BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

True. But at that point, Houston and Cincinnati are in the Big 12, and Uconn is in the Big East, so don't worry about it.

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

I saw part of Stanford-Rice and if there were really 33k in that stadium then about 20k of them were wearing invisibility cloaks or something. Ditto for about 8k of the alleged 13k at SJSU.

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

Put another way:

BYU - 87% of capacity
CSU - 91% of capacity
San Jose St - 44% of capacity
UMASS - 71% - of capacity
Won't go into Stanford's number because of the location.

Were the students back on campus? That would add to the attendance. I know the freshmen and transfers were returning to campus yesterday in PA with the remainder of the students returning Sunday the 27th. Classes start Monday the 28th at the PA State Schools.

BYU and CSU did very well if the students weren't back. UMASS at 71 % with out the student population isn't bad but they are only capable of MAC type numbers at this time anyway and that is not going to get them in another conference any time soon (should have stayed in the MAC to build the program to FBS level). UMASS needs to expand their stadium and fill it for future conference affiliation and losing to schools like Hawaii in THE END AGAIN does not help their program. The San Jose St number even though slightly higher than UMASS is terrible though considering they have capacity for 30,456.

Let see what week two brings when the student population is back on campus.

(08-27-2017 08:00 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

I saw part of Stanford-Rice and if there were really 33k in that stadium then about 20k of them were wearing invisibility cloaks or something. Ditto for about 8k of the alleged 13k at SJSU.

Ha!

(08-27-2017 08:01 AM)panite Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

Put another way:

BYU - 87% of capacity
CSU - 91% of capacity
San Jose St - 44% of capacity
UMASS - 71% - of capacity
Won't go into Stanford's number because of the location.

Were the students back on campus? That would add to the attendance. I know the freshmen and transfers were returning to campus yesterday in PA with the remainder of the students returning Sunday the 27th. Classes start Monday the 28th at the PA State Schools.

BYU and CSU did very well if the students weren't back. UMASS at 71 % with out the student population isn't bad but they are only capable of MAC type numbers at this time anyway and that is not going to get them in another conference any time soon (should have stayed in the MAC to build the program to FBS level). UMASS needs to expand their stadium and fill it for future conference affiliation and losing to schools like Hawaii in THE END AGAIN does not help their program. The San Jose St number even though slightly higher than UMASS is terrible though considering they have capacity for 30,456.

Let see what week two brings when the student population is back on campus.

Mass students were not back. My buddy sent me pictures of the game (I was supposed to go, but my wife is late term in her pregnancy). The game was well attended, and would have been better with students.

I feel bad for Umass fans. Their teams remind me of SDSU of the early 2000s. Seemingly talent filled teams, always that found a way to lose.

San Jose and Umass......why bother fielding an FBS team. Seriously.

(08-27-2017 09:53 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  San Jose and Umass......why bother fielding an FBS team. Seriously.

Umass was at 71% capacity so that makes me feel. Would have liked a sellout for a venue that small but I do think UMAss brings a lot down the road if they can build their football.. it helps I would think you guys with more northeast good basketball and east coast exposure..

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

Well, to be fair to CSU, the seated capacity is 36,500. 41k is allowed for SRO.

(08-27-2017 10:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

Well, to be fair to CSU, the seated capacity is 36,500. 41k is allowed for SRO.

Yup, every seat was sold. But carry on.

BYU school doesn't start for another week

(08-27-2017 11:09 AM)fanhood Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 10:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Colorado State: 37,583

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.

Well, to be fair to CSU, the seated capacity is 36,500. 41k is allowed for SRO.

Yup, every seat was sold. But carry on.

So, Colorado State tried to make itself look better by claiming it built a 41,200 seat stadium, when really it has 36,500 seats plus some SRO room.

Did they misrepresent capacity in order to secure debt financing? Because who floats $220M in revenue bonds on a 36,500 seat stadium?

In any event, the Rams' braggadocious claim of capacity bit them in the butt yesterday when they actually sold out, but everything thinks there was 4,000 empty seats.

PR mistake.

Forgive me if this has already been discussed but why were these games played a week ahead of the rest of the season? It seems silly to start games when many schools haven't even started back yet.

