Pretty good crowd IMO. A game to build on.
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This game even though a loss should give the fanbase hope and the attendance will show it.
First game of the year, top ten opponent....even five years ago it would have been unthinkable to not crack 50.
If you don't think the terrible end of the Flood era and last year took a toll on the fan base you'd be wrong. Time to start rebuilding. Good start tonight
Rutgers lost a lot of luster under Flood and getting attendance back isn't going to happen until the non season ticket holding RU fans feel RU has a chance to win against teams like Washington.
The OSU and Michigan fanbases would buy enough tickets to make 50,000 obtainable with the lack of RU fans buying , but Washington is to far away so this crowd shouldn't be considered bad.
More games like this 50,000 can be made without needing nelp from the opponents traveling fanbase.
I was dead wrong here. Attendance was much better than I thought it would be.
With 40,000 + actually in the house was great!!!!!
With 40,000 + actually in the house was great!!!!!
Excellent crowd and the lots were full. Came up from the shore so didn't pull into the Yellow lot until 7:40 and it was near capacity which got me excited.
Couldn't last the entire time with two young kids, but a much better feel than last season.
Couldn't last the entire time with two young kids, but a much better feel than last season.
I said 45 of the students sold out ...
They looked 2000 shirts and we still get 46k
Not bad at all
They looked 2000 shirts and we still get 46k
Not bad at all
The mass exodus at the start of the 4th when we still had a shot should tell you something about our "fan base".
We had no shot at that point.
Rutgers announces tickets sold, I believe.
Good crowd, but yes I agree less than what they announced
Not true. Not fair. We were literally 1 big play away from being in it at the start of the 4th. The game certainly had gone a bit stale, but that was embarrassing. I felt bad for the players.
Yeah I was in over an hour early and was told they already ran out. Was excited that it would be jam packed but then I realized that many people just had taken/received multiple bags of towels.
Agreed. We were absolutely still in it st that point. 2 score game. Far, far crazier scenarios happen nearly every week in college football.
The exodus began at the end of the 3rd quarter which was pathetic, and student section looked like the game had been over for 30 minutes.
HONESTLY, they should get some tshirt launchers and ONLY give tshirts/towels/whatever to fans who stay for the entire game. When the crowds disappear, it tells every kid on the field playing their hearts out that they should throw in the towel too. You'd never see this at a big-time program. Hopefully we'll get there one day.
Encouraged by the student section. They looked like they were having a lot fun. They were in their seats early.
This is what a lot of posters are complaining about week after week, year after year...the excuses RU fans have for not staying to support the team until the end (or even showing up because of the weather)...granted some people have young kids but...the students? Thousands of regular fans?
This was a very close game against a top 10 team and we want our kids fighting until
The end to pull off an epic upset while fans steam out of the game like it's a blowout? The top college football programs don't have this issue...seems to be a common occurrence around here which is a shame...
1. Labor Day Weekend
2. Ranked opponent but the casual walk up to the window fan doesn't get jazzed by Washington.
3. 2-10 and getting embarrassed by ranked teams last year.
All things considered the crowd was OK. Now next week against a lesser opponent in a game we should win i hope we can get 40+ again.
2. Ranked opponent but the casual walk up to the window fan doesn't get jazzed by Washington.
3. 2-10 and getting embarrassed by ranked teams last year.
All things considered the crowd was OK. Now next week against a lesser opponent in a game we should win i hope we can get 40+ again.
Hey there a lot of fans that already given up on the team and don't go anymore.
Had thought we'd get 45K and it looked in that range to me. Pretty good crowd coming off such a horrible season. Weather helped, of course, given our very fair weather fan base. Nice to see the students back, although would've been nice if more stayed until the end. Impressive turnout by the UW fans in the upper levels. I assume our strong performance against a top team will energize a few folks to come the next 2 weeks and beyond (assuming we beat EMU).
Very disappointed in the sausage fest in the hot tubs, though - checked several times during the game (binoculars aren't just for isolating on line play, lol) and didn't see any talent - dance/cheerleader squads looked great, though.
Very disappointed in the sausage fest in the hot tubs, though - checked several times during the game (binoculars aren't just for isolating on line play, lol) and didn't see any talent - dance/cheerleader squads looked great, though.
Thought I was in the twilight zone when I turned to look at the student section early fourth qtr. and some giant space ship must have picked up 8000 bodies and delivered them to frat row. They had a disciplined game plan.
It sure looked like it to me, and I've been to almost every game for 46 years. Crowd was a bit slow entering, but by the 2nd qtr, we looked up (we are in 127) and said damn, that upper deck is filled from end section to end section, and the end zones were filled too, Student section was filled early as well.
Good Job Students and fans ! Let's do it again next week !
I've been going for 22 years and I'll get my eyes checked next week.
At some games the exodus begins at half time after some fans arrive in the middle of the first quarter.Tail gating seems more important than being in the stadium before game starts.This isn't a new phenomena but just the norm at football games.
Thought it was a good crowd based on low expectations but no way were there 46,000 people there with just 6,000 empty seats. The announced average attendance last year was 44,000 but the actual average scanned tickets was only 28,000 per game according to Dunleavy's report the other day. Each upper deck holds 5,000 and we know the new addition in the holds 10,000 and there were a lot of empty seats in all of those those sections.
It looked full on TV. That is what gives national audiences the feeling that this a well supported team.
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