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RE: Cold… Dark… Perfect 2.0 Friday 12/10 @ 7 p.m.
(12-05-2021 07:13 PM)JMU1987UVA1998 Wrote:  
(12-05-2021 06:49 PM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  JMU has been covering the cost for student tickets for the playoff games for a while now. if I recall correctly.

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Not to sidetrack this thread but tickets should be free for students based upon the amount of student fees that are allocated towards athletics. Granted I'm a old-timer aka a 1987 graduate that's got a stepson who got his undergrad degree in December 2020 and is finishing up his masters so he can teach high school history/civics which my 1990 undergrad wife didn't have to do.

Regular season has always been free, but NCAA charges for tickets. As you note JMU does the right thing and covers the costs for students.
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Will reach the burg around 2 with 7 or 8 and more if I can talk them into going. No excuses for this one. SRO! And, please, even if you are the more passive fan, make some noise, a lot of it when they are about to snap the ball. It really helps with those false start penalties and can affect the game's outcome in our favor.

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I know many (myself included) were disappointed in the attendance this weekend. I do not expect that to be an issue Friday night. This is a HUGE game and most likely our last home playoff game in FCS. There's a lot of storylines to this one and a lot to get excited about. I expect this to be a great turnout.
I know I will definitely be there.
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I was very disappointed with the crowd approaching kickoff but it did fill up somewhat better during the first quarter. Seemed to be a decent student turnout but overall I expected a larger crowd.

Those that were there were fired up and ROOTIN though!!

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RE: Cold… Dark… Perfect 2.0 Friday 12/10 @ 7 p.m.
(12-05-2021 10:39 AM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  Doing my part.

Coming down with 4 non-jmu buddies.

They are honorary dukes for the day (fla st, Texas, tech fans) and are all pumped up for the game. They’ll be rootin’ hard fer dukes on Friday!

Woof...that has to be a very bitter crew based on recent seasons. I'd want to find a way to watch real teams as well.
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RE: Cold… Dark… Perfect 2.0 Friday 12/10 @ 7 p.m.
(12-06-2021 10:15 AM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  I was very disappointed with the crowd approaching kickoff but it did fill up somewhat better during the first quarter. Seemed to be a decent student turnout but overall I expected a larger crowd.

Those that were there were fired up and ROOTIN though!!

Brian

Usually that first weekend of playoffs tends to be that way. Low turnout first week and people aren't happy. Then when the next round comes there's a much higher attendance. I expect this one to be pretty good.
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RE: Cold… Dark… Perfect 2.0 Friday 12/10 @ 7 p.m.
(12-06-2021 10:38 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 10:15 AM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  I was very disappointed with the crowd approaching kickoff but it did fill up somewhat better during the first quarter. Seemed to be a decent student turnout but overall I expected a larger crowd.

Those that were there were fired up and ROOTIN though!!

Brian

Usually that first weekend of playoffs tends to be that way. Low turnout first week and people aren't happy. Then when the next round comes there's a much higher attendance. I expect this one to be pretty good.

We were in this exact same spot (hosting Friday quarter final games) two, four and five years ago:

2019 vs Northern Iowa: 8,741
2017 vs Weber State: 13,490
2016 vs Sammy Houston: 15,646

Hard to argue the Northern Iowa attendance was anything short of pathetic and the Weber and SHSU numbers weren't great either.

I have a tough time imaging we'll get more than 13K for Friday night.
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I hoped this year's playoffs would be the exception to the drop in attendance we normally see for the playoffs with it being the final run, obviously that wasn't the case on Saturday but like always the ones that were there were good and loud.

Hopefully Friday night is much better, hope a lot of people were just holding out assuming we'd beat SLU... If the last home playoff game ever can't draw well against a good opponent we have history with then no playoff game is gonna draw well.

We'll see. I'm sure it'll be a good, loud crowd and hopefully it's a big one too. I'm feeling another big game for Cole with a tight first half then our defense dominates the second half for the Dukes to pull away.

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RE: Cold… Dark… Perfect 2.0 Friday 12/10 @ 7 p.m.
(12-06-2021 10:46 AM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 10:38 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 10:15 AM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  I was very disappointed with the crowd approaching kickoff but it did fill up somewhat better during the first quarter. Seemed to be a decent student turnout but overall I expected a larger crowd.

Those that were there were fired up and ROOTIN though!!

Brian

Usually that first weekend of playoffs tends to be that way. Low turnout first week and people aren't happy. Then when the next round comes there's a much higher attendance. I expect this one to be pretty good.

We were in this exact same spot (hosting Friday quarter final games) two, four and five years ago:

2019 vs Northern Iowa: 8,741
2017 vs Weber State: 13,490
2016 vs Sammy Houston: 15,646

Hard to argue the Northern Iowa attendance was anything short of pathetic and the Weber and SHSU numbers weren't great either.

I have a tough time imaging we'll get more than 13K for Friday night.

I am predicting over 15k. I thought the UNI game was projected some bad weather, which is why I think it was so poorly attended.
I think the fact that Montana is a well known name, the history we have with them and that this will probably be our last home playoff game ever should add a few thousand to the number.
I love the playoffs, but it is proof to anyone anti-FBS that JMU fans truly don't care about the FCS playoffs that much.
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I believe this time will be different:

1) Montana is a big game, probably only NDSU at home would draw more.
2) This is the last time our fans will get for a home playoff game
3) This is JMU's last run at the FCS title

This is far from just another playoff game, it's the biggest home game we will have for quite a while.