(08-27-2017 02:12 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 11:09 AM)fanhood Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 10:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Colorado State: 37,583

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.

Well, to be fair to CSU, the seated capacity is 36,500. 41k is allowed for SRO.

Yup, every seat was sold. But carry on.

So, Colorado State tried to make itself look better by claiming it built a 41,200 seat stadium, when really it has 36,500 seats plus some SRO room.

Did they misrepresent capacity in order to secure debt financing? Because who floats $220M in revenue bonds on a 36,500 seat stadium?

In any event, the Rams' braggadocious claim of capacity bit them in the butt yesterday when they actually sold out, but everything thinks there was 4,000 empty seats.

PR mistake.

They made a huge step forward with that stadium.. there is plenty of room for more standing room bodies etc.. the stadium definitely reminds me a lot of Houstons.. I was surprised to see empty seats in your first game too... in Houston but I know both programs are going to be in the big time league in the future.. I expect them to be with all of us when the Big 12 breaks up.

Is that a Tulane fan throwing attendance shade? Guuuurl...

(08-27-2017 03:30 PM)Blue Tiger15 Wrote:  Forgive me if this has already been discussed but why were these games played a week ahead of the rest of the season? It seems silly to start games when many schools haven't even started back yet.

The main reason is a relatively new (I think 2009?) NCAA rule that allows Division I teams that play a road game against Hawaii** the chance to play 13 games, which they could make an extra home game and pocket more revenue, as an inducement to get a team to commit to making the long, expensive haul to Hawaii.

But, that then creates the problem of having to play 13 games in 13 weeks, which nobody wants to do because of wear and tear. So to allow those teams a bye week, this means pushing one of their games to "week zero", a week earlier than most. Note that a team that plays at Hawaii doesn't have to schedule 13 games. They can keep their schedule at 12 and still play in week zero, thereby giving themselves two bye weeks rather than the normal one.

This year, BYU, SJSU, and Colorado State all travel to Hawaii, so they were all allowed to host games yesterday. Then the Rice/Stanford game was a special promotion in Australia, so they got a waiver for that.

** The rule actually applies to playing in Alaska and Puerto Rico as well. Note also that to play 13 games, a team from outside those three places has to play a school located in them OR the game has to be sponsored by an NCAA member school located in them. E.g., USC and LSU could theoretically schedule a game against each other in Hawaii, and then play 13 game schedules, if their game was sponsored by the University of Hawaii. If it wasn't, they would not be able to avail themselves of the rule.

(08-27-2017 10:01 AM)pablowow Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 09:53 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  San Jose and Umass......why bother fielding an FBS team. Seriously.

Umass was at 71% capacity so that makes me feel. Would have liked a sellout for a venue that small but I do think UMAss brings a lot down the road if they can build their football.. it helps I would think you guys with more northeast good basketball and east coast exposure..

12k is still 12k....turrible

Tulane reports about 9-10k more in attendance than UMass - and Tulane is a team that gets buried on ESPNU/ESPN3 because it has poor attendance. I don't think UMass is going to work unless they can get a cash injection of about 100 million - because that's what Tulane spent (and they limped in the AAC late).

(08-27-2017 10:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

Well, to be fair to CSU, the seated capacity is 36,500. 41k is allowed for SRO.

Yep. Wifey is a CSU grad. They'll ne fone, especially this year. I think they can win the Mtn Div.

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(08-27-2017 07:40 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 10:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(08-27-2017 06:42 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  BYU: 55,427
Colorado State: 37,583
Stanford/Rice Down-Under: 33,101
San Jose State: 13,377
UMass: 12,145

Notes:

1. Colorado State couldn't sell out their brand new 41,200 seat stadium vs a PAC school.
2. BYU attendance could be even higher if they didn't have to go on those time-consuming missions.
3. Perhaps the AAC should look into Australian expansion candidates.
4. Even UCONN/Tulane is no San Jose State. We should all be thankful.
5. Fanhood predicts UMass will be the AAC's San Jose State come 2025.

Well, to be fair to CSU, the seated capacity is 36,500. 41k is allowed for SRO.

Yep. Wifey is a CSU grad. They'll ne fone, especially this year. I think they can win the Mtn Div.

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