I wish I was there but making it there from Atlanta back to back is not possible yet.
However, using the attendance stats from our past games this year so far we are averaging almost 20,000 a game. Would I like it to be higher? Sure, we all would. But I think it also exposes some lies our Sunbelt neighbors have been trying to convince us of.
NLULM is down to about 14,000. ULL is at about 19,000 but if you take out their McNeese game they drop to a little above 14,500.
Basically, I do think that the general public which includes our fellow alumni who are not as RABID know that Tech is playing MUCH better competition. They know that we have a new coach that is helping us to raise our level of competition. They know that attending a Tech game will give them a great family game day experience.
I know there are gripes about many leaving during the game and that boggles my mind but I think those fans will soon be turning and realizing that the show they are getting in the stands -winning or struggling- is better than the show they go home to watch on TV. A few years ago, the ones leaving in the middle weren't even showing up in the first place.
So forget that hype/lie about how we should be in a local conference building local rivalries. That's just not happening.