That argument might hold water if Texas (Austin), Vandy (Nashville), NC State (Raleigh), Miami (obv), Stanford (San Fransisco), Arizona State (Tempe/Phoenix), UCF (Orlando), USF (Tampa), and Tulane (New Orleans) weren't also outdrawing us. The bigger the city the lower the attendance ratio will be, obviously. But even in large markets we lack fan support comparatively
Nashville is the only comparative to us in form of transplants, but winning a few nattys in their marquee sport does help. The rest (outside Stanford and Miami) also have double and triple the student populations. Stanford is in a suburb and miami has a solid fanbase.
It’s not a baseball discussion. It’s a fan discussion considering the topic is season tickets which is directly related to fans. You’re trying too hard to win an argument for some reason, even though my OP wasn’t really controversial at all. FWIW, Miami played Towson, Arizona State played Dixie State, and Tulane played UMass Lowell. 3 really intriguing matchups there, huh? Wright State won their conference last year and likely will again this year. They were a much better opening week opponent than what most people played.
City population is irrelevant to attendance. The essential KPI is alumni density < 5 miles.
Agree. Basketball lack of parking keeps me from attending night games. I will go to weekend day games. They need to open up a deck close to the arena that is open for non season ticket holders. I love McAmish once I am inside. But winning would be the easiest cure for attendance. It sold out when Cremins was winning.
Also look at University of Houston which struggles in a big city with Longhorn and Aggies fans everywhere, Pitt with Penn State, northwestern in Chicago., Miami Hurricanes, and SMU and TCU in the Dallas area. It can be hard for college teams to garner support in major cities. But Tech can draw decent crowds when we are good. It is just very ugly right now because we are going through maybe the worst three year stretch ever.
Weak. All im going to say about that. Theres a reason we cant fill up the stadium and it starts with fans like you. No other way to look at it!
I think it is too close. Hard to see over folks when a play in along that sideline.
Good fans like u should be rewarded.
Ditto for me, AJ. I held my nose while hitting the ENTER button on my computer, but I had to promise my wife that I would give up my tickets next year if GT doesn’t (a) win 6 games, or (b) fire CGC. Now I’m going to have to find 3 people that want to go with me to the games. Both my wife and daughter (the latter of whom has missed only 5 home games in 12 years and has been to 8 away games) have said they really aren’t interested in going this year. Hopefully they are surprised with the team and change their minds mid-season.
Good post. I wish guys like Collins and Stansbury would read posts like this and get a view of the real world. They absolutely have to turn this program around.
