(04-22-2014 09:30 PM)WKUApollo Wrote: (04-22-2014 08:47 PM)AppinVA Wrote: What was WKU's attendance before they announced a move up? If EKU's numbers are similar, that could work in their favor.
I believe WKU's attendance the year before we made the decision to move up was about 13,000.
Quick google search, here are a few numbers for comparison from NCAA stats:
1999 EKU 10,496 WKU 9,010
2000 EKU. 8,991. WKU 8,800
2003 EKU. 11,020 WKU 10,124
2005 EKU. 8,440 WKU 12,798
Not sure what was considered WKU's last year in IAA/FCS, but these were a few earlier years I quickly came across.
We have said over and over, our fans and alumni have continually lost interest as the OVC has continued to change and we have lost old rivals. Last years attendance was bad. Homecoming which always boosts attendance figures was a washout. Monsoon hit about an hour before kickoff and many (most) never left the parking lot for the stadium.
On another note. Someone mentioned in this thread or another, a reference to the
"OVC realizing EKU's intention of leaving the OVC". I think President Benson had already made that clear as a possibility.