Quote:Dropping down could help a team win more and spend less. Attendance could reveal some candidates.
The NCAA technically requires that FBS teams average 15,000 in paid attendance per game over a rolling two-year period. Schools typically pad their official attendance numbers, but in real life, many schools actually have fewer than 15,000 butts in their seats every game.

In 2017, 34 FBS schools had fewer than 15,000 people actually scan tickets into their average home game. Some schools don’t have to comply with records requests for data like that, so the number could be even higher.

But we know these teams didn’t scan 15,000 fans into their games: ULM, Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Ball State, UMass, Kent State, San Jose State, Miami (Ohio), Central Michigan, Charlotte, UL Lafayette, Akron, Northern Illinois, UTEP, Arkansas State, New Mexico State, Ohio, Western Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Texas State, Nevada, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, UNLV, Old Dominion, Toledo, UTSA, Southern Miss, Marshall, Louisiana Tech, Wyoming, Connecticut, and Western Kentucky.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal...-leave-fcs

Click bait article. It's been out a while too. Long thread on it on the realignment board.

clt says SBnation isn’t media

Rice is definitely among those that don't actually have 15K butts in the seats

(02-08-2019 04:50 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  Rice is definitely among those that don't actually have 15K butts in the seats

Because we are STANDING UP CHEERING yo!

#ButtsNotInSeats!!!

Alright odu fans, you read it here, this is all the proof we need... now we just put football back to CAA and let basketball go to A-10 where it belongs... /s (sort of)

I think past two seasons was a fluke for WKU...Excitement is back with program and we will average way over 15k next season..

clt says the lowly sun belt folks will be on this chat page soon

Green Menace wants to know if Charlotte's football stadium even holds 15,000.

(02-08-2019 08:34 PM)Green Menace Wrote:  Green Menace wants to know if Charlotte's football stadium even holds 15,000.

It does!

In all seriousness though, won’t/isn’t the stadium expandable to 30,000?

(02-08-2019 10:53 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 08:34 PM)Green Menace Wrote:  Green Menace wants to know if Charlotte's football stadium even holds 15,000.

It does!

This is fake news. Green menace only posts because his team isn’t listed. He will be gone as soon as he appeared with the rest of the non existent north Texas fans. Who btw like to talk trash to odu fans but always lose. Fair weather life is a hard life.

Also, Charlotte will probably have one of the best looking stadiums once they expand in the near future.

(02-08-2019 11:51 PM)ODU2011 Wrote:  Also, Charlotte will probably have one of the best looking stadiums once they expand in the near future.

I hope Charlotte does. North Texas does have the best G5 stadium I've ever visited. It's top notch, I just wish they had a baseball stadium to go with it, maybe one day. The atmosphere for the UNT and Tech game this year was unbelievable. If you haven't had a chance to visit Apogee stadium you should.

(02-09-2019 12:48 AM)deb025 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 11:51 PM)ODU2011 Wrote:  Also, Charlotte will probably have one of the best looking stadiums once they expand in the near future.

I hope Charlotte does. North Texas does have the best G5 stadium I've ever visited. It's top notch, I just wish they had a baseball stadium to go with it, maybe one day. The atmosphere for the UNT and Tech game this year was unbelievable. If you haven't had a chance to visit Apogee stadium you should.

The LT vs UNT game did have a great atmosphere didn’t it? One of the best I’ve ever attended in Denton. And LT bringing their band was icing on the cake!

(02-08-2019 08:34 PM)Green Menace Wrote:  Green Menace wants to know if Charlotte's football stadium even holds 15,000.

clt says yes, we have had more than 18k in the rich. (Basically the population of Denton tx)

(02-08-2019 11:05 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  In all seriousness though, won’t/isn’t the stadium expandable to 30,000?

clt says the stadium was designed to go to 45k without any demolition.

We've been playing college football for over a hundred years....and we've been a "Div I" school since 1962....so here's a SERIOUS reply: BULLSH!T!

(02-09-2019 12:48 AM)deb025 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 11:51 PM)ODU2011 Wrote:  Also, Charlotte will probably have one of the best looking stadiums once they expand in the near future.

I hope Charlotte does. North Texas does have the best G5 stadium I've ever visited. It's top notch, I just wish they had a baseball stadium to go with it, maybe one day. The atmosphere for the UNT and Tech game this year was unbelievable. If you haven't had a chance to visit Apogee stadium you should.

Agree. Some UTSA fans let their dislike of UNT get the better of them, and go out of their ways sometimes to try and downplay Apogee, but their stadium is nice. And with the way they're throwing money at every project, once they do start a baseball program, the rest of us will have to watch our backs.

(02-09-2019 01:10 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  We've been playing college football for over a hundred years....and we've been a "Div I" school since 1962....so here's a SERIOUS reply: BULLSH!T!

Same for us football for over 100 years and our entire existence at the highest level. We just finished a two year campaign with a record of 1-23 that included a home loss to an FCS team so excuse us if our attendance is down. We’ve mostly been bad but the last few years have been really bad. A lot of fans weren’t thrilled with the Dimel hire. We wanted a big name to inject some life into the program. He’s going to have to win over the fans with wins on the field before the crowds come back.