Attendance in 1st Round

[Bronco]

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FCS has to do better


Tennessee St at Butler Attendance: 1928
Bethune-Cookman at Coastal Carolina Attendance: 3007
Sacred Heart at Fordham Attendance: 4787
Furman at SC State Attendance: 4871
Southern Utah at Sam Houston St Attendance: 4069
Samford at Jacksonville St Attendance: 8992
South Dakota St at Northern Ariz Attendance: 5077
Lafayette at New Hampshire Attendance: 3,286

[Vidav]

I think this game really got Coastal ready for playing in WA Griz.

[ewueagle2010]

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FCS has to do better


Tennessee St at Butler Attendance: 1928
Bethune-Cookman at Coastal Carolina Attendance: 3007
Sacred Heart at Fordham Attendance: 4787
Furman at SC State Attendance: 4871
Southern Utah at Sam Houston St Attendance: 4069
Samford at Jacksonville St Attendance: 8992
South Dakota St at Northern Ariz Attendance: 5077
Lafayette at New Hampshire Attendance: 3,286

What in the hell happened in these two places?

[jcfrancis]

Do you think the holiday break has something to do with it? No students on campus does not help.

[EWURanger]

Do you think the holiday break has something to do with it? No students on campus does not help.

Uh, yes? Opening round games on Thanksgiving weekend are never well attended. Even at places like Montana and App State, attendance is usually well below regular season averages.

[Vidav]

Do you think the holiday break has something to do with it? No students on campus does not help.

Uh, yes? Opening round games on Thanksgiving weekend are never well attended. Even at places like Montana and App State, attendance is usually well below regular season averages.

We still would have had 20k plus. Those numbers are just sad.

[clawman]

The NCAA should just scrap this round of playoffs. Give all teams the holiday weekend off and save a lot of money on charters and travel expense.
The 16 team playoff field would start on equal basis and forget the regional play BS.

[JohnStOnge]

I'm really skeptical about that Jacksonville State figure. If you watched the game on ESPN3 you know what I'm talking about. In fact I was kind of horrified by how empty the stadium looked.

The Sam Houston State crowd was loud. Give them credit. I think that's the game where the home crowd noise came across on ESPN3 as the loudest.

[LDopaPDX]

The NCAA should just scrap this round of playoffs. Give all teams the holiday weekend off and save a lot of money on charters and travel expense.
The 16 team playoff field would start on equal basis and forget the regional play BS.

This regional BS has got to stop. It doesn't really save any money on travel (airfare isn't that much different if you're flying from Spokane to LaGuardia, O'Hare, or f'in Grand Forks). Plus, clearly when you've got 5-6 teams making the playoffs as well as teams that can't play a lick at playoff level (see: Butler), the field has expanded too much.

Cut back to 20, and seed everyone, including the winners of the play-in games.

[keydet21]

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FCS has to do better


Tennessee St at Butler Attendance: 1928
Bethune-Cookman at Coastal Carolina Attendance: 3007
Sacred Heart at Fordham Attendance: 4787
Furman at SC State Attendance: 4871
Southern Utah at Sam Houston St Attendance: 4069
Samford at Jacksonville St Attendance: 8992
South Dakota St at Northern Ariz Attendance: 5077
Lafayette at New Hampshire Attendance: 3,286

That's just pitiful, especially for CCU, UNH and Jax State. I mean it's the playoffs? Even if students aren't there (or at least the overwhelming majority of them), it shows you're fanbase is really apathetic when you can hardly sellout a third of your stadium.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The NCAA should just scrap this round of playoffs. Give all teams the holiday weekend off and save a lot of money on charters and travel expense.
The 16 team playoff field would start on equal basis and forget the regional play BS.

This regional BS has got to stop. It doesn't really save any money on travel (airfare isn't that much different if you're flying from Spokane to LaGuardia, O'Hare, or f'in Grand Forks). Plus, clearly when you've got 5-6 teams making the playoffs as well as teams that can't play a lick at playoff level (see: Butler), the field has expanded too much.

The regionalism will likely never end because the ADs don't want to spend the money. It does save money on travel in the east because you get a lot of bus-trip matchups.

The 5-6 team that got in was an auto-bid from a conference that has had an auto-bid since 1997. And they still would've gotten the auto-bid even if Fordham's games had counted in the standings. The expanded field had nothing to do with it.

[Mvemjsunpx]

I'm really skeptical about that Jacksonville State figure. If you watched the game on ESPN3 you know what I'm talking about. In fact I was kind of horrified by how empty the stadium looked.

Their stadium holds 24,000, so it wouldn't look too full.

[SuperHornet]

The NCAA should just scrap this round of playoffs. Give all teams the holiday weekend off and save a lot of money on charters and travel expense.
The 16 team playoff field would start on equal basis and forget the regional play BS.

