Foster Farms Bowl Attendance
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I guess Nebraska fans didn't think that a 5-7 Nebraska team was worth watching
Wow. This is Nebraska, one of the best traveling fan bases in the country, 10 minutes before kickoff.
Ticket prices are insane for this bowl...What a shame.
No fan base, no matter how loyal would travel to see a 5-7 team. Bowl games are supposedly to be a reward for a good season, so why travel to see a team that had a horrible season ??
ask Mich st how horrible Nebraska is... they are like 5 plays away from being 10-2
Nebraska should follow the route of RU and MD - and hire an up and coming HC....
Mike Riley looks like a mummy on the sidelines......
Mike Riley looks like a mummy on the sidelines......
UCLA playing like an 8-win team, Nebraska playing like a 5-win team. UCLA is up two TD's halfway through the 2nd and getting on a roll.
And a handful of plays away from being 3-9 or worse. They're terrible in just about every aspect of the game of football.
UCLA has the worst 8 win football team that I've ever seen.
Welcome to Obama's America.
Welcome to Obama's America.
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Didn't they beat Mich St because a WR illegally caught a TD pass after running out of bounds?
My point was that they were a very competetive team....They didn't look too terrible tonight...
Meh. Nebraska may have been the most traveled fanbase in the B12 20 years ago, but I'd put them behind OSU, Michigan, and Penn State in the B19
Figuring that most Nebraska fans would have stayed home for Christmas, they wouldn't have been able to fly half way across the country in time to make a bowl on the 26th. The same thing happened to RU last season, when RU had its smallest bowl turnout ever. Bowls on the 26th never do very well unless a local team is involved.
This. Totally embarrassing for UCLA. What 5-6 hours by car and they can't bring 2000 fans ?
I know we were concerned if RU got this Bowl last year ( rather than Maryland ) how we would travel.
Even with the high Hotel costs / Airfare and timing RU would have brought more than UCLA.
Fair weather fans. They were expecting a bigger year at UCLA too so this game was seen as meh. And Pac12 teams generally do not travel well--anywhere.
It is not embarrassing at all. There were playing a team that is 5-7. Why would any UCLA fan go ? I understand that if you lived close to the bowl or had a family member on the team, you might go. Otherwise, why go ?
A few points to consider.
1. The 5-7 record of course impacted bowl attendance, but the killer was being the day after Christmas. I know a lot of people back in Nebraska that usually go to the bowls, but being in Santa Clara for Christmas, or flying out on Christmas just weren't options. I also have quite a few Nebraska friends here in SoCal that could not drive up due to Christmas plans.
2. The picture the OP posted is a bit misleading. There were 33K in attendance. While possibly an inflated number, it looked about right to me as I looked around the stadium. It was 40 degrees at KO, which I found uncomfortable, and the UCLA fans found really uncomfortable. Levi Stadium is really neat in that they have heated concourses ringing the stadium levels with windows that look out onto the field. We were all in the concourses having food and drinks when that picture was taken 10 minutes before KO. We found our seats two minutes before KO. So while the stadium was pretty pathetic as far as attendance, it was nowhere near as bad as the photo indicates.
3. The general thought of both the NU and UCLA folks I talked to was the split was about 60% Nebraska fans/40% UCLA. That put us around 19K fans. Some folks can scoff at that and question how well Nebraska travels, but 19K the day after Christmas, in a area of the country that isn't as neat as other bowls, to see one of our worst teams in 60 years is pretty darn good in my way of thinking (of course, I am a homer).
4. The real question should be where were the UCLA fans? The answer is they also had Christmas obligations, they also had a disappointing season, but mostly, they don't travel well at all. In 2014 (2015 stats not in yet) UCLA averaged 19th in home attendance at 76,650 in a 91,136 capacity stadium. USC is 21st averaging 73,232 in a 93,607 capacity stadium. It kind of figures that if the hundreds of thousands UCLA alum and fans here in Southern California don't fill their own stadium here each week, they can't be expected to drive 6 hours north to fill someone else's. I was disappointed they didn't have a lot more people there.
