#92 Toledo 20,776
#94 Temple 20,515
#95 CMU 20,448
#100 OU 19,046
#101 EMU 18,570
#104 NIU 17,760
#106 Kent State 17,714
#112 Miami 16,090
#114 BGSU 15,353
#115 WMU 14,678
#118 Buffalo 12,981
#119 Akron 11,178
#120 Ball State 8,947

Adding our rank out of 120 is pointless drivel. With stadiums seating 20-40 (sans Temple) we will never outright comete in the statistic. %capacity is a bit more resonable imo.......

(11-21-2010 10:26 AM)WallyB Wrote:  Adding our rank out of 120 is pointless drivel. With stadiums seating 20-40 (sans Temple) we will never outright comete in the statistic. %capacity is a bit more resonable imo.......

Attendance % of Stadium Capacity(NCAA Stats):
#70 OU 79.36%
#72 Toledo 79.15
#82 KSU 70.86
#86 CMU 67.58
#91 Miami 66.25
#98 BG 63.97
#101 EMU 61.49
#104 NIU 57.29
#113 WMU 48.6
#114 Buffalo 44.74
#116 BSU 39.77
#117 Akron 37.26
#119 Temple 29.93

It would be interesting to see what second half attendance numbers were because Toledo would be very low
- Nevertheless Best fan base in the MAC!!!!

You might want to check your math with NIU.

Why even bring this up? Everyone complains about it. The numbers are all made up anyway. EMU having higher number than NIU is laughable.

Remember, I said we had 320,000 in attendance for the Toledo game. That number is just as reliable as the numbers the schools give.

(11-21-2010 11:35 AM)niubrad00 Wrote:  You might want to check your math with NIU.

Why even bring this up? Everyone complains about it. The numbers are all made up anyway. EMU having higher number than NIU is laughable.

Remember, I said we had 320,000 in attendance for the Toledo game. That number is just as reliable as the numbers the schools give.

This is the reason for Eastern Michigan's attendance:
How EMU is playing the attendance game

(11-21-2010 11:35 AM)niubrad00 Wrote:  You might want to check your math with NIU.

Why even bring this up? Everyone complains about it. The numbers are all made up anyway. EMU having higher number than NIU is laughable.

Remember, I said we had 320,000 in attendance for the Toledo game. That number is just as reliable as the numbers the schools give.

These are official NCAA figures off the website for year 2010 thru 11-20-2010.

(11-21-2010 11:35 AM)niubrad00 Wrote:  You might want to check your math with NIU.

Why even bring this up? Everyone complains about it. The numbers are all made up anyway. EMU having higher number than NIU is laughable.

Remember, I said we had 320,000 in attendance for the Toledo game. That number is just as reliable as the numbers the schools give.

Didn't think our stadium was that big.

I know we all tire of the C-USA posters and their superiority complex.....I think that in most years the MAC lines up pretty well on the field with C-USA, football especially in the top half. But one area you can't knock C-USA is relative attendance....they had 10 schools average more home attendance than the MAC's #1 team (Toledo) in attendance, and all their schools are in excess of the 15K avg.

Kent State hasn't come close to that many people in the stands since the first two games, but the new AD aggressively promoted the need to average 15,000. Many alumni bought season tickets even if they could only make it to a couple games.

(11-21-2010 04:53 PM)KStud Wrote:  Kent State hasn't come close to that many people in the stands since the first two games, but the new AD aggressively promoted the need to average 15,000. Many alumni bought season tickets even if they could only make it to a couple games.

Agree with KStud with the exception of the recent Army game. The 17K+ reported for that game was legit.

(11-21-2010 12:34 PM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 11:35 AM)niubrad00 Wrote:  You might want to check your math with NIU.

Why even bring this up? Everyone complains about it. The numbers are all made up anyway. EMU having higher number than NIU is laughable.

Remember, I said we had 320,000 in attendance for the Toledo game. That number is just as reliable as the numbers the schools give.

These are official NCAA figures off the website for year 2010 thru 11-20-2010.

Then the NCAA is wrong. Our capacity is 24,000 which would put us at 74%. I'm not sure how the percentage is even remotely relevant anyway.

I'm pretty sure Huskie stadium's capacity is listed at 30,998, NIU Brad. OU's Peden and MU's Yager Stadiums are both about 24K capacity.

