(02-14-2020 11:28 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 11:15 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 11:01 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 10:51 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 10:41 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  We've had so FEW games at home against decent opponents. We went about 10 years in a row without having a decent OOC team play at Huskie stadium. One game against Utah wasn't going to suddenly change that.

Also, I wouldn't use last year's attendance as too much of a guide. It rained at least 4 of the 5 games.

Amen to this. This is what people dont understand. We had over a decade of rot with the home schedule that it's going to take a hell of a lot more than one game vs Utah to change that. We lost a generation of fans due to AD in incompetence of the last 10 plus years , it won't be fixed overnight, but it will not ever be fixed unless things start to change now

So if one game against Utah won't change it, how would one game against BYU change it? I think one of the issues is fans use "What was" and try to apply it to today. I don't think scheduling opponents is what it used to be. SOS and money has altered how P5s select away games. So to think you can get a quality P5 team into dekalb every year and market that seems impractical. Especially they way the P5's now cancel their end of home&homes.

Maction killed most of the fan base. The quality tv coverage killed the rest. Those are the issues i think they're fighting first and foremost. You could have Bama in dekalb, sell 25k tickets. The next maction tuesday game will still have 8k attend.

I'm still waiting for anyone in the athletic department or the president to even admit that MACtion is a problem, if they actually care about attendance. It's becoming clear that they don't.

The BYU game is just one more thing to add on top of the other issues.

They are either too dumb to understand it or too obstinate to admit it.

They're success is based on revenue, not loyalty. loyalty is something they exploit more than cultivate. It's really just pure business now. What we need is some common ground that works for both sides.

People want home games. They want their tailgate spots, fattys and memories. Find a way for 3 early season Saturday home games. Try to move a early P5 payday to midseason. Get a good P5 to come here, but not Dekalb. A Chicago venue. Remember, P5 teams have to sell their OOC schedule to their fans as they raise season ticket prices. Try being a P5 fan and seeing NIU on the schedule. Take Wisconsin. We think great, Madison is awesome. P5 packed stadium. Cool restaurants and bars. What do Badger fans think? Dekalb Holiday Inn and a half filled stadium. You need to sell Chicago and a cool venue. Scheduling is a 2way street. Not just about satisfying Huskie fans.

Two Maction games at SeatGeek. 99% complain about those games. If they can get 12-15K in Bridgeview you have to let them. Would you prefer Frazier go full Bill Wirtz and black-out local tv for those games?

Its desperate times people. You can't use the fan model from 10-20 years ago.