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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    A couple of days after the Frisco Bowl, someone here on BB&B told a story about meeting a "LA Tech bandwagon fan" before the game in Frisco. That's right. Apparently they met a "fan" (and his wife) that lived in DFW and decided to attend the Frisco Bowl to watch and cheer for LA Tech. They even wore LA Tech clothing, despite having never been to LA Tech's campus, and having only watched Tech football on TV.

    It happens.
    It is great to see we are getting exposure and people like the product they see on the field/court. The key being those fans looked beyond just the W/L records or conference affiliation. Sadly too many people simply follow schools the sports media promotes. All we can do is keep plugging away and winning as often as possible.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Florida has a population of about 20 million. Louisiana has a population of about 4 million. We get about 20K to our home games. Thats 0.5 percent of the total population of Louisiana. That should translate to an attendance of over 100K for UCF, but they average about 35K. They have a student population of over 60K, while we have only 12K. So we do much better attendance wise than UCF. So they have three P5 schools to compete with (really only 2) and we have only one. We're doing something better than UCF.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tech52 View Post
    There seems to be a lack of interest in football at these Florida schools that arent Florida and Florida State.
    Can't help but wonder if Florida sports media is like Louisiana and 97 per cent of coverage goes to FSU, UF, and Miami. Hard to get locals excited about your program when local/regional print, radio, and TV sports gives your program about as much attention as high schools. And practically every accomplishment is presented as second-rate.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    Florida has a population of about 20 million. Louisiana has a population of about 4 million. We get about 20K to our home games. Thats 0.5 percent of the total population of Louisiana. That should translate to an attendance of over 100K for UCF, but they average about 35K. They have a student population of over 60K, while we have only 12K. So we do much better attendance wise than UCF. So they have three P5 schools to compete with (really only 2) and we have only one. We're doing something better than UCF.
    I'd submit that metro area is a better metric.

    Ruston ~ 60K
    Orlando ~ 2.2MM

    But your point stands. Honestly, the only rural G5 school that substantially outperforms Tech in football attendance is Appy State.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    Florida has a population of about 20 million. Louisiana has a population of about 4 million. We get about 20K to our home games. Thats 0.5 percent of the total population of Louisiana. That should translate to an attendance of over 100K for UCF, but they average about 35K. They have a student population of over 60K, while we have only 12K. Sowe do much better attendance wise than UCF. So they have three P5 schools to compete with (really only 2) and we have only one. We're doing something better than UCF.
    That we are. And better than UNT (enrollment of 31,209 per US News Best Colleges https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/unt-3594.) But I do understand the earlier post about people not being able to attend the university of their choice.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
    I'd submit that metro area is a better metric.

    Ruston ~ 60K
    Orlando ~ 2.2MM

    But your point stands. Honestly, the only rural G5 school that substantially outperforms Tech in football attendance is Appy State.
    Note that their student body is equal to Tech's metro area.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
    I'd submit that metro area is a better metric.

    Ruston ~ 60K
    Orlando ~ 2.2MM

    But your point stands. Honestly, the only rural G5 school that substantially outperforms Tech in football attendance is Appy State.
    I was in Boone, North Carolina on game day for them. It was amazing! The whole town was shut down. There were people tailgating miles, and I mean MILES from the stadium, set up in parking lots of businesses scattered up and down that boulevard that runs onto campus. I thought they were waiting on a parade, because it looked like a typical Mardi Gras parade turnout. I was there on business and early that morning we stopped at a McDonald's to grab breakfast. It was about 7am (Saturday morning...game time was 2PM that day vs. Georgia State). It was packed with Appy fans, including a dad with 4 kids, all decked out in their black and yellow garb.



    I spoke to him briefly and he stated that being in the Belch was okay for starters, but they hope to move into a better conference some day.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
    I'd submit that metro area is a better metric.

    Ruston ~ 60K
    Orlando ~ 2.2MM

    But your point stands. Honestly, the only rural G5 school that substantially outperforms Tech in football attendance is Appy State.
    ......and Southern Miss.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    ......and Southern Miss.
    They might like to bill themselves as rural. But US Census says its a metro area.

    Hattiesburg MSA ~ 145K. More than double the Ruston area.

    The City of H'burg pop (47K) is also more than that of Ruston (22K).

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
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    Thanks for the belly laugh.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

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    Thanks for the belly laugh.
    We aim to try.

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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

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    We aim to try.
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    Re: Thoughts on UCF as national champ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
    They might like to bill themselves as rural. But US Census says its a metro area.

    Hattiesburg MSA ~ 145K. More than double the Ruston area.

    The City of H'burg pop (47K) is also more than that of Ruston (22K).
    Okay, you win. Yours is smaller than mine.

    I do think you are splitting hairs now. By any reasonable measure, Hattiesburg is still deemed a very small college town. That's why USM is still in CUSA and not currently in the AAC. And USM's sports attendance has always been much better than LA Tech's.

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