with great football tradition (though not a contender at the moment)
UCF is a team I'd describe as "talented and scrappy" - a legit contender for the Access Bowl slot.
Memphis is a lot like UCF - way more talented than people realize
I don't know what to think of UConn yet.

If I lived in the area - even as a college football fan but not a Temple fan - I'd consider season tickets, and probably use all but maybe the last one (depending on the weather and what's at stake when they play). JMO.
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I think we'll get a lot of people because of the ND and PSU games. The key thing is getting locals to want to come see Temple play. It's very different than a school like VT, which is the major game in town. It's growing a little bit every year, but we essentially started from scratch when we hired Al Golden. It's going to take a decade or so to get to where we should be.
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Probably get 50k for each game. 10k Temple fans, 40k for PSU and ND.
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(04-14-2015 12:14 AM)leapinggazelle Wrote:  Probably get 50k for each game. 10k Temple fans, 40k for PSU and ND.

How many Nova fans?
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(04-14-2015 12:14 AM)leapinggazelle Wrote:  Probably get 50k for each game. 10k Temple fans, 40k for PSU and ND.

Only 10k Temple fans for ND and PSU? I cant believe you are being serious. :)
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(04-13-2015 08:57 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  I think we'll get a lot of people because of the ND and PSU games. The key thing is getting locals to want to come see Temple play. It's very different than a school like VT, which is the major game in town. It's growing a little bit every year, but we essentially started from scratch when we hired Al Golden. It's going to take a decade or so to get to where we should be.

Its very hard in a big city. Have to get locals to look at you as The City's Team. GT is P5 and they don't even sell out a 55k seat stadium unless it is Florida State and in the old days Miami. It's specialized marketing for sure. You cant just hire marketing folks who worked at P5 schools and let them have at it. In Temple's case they are havingto market vs. all of the t shirt fans and alumni from Penn State, Maryland and every other P5 school with fans and alumni in town. But also against the Phillies and Eagles. It can be done. Howard Schnellenberger tapped into Miami's urban core and got those fans without a team in the 80's so it is possible. Winning is essential.
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(04-14-2015 08:04 AM)panama Wrote:  
(04-13-2015 08:57 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  I think we'll get a lot of people because of the ND and PSU games. The key thing is getting locals to want to come see Temple play. It's very different than a school like VT, which is the major game in town. It's growing a little bit every year, but we essentially started from scratch when we hired Al Golden. It's going to take a decade or so to get to where we should be.

Its very hard in a big city. Have to get locals to look at you as The City's Team. GT is P5 and they don't even sell out a 55k seat stadium unless it is Florida State and in the old days Miami. It's specialized marketing for sure. You cant just hire marketing folks who worked at P5 schools and let them have at it. In Temple's case they are havingto market vs. all of the t shirt fans and alumni from Penn State, Maryland and every other P5 school with fans and alumni in town. But also against the Phillies and Eagles. It can be done. Howard Schnellenberger tapped into Miami's urban core and got those fans without a team in the 80's so it is possible. Winning is essential.

Very well stated panama.

Urban athletic programs are challenged with so many commuter students, the large amount of other entertainment available, and honestly a portion of the student body that possibly grew up cheering for a large state school. Your Miami example is a good one with GT. It takes decades of peaks and valleys in W/Ls and ticket booth results to build a core that's large enough to sustain a major program.

Intelligent, well thought out comments.

Congrats on the outstanding OOC schedule Temple fans; enjoy and get as many people in the stands as you can. Take advantage.
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Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?
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(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?
Yes, however we are 1-1 with the Owls and they were in Memphis in 2013. So the series isn't out of balance and perhaps the conference had to juggle home/away games to even games out.
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(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.
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(04-14-2015 09:23 AM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.

Wow
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(04-14-2015 09:23 AM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.

You are very, very wrong.
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(04-14-2015 11:00 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 09:23 AM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.

You are very, very wrong.

The largest crowd for Temple last year was 28k. That is paid attendance, not butts in the seats. They shut down the program before for a reason, no one goes to the games. It doesn't move the needle in Philly or South Jersey. Do you ever hear Angelo Cataldi talking about Temple football?....no. Because everyone local only cares about the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies and even the crappy Sixers.

Even students don't go to the games.
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(04-14-2015 12:39 PM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 11:00 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 09:23 AM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.

You are very, very wrong.

The largest crowd for Temple last year was 28k. That is paid attendance, not butts in the seats. They shut down the program before for a reason, no one goes to the games. It doesn't move the needle in Philly or South Jersey. Do you ever hear Angelo Cataldi talking about Temple football?....no. Because everyone local only cares about the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies and even the crappy Sixers.

Even students don't go to the games.

A lot of Temple hate there.
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(04-14-2015 12:39 PM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 11:00 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 09:23 AM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.

You are very, very wrong.

The largest crowd for Temple last year was 28k. That is paid attendance, not butts in the seats. They shut down the program before for a reason, no one goes to the games. It doesn't move the needle in Philly or South Jersey. Do you ever hear Angelo Cataldi talking about Temple football?....no. Because everyone local only cares about the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies and even the crappy Sixers.

Even students don't go to the games.

You don't think a ton of Penn State and Notre Dame fans are going to show up. A few years ago Duke played Alabama in Durham. Alabama fans bought Duke season tickets so they could make sure they could go to the game.
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(04-14-2015 01:44 PM)PirateJim Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 12:39 PM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 11:00 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 09:23 AM)isidnirb Wrote:  
(04-14-2015 08:57 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Temple will be 40k strong this year.
PSU 70,000
ND 70,000
UCF 25,000
Memphis 25,000
Tulane 25,000
UConn 25,000

Didn't Memphis play at Temple last year?

You have obviously never been to Philly. You will get 50k+ for the ND and PSU games and that is it for anything over 20k for the rest. They will count tickets sold, not fans in the stadium. For all the league games it will be 10 to 15k of actual people in the stadium.

Yes I am from the area and like everyone else there, no one cares for college football. It is 95% a professional sports town, the 5% left is for the Big 5 during basketball season. Don't kid yourself, it will never change in Temple's favor for football.

You are very, very wrong.

The largest crowd for Temple last year was 28k. That is paid attendance, not butts in the seats. They shut down the program before for a reason, no one goes to the games. It doesn't move the needle in Philly or South Jersey. Do you ever hear Angelo Cataldi talking about Temple football?....no. Because everyone local only cares about the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies and even the crappy Sixers.

Even students don't go to the games.

You don't think a ton of Penn State and Notre Dame fans are going to show up. A few years ago Duke played Alabama in Durham. Alabama fans bought Duke season tickets so they could make sure they could go to the game.

Sorry to sound like a jerk, my apologies. I just saw those inflated numbers from the original post and went into fact mode. They should get a nice crowd from those two schools.

Actually I came down to PSU and St. Joe's for college but I wanted to go away. And I still stand by the fact that Philly (as is the Northeast) a professional sports town.
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