Do you REALLY believe that would work, clawman? Even back when the playoffs WERE 16 teams, they did the regionalization thing to contain travel costs, even if it wasn't "on paper." And, early on, it WAS "on paper," using regional bowl names from the old Small College days for the quarterfinals. Wikipedia still tracks those, though they have not been official for years.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Uh, yes? Opening round games on Thanksgiving weekend are never well attended. Even at places like Montana and App State, attendance is usually well below regular season averages.

We still would have had 20k plus. Those numbers are just sad.

I doubt it. The Griz have never had 20k for a Thanksgiving weekend game, I'm pretty certain.

[kalm]

This regional BS has got to stop. It doesn't really save any money on travel (airfare isn't that much different if you're flying from Spokane to LaGuardia, O'Hare, or f'in Grand Forks). Plus, clearly when you've got 5-6 teams making the playoffs as well as teams that can't play a lick at playoff level (see: Butler), the field has expanded too much.

The regionalism will likely never end because the ADs don't want to spend the money. It does save money on travel in the east because you get a lot of bus-trip matchups.

The 5-6 team that got in was an auto-bid from a conference that has had an auto-bid since 1997. And they still would've gotten the auto-bid even if Fordham's games had counted in the standings. The expanded field had nothing to do with it.

But sans conference teams meeting up, aren't they going to have to almost always fly someone out west anyway? Of the 9 "western" playoff teams this year, there are no intra conference bus trips.

[Vidav]

We still would have had 20k plus. Those numbers are just sad.

I doubt it. The Griz have never had 20k for a Thanksgiving weekend game, I'm pretty certain.

Okay, 18k plus.

[Ibanez]

I think this game really got Coastal ready for playing in WA Griz.

Coach Mo has been simulating loud noises for the past two weeks in practice.

[Vidav]

I think this game really got Coastal ready for playing in WA Griz.

Coach Mo has been simulating loud noises for the past two weeks in practice.

Has he been simulating loud AND cold in practice?

[Ibanez]

Coach Mo has been simulating loud noises for the past two weeks in practice.

Has he been simulating loud AND cold in practice?

The temps have been between 32-59 degrees the last two weeks. This past week was cold, most days in the 40s with some wind. That's the best we could do.

Right now it's 52 degrees and raining in Conway and 39 degrees(today's high) in Missoula. The temp will drop to about 38, so any afternoon practice is going to be cold. The rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70s whereas you boys are going to be at 38 today and then down in the teens for the remainder of the week. Who was the genius that scheduled these two teams.

[Gil Dobie]

Right now it's 52 degrees and raining in Conway and 39 degrees(today's high) in Missoula. The temp will drop to about 38, so any afternoon practice is going to be cold. The rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70s whereas you boys are going to be at 38 today and then down in the teens for the remainder of the week. Who was the genius that scheduled these two teams.

There's an empty stadium in Bozeman that you could rent for a week.

[Vidav]

Has he been simulating loud AND cold in practice?

The temps have been between 32-59 degrees the last two weeks. This past week was cold, most days in the 40s with some wind. That's the best we could do.

Right now it's 52 degrees and raining in Conway and 39 degrees(today's high) in Missoula. The temp will drop to about 38, so any afternoon practice is going to be cold. The rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70s whereas you boys are going to be at 38 today and then down in the teens for the remainder of the week. Who was the genius that scheduled these two teams.

Just hope your players aren't stupid like the 2009 SFA team. Walking out onto the partially frozen river, throwing rocks on it. . .

[Vidav]

Right now it's 52 degrees and raining in Conway and 39 degrees(today's high) in Missoula. The temp will drop to about 38, so any afternoon practice is going to be cold. The rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70s whereas you boys are going to be at 38 today and then down in the teens for the remainder of the week. Who was the genius that scheduled these two teams.

There's an empty stadium in Bozeman that you could rent for a week.

[89Hen]

NYG @ Redskins last night...

[bluehenbillk]

4,000 for Sam Houston? Wow did that bandwagon break quick...

[craneac27]

Tennessee St at Butler Attendance: 1928 …. indianapolis problems <--- big city small school never gets love

Bethune-Cookman at Coastal Carolina Attendance: 3007 …. clemson south carolina game? maybe?

Sacred Heart at Fordham Attendance: 4787 …. bronx problems <--- big city small school never gets love

Furman at SC State Attendance: 4871 …. hey idk? clemson south carolina game?

Southern Utah at Sam Houston St Attendance: 4069 …. no excuse here. the stadium holds 14K

Samford at Jacksonville St Attendance: 8992 …. auburn alabama game? maybe? but not bad considering the stadium holds 24K

South Dakota St at Northern Ariz Attendance: 5077 …. ridiculous! the stadium holds 16K! there isn't anything to do in Flagstaff anyway! id be embarrassed if i were a Lumberjack fan.

Lafayette at New Hampshire Attendance: 3,286 …. stadium hold 6.5K and half show? i mean new hampshire has a loyal fan base from what I have evaluated, but half? C'MON MANNNN