Marshall leads CUSA in attendance
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Do these figures count unsold tickets on Herdnation?
Glad to see this. It’s good to have a mostly full Cam. Also helps the bottom line.
Wish we could get there in football. I know it’s a totally different animal though.
Wish we could get there in football. I know it’s a totally different animal though.
All things considered, we support this school and its athletic programs better than any school/fanbase in the country. jmho
How can FIU, which has a massive student body, draw less than 1,000 people per game?... Maybe kids really are caring less and less about sports.
The same could be said for LT, UTSA, and North Texas. Also, while WKU's average isn't bad, I expected it to be higher.
FIU? Easy to explain. FIU fakes its football live gate as well, see this older video, but it has not, and never will, change:
Easy to explain. In Florida all of the state universities are top notch. If you like sports, you send an application to Gainesville or Tallahassee. If not, you consider one of the fine directional Floridas. And students that do not care about sports, grow up to be alumni that do not care about sports. As to the town, to the extent that college matters at all, Miami owns it, and really the majority down there choose one of the million other things to do.
Generally? Also easy to explain. This is a conference that exists for football. The different members have different fan interest and different levels of commitment to basketball. Some really could not care less about it. A football centric conference.
Easy to explain. In Florida all of the state universities are top notch. If you like sports, you send an application to Gainesville or Tallahassee. If not, you consider one of the fine directional Floridas. And students that do not care about sports, grow up to be alumni that do not care about sports. As to the town, to the extent that college matters at all, Miami owns it, and really the majority down there choose one of the million other things to do.
Generally? Also easy to explain. This is a conference that exists for football. The different members have different fan interest and different levels of commitment to basketball. Some really could not care less about it. A football centric conference.
Its interesting for places like FIU.
I am all about growth and development in the Huntington area but one thing about that, it could affect your university sports.
I remember hearing some fans complain about the Globetrotters playing at the same time as MU basketball was playing. Would that have affected a sell out? I don't know, but the Cam may have had more fans that night.
It shows in places like FIU, where there are 1,000 other things to do besides watch a football game, how having too much can be difficult on your program.
Maybe the lack of things to do is actually what is keeping MU football having somewhat strong attendance numbers when compared to urban schools with huge populations.
I am all about growth and development in the Huntington area but one thing about that, it could affect your university sports.
I remember hearing some fans complain about the Globetrotters playing at the same time as MU basketball was playing. Would that have affected a sell out? I don't know, but the Cam may have had more fans that night.
It shows in places like FIU, where there are 1,000 other things to do besides watch a football game, how having too much can be difficult on your program.
Maybe the lack of things to do is actually what is keeping MU football having somewhat strong attendance numbers when compared to urban schools with huge populations.
FIU is a commuter school. While their enrollment is 47K plus, only 7% live on campus (or roughly 3,231 students). I would bet that Marshall has many more than that on campus.
Once a student leaves campus after a day of classes, they probably don't want to fight Miami traffic to go back.
Once a student leaves campus after a day of classes, they probably don't want to fight Miami traffic to go back.
FIU
OUCH...how does FIU pay the lights Bill......Pathetic
HerdZilla22 in Charlotte
North Texas does not field a baseball program...I thought ALL Texas schools had baseball....baseball in TEXAS is not as BIG as football but baseball at the high school level is good, as is HS basketball. Just saying....
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UNT had a baseball program in the 1980's but it only last 5 seasons I believe. In that 5 seasons the program lost 234 games. That's an average of 46 games a season. Ouch.
With that said though, I believe UNT has stated they want to bring back their baseball program and it's being promoted in their current athletic fundraising campaign. I believe there are plans to build a new on campus ballpark too.
With that said though, I believe UNT has stated they want to bring back their baseball program and it's being promoted in their current athletic fundraising campaign. I believe there are plans to build a new on campus ballpark too.
I believe UTEP was another school that dropped baseball in the mid to late 1980s. It's a shame because El Paso wouldn't be a bad place to play baseball in February and March for early season games.
Can't say I blame them, given the Miami traffic and the tolls to drive back and forth.
Athletic Fee is $16.10 per hour, plus $10 per semester Athletic Improvement Fee.
FIU has 56,886 students.
