(06-17-2017 02:04 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 11:21 AM)panama Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 09:16 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 09:03 AM)Golota Wrote:  It's going to be hard to draw fans when GT is 3.7 miles away and UGA is 72 miles away. What's a realistic number of fans to draw a game? What wa the average for the bowl year?

It takes time to build a true fanbase and Atlanta with all of it's distractions may make it a bit harder but If the Panthers can string together a few winning seasons I would bet they would be able to draw at least 15-20K on average even without doing fuzzy math.

Agreed. There is the city school aspect which means fair weather alumni and students but as I recall Memphis was drawing dozens under Porter and now averages 40k. Raymond James was also 3/4 empty before Taggart. Not to say that we could average 40k but definitely the biggest component is winning.

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You're very correct. USF average huge numbers while in the Big East, then when we lost under Skip Holtz, attendance plummeted to virtually nothing. Started coming back under Taggart, to where we averaged 37K last year. A continuous winner is the main factor in drawing fans, if you are not a major long time power school. I see no reason why a winning Georgia State can't consistently draw over 30K fans easily in a metro of 6M.

30k easily when winning? Not one SBC team draws over 30k and Ga State is going to do it if they win? University of Houston in a Bigger city and a better school easily averages over 30k when winning. IMO you're reaching big time.