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CBS Reports College Football Attendance By Conference Averages For 2021. Not Good!
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2021 Average / % increase or decline

SEC: 72,195 / -.007%

Big Ten: 65,252 / +.003%

Big 12: 55,017 / -4.3%

PAC 12: 43,865 / -4.8%

ACC: 42,599 / -11.7%


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02-27-2022 02:57 AM
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"September games sometimes start in the heat of midday to accommodate networks. "

Must be a Southerner. In Big Ten country the problem is more November and the Big Ten has for the most part minimized November night games in cold weather stadiums (the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis's dome excluded). We'll see if the networks push for November night games and if so if the Big Ten resists. Is the Big Ten leaving money on the table doing so? 2021 showed the Big Ten gets pretty good ratings at noon ET. Ohio State/Michigan was the most watched game of the season by far in the noon slot. Michigan/Michigan State drew very well as a Big Nooner too. Does the BTN lose money by not having games in prime time in late November? Probably. I doubt much, especially since the games they would get would be Tier 3 level and those stadiums like Illinois probably gain a few extra thousand fans if they play the games earlier.

Should the SEC follow suit and say no noon ET/11am CT starts in September? I think it would be a good idea. Unless Alabama or Georgia is playing a cupcake, they're not going to be on CBS, ESPN, or in the future at those times anyway. The only real concern would be SECN loses a few games and if BTN loses 3-4 November prime time games would SECN really care if they lost a few noon games? Maybe schedule them for Kentucky or Missouri where it's not as hot as compared to Florida or Texas. The ACC can't really have as much say as the SEC because if ABC offers them a noon ET slot in September they'd be foolish not to take it at this point. The Pac-12 should be happy to take anything they get at this point. But if the Big Ten is dictating to the networks when not to play because of weather (and locking themselves out of prime time in the biggest month of the year), surely the SEC can do the same (especially considering it's the least watched in general of the three main slots and the least important month of the year).
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RE: CBS Reports College Football Attendance By Conference Averages For 2021. Not Good!
If this were a short term problem, it could be blamed on COVID just like everything else in the last couple of years, but it's not.

Time and money seem to be the biggest culprits.
Not many people want to dedicate 10-15 hours to attend a college football game.

On a typical game day in Chapel Hill (say it's a noon game), I am leaving my house at 7AM (which means I was up by 5).
It's only an hour and a quarter from my house to my assigned parking. Set up usually takes another half hour or so. Tailgate party for two hours and take down starts about 11. Head to the stadium at 11:30 (less than 1/4 mile). Game from 12- 3. Back to the car, have a snack and something to drink with my tailgate buddies, leave for home around 4:30, and home around 6.

Later games mean a longer day. We still leave almost as early, but have a lot more time for pre-game festivities.

At least an 11 hour day and my travel is minimal, plus we haven't even started calculating to cost of attendance. It's no wonder that people are choosing to stay home and only spend three hours to watch on TV and still have a Saturday.
02-27-2022 11:43 AM
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RE: CBS Reports College Football Attendance By Conference Averages For 2021. Not Good!
(02-27-2022 11:43 AM)XLance Wrote:  If this were a short term problem, it could be blamed on COVID just like everything else in the last couple of years, but it's not.

Time and money seem to be the biggest culprits.
Not many people want to dedicate 10-15 hours to attend a college football game.

On a typical game day in Chapel Hill (say it's a noon game), I am leaving my house at 7AM (which means I was up by 5).
It's only an hour and a quarter from my house to my assigned parking. Set up usually takes another half hour or so. Tailgate party for two hours and take down starts about 11. Head to the stadium at 11:30 (less than 1/4 mile). Game from 12- 3. Back to the car, have a snack and something to drink with my tailgate buddies, leave for home around 4:30, and home around 6.

Later games mean a longer day. We still leave almost as early, but have a lot more time for pre-game festivities.

At least an 11 hour day and my travel is minimal, plus we haven't even started calculating to cost of attendance. It's no wonder that people are choosing to stay home and only spend three hours to watch on TV and still have a Saturday.

