23,093 Ohio
18,657 Buffalo
16,649 MAC Avg.
16,215 CMU
14,221 EMU
11,061 Akron

(09-04-2016 01:42 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  23,093 Ohio
18,657 Buffalo
16,649 MAC Avg.
16,215 CMU
14,221 EMU
11,061 Akron

A few more games like yesterday at Peden and you may have to stop posting attendance numbers every week for this season

(of course maybe they will still show up for a half at least to see the band)

Quote:14,221 EMU

I have doubts about this level of Actual attendance.

(09-04-2016 12:25 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:14,221 EMU

I have doubts about this level of Actual attendance.

On a serious note, what did it actually look like?

Akron went all out, and got nothing in return. Student attendance was good, and a decent amount stayed beyond halftime.

Dear george14,
It looked like 14,221. I was there.

(09-04-2016 02:57 PM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear george14,
It looked like 14,221. I was there.

It's the Factory for god sakes.

(09-04-2016 07:52 AM)T-Town Wrote:  

(09-04-2016 01:42 AM)perimeterpost Wrote:  23,093 Ohio
18,657 Buffalo
16,649 MAC Avg.
16,215 CMU
14,221 EMU
11,061 Akron

A few more games like yesterday at Peden and you may have to stop posting attendance numbers every week for this season

(of course maybe they will still show up for a half at least to see the band)

I don't see our attendance affected. Ohio set another record for season tickets.

The turnout today was quite good considering it was labor day weekend in the middle of the day.

May break 26,000 this year for homecoming. BG in the house and they've been the team to beat in the East for the past few years will bring people out.

(09-04-2016 01:16 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  Akron went all out, and got nothing in return. Student attendance was good, and a decent amount stayed beyond halftime.

With the amount of alumni Akron has in the city they should be able to put 35k in the stands without too much difficulty.

(09-04-2016 03:16 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(09-04-2016 01:16 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  Akron went all out, and got nothing in return. Student attendance was good, and a decent amount stayed beyond halftime.

With the amount of alumni Akron has in the city they should be able to put 35k in the stands without too much difficulty.

That's why Akron has potential as a program, along with being in a great area for high school talent. But unfortunately, it will take more than one year of winning for people to buy in.

It's a process that really should've started in 2010 when InfoCision was brand-spanking new, but has been delayed by a half-decade of coaching (and hiring of coaching) incompetence. If Terry Bowden was hired in 2010 (and he said he would've taken the job if offered then), who knows where this program would be right now.

Also, it looks like Akron has decided not to cook the attendance books this year (something it has gone back and forth with in recent years). The 11,000 (while hardly anything to brag about) was legit. Two years ago, the last time they tried to report actual attendance, it backfired and led to the "lowest attendance in the country" articles ... although in actual butts in the seats, I'm sure they weren't THE lowest.

Last year, through cooking the books, they were mid-tier in reported attendance, while likely being among the lower tier in the MAC in actual butts in the seat.

Maybe this year, they can count actual attendance and not finish last ... baby steps.

I'm surprised Central Michigan only reported 16,000+. The place looked pretty full when I glanced in there to check out how they were doing against the Blue Hose. But it's hard to tell when you aren't there in person.

(09-06-2016 08:30 AM)Schadenfreude Wrote:  I'm surprised Central Michigan only reported 16,000+. The place looked pretty full when I glanced in there to check out how they were doing against the Blue Hose. But it's hard to tell when you aren't there in person.

Student side (tv view side) was excellent.

South endzone was sparse and press box side (where most alumni/season ticket) sit was fairly sparse also. So 16,000+ was probably pretty accurate.

(09-06-2016 08:30 AM)Schadenfreude Wrote:  I'm surprised Central Michigan only reported 16,000+. The place looked pretty full when I glanced in there to check out how they were doing against the Blue Hose. But it's hard to tell when you aren't there in person.

It looked like a lot more but then again I think that goes to fudging the numbers. We have reported over 20,000 when it looked more empty than the opener. Tickets sold is always misleading.

Actually the emu box score says 16000 plus

(09-06-2016 05:16 PM)emu79 Wrote:  Actually the emu box score says 16000 plus

231 + pepsi

(09-06-2016 05:16 PM)emu79 Wrote:  Actually the emu box score says 16000 plus

(09-06-2016 07:13 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-06-2016 05:16 PM)emu79 Wrote:  Actually the emu box score says 16000 plus

231 + pepsi

To be fair, didn't Michigan actually go the Pepsi can route in Brady Hoke's last year to keep attendance above the magical (and for them, that year, mythical) 100,000 per game mark?

If Michigan has had to resort to it, then why not the MAC schools (and that includes my school, Akron, which posted a 16,000-plus "attendance" last year)?

I'm not justifying it, I'm just saying.

Quote:If Michigan has had to resort to it, then why not the MAC schools (and that includes my school, Akron, which posted a 16,000-plus "attendance" last year)?

Yeah, they should be razzed for it, too. But when you see a game on TV where you know it's under 10k attended, but then they have 16k listed (like, double) -- then that's bad.

If UM had seemingly only 50k in attendance -- solidly less than half capacity, and they claimed 100k on the nose -- yeah, razz them just as much for that 100k mark.

I'm not hating on EMU, I feel bad for them. I'm sure their home opener and such probably had a 'high' amount compared regular home attendance games.

can 16k even fit with all of the tarps? What is full capacity with tarps in place? I didnt see the EMU crowd, so I am curious. On October 8th there should be over 10k in attendance.

(09-06-2016 11:10 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  can 16k even fit with all of the tarps? What is full capacity with tarps in place? I didnt see the EMU crowd, so I am curious. On October 8th there should be over 10k in attendance.

Capacity w/o tarps is 30k. With tarps it's probably about 20k.

Hard to see attendance from the tv. Almost everyone sits on the same side as the press box. That side was mostly full for the game.

Funny how everyone is critical of EMUs numbers. Like everyone else in the conference is reporting spot on perfect. The reality is that the MAC is second class in the world of college athletics. Accept it and move on. Is there really a big difference between 8k and 20k when the big boys are pulling in 50k+?

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