Kind of late with last weeks numbers but here goes:

Ohio - 17,113
Miami - 14,270

MAC Avg. - 9,669

Akron - 6,559
BSU - 5,614
NIU - 4,790

I wouldnt be too mad at Akron for having a bad crowd during an Indians game 7.

Likewise, wouldn't be surprised at tiny gatherings at stadiums tonight on a showery Election night.

What's the point of this subject? These are week night games that are hard for anyone to attend. All of the numbers are cooked at least a little. Even the mighty UM doesn't want to play on Fridays because it's hard for their people, many of which are Mac alums, to get there.

I don't think NIU can give EMU crap anymore....

(11-08-2016 07:28 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  What's the point of this subject? These are week night games that are hard for anyone to attend. All of the numbers are cooked at least a little. Even the mighty UM doesn't want to play on Fridays because it's hard for their people, many of which are Mac alums, to get there.

It's information that i like reading. Keep it coming!

(11-08-2016 07:28 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  What's the point of this subject? These are week night games that are hard for anyone to attend. All of the numbers are cooked at least a little. Even the mighty UM doesn't want to play on Fridays because it's hard for their people, many of which are Mac alums, to get there.

These attendance threads are pretty pointless, but they go on and on.

(11-08-2016 10:16 AM)rocketinchitown Wrote:  I don't think NIU can give EMU crap anymore....

Yeah NIU's attendance sucks but a large portion for this game was due to the Cubs World Series game going on at the same time.

(11-08-2016 04:59 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  Likewise, wouldn't be surprised at tiny gatherings at stadiums tonight on a showery Election night.

I'd rather know the number of eyeballs (divided by two) watching tonight?

How many recruits watching?

Those to me are the bigger, more important issues...

To a school like EMU we get access to those who want to watch CFB and not encumbered by UofM, OSU, etc. I assume WMU feels similarly.

In recruiting one would like prospective recruits from around the country to be able to watch a quality production on an ESPN channel or CBSSN.

This is part of the recruit's discernment process.

Hell, I don't care if BSU pipes in crowd noise tonight.

Congrats Ohio!

BSU and NIU, that's horrible. But y'all aren't good this year so I'll y'all some slack.

I like these threads because it gives us perspective how our team is doing attendance wise compared to our MAC brethren.

And I agree the number watching the game on TV is super huge as well.