5. Addressing the comment about Coach Riley being a bad coach, that remains to be seen and many of our fans are on the fence yet. However, subsequent to the "come to Jesus" the players and staff had after the humiliating Purdue defeat, we beat Michigan St., you, played Iowa tough, and put a physical beating on UCLA yesterday. We are therefore hoping things are turning around and we can be top 10-15ish sooner than later. Until then I admit our team is not that good and if we deserve to be in future bowls at all, it will be one of the 33K attendance bowls until we can get things straightened out.
6. As long as I am over here, I sure wish you would have hired Bo Pelini and taken over the buyout we are paying him.
1. The 5-7 record of course impacted bowl attendance, but the killer was being the day after Christmas. I know a lot of people back in Nebraska that usually go to the bowls, but being in Santa Clara for Christmas, or flying out on Christmas just weren't options. I also have quite a few Nebraska friends here in SoCal that could not drive up due to Christmas plans.
2. The picture the OP posted is a bit misleading. There were 33K in attendance. While possibly an inflated number, it looked about right to me as I looked around the stadium. It was 40 degrees at KO, which I found uncomfortable, and the UCLA fans found really uncomfortable. Levi Stadium is really neat in that they have heated concourses ringing the stadium levels with windows that look out onto the field. We were all in the concourses having food and drinks when that picture was taken 10 minutes before KO. We found our seats two minutes before KO. So while the stadium was pretty pathetic as far as attendance, it was nowhere near as bad as the photo indicates.
3. The general thought of both the NU and UCLA folks I talked to was the split was about 60% Nebraska fans/40% UCLA. That put us around 19K fans. Some folks can scoff at that and question how well Nebraska travels, but 19K the day after Christmas, in a area of the country that isn't as neat as other bowls, to see one of our worst teams in 60 years is pretty darn good in my way of thinking (of course, I am a homer).
4. The real question should be where were the UCLA fans? The answer is they also had Christmas obligations, they also had a disappointing season, but mostly, they don't travel well at all. In 2014 (2015 stats not in yet) UCLA averaged 19th in home attendance at 76,650 in a 91,136 capacity stadium. USC is 21st averaging 73,232 in a 93,607 capacity stadium. It kind of figures that if the hundreds of thousands UCLA alum and fans here in Southern California don't fill their own stadium here each week, they can't be expected to drive 6 hours north to fill someone else's. I was disappointed they didn't have a lot more people there.
5. Addressing the comment about Coach Riley being a bad coach, that remains to be seen and many of our fans are on the fence yet. However, subsequent to the "come to Jesus" the players and staff had after the humiliating Purdue defeat, we beat Michigan St., you, played Iowa tough, and put a physical beating on UCLA yesterday. We are therefore hoping things are turning around and we can be top 10-15ish sooner than later. Until then I admit our team is not that good and if we deserve to be in future bowls at all, it will be one of the 33K attendance bowls until we can get things straightened out.
6. As long as I am over here, I sure wish you would have hired Bo Pelini and taken over the buyout we are paying him.
Would Bo Pelini be working this week in Piscataway, and visiting high school coaches when schools are closed? If so, some of our fans would have taken Bo over who we hired. :rolleyes:
When RU made the insight bowl, on Dec27, my friends and I were willing to leave home late Christmas Day to see the game....... We wanted the extra day before to take in the official events and take in the area...... we had not made a bowl in decades.
Last year, after several years of bowls, a Dec26th game date, a dubious location, our group elected not to go...
Point is, when you make bowls regularly, then wind up with a Dec26th game one year, you lose the will to go sometimes.
These Dec 26th, Dec27th games are tough to get excited about.
Last year, after several years of bowls, a Dec26th game date, a dubious location, our group elected not to go...
Point is, when you make bowls regularly, then wind up with a Dec26th game one year, you lose the will to go sometimes.
These Dec 26th, Dec27th games are tough to get excited about.
Another point about the Foster Farms Bowl. The location is terrible. Santa Clara is 45-60 minutes outside of San Francisco. There is NOTHING to do in Santa Clara except look at corporate headquarters. Hotel rates are insanely high. Don't understand why the owners of the 49ers moved the stadium to Santa Clara. The weather in late December and January can be bad, as the Husker fan mentioned.
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