We were there and no way is that 11,800 attendance number correct. It was a way better (bigger) crowd than the week before. Convo lot was close to full.

I don't think the team's record had any impact on homecoming numbers because people do come to meet up with friends. I'd say easily 1/4 or more of the people tailgating had no idea who we were even playing. They just come to socialize for homecoming & see friends. The game is secondary to them. (i know I know - how is that even possible?!)

What DID have an impact on the attendance for sure was Cubs game. I'm sure many stayed home because they didn't want to miss any of the game.

(10-24-2016 03:44 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote:  We were there and no way is that 11,800 attendance number correct. It was a way better (bigger) crowd than the week before. Convo lot was close to full.

I don't think the team's record had any impact on homecoming numbers because people do come to meet up with friends. I'd say easily 1/4 or more of the people tailgating had no idea who we were even playing. They just come to socialize for homecoming & see friends. The game is secondary to them. (i know I know - how is that even possible?!)

What DID have an impact on the attendance for sure was Cubs game. I'm sure many stayed home because they didn't want to miss any of the game.

Agree that it looked like more than 11,800 both from the parking lots and the stadium crowd. East side looked a little sparse. There were plenty of open seats in the chair-back seats where I sit, but overall, looked like as many people there as there were in a few other games.

Also agree that the Cubs game had an effect on attendance.

(10-24-2016 03:35 PM)niu79 Wrote:  

(10-24-2016 03:21 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 07:12 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Was the crowd of 11,800 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon the smallest homecoming attendance in 10 years if not 15?

The Golden Era of NIU football is official over.

Smallest crowd for homecoming since at least 1983.

It rained throughout that game back in '83.

DeKalb, we have a problem.
Ronald Reagan was president 33 years ago.

The 1983 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University, and were the champions of the in the Mid-American Conference in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. They were led by head coach Bill Mallory, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

The Huskies celebrated their first ever MAC title, and first overall conference title since 1965, when they won the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the final years of the conference's existence. The Huskies' trip to the California Bowl was also their first bowl trip since 1965, and with their win over Cal State-Fullerton, was their first bowl win since 1963, the same year the Huskies were crowned national champions of the College Division.

This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

(10-23-2016 10:18 AM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 10:17 AM)foch41 Wrote:  I was there and I can say the alumni side was pretty much full but the student side wasn't too impressive.

How is that possible at less then half capacity in attendance? Unless our scanners are still fking up.

I agree, there was no way you could move every single person from the East side to the West side and still have room for 2k more.

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think this was due to the Cubs game. We went to Homecoming with Cub fans, and we had to re-organize our day so we could get them home right after our game so they could watch the Cubs game. Had it not been for the Cubs game, we would have stayed in DeKalb for dinner.

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

I also dont think our fanbase has shrunk, i just think they are fair weather and would rather just watch on espn3 at home or not at all. The game day experience is not enough of a draw. Unfortunately it is more of a white sox fan base than cubs.

Its hard enough to pull the casual fan to the game to watch NIU play Buffalo, EMU, Akron, etc. when we are 6-1, good luck doing it when we are 1-6.

(10-25-2016 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

At some point the blame goes to the fans. If you don't know there's a game then you are buried in your iPhone. There is something for everyone on game day. Its just the sign of the times. You can't hand hold everyone's hand. I get tired of blaming the administration at every turn because the fan has to make up his mind if they want to go. I think in the not too distant future the dominoes are going to start falling and we will be left with the 60 top teams and the rest will eliminate football. Everything is gravitating to the top and pro sports has no room for the average father and his son to afford to go to a game. Also, the Cub game had more of an impact than I originally thought.

(10-24-2016 03:35 PM)niu79 Wrote:  

(10-24-2016 03:21 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 07:12 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Was the crowd of 11,800 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon the smallest homecoming attendance in 10 years if not 15?

The Golden Era of NIU football is official over.

Smallest crowd for homecoming since at least 1983.

It rained throughout that game back in '83.

Drizzled.
But the Stroh's flowed freely from the Stroh's truck. All was good. Made it inside in time for an awesome 2nd half come back. :-)

(10-26-2016 08:59 AM)chihuskie Wrote:  

(10-24-2016 03:35 PM)niu79 Wrote:  

(10-24-2016 03:21 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(10-23-2016 07:12 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Was the crowd of 11,800 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon the smallest homecoming attendance in 10 years if not 15?

The Golden Era of NIU football is official over.

Smallest crowd for homecoming since at least 1983.