So 15 hours per semester. 15 x $16.10 = 241.50. $241.50 + $10 = 251.50.
251.50 x 56,886 = 14,306,829.
2 semesters. 14,306,829 x 2 = 28,613,658.
Figure about a quarter attend summer school, as it is a commuter school and lots of people want to get in and out as quick as possible. Say 12,000 taking 6 hours. 6 x $16.10 x 12,000 = 1,159,200.
So they have almost THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS from their students from jump street.
According to the NCAA, student fees and tax payer money represent 71% of their entire athletic spending. Add in what they get from conference TV money and they really don't have to sell ticket one.
I used to say "fans build programs". Certainly true at Marshall. No real reason we are where we are, except for ultra loyal fan base. But there is another way. Just soak the students for something that obviously 99% could not care less about and there you go.
FIU
Chris Mc......someone posted a panoramic photo of the FIU @ HERD game. The Cam looked packed, yet the announced attendance was about 6900 (2148 under capacity). It looked FULL to me, however, I was viewing it on my computer. I recall (when you were a young pup) in the 1990's HERD Football ALWAYS under reported the attendance so MU could "keep more $$$$" rather than send it to the Conference. We had a quota to meet...anything above that...Marshall was permitted to keep. Is it still this way?
HerdZilla22 in Charlotte
Watched the HERD @ WKU on CBS Sports Monday evening....I noticed a lot of vacant seats initially....looked better in the 2nd half, perhaps, fans moved to lower unoccupied seats?
HerdZilla22 in Charlotte
mubaseballking....while visiting my Texas daughter this Summer...I drove to Denton (about 1.5 hours) to take a look at North Texas. Their campus is dated, however, their football stadium is very nice. It was about 98 degrees and guys were laying new artificial surface. OUCH for them!!! One endzone has seating to replicate a large Eagle Span....... I asked, "where is your baseball stadium?" Reply: "We don't field a baseball team." I visited their book store...again not too impressive. I purchased a toothbrush with Eagles imprinted on it & a golf hat [green & white] with a small eagle on the side.
HerdZilla22 in Charlotte
Mine too in 1968.....I was POOR and could not make my apartment rent---2nd semester. Booted Out! The President of the Fraternity [Kappa Alpha Order] I belong to permitted me to live in the Frat House for free. My Summer job provided me with earnings to pay KAO around $700...back rent & board ...going forward, first semester my Senior year. To this day, I pledge $$$ to KA National.....Were it not for the free room & board, 2nd semester 1968---...I shutter to think what would have happened to me...without my HERD degree? I am pleased to report I received a Graduate Assistants job from the School of JRN (Marshall) 1969-70...and later in life, earned my MBA from McColl School of Business---Queens Univ---Charlotte. Better than bagging groceries or working in a WV coal mine ---for sure...had I not received special help from KAO in 1968!
Thankful in Charlotte...HerdZilla22
Awesome! So now we can add North Texas to your list of teams which include wvu, Marshall, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and two or three more.
Their main bookstore is three times the size of Marshall's. They also have smaller ones. Their main bookstore, along with their student union, underwent a huge renovation in 2013.
Does Cuz Dan allow you to use an opponents toothbrush while staying at his house for FREE? Assuming you have bathroom privileges.
Hey Ninegate...your jealousy is getting the best of you......To quote Dan when asked what a certain NBA player was like off the court....."I would not wizz on him to save his life--- if he was on fire." Same, goes for you----no peeing on your burning ass.
Bathroom privileges and a LARGE TV are available to me.......
Laughing in your girly face...
HerdZilla22
You jealous inferior people that cheer ONLY for Marshall shows a sign of jealousy toward WVU. They play big time sports...EERS on TV several times weekly (basketball) and ALWAYS on national TV in Football on Saturday...unlike having to follow OUR HERD on espn+, Facebook or other streaming sources.
I cheer for anything that concerns the state of West Virginia.....Nothing More---Nothing Less...
Gary Sweeney (HerdZilla22) in Charlotte
Damn I’m jealous of that toothbrush. Honest to god I’ve never seen a team themed toothbrush. Can you share a pic? Dans paid well enough to let you have a TV to yourself. We have hit the big time. You can’t hide money.
I can't count the amount of lies you just listed.
