Just wondering...

Which divisional teams bring the most fans to your football games? Rank them.

North Texas

1. UTEP/UTSA- both have large numbers of alums and fans in DFW, and they show up to games in Denton.

2. LA Tech- Their fans in DFW come out for games at Apogee and fans from Ruston seem to travel well too.

3. Southern Miss- Although they don't bring large numbers of fans, I think they bring more then our old Sun Belt opponents from similar distances.

4. Rice- They don't bring many, but then there aren't many of them.

5. UAB- Birmingham is 675 miles from Denton. I'm sure we will be near the bottom of their ranking too.

Might wanna check the distance from Denton to Birmingham instead ...

From what I noticed at Rice:

1) UTSA
2) UNT/LA Tech
3) USM
4) UTEP
5) (We never played UAB at home while I was a student)

(07-22-2018 10:37 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  Might wanna check the distance from Denton to Birmingham instead ...

From what I noticed at Rice:

1) UTSA
2) UNT/LA Tech
3) USM
4) UTEP
5) (We never played UAB at home while I was a student)

Ha! Thanks. Fixed it.

I'm surprised Southern Miss brings more fans then UTEP. I thought Houston had a large number of UTEP alums. Also, I've been to all the North Texas games at Rice since we joined C-USA, and am shocked LA Tech brings as many as we do. I certainly thought we brought a really good crowd last season.

Louisiana Tech

1. Southern Miss - Their fans travel well to Ruston.

2. UTSA - Has a good traveling fan base also.

3. UNT - Should start seeing more "mean greenies" traveling to Ruston, now that the program is on an upswing.

4. Rice - Doesn't bring a lot but does bring their "vaudevillian" type band, which is entertaining.

4. UTEP - Probably brings about the same amount as Rice from what I can remember.

5. UAB - Hasn't played in Ruston yet during our CUSA run. Interested to see how many fans they bring.

(07-22-2018 10:44 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-22-2018 10:37 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  Might wanna check the distance from Denton to Birmingham instead ...

From what I noticed at Rice:

1) UTSA
2) UNT/LA Tech
3) USM
4) UTEP
5) (We never played UAB at home while I was a student)

Ha! Thanks. Fixed it.

I'm surprised Southern Miss brings more fans then UTEP. I thought Houston had a large number of UTEP alums. Also, I've been to all the North Texas games at Rice since we joined C-USA, and am shocked LA Tech brings as many as we do. I certainly thought we brought a really good crowd last season.

I think it’s more of a statement of how bad UTEP has been recently. I remember my freshman year which was their New Mexico bowl year there was a nice crowd for that game as both teams had winning records. Downward slope for both since.

LA Tech has always brought a good crowd (as has UNT). Not really a dig at UNT more a positive statement about LT.

Obviously kinda OT since we're not in conference with any of yall, but of the 3 CUSA West teams we've hosted I'd rank them like this:

1. UTSA - for obvious reasons

2. USM - didn't really bring a whole lot of fans themselves but this was the most well attended game that wasn't a Texas team besides Navy. Our fans showed up for yall for whatever reason. 27k.

3. La Tech - the first ever ranked team that we hosted in bobcat stadium surprisingly didnt attract many people. Was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen though.

FAU:

1. Marshall
2. Maybe WKU
rest of division doesn't travel.

(07-23-2018 12:06 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  Obviously kinda OT since we're not in conference with any of yall, but of the 3 CUSA West teams we've hosted I'd rank them like this:

1. UTSA - for obvious reasons

2. USM - didn't really bring a whole lot of fans themselves but this was the most well attended game that wasn't a Texas team besides Navy. Our fans showed up for yall for whatever reason. 27k.

3. La Tech - the first ever ranked team that we hosted in bobcat stadium surprisingly didnt attract many people. Was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen though.

Our game against y'all was great. 56-50 neither team played any defense.

(07-23-2018 02:48 PM)FAU Connoisseur Wrote:  FAU:

1. Marshall
2. Maybe WKU
rest of division doesn't travel.

FIU doesn't travel well to play y'all?

The western teams travel a bit to Rice both for football and basketball. UTSA's first year back in football, they had an amazing crowd at Rice Stadium. I think we might have played both Houston and Baylor that year or the next year, and UTSA easily outdrew both of those teams in terms of fan support.

UTEP does well when they are good, but sadly they haven't been any good lately. Louisiana Tech and USM bring some folks too in all their sports. In fact, they probably bring the most folks of anyone in our division in basketball. UNT hasn't been great but their support has inched up a bit the last year or two. I do think our UNT crowds up in Denton will be better in the future as our new staff seems to be recruiting a ton of kids from the DFW metroplex.

I know you said within your division, but it's shocking how few people travel from the Eastern Division in football. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky have large enrollments, and they're not that much further from Houston than UAB, so I really don't understand why they'd bring so many fewer folks. But we certainly are in no position to ever complain about opponents' crowd sizes.

(07-22-2018 10:44 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-22-2018 10:37 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  Might wanna check the distance from Denton to Birmingham instead ...

From what I noticed at Rice:

1) UTSA
2) UNT/LA Tech
3) USM
4) UTEP
5) (We never played UAB at home while I was a student)

Ha! Thanks. Fixed it.

I'm surprised Southern Miss brings more fans then UTEP. I thought Houston had a large number of UTEP alums. Also, I've been to all the North Texas games at Rice since we joined C-USA, and am shocked LA Tech brings as many as we do. I certainly thought we brought a really good crowd last season.

UTEP: 746 miles
SoMiss: 435 miles

It all depends on how well each program is doing at the time...

1. North Texas
2. UTSA
3. Louisiana Tech
4. UTEP
5. Southern Miss

I am a great fan because I travel the 18 miles from home to see Charlotte play 6 times per year. I would have to be an idiot to drive to away games at this point. I don't think anyone knows how we would travel as a fan base until we start to win. I do know we have sent thousands to Alabama for a soccer game, so I think we might travel.

(07-23-2018 04:55 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  The western teams travel a bit to Rice both for football and basketball. UTSA's first year back in football, they had an amazing crowd at Rice Stadium. I think we might have played both Houston and Baylor that year or the next year, and UTSA easily outdrew both of those teams in terms of fan support.

UTEP does well when they are good, but sadly they haven't been any good lately. Louisiana Tech and USM bring some folks too in all their sports. In fact, they probably bring the most folks of anyone in our division in basketball. UNT hasn't been great but their support has inched up a bit the last year or two. I do think our UNT crowds up in Denton will be better in the future as our new staff seems to be recruiting a ton of kids from the DFW metroplex.

I know you said within your division, but it's shocking how few people travel from the Eastern Division in football. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky have large enrollments, and they're not that much further from Houston than UAB, so I really don't understand why they'd bring so many fewer folks. But we certainly are in no position to ever complain about opponents' crowd sizes.

Did you mean to say our first year playing at Rice?

clt noticed a truck yesterday with a mtsu sticker. Does that count?

(07-23-2018 04:28 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(07-23-2018 02:48 PM)FAU Connoisseur Wrote:  FAU:

1. Marshall
2. Maybe WKU
rest of division doesn't travel.

FIU doesn't travel well to play y'all?

FIU doesn't travel well to watch in home arena much less anywhere else...

ODU;

Football-
1. Marshall
2. Charlotte
3. WKU

Hoops-
1. WKU
2. Charlotte
3. Marshall

No one else brings much. But that's to be expected with how much of an island we're on in this league.

Every team in the league sends a few fans, I'm guessing the majority of which are stationed here with the military. And USM always has my neighbor representing. His school flag stays up year-round.

(07-23-2018 04:27 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(07-23-2018 12:06 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  Obviously kinda OT since we're not in conference with any of yall, but of the 3 CUSA West teams we've hosted I'd rank them like this:

1. UTSA - for obvious reasons

2. USM - didn't really bring a whole lot of fans themselves but this was the most well attended game that wasn't a Texas team besides Navy. Our fans showed up for yall for whatever reason. 27k.

3. La Tech - the first ever ranked team that we hosted in bobcat stadium surprisingly didnt attract many people. Was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen though.

Our game against y'all was great. 56-50 neither team played any defense.

For sure. Right up there with our La Tech game in 2012. Wish we had another home and home with yall

1) Marshall by a long shot
2) ODU easily in second
3) MT
4) FAU
5) FIU

WKU- Will find out this year.

(07-23-2018 04:55 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  The western teams travel a bit to Rice both for football and basketball. UTSA's first year back in football, they had an amazing crowd at Rice Stadium. I think we might have played both Houston and Baylor that year or the next year, and UTSA easily outdrew both of those teams in terms of fan support.

UTEP does well when they are good, but sadly they haven't been any good lately. Louisiana Tech and USM bring some folks too in all their sports. In fact, they probably bring the most folks of anyone in our division in basketball. UNT hasn't been great but their support has inched up a bit the last year or two. I do think our UNT crowds up in Denton will be better in the future as our new staff seems to be recruiting a ton of kids from the DFW metroplex.

I know you said within your division, but it's shocking how few people travel from the Eastern Division in football. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky have large enrollments, and they're not that much further from Houston than UAB, so I really don't understand why they'd bring so many fewer folks. But we certainly are in no position to ever complain about opponents' crowd sizes.

I would agree on all counts. And I think that the West teams in C-USA 3.0 travel better than those in 2.0. Tulsa and SMU never had significant visiting attendance, even when their teams were good. I think this explains why Rice has not scheduled SMU, Tulsa or Tulane out of conference since those programs left for the AAC.