It rained throughout that game back in '83.

Drizzled.
But the Stroh's flowed freely from the Stroh's truck. All was good. Made it inside in time for an awesome 2nd half come back. :-)

That was before my time. Wikipedia had little info on our attendance in 1983 and none before that. So 1983 almost certainly had a bigger crowd than this year also, and probably most years before that were bigger than this year's. I just didn't find the attendance info that far back.

(10-25-2016 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

Dtownboys, would you give me some examples of events the university has organized that attract crime

(10-26-2016 11:42 AM)niu1980 Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

Dtownboys, would you give me some examples of events the university has organized that attract crime

Check the history of concerts that have been held over homecoming weekend going back a few years. Although the actual concerts are uneventful, many people come for the after parties and those result in increased crime. Usually it is the guests that come to town and commit crime.

(10-26-2016 12:11 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 11:42 AM)niu1980 Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

Dtownboys, would you give me some examples of events the university has organized that attract crime

Check the history of concerts that have been held over homecoming weekend going back a few years. Although the actual concerts are uneventful, many people come for the after parties and those result in increased crime. Usually it is the guests that come to town and commit crime.

I know! Remember when we had Kansas (the band) here for Homecoming a few years back!!! Handfull of old white people smoking weed like it was the 70s or something!

(10-26-2016 12:11 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 11:42 AM)niu1980 Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

Dtownboys, would you give me some examples of events the university has organized that attract crime

Check the history of concerts that have been held over homecoming weekend going back a few years. Although the actual concerts are uneventful, many people come for the after parties and those result in increased crime. Usually it is the guests that come to town and commit crime.

Dtownboys, You have already looked into this so you should be able to quickly name the bands and provide the information on the crimes committed and by whom.

Here are the events from this year on top of the previous 5 years...

2011 Kansas
2012 Nothing
2013 Nothing
2014 Nothing
2015 Rich Homie Quan
2016 Nothing

This is a serious question and not meant to be prejudicial in any way. Are African American fraternities and sororities the only groups participating in Homecoming queen and king elections, or is it open to all? The reason why I ask is that the king and queen seem to be African American every year. Not a problem; I'm just curious if the election is open to all.

(10-26-2016 03:39 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  This is a serious question and not meant to be prejudicial in any way. Are African American fraternities and sororities the only groups participating in Homecoming queen and king elections, or is it open to all? The reason why I ask is that the king and queen seem to be African American every year. Not a problem; I'm just curious if the election is open to all.

All they do is actually try to organize 50-100 people to vote for one person. Just about any organization who actually puts effort into a get out the vote campaign is really all that is needed to win it. Though 99% of campus has no interest in this at all and I am surprised that its still around at the University level.

(10-26-2016 12:48 PM)niu1980 Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 12:11 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 11:42 AM)niu1980 Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 09:17 PM)Dtownboys Wrote:  

(10-25-2016 11:22 AM)Huskie_Fan2 Wrote:  This is a bigger issue. We went to Pizza Villa after the game. There was no line to get in (when do you ever see this). The university has killed the vibe of homecoming. It has gotten progressively worse over the last five years.

An earlier post mentioned the fraternities. They did show up to the tailgate. They seemed to be the only students at the tailgate. I am not sure how many went into the game, but they are the only students that have any sense that homecoming is even going on.

I hold STF accountable for this decline. He should be driving students towards the sport events. Remember that all students pay for entrance to all school sports. They are paying and he should make sure that they attend.

I think you are wrong in blaming Frazier. The university has continued to host events that attract crime during homecoming and have not done anything to improve a student's homecoming experience. Campus is blocked off at night and it is inconvenient for students. Many of the problems have started because of poor decision making in whomever is responsible for planning the events and this started way before Frazier got here.

Every week I also notice that many people aren't getting their tickets scanned. People with electronics tickets on their phones are just left to go through. Many others just walk through without their ticket being scanned.

Tailgating was full as well and then students didn't come in. Don't know how to combat that but the Cubs game did have an impact.

Dtownboys, would you give me some examples of events the university has organized that attract crime

Check the history of concerts that have been held over homecoming weekend going back a few years. Although the actual concerts are uneventful, many people come for the after parties and those result in increased crime. Usually it is the guests that come to town and commit crime.

Dtownboys, You have already looked into this so you should be able to quickly name the bands and provide the information on the crimes committed and by whom.

Give me a break. Please don't tell me you are not aware of the crime that has taken place in DeKalb. I have many examples but will not be baited into that argument.