(06-28-2022 12:44 PM)Potomac Wrote: (06-28-2022 11:59 AM)Longhorn Wrote: (06-28-2022 07:13 AM)JMad03 Wrote: This year we may be encountering something we haven't had to deal with at Bridgeforth.
Opposing fan takeovers.
We are playing schools where those fans travel and travel well. And... travel better than us.
We need to be aware of what is coming our way. JMU fans are going to learn quickly that you cannot wait until the last minute to buy tickets.
I believe we will sell out almost every game this season. I do not believe we will get close to selling out Norfolk State.
While some may be concerned we won't sell out, you need to remember that visiting teams are actually going to sell some tickets.
Homecoming vs Marshall.... be prepared for the hardest to get tickets in JMU history. And be ready for Marshall fans to get as many tickets as they can get their hands on. We need to do our part, and I believe we will for Homecoming.
Do not wait to get tickets. The last thing I want to see in Bridgeforth is more colors from the opposing team than our own. Not saying it'll happen, just that we need to be aware it COULD happen.
Sometimes a person can overthink an issue. Nobody…no opponents fan base…will ever “takeover” BFS.
If we ever hosted Tech, I would say it's going to be a 50/50 crowd at best. Could be a majority Tech fan turnout.
I heard when ODU hosted them a few years back (when they upset them), it was an 80/20 split in favor of tech in odu's house. ouch.
And pray tell us, how is VT going to get 12k+ tickets for that imagined game in BFS?
Ain’t never gonna happen.
1. 8k is set aside for JMU students (they will show up, and can’t sell student tix)
2. 7k+ will be the regular JMU Duke Club STH. You think JMU fans who hold those tickets will sell them after waiting for this opportunity? Not a chance.
3. That leaves 10k tickets for sale. VT fans may possibly get a good number of these, perhaps as many as 50% (unlikely, but possible). For argument sake using a non-scientific wild a** guess, let’s say 5k for VT fans, 5k for JMU non-ST holders.
4. That makes the crowd 20k JMU and 5k VT. 50/50? Nope. More like 80-20 (at best).
Addendum: A more realistic guesstimate might be to use the recent UVA-JMU basketball game as a general reference. A sold-out arena of 8,500 fans were in attendance…and my eyeball test tells me 8k of those fans were wearing purple. An 8k JMU/500 UVA split would be roughly a 94-6% split.
A similar split at BFS for a JMU/VT game would be roughly 24,000 JMU fans at the game vs. 1k VT fans.