09-22-2013, 08:19 AM
According to official releases and game stories, NIU is calling last night's game the first sellout since the 2003 Maryland game. Really?? How is that possible?
The attendance for that game was 28,018, back when Huskie Stadium (which had the EXACT same configuration) had an official capacity of 28,000. The problem with that stat is that it can't be correct. There have multiple other games since the Maryland game that drew crowds of 28,000+. So here are other games that apparently NOT considered sellouts by Athletics, but had larger crowds than the Maryland game.
10/18/2003 - 28,221 - apparently NOT a sellout
9/27/2013 - 28,218 - apparently NOT a sellout
9/11/2004 - 28,071 - apparently NOT a sellout
8/28/2013 - 28,018 - apparently our last sellout - the Maryland game
Also, Huskie Stadium capacity was magically reduced from 28,000 to 24,000 in 2007, although no one knows why. Yet that year, the home opener against SIU drew a crowd of 24,182. So that's not a sellout either?
Yet last night's game with announced attendance of 23,595 was a sellout even though it's 405 people short of published stadium capacity.
Someone in Athletics needs a remedial lesson in math.
The attendance for that game was 28,018, back when Huskie Stadium (which had the EXACT same configuration) had an official capacity of 28,000. The problem with that stat is that it can't be correct. There have multiple other games since the Maryland game that drew crowds of 28,000+. So here are other games that apparently NOT considered sellouts by Athletics, but had larger crowds than the Maryland game.
10/18/2003 - 28,221 - apparently NOT a sellout
9/27/2013 - 28,218 - apparently NOT a sellout
9/11/2004 - 28,071 - apparently NOT a sellout
8/28/2013 - 28,018 - apparently our last sellout - the Maryland game
Also, Huskie Stadium capacity was magically reduced from 28,000 to 24,000 in 2007, although no one knows why. Yet that year, the home opener against SIU drew a crowd of 24,182. So that's not a sellout either?
Yet last night's game with announced attendance of 23,595 was a sellout even though it's 405 people short of published stadium capacity.
Someone in Athletics needs a remedial lesson in math.