So I am somehow below you because I cheer for my alma mater?
I could not care less about WVU and its insular, non-alumni, fanbase. That, sir, does not make me "inferior" to you or anyone else. I also follow sports on a national basis, and, as such, of course, understand what an insignificant speck WVU is in it. Which is among the reasons I refuse the suspension of disbelief that is required to ACTUALLY BELIEVE the idiocy one must believe to follow that program.
But I want to move on to this "I root for the state" nonsense.
I could not care less that WVU happens by accident of geography and the failure to take Little Round Top on the Second Day to be in West Virginia. The idea that I am supposed to have affinity for totally different people living 100s of miles away because our license plates match over people just across a river who are just like us, is stupid.
Admit it, you are just pissed because he has that toothbrush......and gets to stay at coach Dan’s house for FREE plus his own TV. It’s going to push me over the edge if he has Direct TV on that flat screen and it’s over 40”.
I'll bet "Little Round Top" might be a streeeeeetch for the uninformed! Never thought I would see the Battle for Gettysburg get placed in the midst of a HN skirmish........ Picketts Charge!!!!!
FIU
Have a daughter who spent 2 years in Miami getting a graduate degree in international business at FIU. Use to call us all the time from South Beach while working on some grad class team project with fellow students!
Yeah, Chris, its a real dilemma for that large student body at FIU: go over to the beach and "study", among other things, or hang on campus waiting to see your Panther round ball team face off with another nationally renown CUSA opponents!! Even in December, January, etc., the students' choice is pretty clear! Duh!!!!!!!
MEAN GREEN is imprinted on the toothbrush.....I use a different one when visiting Dan...I would not want him to know "I'm brushing with an enemy CUSA school".....he he he he he. I may lose my FREE room & board! Even Dan has standards.....LOL.
HerdZilla22
That's what's GREAT about America...(Trump is making GREAT AGAIN)...opinions are like assholes....WE ALL have one!
Silent Sam, I respect you for your well thought-out posts....but I have an opinion---just as you do!!! I was born a Mountaineer in Mt Hope, WV....as a small kid I cheered for Jerry West, Ronnie Retton, Willie Akers, Roger Blackwell, Dick Leftwich when they wore the Gold & Blue.
Not many HERD fans in southern WV when I was growing up. A few Mustangs (Mt Hope) attended Marshall...and when it came time for me to attend college...I made a GREAT decision for me...MARSHALL UNIV. I attended a lot of WVU football games after graduation from Marshall (1969-70) because at the time, The Herd football was dismal. We sat in old Mountaineer Field to watch the eers shut down Tony Dorsett (he never gained 100 yards in a game against WVU while performing for Pitt), 1973 Heisman winner--John Cappelletti break the eers hearts again. When I settled in Charlotte (1977) I even became a season ticket holder to UNC Tarheeel football (because I'm a huge sports fan) with some of my NC friends.
THEN THE HERD began making noise on the gridiron (beating Louisville as I listened to the radio returning to Charlotte from Chapel Hill one Saturday).....I decided I needed some HERD Saturdays in my life. We tailgated in old Pringle Field and attended games in Old Fairfeild---like I did as a student with my Kappa Alpha Order Frat brothers in the mid-60s....It was GOOD to return to my college roots!
Marshall opened THE JOAN in Sept. 7, 1991 [$30 million) against New Hampshire. I attended the contest with my high school son and daughter. We listened to The Drifters entertain before game time...IT WAS ELECTRIC in a shinny new Stadium in front of 38,000 screaming fans.
Going forward, I then became a season ticket holder to HERD football for many year$......making the trek up I-77 to I-64 to HUNTINGTON. I have enjoyed many victories at The JOAN (1992 & 1996 National Championships)...Marshall has a 140-25 overall record at Joan C Edwards stadium for a winning % of .848, which is the HIGHEST WINNING % of any FBS team at its current home venue.
HOWEVER....I will never forget my Mountaineer roots and continue to support that school in Morgantown and wear her colors when not attired in HERD GREEN & WHITE! I support "anything good" about our beautiful Mountain State....."Mountaineers Always Free" is scripted on our beautiful FLAG.
HerdZilla22 (GW Sweeney) in Charlotte
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