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So is it the region, or is it the quality of football? I feel like the Boston College number is inflated or an anomaly, because I don’t see how they sold out games at 2-10 on the season.
Is football a regional passion, or does it depend? One additional chart, for context:
One thing’s for sure…they don’t seem to care for football in California. Or maybe it’s just the taxes.
Discuss.
No way these are based on “percentage of stadium filled” rather than tickets sold. UNC and Miami always noticably have empty seats in their respective stadiums. Hell, even Georgia has games with empty seats. Has to be based on tickets sold rather than actual attendance.
Also calling bullshit on all these schools claiming over 100%.
I was thinking the same thing and going a bit further. Tickets ‘sold’ probably includes tickets given away too.
What ever those tickets got used for, the secondary market is alive and well in the $ec…Duuude,seems as though the left coast has better things to do or just don’t really care whut time zone the football team plays in…GO DAWGS!!
I would say tickets sold. Brooke Whitmire always announces a sold-out Sanford Stadium.
I think those are schools that have standing room only tickets. I know South Carolina has them.
Yeah, it’s certainly based on tickets sold/moved (donated, whatever). This is administrators trying to convince themselves everything is still fine with the sport.
This piece brings an oldie but still goodie to mind. A guy leaves two Falcons tickets under his windshield wiper hoping someone will take them. Comes back later and there’s four Falcons tickets under the wiper.
And that reminds me of the old Lewis Grizzard joke that I think Ted Turner himself used to tell back in the 80’s:
A family travels to ATL and decides they want to see a Braves game, so Dad calls the ticket office.
Dad: We’d like to buy 4 tickets to today’s game.
Ticket Office: Not a problem.
Dad: What time does the game start?
Ticket Office: Well, what time can you get here?
Gotta hand it to Florida fans. They’re a glutton for punishment. Well deserved punishment.
Except for the Party. For the past 10 years or so they’ve been prone to hang at their tailgate until the second quarter. Then if they’re reasonably in the game they’ll go into the stadium. If it looks like another Bulldog blowout they head home.
I’ve never seen such a fan base that HATES to take their medicine like the booger-eaters.
This graphic definitely smacks of “numbers from nowhere”. I guess on the surface it confirms what everybody already knows: the most engaged conferences in CFB are SEC and BIG. As stated, California numbers are brutal!
People moving out of California are the football fans moving to Texas.
They’re back!
No way Miami was 99%. They didn’t even show up for the national championship in their home stadium.
University of Miami must be counting tickets available for purchase.
Yep, lots of U fans coming to games dressed as empty seats.
Now compare this to the athletic departments claiming they are broke because of Title IX.
D1Ticker sounds like a come on at Magnolia’s closing time Saturday night…
So many factors go into the calculations that the results are irrelevant. Stadium size and location, price of tickets [4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 cokes] competition (we fill Mark Richt stadium in alternate years). Boston College may be giving students tickets – or including the cost in tuition fees. And whatever the size of their stadium is I am confident it is a fraction of most SEC stadiums. My point is that even if the numbers are legit, you can’t tell much by them. More telling would be to do $$$ generated from ticket sales and concessions for each team. Follow the money.
Miami could advertise 4 tickets, 4 dime bags, and 4 bags of chips.
Athens/5 Points native, alum and Dawg ’til I Die – and 25-yr Bay Area resident. The locals who attended Cal & Stanford who grew up & stayed or simply stayed after graduating do love their teams. Sorta. It’s a wide mix of fandom and engagement, with a small slice of fans who go to every game, some mildly interested alum & locals. But, overall, the Niners (and historically Raiders) are the big draw for fb, as are other pro sports teams. And there’s just too much other fun stuff to do on a weekend — college football is just another thing (or not evening a thing) for most people out here. Has nothing to do with whatever perceptions about taxes or cost of living the news fabricates about living here – we’re all making more, spending more – so it’s not a point worth entertaining. Go Dawgs