(08-31-2015 10:01 AM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  As far as recent history of Season Openers at Home....

Last year of course was Presby on Thursday night: 12,398. Ouch.

You have to go back to 2011 for the next home Season 0pener which was Army on a slightly drizzly Saturday night: 17K.

I say we get in the 18-20K range. I really home it's a number that starts with a 2.

Last year's opener against Presbyterian was played in the rain. It was not bad until just before the half, then it rained harder. Surprised we got that many. If it wasn't the opener, we would have had well under 10K.

The weather forecast is looking good for saturday. I predict we will be > 20,000. Still time to drag friends and family to the game!

(08-31-2015 10:18 AM)Mark26pt2 Wrote:  The weather forecast is looking good for saturday. I predict we will be > 20,000. Still time to drag friends and family to the game!

Even time to tell people you don't like about the game. Hey, thxjoenovak,.....

What happened to that little diagram, I think it was on Ticketmaster, that showed which seats were taken and which were available?

Upper 80's/90....every student w/o air conditioning should be there!

(08-31-2015 10:32 AM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  Upper 80's/90....every student w/o air conditioning should be there!

By game time - it will be perfect - especially as the sun sets!

(08-31-2015 10:12 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(08-31-2015 10:01 AM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  As far as recent history of Season Openers at Home....

Last year of course was Presby on Thursday night: 12,398. Ouch.

You have to go back to 2011 for the next home Season 0pener which was Army on a slightly drizzly Saturday night: 17K.

I say we get in the 18-20K range. I really home it's a number that starts with a 2.

Last year's opener against Presbyterian was played in the rain. It was not bad until just before the half, then it rained harder. Surprised we got that many. If it wasn't the opener, we would have had well under 10K.

its amazing how social media is playing into thing and the availabilty of Apps. Everyone looks at the weather app and are now interperters of the radar. They see posible rain coming in fro Iowa and they put plans on hold. We have had questionable weather the last 2 seasons. Rain was predicted for the opener last year and held off until the second Q. Given the weak opponent and the weather forecast, it was not a good omen for a big crowd. So far it looks like a great day for football this sat

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(08-31-2015 10:22 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  What happened to that little diagram, I think it was on Ticketmaster, that showed which seats were taken and which were available?

It was on ticketmaster last year. For some reason this year ticketmaster picks your seats and you cannot see the open seats.
You can see the tickets available using this HyVee link

Link to Hy-Vee Click continue 
Access an Offer Enter Promo code 1965
https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/norther...ails/16FB1

Still a good chunk of tickets available... the walk up crowd better be a force.

On a positive, a lot more of a vibe from the students to stick around and attend this game. I see it being pushed onto the freshmen and underclassmen a lot more this year and that's a good thing. Some good chatter overheard about people actually making plans to go home Sunday morning to catch this game first.

Holy crap, you can't get inside Waldo for under 148 bucks right now to see the Spartans.

(09-03-2015 03:20 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Holy crap, you can't get inside Waldo for under 148 bucks right now to see the Spartans.

Or watch on TV for free and give NIU your 150 bucks

(09-03-2015 05:40 AM)numbersdontlie Wrote:  

(09-03-2015 03:20 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Holy crap, you can't get inside Waldo for under 148 bucks right now to see the Spartans.

Or watch on TV for free and give NIU your 150 bucks

This has been my philosophy as of late. My wife and I got very upset when we went to away games and the Huskies failed to show up or played like crap. I hate spending a lot of money - and we used to spend a lot - to feel miserable and upset. Now, rather than spend the money traveling to away games, I just increase my donation to the HAF. Everyone is happy.

(09-03-2015 01:10 AM)Stay Cool Wrote:  Still a good chunk of tickets available... the walk up crowd better be a force.

On a positive, a lot more of a vibe from the students to stick around and attend this game. I see it being pushed onto the freshmen and underclassmen a lot more this year and that's a good thing. Some good chatter overheard about people actually making plans to go home Sunday morning to catch this game first.

Well that is nice to hear. Maybe some parents will get wind of this free tuition promo with the article about it in the Trib.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/col...story.html

(09-03-2015 03:20 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Holy crap, you can't get inside Waldo for under 148 bucks right now to see the Spartans.

And this is surprising, how?

(09-03-2015 09:23 AM)7 Wrote:  

(09-03-2015 03:20 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Holy crap, you can't get inside Waldo for under 148 bucks right now to see the Spartans.

And this is surprising, how?

Small stadium + Large Market Team + Close to home of Large Market Team = Difficult ticket to purchase.

So nobody with attendance numbers yet?

(09-03-2015 03:41 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  So nobody with attendance numbers yet?

They are not going to announce it before the game unless its a sellout.

There is no reason to. Any number they say other than 23,595 (a sellout) is going to be disappointing to them, the team/coaches and diehards who know that the team deserves more.

Getting the word out on the student attendance...I wonder if this would get any additional paying fans to attend.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/09/03/n...all-games/

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2015/09/0...e/angielx/
Aditya Attavane a freshman at NIU, said that he hadn't been planning on going to the first game, which is Saturday, but when he heard about the potential payoff, it got him interested.

"I go to games if I have people to go with, but not by myself," he said. "But if it's that incentive on top of friends going? I can make it."

http://northernstar.info/campus/students...54592.html

(08-28-2015 02:13 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Ok they just tweeted the Free Tuition part of the system.

Heard NIU Free Tuition story on WBBM780 radio this afternoon.

(IMHO....student attendance at football is pretty darn good.
Need a raffle for alums quite frankly...)