I "normal"-ly wouldn't do this, but as far as I'm concerned the door has been opened...

Atrocious attendance for FCS Playoffs at Hancock Stadium

Quote:The No. 2-seeded Illinois State University football team grinded out a 36-19 FCS playoffs second round win over Western Illinois Saturday afternoon in front of an abysmal Hancock Stadium attendance of 6,124 fans.

It was a glorious, sunny December day with game time temperatures reaching 40 degrees, minimal winds and not a cloud in the sky. The scene couldn’t have been set any better for a playoff showdown featuring the second best team in the country hosting in-state rival WIU, yet the Bloomington-Normal community and ISU students could not show up and fill even half of Hancock Stadium, which holds a capactiy of 13,391. ...

Despite all of these accolades and the high quality product being produced on the field, the FCS playoff second round match at Hancock Stadium looked more like a hyped up high school game than anything due to the lack of ISU fan support.

For years ISU has been considered a basketball school, but the tide has quickly turned.

6,124 (if that; see below!) fans for a sunny Saturday afternoon playoff game! And more than 1,000 were from WIU! Here's what it looked like at halftime--



But that was last week, right? And they won! So what did they follow up with, in their first ever I-AA quarterfinal home game vs. Richmond? A loss, 39-27 in front of an even more atrocious 5,356 fans!

Maybe all the fans were just watching at home on... let's see where it was televised... ESPN3.com?

And their basketball record? 3-6.

Maybe they can become a volleyball school? Water polo? Table tennis?

(12-12-2015 07:41 PM)Max Power Wrote:  I "normal"-ly wouldn't do this, but as far as I'm concerned the door has been opened...

Atrocious attendance for FCS Playoffs at Hancock Stadium

Quote:The No. 2-seeded Illinois State University football team grinded out a 36-19 FCS playoffs second round win over Western Illinois Saturday afternoon in front of an abysmal Hancock Stadium attendance of 6,124 fans.

It was a glorious, sunny December day with game time temperatures reaching 40 degrees, minimal winds and not a cloud in the sky. The scene couldn’t have been set any better for a playoff showdown featuring the second best team in the country hosting in-state rival WIU, yet the Bloomington-Normal community and ISU students could not show up and fill even half of Hancock Stadium, which holds a capactiy of 13,391. ...

Despite all of these accolades and the high quality product being produced on the field, the FCS playoff second round match at Hancock Stadium looked more like a hyped up high school game than anything due to the lack of ISU fan support.

For years ISU has been considered a basketball school, but the tide has quickly turned.

6,124 (if that; see below!) fans for a sunny Saturday afternoon playoff game! And more than 1,000 were from WIU! Here's what it looked like at halftime--



But that was last week, right? And they won! So what did they follow up with, in their first ever I-AA quarterfinal home game vs. Richmond? A loss, 39-27 in front of an even more atrocious 5,356 fans!

Maybe all the fans were just watching at home on... let's see where it was televised... ESPN3.com?

And their basketball record? 3-6.

Maybe they can become a volleyball school? Water polo? Table tennis?

You realize you're opening a portal to the netherworld, allowing a certain troll to materialize on the spot and annoy us all for about 3 weeks straight...

(12-12-2015 07:51 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 07:41 PM)Max Power Wrote:  I "normal"-ly wouldn't do this, but as far as I'm concerned the door has been opened...

Atrocious attendance for FCS Playoffs at Hancock Stadium

Quote:The No. 2-seeded Illinois State University football team grinded out a 36-19 FCS playoffs second round win over Western Illinois Saturday afternoon in front of an abysmal Hancock Stadium attendance of 6,124 fans.

It was a glorious, sunny December day with game time temperatures reaching 40 degrees, minimal winds and not a cloud in the sky. The scene couldn’t have been set any better for a playoff showdown featuring the second best team in the country hosting in-state rival WIU, yet the Bloomington-Normal community and ISU students could not show up and fill even half of Hancock Stadium, which holds a capactiy of 13,391. ...

Despite all of these accolades and the high quality product being produced on the field, the FCS playoff second round match at Hancock Stadium looked more like a hyped up high school game than anything due to the lack of ISU fan support.

For years ISU has been considered a basketball school, but the tide has quickly turned.

6,124 (if that; see below!) fans for a sunny Saturday afternoon playoff game! And more than 1,000 were from WIU! Here's what it looked like at halftime--



But that was last week, right? And they won! So what did they follow up with, in their first ever I-AA quarterfinal home game vs. Richmond? A loss, 39-27 in front of an even more atrocious 5,356 fans!

Maybe all the fans were just watching at home on... let's see where it was televised... ESPN3.com?

And their basketball record? 3-6.

Maybe they can become a volleyball school? Water polo? Table tennis?

You realize you're opening a portal to the netherworld, allowing a certain troll to materialize on the spot and annoy us all for about 3 weeks straight...

He knows....but it is still really funny.

I saw the attendance at 5k as well and thought ouch...has to hurt team motivation. Anyhow didn't post anything because I didn't want to open the gates to hell.

Interesting thing is NDState game had a really good crowd. Doesn't mean anything, just interesting that ND state can pack the place.

