Attendance down for college football

daytonacane said:

At present, it would be hard to disagree, however, things go in cycles FSU & Miami were on top and UF was down, Now UF is up & FSU/Miami down. IMHO, Alabama is on the way down. Regardless, we have a far better chance of winning games vs. winning attendance records. Hey, there is even a good chance UF will beat GA this year - at least I hope so. I believe we play again in 2024, so who knows how our teams will be at that time.

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I hate to bring you the bad news but I think Miami’s days are finished. Their secret was all those kids out in the swamps like Pahokee that no one knew about. In today’s age when everything is accessible all the big dogs can find them too. Unless Miami changes how it spends its money or finds new donors, the school will be relegated to has been status - like Syracuse.

SeabeeGator said:

I hate to bring you the bad news but I think Miami’s days are finished. Their secret was all those kids out in the swamps like Pahokee that no one knew about. In today’s age when everything is accessible all the big dogs can find them too. Unless Miami changes how it spends its money or finds new donors, the school will be relegated to has been status - like Syracuse.

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Miami was cool back in the day. Miami Vice was all the rage etc.

Now, Miami is seen as a third world shythole. And daEwe doesn't have money to compete even with Wake or GaTech. They aren't coming back.

Swamp Donkey said:

Miami was cool back in the day. Miami Vice was all the rage etc.

Now, Miami is seen as a third world shythole. And daEwe doesn't have money to compete even with Wake or GaTech. They aren't coming back.

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I’m surprised USCw has not made their comeback yet. That coach must really suck. All they have to do is find a guy willing to embrace the Hollywood lifestyle and kids flock to there. Kind of similar to Miami except it has staying power due to Hollywood.

I just talked to all these people. They agreed that Miami used to be cool but now it is a shythole.

Swamp Donkey said:

I just talked to all these people. They agreed that Miami used to be cool but now it is a shythole.

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That was quite a collection of future stars. Whoever did casting for that show really knew what they were doing.

I'll give you and old fart's perspective. First, lets get a few things out of the way. There probably is less passion among the students and recent grads. Second compared even to the 90's every game is on the TV, that was not the case pre '90s

Now from an old fart:

1. The in-game in-stadium experience is great, if anything it's better than years ago. I would much prefer to be sitting in the stadium watching the game than on my couch downing a few.
2. Stadium capacity was 62K in 1981, then 72k through 1990, then jumped to the mid 80ks after that.
3. Getting to the game was easy in 1981. Getting to the game now is like going to war. The infrastructure surrounding the stadium has not kept up, and you'd probably have to level half the campus to fix it. The ease of getting to a game started going down the crapper when the stadium went to 72k. It's worse now.
4. Who the hell wants to watch a game in 95 degree heat.

So too many seats means just getting to the stadium is an unpleasant experience which trumps the fact that I really enjoy the game once, after a long slog, I get there. I think most major programs have run up against the same critical mass. Cramming that many people into one stadium causes problems,problems that haven't been solved.

Anybody got a helicopter?