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Utah Utes football: Happy to finish with 4 of last 6 at home
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Haven't had trouble getting people to the seats in a while thanks.
Attendance smack. Always a Coog classic. Don't you have an important game to go concern yourself with?
I am preparing for a fun game watching Utah play Air Force.
Besides BYU the only other school that fills it statium are the Bronco of Boise State.
I would be embarrassed if I were a yewtie fan and my statium was only half full!!!!!!!!!!!!
So it is great that 4 out of the last 6 games are at home.........now if more than half of the fans actually showed up!!!!!!!!!!
Prediction: Utah will lose 3 out of their last 6 games and finish 4th in the conference!!!!!!!!
Go BOISE STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, and didn't the Utes sell out their season tickets? I know that Utah's stadium is smaller than the Cougars', but it's a lot easier to fill 30,000 seats (Boise) than 45,000 (Utah).
Hey, but at least the Cougs managed to accomplish something the Utes have already done, even though not because of themselves. Getting Gameday is nice, it's just too bad they are coming because 1)TCU is undefeated and fighting Boise for the BCS, 2)Utah smacked Bama in the Sugar Bowl and that is still getting the MWC run, and finally 3)BYU.
Moose, can you please comment on BSU 1/3 full stadium vs mighty Cal Davis?
BYU had a chance to do what Utah already did last year and they blew it. BYU had the whole world in their hands and they could not handle the pressure. Thanks BYU for setting back the MWC 10 years with that loss to FSU. I will be watching from home with a coke in my hand.....
When will Utah fans grow up and not feel like they have to bash BYU in order to feel good about their school. Perhaps these posters are really more BYU-haters than Utah Fans. That would explain alot. Where are all the positive comments about Utah from Utah fans?
YBU has more students and a crowd of painted up 11 year olds. Why is attendance an issue ? The Utes seem to be doing well living on the millions earned by winning BCS games and don't have to sell tickets for a dollar to anyone under 12. Why is that an issue ? Utah has a student body of about 2/3 that of YBU and we sell out 45,000 seats to 60,000 for the Y.... so you do the math.
See if you can keep the game exciting during the national game day. We were spotlighted in '04 and made the MWC proud. Try not to embarrass the conference will you please ?
As if the turf wasn't a big enough joke , just wait until Hughes for TCU is playing in the backfield with Max.
Bronco can then send those tapes to the league office and whine about being picked on by the refs. turf , execution or.... ( fill in your excuse here...)
Utah average attendance: 45,521 (101.12% full)
Stadium seating capacity: 45,017
BYU average attendance: 64,113 (100.11% full)
Stadium seating capacity: 64,045
BSU average attendance: 32,500 (97.02% full)
Stadium seating capacity: 33,500
Conclusion: BYU and BSU fans are liars. (see comments before about Utah's attendance at home games.)
Boise State is higher ranked than any MWC teams!!!
And a member of the WAC!!!
And we fill our stadium with more fans!!!
So if we had better teams in the WAC we would still be higher ranked than BYU and the Yewts???
It seems to me that just because the Broncos get invited to the BCS almost every year....then we probably would still be ranked higher than BYU and the Yewts if we were in the MWC
GO BOISE STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go ahead and read the first uneducated comment
But Utah has played well in those years.
In 2005 the year after playing in the Fiesta Bowl you averaged 41,500. That is sad. Really Sad.
You did not sell out every game in 2006 or 2007. But then 2008, your team is good again and your fans come back.
We both know if Utah loses to Air Force this weekend all the Utah fans will jump off the band wagon
As if the Quest for Perfection wasn't humiliating enough for you...amidst all the bragging, chest thumping, and piles of unused tee-shirts, you guys get blown out at home by a poor team, your coach calls his fans uneducated and covers up a DUI. STILL you people talk like everyone wants to be you.
What's not to enjoy? You people are a laugh a minute. Your problem is, we are the ones doing the laughing.
Exactly, that's what I thought.
A percentage of fans from every program/team go up and down in actual attendance when that team is up or down. That is common sense. Even the loyal gray-hairs in Provo quit going when BYU was getting whipped by CSU and Boise at home.
Superiorty complex is still alive and well down south. And can once again be proven inaccurate with actual stats.
2005
(6-5 record)Utah: 41,536 (92.27% full)
(6-5 record)BYU: 58,204 (90.88% full)
2006
(7-5)Utah: 43,279 (96.20% full)
(10-2)BYU: 60,524 (92.69% full)
2007
(8-4)Utah: 42,593 (94.62% full)
(10-2)BYU: 64,497 (100.71% full)
2008
(12-0)Utah: 45,542 (101.17% full)
(10-2)BYU: 64,102 (100.09% full)
Conclusion: Utah has filled their stadium on average more than BYU has 3 out of the last 4 years.
The stats so far this year have Utah winning again in average attendance.
*please note the records do not include bowl games
2005 #54 41,536 (92%)
2006 #49 43,279 (96%)
2007 #54 42,593 (95%)
2008 #51 45,542 (101.1%)
BYU - LES official capacity - 64,045
2005 #32 58,204 (91%)
2006 #26 60,524 (95%)
2007 #27 64,497 (100.7%)
2008 #27 64,102 (100.1%)
There is one big difference. Utah gives away student tickets. BYU students have to pay for their tickets.
By the way no offense is intended.
Go Utes!!
Go TCU!!
It was pretty dumpy before the makeover--ancient wooden benches with slivers, yuck!
Whittingham is already predicting the Utes will place 4th in the MWC standings this year........just like the old days when the WAC would hand out trophies to the Utes
5th place 84 WAC Utes,
7th Place 81 WAC Utes...its nostalgic and catchy!
Check the facts. Drop out rates at BYU exceed those at Utah.
TCU 32
BYU 6
FYI: TCU is getting feelers to join the Big 12...maybe Utah State can take our place...you know keep it all in the family.
ALso unless you personall know the person non of you have any proof that the person putting down the other team is actually a fan of a team. For all you wackos know it is someone just trying to stir up controversy. Heck it could be the same person posting 90% of these comments. Get a life and take a reality check.
Go Utes!
Clearly, the stats don't lie. They prove that Utah fills their stadium just as well as BYU fills theirs. And that when a team isn't at its best, a small percentage of fans don't show up, whether it's BYU or Utah.
Basically, that the only smack BYU has left, attendance smack, is now obsolete.
Here's the difference. If BYU had been in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, I know that hards to imagine seeing as BYU cannot get to the BCS no matter how hard they pray for it, you wouldn't have seen Utah fans pretending to be BYU fans just for the trip. But when Utah busted the BCS and was invited to the Fiesta Bowl, there were plenty of BYU fans sporting Red gear for the trip.
Who are the bandwagon fans? I know, BYU fans were just doing what they could to experience the BCS firsthand, since they apparently saw into the future and watched as BYU fumbled away chances to get their themselves.
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They have a decent program, now only if they had decent fans.