Attendance

[MediaPanther]

I found this AP wire story a little disappointing considering Iowa has 4-5 times the population of North Dakota yet UNI can't sell-out a semifinal game.


FARGO, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota State University averaged 18,032
football spectators over six home dates in the Fargodome this
season.
The NCAA says that ranked the school sixth among Division I
Football Championship Subdivision schools.
NDSU attracted a school-record 18,141 fans over five home dates
in 2007.
The Bison have sold out seven games over the past three seasons,
including a school-record crowd of 19,053 against South Dakota
State in 2006.
The Bison are 29-5 in the Fargodome over the past six years
under head coach Craig Bohl.

[JayJ79]

Re: Attendance

*shrug*
Montana has 1/3 the population of Iowa, yet U of M averaged 23923 per game last season.

[06panther10]

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Montana and NDSU are THE schools of those states.

Iowa gets 70,000 people at most of their games. That is THE school of this state.

You can't really compare those two schools with UNI, IMO.

[MediaPanther]

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I know that Iowa is "THE" school in the state, but I would think by sheer numbers alone there are enough people in the state not in Iowa City on Saturdays in the fall to fill up a 16,000 person Dome.

[clenz]

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I know that Iowa is "THE" school in the state, but I would think by sheer numbers alone there are enough people in the state not in Iowa City on Saturdays in the fall to fill up a 16,000 person Dome.

70,000 in Kinnick on Saturdays=120000, sometimes more, tailgating

[Twin Cities Panther]

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Try looking for something else to do between Fergo and Winnipeg in October/November.

[Newsbreaker]

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Being the only game in town makes all the difference in the world.

[MediaPanther]

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Yea, there may be well over 100,000 in IC for Iowa games and yes, the Bison are the only game in town, but there are 3 million people in Iowa and 600,000 in N.D. Seems like there should be a lot more Iowans available to fill up those UNI-Dome seats.

[06panther10]

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Yea, there may be well over 100,000 in IC for Iowa games and yes, the Bison are the only game in town, but there are 3 million people in Iowa and 600,000 in N.D. Seems like there should be a lot more Iowans available to fill up those UNI-Dome seats.

Yeah, but that sounds like a logical argument, but its really not.

NDSU is the state of North Dakota's biggest and most popular school, as UI is here. Just because Iowa has more people, that doesn't mean more UNI fans. Having a bigger state, just means there are more Iowa Hawkeye fans.

[TH1974]

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Yeah, but that sounds like a logical argument, but its really not.

NDSU is the state of North Dakota's biggest and most popular school, as UI is here. Just because Iowa has more people, that doesn't mean more UNI fans. Having a bigger state, just means there are more Iowa Hawkeye fans.

That's true...find the third-biggest school in North Dakota and see how many people are at their games.

[06panther10]

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That's true...find the third-biggest school in North Dakota and see how many people are at their games.

Exactly my point.

[MediaPanther]

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That's true...find the third-biggest school in North Dakota and see how many people are at their games.

That actually is my point. The population is so small in N.D. you would expect their third-biggest school to have almost no one at their games, but Iowa has an extra 2.3 million people....they can't all be Iowa or ISU fans, can they??

Plus, if we were comparing it would have to be N.D.'s 4th largest school considering UNI is 4th in the state in enrollment.

[06panther10]

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they can't all be Iowa or ISU fans, can they??

Yes, they can and are.

UNI is 4th in the state in enrollment

?

[Panthers to the Bone]

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I believe that the poster is referring to Kirkwood being larger than UNI in enrollment.

[TH1974]

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That actually is my point. The population is so small in N.D. you would expect their third-biggest school to have almost no one at their games, but Iowa has an extra 2.3 million people....they can't all be Iowa or ISU fans, can they??

I think you have to figure that the same percentage of people would go to the #1 and #3 schools' games.

Plus, if we were comparing it would have to be N.D.'s 4th largest school considering UNI is 4th in the state in enrollment.

Who besides UI and ISU has more students than UNI?