I think the fairweatherness applies moreso to basketball than football...the fact that lately we've been consistently drawing close to 50k per game with the current state of the program is awesome...basketball on the other hand, I can remember when I was there the CEC would only have maybe 4,000 - 5,000 people per game (with the exception of KU or if another ranked team was coming to town), but when the team was on the bubble for the NCAA's, the attendance shot up considerably to 8,000 - 9,000+...
But honestly, a shade under 48K on Saturday, considering the current state of the program, is pretty damn good. Props to all you guys on the board that went. Imagine if we could just start winning.
Odd that so many fans would go to a game we have a chance of losing when we have never taken any risks in our lives.
Some of us, despite never having taken a risk, do have children and come from 2 parent homes. So we mostly get it.
In all honesty, the only people who accuse CU fans of being fairweather are Nebraskans and our current head coach. Go ask the folks at Cal if CU fans are fairweather. For all that went wrong in Berkely last weekend, the fact that 10,000+ CU fans were there probably did a lot to make the Pac 10 happy with their decision. Football coaches come and go, and with them the fortunes of their respective programs. Fans are fans forever.
I honestly believe that with a strong 2010 season (or a new coach) + a Pac 12 announcement for 2011... that we will break the 30k mark for season tickets next year. We'll sell out Folsom regularly in the coming years.
I know it's hard to see it with how bad our programs have been the past 5 years, but we're about to turn the corner and our fan base is stepping up like I've never seen it.
You are an optimist. I think CU hits a ceiling around 22,000 to 23,000 season tickets. There are no indication of a huge pent up demand for Buff tickets. Even back in the days of Coach Mac when enthusiasm ran high they did not sell out on a consistent basis.
You are an optimist. I think CU hits a ceiling around 22,000 to 23,000 season tickets. There are no indication of a huge pent up demand for Buff tickets. Even back in the days of Coach Mac when enthusiasm ran high they did not sell out on a consistent basis.
You are an optimist. I think CU hits a ceiling around 22,000 to 23,000 season tickets. There are no indication of a huge pent up demand for Buff tickets. Even back in the days of Coach Mac when enthusiasm ran high they did not sell out on a consistent basis.
Crowds in the mid-to-high 40's for lesser opponents like this one over the past few years is a credit to Bohn and the marketing of the program, especially those "4 for $40" deals they had last year. Not sure if there were any special deals for this game but wouldn't be surprised if there was.
. Not sure if there were any special deals for this game but wouldn't be surprised if there was.
I think we have always had decent football attendance for home games. What we usually didn't get was the Big 12 road game and low to mid tier bowl followings. I think that will change with our Pac move with our alumni on the west coast.
I bet a lot of the season ticket holders for the big time programs didn't even go there, they're just local.
I'd love to see some statistics on the percentages of alumni vs. non-alumni football season ticket holders at BCS conference schools...
Could be kind of misleading. Case in point: My Dad is the season ticket holder, but I'm the alumnus. He didn't go to CU, but I did. Half the tickets are used by CU alumni, but the non-CU alumni is the name on the account. So, are these alumni tickets or not?
Is allbuffs.com an alumnus? Nope, but it holds tickets, too.