Didn’t see it at Minny. Remember joking about traffic leaving that I should’ve left early.
Disappointment or reality on our small fanbase
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Not sure why you brought up global market share here. iPhone is expensive compared to Android. But I think the iPhone market share in the TRI states is higher than 59%.Everyone doesn't have Iphones. I have the NWS website saved on my browser for weather.
- In the US, iPhone has a 58.81% market share
- As of 2024, Android has a 70.93% global market share
iPhone vs Android User Stats (2024 Data)
How are iPhone and Android users different? This report compares iPhone and Android’s market share, user demographics, user loyalty, app downloads, and revenue.explodingtopics.com
I don’t see the season ticket number increasing next year. Going back to the original post, we have a small, loyal base. Most of the balance are casual fans….or worse, freebies. The freebies won’t buy season tickets…they are local pee wee teams and Boy Scout troops and shit like that. And there is really no incentive for the casuals to go all in with season tix. They can buy on stub hub for a fraction of the real price (especially when considering required donations). We will be stuck in the 20ish range until we make a big splash kind of season. 7-5 or 6-6 won’t do it, nor will 8-4. We have to win big games and get exciting. I’m actually more worried about the loyal base shrinking. Most of the base is either pretty old folks who have been around forever or they are somewhat old like me and they’ve been around for 15-20 years. For some reason we keep coming back, but some are dying off and some move away, etc. We are not likely going to be adding to the base for a while…if we ever do get over the hump.
isnt the non conference schedule pretty bad right now and we have 1 more bad team to fill
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That’s the unfortunate reality. Millions of people, tens of thousands (or more?) of whom are alums and yet we can't come particularly close to filling the building. I take solace that our attendance is a lot better than any other northeast corridor school.
They have short attention spans and cellphone coverage is spotty so they have to leave the stadium to watch their tick Tok videos.
The product was solid this season and we only laid one egg. Team will be better.
We play Penn State and Oregon at home. Penn State fans alone will drive an increase, as they will buy season tickets for the Penn State Game and sell the rest. Playing Oregon should also drive fan interest. I think we see a small increase, especially because Penn State and Oregon games will command a huge premium.
I agree the product was generally better this year. But it doesn’t change my opinion on season tix. We have a couple good home games next year but for the casuals it would be better to scalp for good seats than to buy season tickets in poor location. Penn state fans have no risk of getting locked out of the stadium and would be foolish to buy season tix for that game. I get your points Al, but I think we will be flat or slightly down. I will be back…I’m an addict…but I don’t think we built any real momentum and getting to the odor eaters bowl is not what it used to be.
The downside to season tickets is the expected pathetlically weak OOC we will play. At least we had the promise of an old Big East foe coming to SHI the last few years.
I feel like the admin is giving us season ticket holders the RU Screw with the OOC strategy selected. At least have one P5 team on the schedule. We've got BC in a couple of years and that's it. I'd even be happy with UConn and Temple if we're going to play the Little Sisters of the Poor.
You wanted P5 but ok with UCONN? If you are ok with UCONN, then you should be ok with our schedule. Ohio is a much better team.
Spot on .
Need some excitement that will juice the program. Losing 41 straight games to ranked teams is not getting it done.
Plenty of Penn State Fans bought tickets when we sucked. They will still buy tickets now that we’re competitive. There are so many in New Jersey. They’re like Rats. And Rutgers is a much easier trip than schlepping to Happy Valley.
The Texas Arizona bar in Hoboken used to be a Rutgers Bar, but it is now a Penn State bar. I’m planning to add to my total and I’m sure others will as well.
We win Saturday and win the bowl game, and we’ll be slightly up next year, imo.
sometimes collegiate name recognition overrides football strength for OOC....I would much rather have Temple and UConn as OOC foes than Miami or Miami (OH) ..
Brilliant idea, and I agree. The new Ryan Field (Northwestern) will hold 35k.
NW is a smaller school. They are also flushed with money. We are not in that boat.
One egg? That's 3 eggs. 🥚 🥚 🥚
Penn State game will be full with Penn State fans.
Al,
If you truly believe NJ psu fans will buy Rutgers season tickets over PSU season tickets because “Rutgers is a much easier trip”, I have some beachfront property in Kansas I’d like to tell you about..
One of the most absurd statements you’ve made in the last 24 hours. I’m not sure you understand just how little state Penn cares about us.
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No Penn State fan buys Rutgers tickets over Penn State tickets, if traveling four hours to watch a game is a viable option. But many are not willing to make that investment in time and money.
There are roughly >500K Penn State living alumni, and only 107K can fit in Beaver Stadium.
Tickets and hotel are expensive. Whereas a trip to Rutgers stadium is within an hour away if you live in Jersey or Eastern PA, and can be done as a day trip.
Most don’t care about Rutgers at all. But there are always outliers. Some who live in New Jersey, hope Rutgers does well, except when they’re playing Penn State. At least one had a Rutgers premium subscription for the longest time to keep tabs on us. I got a kick out of that one.
Serious question, I do not know if I am classified as a die hard fan or a casual fan? A little on my background. I did not go to Rutgers. How I got involved with the team is I worked in New Brunswick and a few of the guys I worked with were RU Alum. We started tailgating together in roughly 1992-1993 and have not stopped since. In the beginning the ONLY reason to attend the games was to drink and see college coeds. Most of us were not even married back then. Fast forwards through Marriages, Kids, divorces, seeing our kids go to college, COVID, and now many of us are in our late 50's and early 60's. Our peak attendance at our tailgates was around 2010- 2015 when most of us had college age kids and our TG peaked at 50-60 people. We were declining in numbers before covid but the pandemic knocked out more than 50% of our group. Sadly we are down to the last core holding of maybe 4-8 people at a game. This last game we were down to only two people. While I love going to the games, I have to be honest tailgates are not much fun with two people. I really don't know how many more seasons I have left in me to make the trek to Piscataway but I am hoping Greg can get the team figured out and at least we get something similar to 2006 one last time!
If you're going to play weak teams where a win is expected, play teams you have a history with.
In my old seats, the two seats in front of me were owned by two penn state jagoffs who only showed up for psu games and the last home game of the season. They were insufferable. You'd like them.
you’re being kind…it was hardly “cold” and the wind has been worse….so i was stunned at the # of people leaving early as well (to the point of giving them the old “beat the traffic” line as they passed by) BUT it’s like this all over the country now as we saw at Virginia Tech this season
The guy gets more delusional with every post.
Nonsense that has no substance.
So it sounds like psu fans will buy a ticket to just our game. Why on earth would they pony up for season tickets?
I remember hearing that kinda stuff with Pitt when they played them and Notre Dame, but it was also 10+ years between matchups of both.
I just don’t see any opposing fans of any program buying season tickets at Rutgers for our game, state Penn or not
