(10-22-2019 05:04 AM)Potomac Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 10:30 AM)JMaddy Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 10:22 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  

(10-20-2019 06:49 PM)Potomac Wrote:  SDSU is about to look awful on national television as the bison draw as many, if not more fans to their own College Game Day on campus set. It's going to just be sad.

Curious how/why you think SDSU is just going to not up and show for CGD. It's their chance to show up and I have a feeling they will.

Let's hope so but from reading a lot of NDSU and FCS pages, SDSU is like Richmond back in the old Veterans Memorial Stadium days where JMU would occupy more than half the stadium. For such a big rival and being highly ranked, that is pathetic for the home team not to show up.

For example, with ndsu fan help, their game didn’t sell out until mid-day yesterday. This is with a 19k stadium and roughly 24 hours after the college game day announcement. They have poor fan support. Granted tickets were $65+, which is beyond asinine for FCS football, let alone in South Dakota.

Even hero sports said on their podcast that you shouldn’t be surprised to see a 50/50 split in the crowd, maybe even 60/40 in favor of ndsu.

This tells you about FCS. South Dakota State has been top 20 in FCS attendance for the last 4 years averaging between 10,000 and 12,000 per year. Almost all of FCS has poor fan support. They are better than most in the lower division though.

Regarding the $65 cheapest tickets, it looks like they priced a little too low since the game sold out, but CGD pushed demand a little higher than it already was. Secondary market tickets are 2X that price. Obviously, ND State is their money maker game and they are taking full advantage of it. Good for them.