Don't forget ROKU and The Disney Bundle which guarantees me all games home and away. A pair at Jordan-Hare used to cost the fan minimally $2300 for cheap seats and up and just for home games. Give me the 54" HD and I watch in comfort with a better view of the action and have enough money left over to cover a nice trip for us to Gulf Shores or to see the grandkids!
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02-27-2022 01:10 PM
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(02-27-2022 01:10 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-27-2022 11:43 AM)XLance Wrote:  If this were a short term problem, it could be blamed on COVID just like everything else in the last couple of years, but it's not.

Time and money seem to be the biggest culprits.
Not many people want to dedicate 10-15 hours to attend a college football game.

On a typical game day in Chapel Hill (say it's a noon game), I am leaving my house at 7AM (which means I was up by 5).
It's only an hour and a quarter from my house to my assigned parking. Set up usually takes another half hour or so. Tailgate party for two hours and take down starts about 11. Head to the stadium at 11:30 (less than 1/4 mile). Game from 12- 3. Back to the car, have a snack and something to drink with my tailgate buddies, leave for home around 4:30, and home around 6.

Later games mean a longer day. We still leave almost as early, but have a lot more time for pre-game festivities.

At least an 11 hour day and my travel is minimal, plus we haven't even started calculating to cost of attendance. It's no wonder that people are choosing to stay home and only spend three hours to watch on TV and still have a Saturday.

Don't forget ROKU and The Disney Bundle which guarantees me all games home and away. A pair at Jordan-Hare used to cost the fan minimally $2300 for cheap seats and up and just for home games. Give me the 54" HD and I watch in comfort with a better view of the action and have enough money left over to cover a nice trip for us to Gulf Shores or to see the grandkids!

Well that's one way JR. We started taking our children with us to games at a very early age, so they grew up going. I still buy tickets for my daughter and her family and they meet us in Chapel Hill. It's a guaranteed way to get to see my grandchildren on football Saturdays.
What could be better than to be in Chapel Hill, watch the Heels and get to see my grandchildren. It's The Southern Part of Heaven.
02-27-2022 01:28 PM
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RE: CBS Reports College Football Attendance By Conference Averages For 2021. Not Good!
(02-27-2022 01:28 PM)XLance Wrote:  
(02-27-2022 01:10 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-27-2022 11:43 AM)XLance Wrote:  If this were a short term problem, it could be blamed on COVID just like everything else in the last couple of years, but it's not.

Time and money seem to be the biggest culprits.
Not many people want to dedicate 10-15 hours to attend a college football game.

On a typical game day in Chapel Hill (say it's a noon game), I am leaving my house at 7AM (which means I was up by 5).
It's only an hour and a quarter from my house to my assigned parking. Set up usually takes another half hour or so. Tailgate party for two hours and take down starts about 11. Head to the stadium at 11:30 (less than 1/4 mile). Game from 12- 3. Back to the car, have a snack and something to drink with my tailgate buddies, leave for home around 4:30, and home around 6.

Later games mean a longer day. We still leave almost as early, but have a lot more time for pre-game festivities.

At least an 11 hour day and my travel is minimal, plus we haven't even started calculating to cost of attendance. It's no wonder that people are choosing to stay home and only spend three hours to watch on TV and still have a Saturday.

Don't forget ROKU and The Disney Bundle which guarantees me all games home and away. A pair at Jordan-Hare used to cost the fan minimally $2300 for cheap seats and up and just for home games. Give me the 54" HD and I watch in comfort with a better view of the action and have enough money left over to cover a nice trip for us to Gulf Shores or to see the grandkids!

Well that's one way JR. We started taking our children with us to games at a very early age, so they grew up going. I still buy tickets for my daughter and her family and they meet us in Chapel Hill. It's a guaranteed way to get to see my grandchildren on football Saturdays.
What could be better than to be in Chapel Hill, watch the Heels and get to see my grandchildren. It's The Southern Part of Heaven.
Our kids went to the games. But they were never impressed with our seats, which were pretty decent. They sat with their grandmother in the President's box instead of with parental hoi polloi in the open air seats! Now one is in Vermont and one literally inside the latitude we call the North Pole. So it's me and my squeeze and the beach! We see the kids and grandkids by their schedule and not ours.
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