(08-08-2016 12:49 PM)Wadszip Wrote:  ...Where was OU in attendance pre-Solich? That's pretty much what Akron was when Bowden took over. If he sticks around for 10-plus years like Solich has in Athens, the teams wins consistently and yet, still nobody shows up, then you would have a point.

Here's a snapshot of the MAC's attendance in 2002, 3yrs before Solich:

27,788 Marshall
23,965 Toledo
21,972 UCF
20,952 NIU
18,878 WMU
18,285 Miami
18,076 Ohio
17,836 BGSU
17,537 MAC Avg.
17,308 CMU
13,962 Buffalo
12,304 Ball St
11,600 Akron
10,776 EMU
8,461 Kent St.

Ohio's attendance has always been relatively good because of the band.