Reason for Poor Attendance Yesterday?

[otter]

Re: Reason for Poor Attendance Yesterday?

Yes. Everyone here knows I'm passionate... but I had zero energy after that basketball game. I was completely wiped out from screaming and jumping and the emotional ride it was. I still put my butt in the seat in the Dome. But I was a pretty quiet participant.

Same here. I mustered some energy to stand and clap on a couple 3rd downs. And coming from an up tempo, "edge of yor seat" basketball game to a slow paced football game doesn't help anything. Heck it was a struggle to make it over to the game…partly because I wanted stay and keep soaking it all in.

[BCPanther]

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I spent the football game talking about the basketball game. Was there in body, but not really in spirit...

[Cat80]

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Reasons we didn't attend:
6-4 vs. 3-7. If we win, we'll go to the playoff game. If we lose, I'd be PO'd fighting roads and parking issues with the BB game to have been there. Pure and simple: Don't lose your Homecoming game and don't give the NDSU game away and at 8-2 we'd make the effort.

[PantherChic]

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You think Saturday was bad, wait until the playoff game. Good thing is Iowa plays on Friday. So maybe we'll actually get some fans there. STudents get in free this year, which is good. We'll be there no matter what!

[vbfan19]

Re: Reason for Poor Attendance Yesterday?

Reasons we didn't attend:
6-4 vs. 3-7. If we win, we'll go to the playoff game. If we lose, I'd be PO'd fighting roads and parking issues with the BB game to have been there. Pure and simple: Don't lose your Homecoming game and don't give the NDSU game away and at 8-2 we'd make the effort.

translation: fairweather fans didn't show up

[Trapped in California]

Weather looks good, Iowa plays Friday, and even clone fans won't watch the last episode of the train wreck. Can't set up any better for a home game.

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

[panther-state]

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Our one home loss is the one I went to. My current thinking is that I will support my Panthers loudly and proudly...on ESPN3. Yes, I'm that superstitious.

[havok58]

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Our one home loss is the one I went to. My current thinking is that I will support my Panthers loudly and proudly...on ESPN3. Yes, I'm that superstitious.

We all have our quirks for gameday (I can't wear purple at the games), but you should try and come to the first home game next season. That way if you are "cursed" it shouldn't hurt the team that much. But yes, this week please stay at home

[vbfan19]

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I feel that way about going to road games.
Though I didn't go to the Iowa State game, so that one isn't on me.

[panther-state]

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I feel that way about going to road games.
Though I didn't go to the Iowa State game, so that one isn't on me.

We're 1-1 when I go to UNI/ISU games so I don't know what think...

[ronfitch]

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Agree to a point about Iowa. It definitely factors in.

But attendance on the whole -- and actual butts in seats -- has been sliding more than just this year. (Though this was the 2nd worst of the last 9.)

Average UNI-Dome attendance, including playoff games*:

1992 14052^
1993 12716^
1994 14736^
1995 11508^
1996 13436^
1997 cannot find online
1998 10649^^
1999 cannot find online
2000 11758^^
2001 11364^^
2002 10758^^
2003 cannot find online
2004 cannot find online
(1992-2002 source: MVFC site, records page)

2005 11628
(2005 source: Wikipedia page)

2006 11120
2007 16118^
2008 12174
2009 12969
2010 12830
2011 13189
2012 11905
2013 12572
2014 12490^^
2015 12246 (so far)
(2006-2015 source: UNIPanthers.com site, which match what is found for 2007 and 2014 on the MVFC site)

* I ran the numbers from individual game stats for seasons 2006-1014 from the unipanthers.com site and do include playoff games in the math; the MVFC site lists of conference average attendance leader and runnerup for season 1992 - 2014, plus the average attendance for each of those schools; my calculations for 2007 and 2014 match the MVFC site, so my guess is that all of the MVFC listings include playoff games. Numbers for missing years and bad math by me are welcome - I just went with what I could find.

^ led conference in average home attendance per MVFC site
^^ second in conference in average home attendance per MVFC site

[UNI MadCat]

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I meant to say this in the OP...many of you are mentioning lacking the energy after an emotionally charged bball game. Totally agree. This is actually something I complained about when the start time for all of these events were announced months ago. Definitely felt like the AD messed up and should have worked it so the bball game was last. Vball @ noon, Football at 2:30, Bball at 7:00...would have been a nice, slow build. And for those that didnt/couldn't do a double or triple header, they're still charged up in the Mcleod at night.

At the time of the announcement many people posited that the times were dictated by tv/ESPN. Given that it wasn't on the mothership, I'd say that didn't turn out to be the case.

Maybe there was never going to be a way to create a day full of top notch energy. But I didn't think this was planned well enough from the get go.

Just felt bad for the football team.

[Panther100]

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I agree the BB at the end would have been better. However, all three teams won. Even if we moved to the MWC, that BB game will be the best of all time in Cedar Falls.

[Panther'73]

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VB had to play @ night - conference rule of 24 hours between matches. They played Friday night @ 7:00. If the opposing teams won't compromise it is what it is...

[BCPanther]

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I would imagine Carolina wanted an afternoon game too. They play tonight and tomorrow night in their exempt tournament in KC. I'm guessing they didn't want to play 3 games in 84 hours with a 5 hours bus ride mixed in.

I also can't believe they bused to KC, but they did.