Importance of attendance this Friday

[VDub26Falcon]

All I know for sure is that I am going to make sure that I have the day after Thanksgiving scheduled as off and then they'll move it and I'll be screwed!

[TG1996]

I don't know, I think it makes a lot of sense to have it at the end of the season for the very reason you note. People would rather watch a game in 50-60 degree weather than 30-40. People would also rather watch the BG-UT game than BG-other MAC opponent. So yeah, if you move the game earlier in the year I think you'll get better attendance for THIS game, but you'll also have a late season home game that is a guaranteed stinker as far as attendance goes.

Exactly. If anyone really thinks, given our recent past, that we'd get more than 5K for a Friday-after-Thanksgiving game against Akron with a forecast in the low 40's and rain/snow, you're smoking something. Heck, what if Friday's weather turns out to be Mud Bowl-ish or like the Buffalo game last year? With UT as the opponent, you're still guaranteed a decent crowd. 2003 should be a witness to that, it was muddy and damn cold that day.

[bgsufalcon24]

I don't know, I think it makes a lot of sense to have it at the end of the season for the very reason you note. People would rather watch a game in 50-60 degree weather than 30-40. People would also rather watch the BG-UT game than BG-other MAC opponent. So yeah, if you move the game earlier in the year I think you'll get better attendance for THIS game, but you'll also have a late season home game that is a guaranteed stinker as far as attendance goes.

Exactly. If anyone really thinks, given our recent past, that we'd get more than 5K for a Friday-after-Thanksgiving game against Akron with a forecast in the low 40's and rain/snow, you're smoking something. Heck, what if Friday's weather turns out to be Mud Bowl-ish or like the Buffalo game last year? With UT as the opponent, you're still guaranteed a decent crowd. 2003 should be a witness to that, it was muddy and damn cold that day.

2005 is another witness. The game was held on a Tuesday that year, and my was it cold that night. I think it was 19 degrees at kick-off. But the game was very near a sellout (though the attendance was horribly under counted). And not only that, but aside from a small percentage of the students, virtually everybody stuck it out through 4 quarters and 2 overtimes.

Oh and guess what, the weather forecast for Friday STINKS. High of 39 and rain/show showers. With that forecast and an opponent like Akron or EMU, 4-5k max.