Small college football fan bases

[SteelersPride]

Its amazing how places like "happy valley" routinely pull 100k ppl into the stadium............INSANE more seats than the pros, and sold out

Then you have a team, like my team, PITT. Playing in an NFL stadium, and pulling 30k in sales with 20k showing up, place barely half full..............

disheartening

 

[TexasMan]

Same thing in Houston for Cougar High.

 

[WABLTY]

Teams in NFL cities don't draw that well really. Not compared to the upper echelon.

 

[SteelersPride]

yeah i mean its like that alot of places.........

Just seems like they would be able to pack a stadium..........

tickets are dirt cheap too

Club seats..........5-10 rows behind the benches on the 50 yard line are a whopping 20 bucks for pitt games

 

[SteelersPride]

PItt sold out for notre dame that was it lol

 

[SteelersPride]

Teams in NFL cities don't draw that well really. Not compared to the upper echelon.

i know its just silly, i can see not arena football, but college is a different animal

 

[outofyourmind]

It all comes down to the Product on the Field.

 

[SteelersPride]

It all comes down to the Product on the Field.

texas sells out

 

[outofyourmind]

texas sells out

they wont be for long at the pace they're going.

 

[SteelersPride]

ok notre dame and PSU did for years while toiling in mediocrity

 

[outofyourmind]

ok notre dame and PSU did for years while toiling in mediocrity

you seem to think that a couple of bad years and nobody shows up.
in elite programs, built over generations, fans aren't going to all of a sudden "not show up"
it isn't some unlimited license though.

When was the last time Pitt was relevant???
And all of a sudden, the stands are suppose to be full??

I don't get it.

 

[Smart]

Penn State has an objectively huge fanbase. The people who study these say they have the third largest.

 

[SteelersPride]

not just referring to pitt, and disco dan marino!!!

 

[SteelersPride]

Penn State has an objectively huge fanbase. The people who study these say they have the third largest.

pitt at 37, thats not horrible at all

 

[TexasMan]

texas sells out

So are you asking for programs in big cities or just programs in general?

 

[SteelersPride]

i dunno what im asking

 

[Smart]

pitt at 37, thats not horrible at all

Yeah. I'm just saying if PSU is your standard, there's going to be a lot of small fanbases.

 

[outofyourmind]

this should help

 

[olympicoscar]

Its amazing how places like "happy valley" routinely pull 100k ppl into the stadium............INSANE more seats than the pros, and sold out

Then you have a team, like my team, PITT. Playing in an NFL stadium, and pulling 30k in sales with 20k showing up, place barely half full..............

disheartening

Large cities have a much more difficult time selling out for college football. The pros generally can outdraw them and there is a great deal more to do in larger metro areas.

Everyplace that sells out for college football is in small towns or lacks other sports as competitors.

 

[outofyourmind]

in the last 20 years, Pitt has been below .500 nine times, and at .500 one time.
they lost 7 games last year, and 7 games the year before.
what, exactly, would be the attraction to Pitt football??

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