(11-21-2010 05:47 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I'm pretty sure Huskie stadium's capacity is listed at 30,998, NIU Brad. OU's Peden and MU's Yager Stadiums are both about 24K capacity.

Then like I said the NCAA is wrong if that's the case.

And if we played the attendance games that EMU does, then we could average 30K per year in a 24K stadium and then our percentage would be 125% and probably lead the nation. Yippee.

(11-21-2010 06:03 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 05:47 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I'm pretty sure Huskie stadium's capacity is listed at 30,998, NIU Brad. OU's Peden and MU's Yager Stadiums are both about 24K capacity.

Then like I said the NCAA is wrong if that's the case.

And if we played the attendance games that EMU does, then we could average 30K per year in a 24K stadium and then our percentage would be 125% and probably lead the nation. Yippee.

The NCAA gets their numbers directly from the individual schools. If the seating capacity number is wrong, than NIU is reporting it wrong. If it bothers you that much, than tell NIU they are reporting it wrong and it is bothering you. They will either correct it, do nothing but acknowledge it was wrong, or explain why it is actually right.

Interesting article on Akron’s attendence problem in the Akron Beacon Jounral yesterday. Fact that a winless team doesn’t draw isn’t news, but the financial impact to the Akron athletic budget is. I didn’t know that the Zip’s athletic department has to pay $1m a year in debt service for the stadium, and now an extra $400K due to the revenue shortfall. Got to imagine that those kinds of bucks are tough to come up with given the funding at most MAC schools.

Attendance Problems at Infocision

It will be worth watching the Akron situation. I wonder if the school has bitten of more than it can chew.

(11-21-2010 09:07 PM)BrianNowicki Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 06:03 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 05:47 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I'm pretty sure Huskie stadium's capacity is listed at 30,998, NIU Brad. OU's Peden and MU's Yager Stadiums are both about 24K capacity.

Then like I said the NCAA is wrong if that's the case.

And if we played the attendance games that EMU does, then we could average 30K per year in a 24K stadium and then our percentage would be 125% and probably lead the nation. Yippee.

The NCAA gets their numbers directly from the individual schools. If the seating capacity number is wrong, than NIU is reporting it wrong. If it bothers you that much, than tell NIU they are reporting it wrong and it is bothering you. They will either correct it, do nothing but acknowledge it was wrong, or explain why it is actually right.

Huskie Stadium capacity is 24,000.

http://www.niuhuskies.com/auto_pdf/p_hot...-mediainfo

(11-21-2010 09:07 PM)BrianNowicki Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 06:03 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 05:47 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I'm pretty sure Huskie stadium's capacity is listed at 30,998, NIU Brad. OU's Peden and MU's Yager Stadiums are both about 24K capacity.

Then like I said the NCAA is wrong if that's the case.

And if we played the attendance games that EMU does, then we could average 30K per year in a 24K stadium and then our percentage would be 125% and probably lead the nation. Yippee.

The NCAA gets their numbers directly from the individual schools. If the seating capacity number is wrong, than NIU is reporting it wrong. If it bothers you that much, than tell NIU they are reporting it wrong and it is bothering you. They will either correct it, do nothing but acknowledge it was wrong, or explain why it is actually right.

Or totally ignore you because it's not worth their time.

(11-22-2010 10:12 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 09:07 PM)BrianNowicki Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 06:03 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(11-21-2010 05:47 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I'm pretty sure Huskie stadium's capacity is listed at 30,998, NIU Brad. OU's Peden and MU's Yager Stadiums are both about 24K capacity.

Then like I said the NCAA is wrong if that's the case.

And if we played the attendance games that EMU does, then we could average 30K per year in a 24K stadium and then our percentage would be 125% and probably lead the nation. Yippee.

The NCAA gets their numbers directly from the individual schools. If the seating capacity number is wrong, than NIU is reporting it wrong. If it bothers you that much, than tell NIU they are reporting it wrong and it is bothering you. They will either correct it, do nothing but acknowledge it was wrong, or explain why it is actually right.

Or totally ignore you because it's not worth their time.

Well, I would hope that is the case. But since they are arguing about it so much on this thread and other threads I've seen on their board............