(12-12-2015 10:04 PM)JB04 Wrote:  I saw the attendance at 5k as well and thought ouch...has to hurt team motivation. Anyhow didn't post anything because I didn't want to open the gates to hell.

Interesting thing is NDState game had a really good crowd. Doesn't mean anything, just interesting that ND state can pack the place.

North Dakota still hasn't discovered High Definition Television yet.

(12-12-2015 10:22 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 10:04 PM)JB04 Wrote:  I saw the attendance at 5k as well and thought ouch...has to hurt team motivation. Anyhow didn't post anything because I didn't want to open the gates to hell.

Interesting thing is NDState game had a really good crowd. Doesn't mean anything, just interesting that ND state can pack the place.

North Dakota still hasn't discovered High Definition Television yet.

That and they pretty much have a monopoly on entertainment in the state.

(12-12-2015 11:23 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 10:22 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 10:04 PM)JB04 Wrote:  I saw the attendance at 5k as well and thought ouch...has to hurt team motivation. Anyhow didn't post anything because I didn't want to open the gates to hell.

Interesting thing is NDState game had a really good crowd. Doesn't mean anything, just interesting that ND state can pack the place.

North Dakota still hasn't discovered High Definition Television yet.

That and they pretty much have a monopoly on entertainment in the state.

Hey, but you know what......their fans travel very well, as evidenced by their numbers showing up in Frisco/Addison for the FCS championship

(12-12-2015 07:41 PM)Max Power Wrote:  I "normal"-ly wouldn't do this, but as far as I'm concerned the door has been opened...

Atrocious attendance for FCS Playoffs at Hancock Stadium

Quote:The No. 2-seeded Illinois State University football team grinded out a 36-19 FCS playoffs second round win over Western Illinois Saturday afternoon in front of an abysmal Hancock Stadium attendance of 6,124 fans.

It was a glorious, sunny December day with game time temperatures reaching 40 degrees, minimal winds and not a cloud in the sky. The scene couldn’t have been set any better for a playoff showdown featuring the second best team in the country hosting in-state rival WIU, yet the Bloomington-Normal community and ISU students could not show up and fill even half of Hancock Stadium, which holds a capactiy of 13,391. ...

Despite all of these accolades and the high quality product being produced on the field, the FCS playoff second round match at Hancock Stadium looked more like a hyped up high school game than anything due to the lack of ISU fan support.

For years ISU has been considered a basketball school, but the tide has quickly turned.

6,124 (if that; see below!) fans for a sunny Saturday afternoon playoff game! And more than 1,000 were from WIU! Here's what it looked like at halftime--



But that was last week, right? And they won! So what did they follow up with, in their first ever I-AA quarterfinal home game vs. Richmond? A loss, 39-27 in front of an even more atrocious 5,356 fans!

Maybe all the fans were just watching at home on... let's see where it was televised... ESPN3.com?

And their basketball record? 3-6.

Maybe they can become a volleyball school? Water polo? Table tennis?

well done

Sorry, the crow must be eaten. Trolling has its consequences.

NDSU would've turned ISU's stadium into Fargodome South if they won, so in a way they should be grateful they didn't. Would be like Ohio State fans visiting Indiana.

Ya, but look at the band....

That band looks nice. Wonder if they will put that picture up in the Boner Student Center to show the students how fun their biggest game of the season can be.

I wonder if all of the students were studying, I mean they have an average ACT score of 22-23! Those eggheads down in Normal!

ISU losing pleases me.

Keep working really hard and maybe someday they can be EMU.

(12-13-2015 11:07 AM)cawoo22 Wrote:  Keep working really hard and maybe someday they can be EMU.

Fear the grey turf!

NIU vs isu in wbb today...

(12-13-2015 01:11 AM)bigdhuskie Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 11:23 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 10:22 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-12-2015 10:04 PM)JB04 Wrote:  I saw the attendance at 5k as well and thought ouch...has to hurt team motivation. Anyhow didn't post anything because I didn't want to open the gates to hell.

Interesting thing is NDState game had a really good crowd. Doesn't mean anything, just interesting that ND state can pack the place.

North Dakota still hasn't discovered High Definition Television yet.

That and they pretty much have a monopoly on entertainment in the state.

Hey, but you know what......their fans travel very well, as evidenced by their numbers showing up in Frisco/Addison for the FCS championship

True dat. Great program.

Yeah, I'm shocked. At least EMU gets to say they're always at the bottom of their division where they play, and in the shadows of Ann Arbor. Illinois State, a D1AA power, #2 in the country -- you'd figure for a PLAYOFF game, it wouldn't be difficult to have 90%+ capacity on a great day!

Lmfao!! this thread
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(12-13-2015 10:18 AM)northernbear1 Wrote:  That band looks nice. Wonder if they will put that picture up in the Boner Student Center to show the students how fun their biggest game of the season can be.

I wonder if all of the students were studying, I mean they have an average ACT score of 22-23! Those eggheads down in Normal!

Pretty sure he's banned from posting


But he can read all this and stew in his inferiority and anger all he wants haha

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