For me it's just the irony that they were so butthurt Game Day didn't come but then they'll have a list of excuses why their own fans won't go.
(Lack of) Iowa Football Fan Support
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For me it's just the irony that they were so butthurt Game Day didn't come but then they'll have a list of excuses why their own fans won't go.
Don't get me wrong, I get frustrated at Jack Trice with poor wireless but it does not come close to affecting my attendance.
Aw, c'mon! How can you forget the genius that was "Let's get mad again!"?
I got an excuse that actually makes a lot of sense. Look at the location of U of I. It is not like that of Ames. Central location makes it easier to travel to for all of the fans in the state. I am from western Iowa. Going 4.5 hours one way to a game only happens for me 1 time a year with a family. SO IMO the eastern side needs to pick it up and Illinois too.
There is no excuse for not selling out, but night games make travel hard for people on the other half of the state. Just my opinion.
ISU you do not need a hotel after the game because going there is like 1.5 hours for me instead of the 4.5 to 5 hour drive. If that makes sense to you guys at all. BUT Iowa should have a sell out and probably will get one. the $$ is an issue for a lot of people. and my wife and I do not have sucky jobs either. It is what it is now a days.
There is no excuse for not selling out, but night games make travel hard for people on the other half of the state. Just my opinion.
ISU you do not need a hotel after the game because going there is like 1.5 hours for me instead of the 4.5 to 5 hour drive. If that makes sense to you guys at all. BUT Iowa should have a sell out and probably will get one. the $$ is an issue for a lot of people. and my wife and I do not have sucky jobs either. It is what it is now a days.
Iowa fans excuses on game times:
11am kickoffs: makes it harder for people to come because they have to get up so early
Afternoon kickoffs: makes it harder for people to come because they it takes up the entire day
Night games: makes it harder for people to come because they get home so late
Would the western part of the state account for that discrepancy? Maybe less than 5% of their fans at Kinnick? I'd bet most of their fans come from IC, CR, Dbq, Quad Cities, Wat/CF, DM areas, surrounding areas, and in-between areas. They're all within two hours.
Yeah you are correct but I am not wrong in my assessment either. It is hard for people from western Iowa to get to all the home games every Saturday. People have it easier traveling to Ames. Also to make my argument even more right, MOST of the time ISU fans have to go to the games because they are not on general TV like Iowa is with ESPN/ABC/BTN etc. So ISU has it easier for fans going to games because they are usually not on TV with the basic cable channels.
Distance and TV access due a disfavor to Iowa, Distance lack of TV exposure help ISU. Those are facts not excuses.
BTN is a "basic" cable channel like ESPN and ABC but Fox Sports isn't.
The funny part about that is with DirecTV you get ESPN, ABC and Fox Sports with their second lowest package but to get BTN you have to go up another package just to have access to it which is $14 more per month.
The funny part about that is with DirecTV you get ESPN, ABC and Fox Sports with their second lowest package but to get BTN you have to go up another package just to have access to it which is $14 more per month.
No it's not. BTN comes at the choice package (185 channels) or higher. FS1 comes at the package below that which is the entertainment package (155 channels).
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2016.pdf
^Last year's attendance for the NCAA. Kind of interesting to look through. Florida State kind of stood out to me as a "wtf" stat. Just figured they'd fill more.
^Last year's attendance for the NCAA. Kind of interesting to look through. Florida State kind of stood out to me as a "wtf" stat. Just figured they'd fill more.
Or just a bunch of extra cell towers. Not being able to get even basic data access when you are at a game is a legitimate drawback to attending in person. Even just checking scores of other games is impossible at most stadiums.
One other thing too is that apparently all of the hotels in the area require a two night minimum stay on game weekends. That would be a non-starter for me. I'd be happy to get a hotel room that night for after the game, but I'm not going to pay for two nights. Apparently enough idiots do it that they're able to get away with it.
Maybe some of these fans should be supporting the program that is just a quick 30 minute jaunt up the road instead. Problem is we lost an entire generation of fan building a few decades ago, but that's a debate for another thread.
Lol. Do you seriously live under a rock? It's hilarious how many Iowa fans think we are never on tv. FS1 is a channel you get with basic cable man.
Here's the real question now that we're less than 12 hours before game time.... have they decided to hand out free condoms and nachos yet to anyone that buys a ticket today?
But seriously, does anyone think that we're nearing a tipping point soon with sports attendance in general? These teams are building nicer and nicer stadiums, making tons of expensive renovations, building athlete only dorms that pamper these athletes like crazy, etc, etc, etc.
It's just becoming WAY too expensive for people to justify supporting this arms race IMO. I think it's going to be a huge problem going forward. These schools are going to build these cathedrals, and in a few years they might be half full.
But seriously, does anyone think that we're nearing a tipping point soon with sports attendance in general? These teams are building nicer and nicer stadiums, making tons of expensive renovations, building athlete only dorms that pamper these athletes like crazy, etc, etc, etc.
It's just becoming WAY too expensive for people to justify supporting this arms race IMO. I think it's going to be a huge problem going forward. These schools are going to build these cathedrals, and in a few years they might be half full.
