Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 19th, 2022, 11:37 pm
aredd33 wrote: ↑November 19th, 2022, 11:31 pm
3-this program/fan base is not where we (or at least me…I won’t throw everyone in with me on this) thought. We played an instate power 5 school with a huge local fan base and couldn’t sell out our stadium. We are years and years away from selling 25ish thousand tickets to Louisiana Tech and Kennesaw State.
This. All day long. This. This is why I was elected Potentate so I’m glad someone else is seeing this as well
The LU fan base is nowhere near ready for P5 or the laughable P5 Equivalent. There were tons of Tech fans there. If you took out the students (kudos to those who showed up) I would not be surprised if it was 50/50 Tech LU fans. There were also a TON of BYU fans there for their game. LU fans need to get their act in gear. While some of it has to do with the Flames Club and Tickets the fact that VT did not sell out should be a wake up call. Now imagine if this team was 4-6 going into today. Imagine what the stands would look like. LU needs to work on building its butts in seats and eyes on screens.
Laughable P5 Equivalent ? Once again PH - let’s see all the eyeballs and butts in seats when we play zero P5 teams in five years ( even away games ) and have MTSU, FIU, UTEP come to visit on a Wednesday night...no one ever said we were were “P5 ready” or “ equivalent” - simply fastest way to being there is by using our resources to fast track completely around G5 “ Model” when G5 Conferences have even more prejudices against us than P5 and our home crowd is limited due to geography of our student body, local bias of Lynchburg and very weak TV Market. Now our only route is undefeated seasons in CUSA and pray the 4 better G5 Conferences have 1-2 loss champions for next 5 years. The downside of that “model” is decreasing home fan base ( I would say 10 percent a year but probably more ) Frankly, I don’t see LU hitting 20k in attendance next 5 years. But - it is what it is, and I will continue to promote best ideas to enhance LU home games to be as TV attractive as possible - aka enhance the south entrance and create a lighting ceremony and have best entrance in CFB.
FYI - I tuned in Briefly to all CUSA games this week to see attendance - gross