(09-30-2013 06:03 AM)ArQ Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 12:15 AM)Ole Blue Wrote:  

(09-29-2013 07:55 PM)orangefan Wrote:  

(09-27-2013 03:16 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  If Syracuse and Pitt attendance numbers don't increase with the uptick in schedules I'll be surprised and dissapointed, but I think the numbers will go up.

Agreed. Syracuse has increased ticket prices in recent years, and it has created downward pressure on attendance (but not revenues) particularly for games against FCS and non-AQ opponents. It will pick up when league opponents come in.

Absolutely correct.

Who's the bigger draw - old Big East opponent Connecticut or Cincinnati OR new ACC opponent Clemson or Florida State? Easy answer for me, and most of my family who are Cuse fans I think feel the same way (crap football opponents).

You control your opponents. I remember one year while Miami was still in Big East, Syracuse had OOC opponents Florida and Florida State. So Syracuse played Florida, Florida State and Miami in the same season.

That was when SU's average attendance was in the mid to high 40 thousands as opposed to the 38,000 from last season. I expect the attendance to regularly be in the 42- 45,000 range