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Jeff McKinney
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Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/2/2024 11:26:07 PM

WOUB article about the home match vs Central Michigan said the crowd of 1,017 paid was an all time record. But I seem to remember crowds of 2,000 in the past. Someone correct me on this.

Deciduous Forest Cat
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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/3/2024 8:42:55 AM

Jeff McKinney wrote:

WOUB article about the home match vs Central Michigan said the crowd of 1,017 paid was an all time record. But I seem to remember crowds of 2,000 in the past. Someone correct me on this.

Yeah that's definitely a suspicious report. Didn't we average way more than that during carlstons best years?

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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/4/2024 5:23:32 PM

I want to say we had crowds of 3k+ during the prime years and were Top 25 in attendance at least one season.

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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/4/2024 5:59:59 PM

I asked myself the same question as I was at the game and Lou announced it over the PA. It was a nice crowd, but I assumed they would of had more during those dominate years.

Maybe something around "paid" attendance? All us dads in town for Dad's Weekend shelled out the $10 for a seat and the prior games > 1000 were free tickets? IDK.

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shabamon
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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/7/2024 10:19:16 AM

JSF wrote:

I want to say we had crowds of 3k+ during the prime years and were Top 25 in attendance at least one season.

The prime years a Saturday night crowd would be 1,500 minimum, and normally 2K+. I want to say we hit 4K once or twice on Homecoming following the football game.

Bobcat Binge
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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/7/2024 12:37:04 PM

It was not a record crowd for attendance. The record was more than 3000 and was set with the aid of the post-game crowd from football as stated. We were in the top 25 for attendance in NCAA D-1 that year and the lower bowl for the record setting game was full. Hopefully, we can get back to those days! It was a great atmosphere. Recently the parents of a former player happened to be in Athens and watched a game. They couldn't believe we no longer had a band for the games and remarked how dead the atmosphere was compared to 10 or so years ago.

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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 11/8/2024 10:21:15 PM

Now we get just 350 on a Friday night.

No band? Lame.

Alan Swank
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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 5/17/2025 1:26:03 PM

Jeff McKinney wrote:

WOUB article about the home match vs Central Michigan said the crowd of 1,017 paid was an all time record. But I seem to remember crowds of 2,000 in the past. Someone correct me on this.

WOUB was quoting a story on the departments website. That's the source of the error. I just did a quick check and in 2007 we had more than that for the Akron match and the Miami match and the BG match (3689).

oldkatz
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RE: Record crowd question?

Posted: 5/19/2025 10:57:31 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

Jeff McKinney wrote:

WOUB article about the home match vs Central Michigan said the crowd of 1,017 paid was an all time record. But I seem to remember crowds of 2,000 in the past. Someone correct me on this.

Is the clarification in the phrase "paid attendence"? Don't recall an admission fee back then but I was on the floor in a non-paying capacity though.

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