But even with “branch” campuses including allied health and med schools 68k( Newark, Camden are more regional universities not really branch campuses) the total enrollment comes nowhere near your assertion of 90k. Rutgers New Brunswick and Pitt are not that far off in size. 35vs45k.
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You can't discount alums attending home football games.
I think there are more alums who attend home football games than current students (IMHO).
Saved student sections at Pitt and I would guess Rutgers are only a small component of total stadium capacity.
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If you said alumni we wouldn’t be having this discussion. Again I’m trying to understand where you came up with 90k students. When Rutgers New Brunswick is less than half the size and no one includes Newark and Camden in discussions about Rutgers athletics attendance. Much like no one includes Pitt Johnstown.
And the Rutgers student section and ticket allotment is probably 20-25% of overall stadium capacity according to my ticket rep.
Just stop being ridiculous. You know very well that Newark and Camden have nothing to do with the main campus in New Brunswick/Piscataway, so stop including those students in the total. Enrollment at the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus is 43,859 so just cut the crap already.
The 90,000 number was not researched for accuracy.
Again total Alums is a chief component of home attendance.
It stands to reason the more alums a school has greater potential of increased football attendance.
Penn State getting over 100,000 fans to attend Beaver Stadium is not remarkable do to the fact that they have 3 times the number of alums as Pitt who could go to the game.
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Why are you now bringing Penn State into this discussion? They have nothing to do with this. You made assertions comparing Rutgers and Pitt attendance based on student enrollment (grossly inflated numbers) then you switched to alumni. And now you’re bringing Penn State into the debate.
Weird.
Just from State College?
Me myself, I don’t factor in those from Newark, Camden or any of the other schools (either law school, RWJMS, etc.) when talking about alumni numbers.
Are the students attending Camden and Newark not considered Rutgers Alums who may decide to attend a Rutgers football game in the future or attend a homecoming event.
Alums make up the largest proportion of fans attending home football games. How many student sections do you have at SHI compared to total attendance.
Would you agree that Rutgers has double the number of Alums as Pitt.
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As I said, not to me.
Do you consider those from Bradford, Greensburg, etc. in the mix?
Bottom line.
Greater number of Students and Alums, the greater the potential for increased football attendance.
Rutgers has 2 times as many alums as Pitt and Penn State 3 times as many.
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But that wasn’t your case until you were proven to be making up ridiculous enrollment numbers. Then you pivoted to alumni. Now that we have explained that Newark and Camden don’t really factor into attendance at “Rutgers New Brunswick” athletic events you have pivoted to Penn State.
Stay on topic. This is the RUTGERS board.
Rutgers has twice the number of students and Alums than Pitt.
Based on that fact should Rutgers home football attendance numbers be greater than Pitt.
End of discussion.
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So you don’t deny making the numbers up and then switching the conversation
Cool story. Go tell it on the Pitt board.
LOL. Too late to turn back now, but I've never understood the fear of admitting a mistake...
Newark and Camden alums would attend Newark and Camden homecoming events.
These are fully functioning universities in their own right.
They have their own athletics as well.
Having said that, due to the higher profile athletics at RU New Brunswick, I hope we do draw a few Newark and Camden alums, students, and faculty to our football games. We should be encouraging that.
They are alums of their own schools, not Rutgers New Brunswick. They are separate schools with their own athletic departments. Their alums of course are welcome to attend football games, just like anybody else.
Rutgers Newark is basically a national level school in its own right and is ranked above plenty of big SEC and Big 12 schools academically.
You should just quit making things up. I guess Pitt doesn't teach researching or is it math that they don't teach? Penn State has 738,824 and Pitt has 411,190. Last time I checked that is not 3 times like you claim, it doesn't even double. Yes that number is including branch campuses. So why is Pitt attendance based on number of alumni so low?
5 year Average Attendance
Penn State:106,410 or 14.4% of alumni
Pitt 44,288 or 10.8% of alumni
