skip-zip Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) 17 hours ago, K92 said: I know it’s a big “if” that it even happens, but the thought of the kids playing the biggest game of their career in front of a pitiful crowd makes me very sad. It could never rival the weather on Nov. 24th, 2005, which is the last time we had a game to clinch the MAC East Title. Weather data shows it was 36 for a high, and 14 for a low, with 2.5 inches of snow. Just in case anyone needs to be reminded. The way-too-early forecast shows 57 for a high and sun/cloud mix during the day. It will be a shame no matter what the weather brings, because we'd probably have 5-7k in the seats, even if we produced a 70 degree day. Edited October 31, 2017 by skip-zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, skip-zip said: It could never rival the weather on Nov. 24th, 2005, which is the last time we had a game to clinch the MAC East Title. Weather data shows it was 36 for a high, and 14 for a low, with 2.5 inches of snow. Just in case anyone needs to be reminded. The way-to-early forecast shows 57 or a high and sun/cloud mix during the day. It will be a shame no matter what the weather brings, because we'd probably have 5-7k in the seats, even if we produced a 70 degree day. What was the attendance then? And never say never...I remember an ice bowl, vs Buffalo I believe, a few years ago. Edited October 31, 2017 by LZIp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) The Buffalo attendance last Saturday appeared larger to me. By the way, that game was ON Thanksgiving DAY !! Edited October 31, 2017 by skip-zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 2 hours ago, skip-zip said: The Buffalo attendance last Saturday appeared larger to me. By the way, that game was ON Thanksgiving DAY !! It's funny, because in my head it was -10 that day. I remember the wind whipping drifts of snow everywhere. And then I drove north for an hour for Thanksgiving dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 6 minutes ago, RowdyZip said: It's funny, because in my head it was -10 that day. It felt like it. That was probably the windchill factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 3 hours ago, skip-zip said: The Buffalo attendance last Saturday appeared larger to me. By the way, that game was ON Thanksgiving DAY !! It depends on where you sit. Keener's photo is the side most people don't go to sit on. Just saying...horrible contextual photo Keener (now I'm not saying it was very good attendance...just better than the empty bleachers on the visitor side). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) I've given up on caring about attendance. Edited October 31, 2017 by Balsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 4 hours ago, skip-zip said: By the way, that game was ON Thanksgiving DAY !! I'm not as good as Doc is on this, but here are a few of my shots from that Thanksgiving Day game, and I, like Rowdy Zip drove an hour north after the game too for Turkey Dinner! I napped a lot under a warm blankie that day.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Balsy said: It depends on where you sit. Keener's photo is the side most people don't go to sit on. Just saying...horrible contextual photo Keener (now I'm not saying it was very good attendance...just better than the empty bleachers on the visitor side). Yeah. I was just being negative. The home side was SRO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Remember the poster that thought we could average 15k fans this season? I agree with Balsy though. I'm kind of over talking about attendance. Its going to continue to blow until the culture surrounding the game improves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 35 minutes ago, ZipsVoice said: here are a few of my shots from that Thanksgiving Day game Wow. Thanks for sharing. That's a real Zips Fan, if you've saved pictures of that day for this long. Besides getting the trip to Detroit, I will always remember that day for being so incredibly nasty and cold on probably the biggest day in Akron football history. What an absolute shame that only a few people were able to brave the harsh conditions to enjoy it. If the weather was warm, maybe that game would have gotten decent attendance, and the big victory would have converted a good number of those attendees into lifelong Zips fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 That game was brutally, brutally, dangerously, life-threateningly cold. I'm a huge Zips fan but simply couldn't take it. I left at halftime... of a close game... against K.ent... in which a win would send us to Detroit. It's the coldest I've ever been in my life. Literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 39 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: Remember the poster that thought we could average 15k fans this season? I agree with Balsy though. I'm kind of over talking about attendance. Its going to continue to blow until the culture surrounding the game improves. So I know your cracking on me but what is the attendance for the season so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/13/2017 at 5:11 PM, kreed5120 said: I've already stated if we had a product good enough to watch, more people would show up. IDK who you're arguing with? Also @kreed5120 Remember the poster that thought we could average 15k fans this season? I agree with Balsy though. I'm kind of over talking about attendance. Its going to continue to blow until the culture surrounding the game improves. so you don’t believe what you say, we are playing for a East title, you are saying they will come waffle much or just like being a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 (edited) 15 hours ago, 94zipgrad said: Also @kreed5120 Remember the poster that thought we could average 15k fans this season? I agree with Balsy though. I'm kind of over talking about attendance. Its going to continue to blow until the culture surrounding the game improves. so you don’t believe what you say, we are playing for a East title, you are saying they will come waffle much or just like being a Rome wasn't built in a day. Attendance will always lag behind success. If we finish out this season strong you could probably expect to see some sort of small uptick in season tickets next year. People perceive our progrum as the dumpster fire of FBS from all the years of failure and little to no prior success. Its going to take years of winning football to overcome that perception. Edited November 1, 2017 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 15 hours ago, 94zipgrad said: So I know your cracking on me but what is the attendance for the season so far? This is the year Akron needs to clear the 15k average so I'm sure they will finish the season somewhere in the 15k-18k range. I'm also sure that Akron will be transferring $400k-$600k from the general fund to see those numbers are met. http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2017/03/university_of_akron_sports_sti.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 32 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: This is the year Akron needs to clear the 15k average so I'm sure they will finish the season somewhere in the 15k-18k range. I'm also sure that Akron will be transferring $400k-$600k from the general fund to see those numbers are met. http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2017/03/university_of_akron_sports_sti.html So we're going to average 15k attendance this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Oh my goodness guys. No D1 program is ever going to fail to meet the attendance requirement. We are arguing over the fudge factor. If you think we averaged 15K this season without the fudge factor you need your head examined. On our best days the home side is half full. The visitor side never comes close to reaching half full. Each side seats 15K. Do the math. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Oh good we haven't had this discussion in a couple of weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 16 minutes ago, K92 said: Oh my goodness guys. No D1 program is ever going to fail to meet the attendance requirement. We are arguing over the fudge factor. If you think we averaged 15K this season without the fudge factor you need your head examined. On our best days the home side is half full. The visitor side never comes close to reaching half full. Each side seats 15K. Do the math. I have not seen a single person dispute this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, LZIp said: I have not seen a single person dispute this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Buffalo game... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 From the few scans of the stands by ESPN2 during tonight's NIU @ Toledo game, it didn't appear there were even 10k fans at the Glass Bowl for the biggest game of the year. Not sure how they will spin it in the stats. Of course it was raining hard too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 10 hours ago, Z.I.P. said: ...it didn't appear there were even 10k fans at the Glass Bowl for the biggest game of the year. I tried looking in the Toledo photo gallery. Not much. Can't find anything in the Huskies page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 This is the best I could get from the replay, they were pretty good at zooming in the cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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