SPRING GAME NUMBERS: HUSKERS UBER ALLES
Them’s the numbers for the spring games, compiled by the guys at the Big Red Network who, understandably, are quite proud of the massive attendance for Pelini’s first spring outing. Insert jokes about “places with nothing to do” leading the list, though we’re wondering about Iowa State being so low on the list: shouldn’t more people have attended just to huddle for warmth? Chizik-nickels don’t buy as much kerosene as they used to, we guess.
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Southernyankee says:
Trick Question:
How many people in the big red network know the difference between Ole Miss and Mississippi?
Answer:??
April 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:
That crazy Nutt must have had two games and ironically, the same number of folks showed up to both games.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
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Dave says:
so…that means….Georgia Tech and Kentucky are the same school, too!!
April 29th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
wow…i’m surprised “mizzou” and “brigham young” didn’t make the list
April 29th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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Jonathan says:
Dave,
Mississippi = ole miss
GT does not KY
Mississippi Mississippi state
April 29th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
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Jonathan says:
stupid HTML
last line should be Mississippi does not equal Mississippi State
Used the () symbol
April 29th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
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adam says:
I was at the Kansas spring game, no way there was 10K there.
GBR
April 29th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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Beergut says:
When you consider that the next 10 on the list would have beaten/did beat Nebraska on the field last Fall, you can see why the GBR folds are trumpeting this.
When you can’t win the game on the field, I guess you find your victories wherever you can.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
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Beergut says:
folds = folks
April 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
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Raider Red says:
Yes, because massive spring game attendance wil help you beat inferior competition, right, Alabama?
April 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
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Dave says:
Jonathan,
I was posting in my best-est Holy Grail dialect:
VILLAGER #1:
If… she… weighs… the same as a duck,… she’s made of wood.
BEDEVERE:
And therefore?
VILLAGER #2:
A witch!
April 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
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Jason says:
Heh, yeah. For the record, I am aware that Ole Miss and Mississippi are in fact the same team. Chalk it up to double dipping my spreadsheet and bleary eyes from digging for attendance numbers for 50+ teams.
Anyway, thanks for the link Orson.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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PeteJayhawk says:
Adam @ #7,
Bet your ass there were 10k there. The west side of Memorial was pretty full…at least until the sun went below the stadium around halftime. Then it cleared out pretty quick. I had to get to West Coast Saloon, so I couldn’t stick around. Business meeting or some such.
Also, KU would have had a lot more people but for the fact that they moved it to a Monday at the last minute due to weather.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
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LL says:
When referring to “places with nothing to do”, are we talking about Nebraska, Alabama, or both?
April 29th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
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EZ says:
14, I would dare say that comment applies to about 2/3 of all the schools listed.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
2
Ole Pi$$ plans on counting one of the two spring games toward bowl eligibility.
Kinda like the old Monty Python skit on John Cleese & Eric Idle climbing the twin peaks of Mt Kilimanjaro.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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meatybob says:
#15
Not to mention that the USC and Florida fans probably stayed at home anyway because “the beach is too crowded” or “I have no money to go out” or “my daughter has a china vagina so I keep her home on Saturdays” or some other excuse like that.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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imisscollege says:
It’s crazy that some of these schools had such perfectly round attendance numbers. Did Florida, Auburn, Virginia Tech, FSU, etc stop letting people in when they hit a certain goal? Surely at least one ticket counter thought it would be funny to let one more guy in so that the attendance at Auburn’s game would be 35,001.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
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Rob says:
Penn State: 73,000 braaaaaaaaaaaaaains!
April 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
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Brian says:
Too bad we didnt beat Maryland in Attendance. Can’t even blame it on the Masters or anything. Damn no scapegoat.
In other news I look forward to the EDSBS rundown of the Paul Johnson Hole in One. KTHX.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
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El Hombre says:
Missouri would have a bit more there (probably would have crested 30k), but for the fact that it was 40 degrees, in a steady drizzle and a lot of people who would have driven in from St Louis or KC looked out their windows, saw that Missouri Weather had reared its ugly head again, and went back to sleep.
We still filled up the west side of Faurot pretty well, the Garage Sale was good (for my part, I picked up an old David Overstreet jersey and a baseball shirt) and tailgating was drunk as usual.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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Jason says:
#18: A lot of schools don’t release official attendance numbers. So, the round numbers are most likely due to reporters guestimates.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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DanF says:
as a fan of the 4th place team (and you can reason #1 and #2 teams may think likewise) – the wins don’t come as easy anymore. When one is guaranteed you attend, you attend.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
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Jonathan says:
Dave,
Stupid tone on the internets, your comment is far funnier with the voice prompts
April 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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Scott says:
You should do a chart called “most delusional Fanbase” and relate spring game attendance numbers to season win totals (excluding 1AA)
I bet it would look about the same!
April 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
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the croominator says:
Yoyofutbawl, +100 cocktails for the Mt. Kilimanjaro reference.
And FYI, the only reason Ole Miss had that many at their spring game was for the ceremonial Eli Manning-Patrick Willis Circle Jerk. Go figure, the last spring game that had comparable attendance was…Eli’s first spring game as a Rebel!
May Archie and Olivia be blessed with nothing but granddaughters.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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the croominator says:
Never mind…there are two grandsons (but they’re Cooper’s so they don’t count).
April 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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Big12Guy says:
Scott,
Nebraska would definitely be at the top. They think they can win 9 or 10 games with the schedule they have this year. Crazy.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
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Justin says:
[Insert school name here] would have had [blank] if it wasn’t for [blank]
Quit making excuses, KU and MU fans. Your fan bases are fair-weather (quite literally) and inadequate at best.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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Charlestownecock says:
#18,
You beat me to it. I like how Clemson closed the doors at 25k. I understand it wasn’t even close to that many.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
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The Ghost of Jay Cutler says:
Croominator,
Too late. