----------2009ACC-- 2008ACC-- 2007ACC--- 2006ACC--- 2005ACC--- 2004------- 2003BE--- 2002BE---- 2001BE--- 2000BE
VT ------66,233----66,233-----66,233-------66,233-------65,115------65,115-----65,115-----63,344-----65,115-----50,762
Miami----47,551----46,299-----43,589-------41,908-------45,310------58,520-----58,135-----69,539-----47,132-----58,430
BCU------35,716----41,037-----41,990-------38,843-------39,429------43,190-----42,604-----39,587-----42,640-----39,327


--------2009---------2008------2007-------2006------2005------ 2004------- 2003------2002------2001------2000
RU ----49,113------42,378------43,663-----41,113----33,184----30,994------27,339----19,818-----20,455----24,556


Both Rutgers and VT owe their success to Syracuse and the expansion of their stadium.
Fans of Miami and BCU on internet claimed overall they are happy to be in the ACC and games against ACC teams are more interesting than BE teams but that is not true. Their attendances over the years don’t show that.

ECU fan, what are the averages for CUSA schools? not trying to flame or anything im just curious how any potential future BE members did

(12-12-2009 10:29 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(12-12-2009 10:23 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Who cares, Chappy? They made their beds. Let 'em lie in 'em...

I care, because I didn't think the ACC should've expanded, and I enjoy laughing at them for it.

who is the acc, the devil who tried to destroy the beast.

I'd say competition wise the Big East is on par with what it was when Miami, VPI, and BC were still in the league. As far as attendance goes I think the league as it is now will surpass the old Big East.

(12-11-2009 11:28 PM)SO#1 Wrote:  2009 – 2,374,604 - 43974
2008 – 2,243,553 - 43135
2007 – 2,197,190 - 41455
2006 – 2,030,211 - 39043
2005 – 1,812,406 - 39400
2004 – 1,549,992 -37805 (7 teams, Temple still in the league)
2003 – 2,390,358 - 47292 (Old Beast last year together)
2002 – 2,315,608 - 44100
2001 – 1,927,280 - 39667
2000 – 2,030,230 - 41851

Added the per-game average

(12-13-2009 11:40 AM)rferry Wrote:  

(12-11-2009 11:28 PM)SO#1 Wrote:  2009 – 2,374,604 - 43974
2008 – 2,243,553 - 43135
2007 – 2,197,190 - 41455
2006 – 2,030,211 - 39043
2005 – 1,812,406 - 39400
2004 – 1,549,992 -37805 (7 teams, Temple still in the league)
2003 – 2,390,358 - 47292 (Old Beast last year together)
2002 – 2,315,608 - 44100
2001 – 1,927,280 - 39667
2000 – 2,030,230 - 41851

Added the per-game average

So as we all can see the New Big East is close to having already matched the second best year of the old BE.

Next year should be a banner year. Louisville will have their stadium expansion completed, and interest will be renewed with a new coach and some hope of competing for a change. USF has BJ Daniels back. Syracuse is coming back under Marrone. UConn will be good again. WVU has nearly everyone back on offense and defense, and Geno Smith will be a very good QB as Brown's replacement. Pitt will come back strong again with Dion Lewis in the backfield, although who replaces Stull remains to be seen. Rutgers has their QB of the future back next season, with a full year of game experience. UC is the only question mark at present. Their coaching search makes any prediction almost impossible. But if we do as well OOC next year, with our bottom teams improving, we could see 7 or 8 bowl eligible teams in the conference next season...

(12-13-2009 11:40 AM)rferry Wrote:  

(12-11-2009 11:28 PM)SO#1 Wrote:  2009 – 2,374,604 - 43974
2008 – 2,243,553 - 43135
2007 – 2,197,190 - 41455
2006 – 2,030,211 - 39043
2005 – 1,812,406 - 39400
2004 – 1,549,992 -37805 (7 teams, Temple still in the league)
2003 – 2,390,358 - 47292 (Old Beast last year together)
2002 – 2,315,608 - 44100
2001 – 1,927,280 - 39667
2000 – 2,030,230 - 41851

Added the per-game average

My average in parentheses

2009 – 2,374,604 – 43974 (44,514)
2008 – 2,243,553 – 43135 (42,994)
2007 – 2,197,190 – 41455 (41,736)
2006 – 2,030,211 – 39043 (38,934)
2005 – 1,812,406 – 39400 (39,036)
2004 – 1,549,992 -37805 (7 teams, Temple still in the league)
2003 – 2,390,358 - 47292 (46,870) (Old Beast last year together)
2002 – 2,315,608 – 44100 (43,691)
2001 – 1,927,280 – 39667 (39,332)
2000 – 2,030,230 – 41851 (41,433)

For fans of the old guards that cry when Miami, VT and BCU left and wished for the good old day.

Complete average history of league attendance
1999 - 39,945
1998 - 39,895
1997 - 36,023
1996 - 38,848
1995 - 38,160
1994 - 41,350
1993 - 38,039
1992 - 38,485
1991 - 38,056

WVU has been at or near the top of that list every year...

Good post, SO, shows the New Big East is doing better than the old BE in the stands.

(12-13-2009 12:36 PM)SO#1 Wrote:  

(12-13-2009 11:40 AM)rferry Wrote:  

(12-11-2009 11:28 PM)SO#1 Wrote:  2009 – 2,374,604 - 43974
2008 – 2,243,553 - 43135
2007 – 2,197,190 - 41455
2006 – 2,030,211 - 39043
2005 – 1,812,406 - 39400
2004 – 1,549,992 -37805 (7 teams, Temple still in the league)
2003 – 2,390,358 - 47292 (Old Beast last year together)
2002 – 2,315,608 - 44100
2001 – 1,927,280 - 39667
2000 – 2,030,230 - 41851

Added the per-game average

My average in parentheses

2009 – 2,374,604 – 43974 (44,514)
2008 – 2,243,553 – 43135 (42,994)
2007 – 2,197,190 – 41455 (41,736)
2006 – 2,030,211 – 39043 (38,934)
2005 – 1,812,406 – 39400 (39,036)
2004 – 1,549,992 -37805 (7 teams, Temple still in the league)
2003 – 2,390,358 - 47292 (46,870) (Old Beast last year together)
2002 – 2,315,608 – 44100 (43,691)
2001 – 1,927,280 – 39667 (39,332)
2000 – 2,030,230 – 41851 (41,433)

For fans of the old guards that cry when Miami, VT and BCU left and wished for the good old day.

Complete average history of league attendance
1999 - 39,945
1998 - 39,895
1997 - 36,023
1996 - 38,848
1995 - 38,160
1994 - 41,350
1993 - 38,039
1992 - 38,485
1991 - 38,056

My averages came from the Big East media guide.

Either way you look at it the Big East is doing a good job

we have a shot at having 5 teams over 50,000 next year, albeit a long shot as both pitt and usf will probably go down because of schedule. i was a bit disappointed in rutgers attendance, but considering there was no marquee ooc home game they did a pretty good job.

(12-13-2009 12:14 AM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  ECU fan, what are the averages for CUSA schools? not trying to flame or anything im just curious how any potential future BE members did

Here is the average attendance on the season for CUSA schools

C-USA Attendance Averages:
1.ECU - 41,742
2.UCF - 38,078
3.USM - 30,696
4.UTEP - 29,010
5.UM - 25,795
6.UH - 25,242
7.Tulane - 25,147
8.Tulsa - 22,502
9.MU - 22,236
10.SMU - 21,348
11.UAB - 17,987
12.Rice - 13,552

(12-14-2009 02:03 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(12-13-2009 12:14 AM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  ECU fan, what are the averages for CUSA schools? not trying to flame or anything im just curious how any potential future BE members did

Here is the average attendance on the season for CUSA schools

C-USA Attendance Averages:
1.ECU - 41,742
2.UCF - 38,078
3.USM - 30,696
4.UTEP - 29,010
5.UM - 25,795
6.UH - 25,242
7.Tulane - 25,147
8.Tulsa - 22,502
9.MU - 22,236
10.SMU - 21,348
11.UAB - 17,987
12.Rice - 13,552

Huge drop off after ECU and UCF. And as I understand it ECU is expanding the stadium. Can a Pirates fan confirm that one for me?

(12-14-2009 02:46 AM)brista21 Wrote:  

(12-14-2009 02:03 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(12-13-2009 12:14 AM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  ECU fan, what are the averages for CUSA schools? not trying to flame or anything im just curious how any potential future BE members did

Here is the average attendance on the season for CUSA schools

C-USA Attendance Averages:
1.ECU - 41,742
2.UCF - 38,078
3.USM - 30,696
4.UTEP - 29,010
5.UM - 25,795
6.UH - 25,242
7.Tulane - 25,147
8.Tulsa - 22,502
9.MU - 22,236
10.SMU - 21,348
11.UAB - 17,987
12.Rice - 13,552

Huge drop off after ECU and UCF. And as I understand it ECU is expanding the stadium. Can a Pirates fan confirm that one for me?

Adding 7,000 seats to the endzone. Will be finished for the start of next season. It will bring our capacity up to 50,000.

(12-13-2009 02:02 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  Good post, SO, shows the New Big East is doing better than the old BE in the stands.

Most teams/conferences have seen their attendance RISE over the past 20 years or so...just like many teams in the Big East have as well.

(12-14-2009 09:26 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(12-13-2009 02:02 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  Good post, SO, shows the New Big East is doing better than the old BE in the stands.

Most teams/conferences have seen their attendance RISE over the past 20 years or so...just like many teams in the Big East have as well.

Most auto-bid BCS conferences have seen attendance rise over the past 10 years. This has not been the case with the non-auto-bid conferences such as the WAC, C-USA, MAC, etc.

Cheers,
Neil

(12-14-2009 09:26 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(12-13-2009 02:02 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  Good post, SO, shows the New Big East is doing better than the old BE in the stands.

Most teams/conferences have seen their attendance RISE over the past 20 years or so...just like many teams in the Big East have as well.

Well the Big East had the largest average attendance rise this year and only two other conferences also went up.

(12-13-2009 02:35 AM)DIP WV Wrote:  I'd say competition wise the Big East is on par with what it was when Miami, VPI, and BC were still in the league. As far as attendance goes I think the league as it is now will surpass the old Big East.

It's more balanced now, though the Big East is unlikely to see a juggernaut like the Miami squads of years past.