MrEdway Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Winning solves everything. And I'll bet Bubba expects 8-9 wins every year once he gets the program where he wants it. Probably a natty or 2 also. 1 Quote
Smoggy Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 Looks like rain Saturday. Going to certainly affect tailgating. But does is help, hurt or do nothing for game attendance? Quote
Siouxphan27 Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Smoggy said: Looks like rain Saturday. Going to certainly affect tailgating. But does is help, hurt or do nothing for game attendance? Yes. 1 Quote
ericpnelson Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Smoggy said: Looks like rain Saturday. Going to certainly affect tailgating. But does is help, hurt or do nothing for game attendance? We have a tent. All who are ready to get in Al and get loud are welcome at our tailgate 1 Quote
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 1 hour ago, ericpnelson said: We have a tent. All who are ready to get in Al and get loud are welcome at our tailgate Now that's a fan, UND needs a couple thousand of you! I'm already getn excited 4 this big game! 1 Quote
sprig Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 7 hours ago, ericpnelson said: We have a tent. All who are ready to get in Al and get loud are welcome at our tailgate +champions club tent, and, on Saturday, a Midco tent with free food. Staying dry before the game won't be a problem. 1 Quote
Siouxperman8 Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 10 hours ago, ericpnelson said: We have a tent. All who are ready to get in Al and get loud are welcome at our tailgate Forecast now says 10% chance of rain Saturday with high of 43. Should be great tailgating weather. We will be right next to your spot again. Will stop under the tent if it is raining. 1 Quote
ericpnelson Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 4 hours ago, Siouxperman8 said: Forecast now says 10% chance of rain Saturday with high of 43. Should be great tailgating weather. We will be right next to your spot again. Will stop under the tent if it is raining. Always welcome! Quote
siouxforcefans Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 14 hours ago, ericpnelson said: We have a tent. All who are ready to get in Al and get loud are welcome at our tailgate When you said something similar last week, my wife and I tried to stop by (I think it's fun meeting SS people IRL). We made it out of the Champion's Club tent, but only by 1 spot before we ran into people we knew and didn't get any further. We'll make a better effort this week! 1 Quote
CMSioux Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 We're located in the tailgating suburbs (south lot) look for the picture of Bubba. 4 Quote
Dustin Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 I know it was reported in the game day thread, but 8,699 today IIRC. I thought there was plenty of hype. Hockey night appear to make a positive difference. Hoping to tip the 10,000 scale once again in 2 weeks. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Dustin said: I know it was reported in the game day thread, but 8,699 today IIRC. I thought there was plenty of hype. Hockey night appear to make a positive difference. Hoping to tip the 10,000 scale once again in 2 weeks. How many people went to Duluth for hockey? I know of quite a few. Quote
Oxbow6 Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said: How many people went to Duluth for hockey? I know of quite a few. Not 1300 worth 1 Quote
ChrisUND1 Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 I am happy I was there, and saw another win, the 7th straight win by this team. The people that were at the game, especially at the end, were loud, HARDCORE fans. Maybe more show up next time, maybe they don't. I will be there, and the folks who were there at the end with me will be there as well. GO UND! 2 Quote
UNDBIZ Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 With Denver in town for hockey, I'm fairly confident attendance at the FB game will be solid. Deer opener is this coming weekend, so everybody take down the first one you see and get that out of the way. 1 Quote
BostonSiouxFan Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Lest I be thought a hypocrite, let me say that I have been at every home football game this year. In what was arguably one of the biggest home games in recent memory, I was disgusted that today's attendance was 8699. Bubba and this team deserve better, period. UND plays in a SMALL home stadium, and this should have been a tough ticket to get. I fully expected 10,500 today and was blown away at the pitiful attendance. On a positive note, I thought the fans that did bother to show up were fired up. 3 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, BostonSiouxFan said: Lest I be thought a hypocrite, let me say that I have been at every home football game this year. In what was arguably one of the biggest home games in recent memory, I was disgusted that today's attendance was 8699. Bubba and this team deserve better, period. UND plays in a SMALL home stadium, and this should have been a tough ticket to get. I fully expected 10,500 today and was blown away at the pitiful attendance. On a positive note, I thought the fans that did bother to show up were fired up. This has been par for the course for this program. The fans we do have are loyal, hard-core backers of the team. Quote
SiouxDini Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 I for one am not shocked by the number. I too certainly hoped for more but given the history of late season attendance I saw this coming. Quote
Cratter Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 1,700 more than the second to last home game compared to last year=awesome increase in attendance. 3 Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Small consolation, but it seems like late season games two years ago were in the 5-6,000 range and last year they were in the 6-7,500 range. So the attendance is improving, but certainly not fast enough, especially in light of our 7-game winning streak. I'll be making the 1,350 round trip for the No. Arizona game (and Denver series). 1 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 13 minutes ago, Cratter said: 1,700 more than the second to last home game compared to last year=awesome increase in attendance. I'm not good at math but I get your point. Nonetheless 8700 today was a absolute joke. 2 unbeaten BC teams with UND going for 7 in a row..........only 8700. Cripes beet harvest is over too. 1 Quote
Popular Post Cratter Posted October 30, 2016 Popular Post Posted October 30, 2016 16 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: Cripes beet harvest is over too. But leaf harvest started. 5 Quote
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said: I'm not good at math but I get your point. Nonetheless 8700 today was a absolute joke. 2 unbeaten BC teams with UND going for 7 in a row..........only 8700. Cripes beet harvest is over too. Completely agree, little weak. I've always said beet harvest is a small part of the total equation to UND football attendance, granted local farmers and beet harvest contributors go to games, that's great. Takes people from all of GF and UND supporters to do this right. I've talked to several people at the game today and it was there first game in couple years. What's that say, we slowly building a fan base? 1 Quote
Dustin Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 I know there was some discussion earlier about hockey games being a positive or negative effect on football attendance. I think today proves hockey games are good for football. Without hockey in town, you've probably got a basic grand forks crowd. If hockey is at home, you've probably got a few thousand people from out of town coming for that, and some of those people are going to trickle over to the alerus. 4 Quote
Cratter Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 If football wasn't in town this weekend, I would have been in Duluth. Quote
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