JMU's ticket master tweeted out that tickets were selling very quickly yesterday.
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Potentially we could have 1 more home game if NDSU loses to ETSU.

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11,743 in attendance on Saturday for SLU.

I'll predict we have less than that on Friday night. The ones that come will be loud and excited. The ones that can't come aren't any less supportive. Looking forward to the fact that we're still playing football in December.
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Have always been amazed how you can have good attendance during the season, but poor attendance during playoffs.

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(12-06-2021 11:18 AM)hburg Wrote:  Have always been amazed how you can have good attendance during the season, but poor attendance during playoffs.

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I used to get worked up about it, but life doesn't let everybody rearrange their plans to get to Bridgeforth Stadium on a Friday night in December with 6 days notice even though life SHOULD let everybody do this. Everybody knew a year ago that on November 6 they should pencil in that Homecoming game.
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(12-06-2021 10:46 AM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 10:38 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 10:15 AM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  I was very disappointed with the crowd approaching kickoff but it did fill up somewhat better during the first quarter. Seemed to be a decent student turnout but overall I expected a larger crowd.

Those that were there were fired up and ROOTIN though!!

Brian

Usually that first weekend of playoffs tends to be that way. Low turnout first week and people aren't happy. Then when the next round comes there's a much higher attendance. I expect this one to be pretty good.

We were in this exact same spot (hosting Friday quarter final games) two, four and five years ago:

2019 vs Northern Iowa: 8,741
2017 vs Weber State: 13,490
2016 vs Sammy Houston: 15,646

Hard to argue the Northern Iowa attendance was anything short of pathetic and the Weber and SHSU numbers weren't great either.

I have a tough time imaging we'll get more than 13K for Friday night.

UNI game had a terrible weather forecast (that ended up being a fine night).
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(12-06-2021 11:29 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 11:18 AM)hburg Wrote:  Have always been amazed how you can have good attendance during the season, but poor attendance during playoffs.

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I used to get worked up about it, but life doesn't let everybody rearrange their plans to get to Bridgeforth Stadium on a Friday night in December with 6 days notice even though life SHOULD let everybody do this. Everybody knew a year ago that on November 6 they should pencil in that Homecoming game.
True, also many families are spending time after football season in preparation for Christmas.

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Yesterday when I started the other game thread I didn't even see this one, as I was looking for something along the lines of "Montana @ JMU". Unless a mod wants to merge the 2, the likely last home playoff game ever at JMU probably warrants 2 threads. Maybe talk about tickets, attendance, TV, atmosphere on this thread, and Xs and Os on the other?
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(12-06-2021 11:29 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  
(12-06-2021 11:18 AM)hburg Wrote:  Have always been amazed how you can have good attendance during the season, but poor attendance during playoffs.

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I used to get worked up about it, but life doesn't let everybody rearrange their plans to get to Bridgeforth Stadium on a Friday night in December with 6 days notice even though life SHOULD let everybody do this. Everybody knew a year ago that on November 6 they should pencil in that Homecoming game.

Unless you live in the Harrisonburg area you pretty much have to leave work early in order to make it to this game on time. Not always feasible for people to arrange for with only 5 days notice. This is where I wish we had more support from the non-JMU affiliated Harrisonburg community at large...but hey, I guess rooting for UVA and VT are loads of fun for them.
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(12-05-2021 07:36 PM)jmu98 Wrote:  
(12-05-2021 07:13 PM)JMU1987UVA1998 Wrote:  Not to sidetrack this thread but tickets should be free for students based upon the amount of student fees that are allocated towards athletics. Granted I'm a old-timer aka a 1987 graduate that's got a stepson who got his undergrad degree in December 2020 and is finishing up his masters so he can teach high school history/civics which my 1990 undergrad wife didn't have to do.

Regular season has always been free, but NCAA charges for tickets. As you note JMU does the right thing and covers the costs for students.

And to continue on the tangent, I think most FBS schools charge for student tickets and/or they get much worse seating options than JMU (thinking UVA students on the hill, which I believe is free)

Texas A&M charges students $290 and has a sells out the student section of 36,000 so that's ~$10M coming from students that isn't counted as a "fee" and somehow gets a pass in discussion about student athletic fees (Yes I understand the difference between charging all students, versus those that want to go. No that doesn't change the fact that $10M is coming from students versus other revenue and donation sources).

VT charges $150 for season tickets so that's a few million that they aren't having to report as "student fees." UVA doesn't charge (to my knowledge), but there athletic fee is $637 per student, and I guess they have gotten some heat for being the highest amongst P5. However, considering the all-in cost at VT is over $500 when you consider athletic fee ($330), football tickets ($150), minimum donation required to buy tickets ($25), basketball tickets ($???); UVA's doesn't seem bad as as they carry 25 sports to VT's 20.

I guess my point is, looking at ticket price or student fee or whatever else in isolation, isn't the full picture and any of it can be skewed to make a school look better or worse.
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(12-06-2021 10:35 AM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  
(12-05-2021 10:39 AM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  Doing my part.

Coming down with 4 non-jmu buddies.

They are honorary dukes for the day (fla st, Texas, tech fans) and are all pumped up for the game. They’ll be rootin’ hard fer dukes on Friday!

Woof...that has to be a very bitter crew based on recent seasons. I'd want to find a way to watch real teams as well.

ha ! they are actually pretty pumped up for this game. I was quite surprised 04-cheers

and yea...not sure who is more bitter. My Longhorn or Seminole buddy. The Tech guys are used to it by now 03-lmfao
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