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RE: Guess attendance for Boston College
God that's awful for opening night. On the other hand, lots of people were probably kept away because they couldn't bring the kids to a game that was going to end at midnight at best.
09-02-2017 08:39 AM
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Reality wake-up call for everyone predicting 20,000 or near it.
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Just an opinion, but Coach Carey, his play-calling, the lack of a bona fide QB or RB, lackluster 2016 results, and too many other options do not equate to 20,000. Get ready for more of the same until some major changes occur.
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(09-02-2017 09:12 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  Reality wake-up call for everyone predicting 20,000 or near it.
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Just an opinion, but Coach Carey, his play-calling, the lack of a bona fide QB or RB, lackluster 2016 results, and too many other options do not equate to 20,000. Get ready for more of the same until some major changes occur.

This doesnt change my perception of their attendance. Had it been 12k? Sure. But I was off by 2,500. Maybe I didnt take into account the late start's effect because it didnt bother me one bit. But I also expected to see some more BC fans. I didnt see hardly any.

Yes our attendance will be down until we get better. Probably 13k/game or so for the year. But even if we get better it will still be down some. We will never know the true game attendance of this school until we are back on saturday games.
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Guess attendance for Boston College
(09-02-2017 09:23 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:12 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  Reality wake-up call for everyone predicting 20,000 or near it.
huskie2379, ChicagoHuskie, JoeNovak, cagey cager, BDB5yp, IWokeUpLikeThis, Max Power, HuskiePride17, North Korean Rocket Failure, Rabid Squirrel, NIU filmmaker, Policious.
Just an opinion, but Coach Carey, his play-calling, the lack of a bona fide QB or RB, lackluster 2016 results, and too many other options do not equate to 20,000. Get ready for more of the same until some major changes occur.

This doesnt change my perception of their attendance. Had it been 12k? Sure. But I was off by 2,500. Maybe I didnt take into account the late start's effect because it didnt bother me one bit. But I also expected to see some more BC fans. I didnt see hardly any.

Yes our attendance will be down until we get better. Probably 13k/game or so for the year. But even if we get better it will still be down some. We will never know the true game attendance of this school until we are back on saturday games.


I saw quite a few BC fans at the game. There were also several at the hotel where I stayed.
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(09-02-2017 09:23 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  We will never know the true game attendance of this school until we are back on saturday games.

True.
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(09-02-2017 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  I saw quite a few BC fans at the game. There were also several at the hotel where I stayed.

But no evidence that the large Catholic (Jesuit) contingent from Chicago area made it to DeKalb?
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(09-02-2017 09:32 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  I saw quite a few BC fans at the game. There were also several at the hotel where I stayed.

But no evidence that the large Catholic (Jesuit) contingent from Chicago area made it to DeKalb?


Oh, they were there. They just never left tailgating. I saw several empty bottles of Benedictine in the parking lot after the game.
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(09-02-2017 09:36 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:32 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  I saw quite a few BC fans at the game. There were also several at the hotel where I stayed.

But no evidence that the large Catholic (Jesuit) contingent from Chicago area made it to DeKalb?


Oh, they were there. They just never left tailgating. I saw several empty bottles of Benedictine in the parking lot after the game.
They were there in spirit.
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(09-02-2017 03:37 PM)NIU84 Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:36 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:32 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  I saw quite a few BC fans at the game. There were also several at the hotel where I stayed.

But no evidence that the large Catholic (Jesuit) contingent from Chicago area made it to DeKalb?


Oh, they were there. They just never left tailgating. I saw several empty bottles of Benedictine in the parking lot after the game.
They were there in spirit.
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The real attendance are the friends we make along the way
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(09-02-2017 09:32 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(09-02-2017 09:27 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  I saw quite a few BC fans at the game. There were also several at the hotel where I stayed.

But no evidence that the large Catholic (Jesuit) contingent from Chicago area made it to DeKalb?
Saw plenty of BC fans in the first 20 rows or so of section A/B. They also had a heavy presence at Fatty's along with the Eagle mascot.
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(09-01-2017 09:00 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  
(09-01-2017 08:56 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  
(09-01-2017 08:33 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  That shot of the sportscasters and the student section behind them... brutal

Not at all. It's 70% full here.

it looked pretty bad on TV, anyone got an actual number?!

You're in DeKalb? Were you there?
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(09-02-2017 07:45 PM)sportsfan Wrote:  
(09-01-2017 09:00 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  
(09-01-2017 08:56 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  
(09-01-2017 08:33 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  That shot of the sportscasters and the student section behind them... brutal

Not at all. It's 70% full here.

it looked pretty bad on TV, anyone got an actual number?!

You're in DeKalb? Were you there?
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(09-02-2017 07:20 PM)#1 Huskie Wrote:  Saw plenty of BC fans in the first 20 rows or so of section A/B. They also had a heavy presence at Fatty's along with the Eagle mascot.

FCS and MAC teams bring more fan presence than what BC fans brought...in the stands that is.
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RE: Guess attendance for Boston College
The past 7 seasons this was our 4th game on Labor Day weekend...

2011 vs Army - 17,003
2014 vs Blue Hose - 12,398
2015 vs UNLV - 15,455
2017 vs BC - 16,421
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(09-05-2017 08:53 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  The past 7 seasons this was our 4th game on Labor Day weekend...

2011 vs Army - 17,003 SAT 6PM

2014 vs Blue Hose - 12,398 THURS 6PM

2015 vs UNLV - 15,455 SAT 6:30PM

2017 vs BC - 16,421 FRI 8:30PM

Thanks for the recap HJ. I added Day/Time for further context.

In my perfect world, last weekend was vs EIU and you still get around 16K and this Saturday at 2:30 or 6PM gets you 20-22K.
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