KU Disappointed In Fans
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It's called fairweather fans with the emphasis on weather. Just like ISU, KU doesn't have nearly enough hardcore FB fans. When the weather gets bad, they start looking for an excuse not to go or to stay out after half. See ISU vs Mizzou in 2004...division title on the line and ISU could barely top 40k (and that's paid attendance). Real FB schools don't have that problem because for every weeny that can't handle the cold, there are more fans willing to take their spot. Luckily, ISU has made some decent strides in this area in recent years despite the lack of success.
he looks like a giant blueberry in his blue jacket...maybe one day a pack of oompa loompas will roll him away to deflate him...
Allow me to re-post something you wrote a mere 2 hours ago.
Pretty big difference between excuses and reasons. Kansas has won, we haven't, Kansas is the primary athletic school in the state, we aren't. Kansas has more money than us in their athletic budget. In the end, there is no reason ISU has better fan support than Kansas other than that the fan base is that much more awesome.
Your absolutely right, Frak. I also remember a game in November against Colorado, not too many years back, on a beautiful November day when my wife and I were able to pretty much pick our seats. I don't recall the year, but it was a pretty darned good McCarney team and the game was an excellent game. Rarely do you see as nice of days in November as that one and I would have thought the place would have been full. We walked up to the stadium, bought tickets, and sat down in a very good seat (not the seats we purchased).
The excuse always seems to be that Iowa has two major schools so it splits the fan base, but come on, how many does Iowa State graduate every May. Many, if not most, of these graduates stay in Iowa, but still it is difficult sometimes to fill a 50,000 seat stadium. During the early 2000s, when Mac had those good teams, you shouldn't have been able to buy an ISU ticket at any price.
There are no $10 promotions this year at KU. KU has actually made quite a bit on ticket sales this year, the cheapest tickets you could get were $50. I don't think I would make a comment about ticket promos when you could get $10 tickets for NDSU & Army or $15 tickets for your remaining games.
Reesings backup is the best passer on the team. Plus he's faster than Reesing and 5" taller. He probably won't have the intangibles that Reesing has (who does?) but he will run more often and his entire line will be back. KU has a lot of young talent, so the schools hoping KU will vanish with Reesing will be very disappointed. I look for the Defense to be better next year (how can it get worse) and the rushing game to be better because the qb will run more often similar to what ISU does and the passing game to not be as good.
Reesings backup is the best passer on the team. Plus he's faster than Reesing and 5" taller. He probably won't have the intangibles that Reesing has (who does?) but he will run more often and his entire line will be back. KU has a lot of young talent, so the schools hoping KU will vanish with Reesing will be very disappointed. I look for the Defense to be better next year (how can it get worse) and the rushing game to be better because the qb will run more often similar to what ISU does and the passing game to not be as good.
I don't understand why they don't put an incentive in his contract saying he gets a bonus of X for each pound lost. If they value him as a coach, they should try to help him get healthy.
Yeah, probably a better idea. I'm amazed he does as well as he does given his weight and stress level career.
The problem is that stadium is just a crap place to watch a game. The high seats are a long, long way from the field and the 1st about 15 rows are so low you don't want to sit in them. We had our pick of seats in 2005 (sweet mother... don't remind me) when we ran in and eventually we just moved up about 15 rows.
That said I'll be there in a few weeks to watch the KU/OU game.
That said I'll be there in a few weeks to watch the KU/OU game.
I'd be scared for the furniture at a recruit's house. What are the odds he breaks a chair from sitting in it on a visit or messes up the mechanical's on a lazy boy?
How about you go back and try rethinking what was being said in my post, in context of the KU fan/attendance bashing.
(This is what I get for defending hawks. Lesson learned. :no
My bad, you got me there. KU was giving $10 promo tickets just a couple of years ago so I assumed that's what you were referencing. I'll take ISU's football fan base over KU anytime. If ISU was having this kind of success I think they would be sold out before the season starts. I'm hoping KU fan base will just be a slow grow. Maybe the Chiefs and Royals lack of success will help KU.
