Landlord Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Ulty said: On my ESPN app, when I go to the Gamecast tab on each of these games, it shows the following in terms of attendance, with a listed stadium capacity of 85,458: CU: 89,853 Troy: 89,360 Purdue: 88,911 Minnesota: 89,272 BCU: 88,735 Illinois: 88,316 MSU: 88,793 I know some of ESPN's info is dubious, but where do these numbers come from, and why would there be such a disparity between these attendance figures and the actual tickets scanned? Best number I can tell for capacity in Memorial Stadium is (officiallly) 85,458 So those numbers are all of the tickets sold plus support staff/gameday personnel. There could be 10 fans in the stands and they'd still announce 85,000+ people for attendance. Quote Link to comment
C N Red Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, teachercd said: I skipped games all the time when I was a student. What about you guys? You still skip games now in favor of coming to Lincoln on game days just to drink in bars, so nothing has really changed. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 41 minutes ago, teachercd said: I skipped games all the time when I was a student. What about you guys? Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 32 minutes ago, C N Red said: You still skip games now in favor of coming to Lincoln on game days just to drink in bars, so nothing has really changed. Very true! But back then I had tickets...now I turn down free ones! Ha Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 12 hours ago, Mavric said: The scanned ticket totals for 2016-2018 home games: 2016 Fresno State 76,048 Wyoming 74,332 Oregon 80,865 Illinois 77,442 Purdue 76,532 Minnesota 74,945 Maryland 64,852 2017 Arkansas State 76,508 No. Illinois 70,525 Rutgers 70,104 Wisconsin 77,633 Ohio State 67,400 Northwestern 68,996 Iowa 69,436 2018 Akron 77,648 Colorado 80,654 Troy 73,558 Purdue 70,816 Minnesota 75,009 Bethune-Cookman 61,939 Illinois 54,838 Michigan State 61,401 2016 & 2017 number from the OWH in the OP. 2018 via 247 I have doubts on the accuracy for the Illinois game. I also have doubts due to these being from 2 different sources. 77k showed up for Illinois with Riley and 54k with Frost? Does no compute. 1 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Moiraine said: I have doubts on the accuracy for the Illinois game. I also have doubts due to these being from 2 different sources. 77k showed up for Illinois with Riley and 54k with Frost? Does no compute. I was at the Illinois game this season. It was COLD and it was another 11 AM game. There were a lot of empty seats. It's really impossible to compare the 2 games. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: I was at the Illinois game this season. It was COLD and it was another 11 AM game. There were a lot of empty seats. It's really impossible to compare the 2 games. I didn’t think about the 11am factor. We had way more of those this season. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 We also started the season with 6 straight losses. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, Moiraine said: I didn’t think about the 11am factor. We had way more of those this season. I think there were eight 11 AM kickoffs this year. Now, I am a morning person, but it can be difficult for many ticket holders to get to an 11 AM game. Throw in the fact it was a very cold day, I can see why many tickets went un-used. The original ticket holders didn't want to go to the game, and they weren't able to find people who wanted to go to the game, as well. Quote Link to comment
KingBlank Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 7 hours ago, Ulty said: I know there was some discussion on this board after the MSU game about the student section being empty at the upper levels when it was shown on TV, but the announcers also frequently commented on how loud the stadium was that day. For any of you who were there, do these numbers compute? Was it really only 2/3 full? Same with the Illinois and BCU games? A few no-shows is one thing, but 30k empty seats for a game seems hard to imagine. It was empty in every corner, picking on the student section is ridiculous, they stand have more people in each row. The rich balcony was empty for both games, and no there isn't 4000 people worth of room to stand behind the glass up there. It's people in every section Quote Link to comment
KingBlank Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 7 hours ago, Ulty said: On my ESPN app, when I go to the Gamecast tab on each of these games, it shows the following in terms of attendance, with a listed stadium capacity of 85,458: CU: 89,853 Troy: 89,360 Purdue: 88,911 Minnesota: 89,272 BCU: 88,735 Illinois: 88,316 MSU: 88,793 I know some of ESPN's info is dubious, but where do these numbers come from, and why would there be such a disparity between these attendance figures and the actual tickets scanned? Ever been to Nebraska basketball game and they announce there is 15000 people in attendance but it's half empty? Because I have and it's hilarious Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 6 hours ago, Moiraine said: I have doubts on the accuracy for the Illinois game. I also have doubts due to these being from 2 different sources. 77k showed up for Illinois with Riley and 54k with Frost? Does no compute. Both original sources were the UNL athletic department. Just the outlet providing the information changed. Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Between the sellout streak and the blackshirt talk,.... I get so confused IMO both are real and legit, without the obsession Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 From the OWH in the OP: Quote The scanned ticket totals for 2016 and 2017 home games: 2016 Fresno State 76,048 Wyoming 74,332 Oregon 80,865 Illinois 77,442 Purdue 76,532 Minnesota 74,945 Maryland 64,852 2017 Arkansas State 76,508 No. Illinois 70,525 Rutgers 70,104 Wisconsin 77,633 Ohio State 67,400 Northwestern 68,996 Iowa 69,436 247 has the numbers from this year: Quote South Alabama – 77,910 Northern Illinois – 76,984 Ohio State – 79,502 Northwestern – 74,935 Indiana – 72,468 Wisconsin – 66,860 Iowa – 60,232 Quote Link to comment
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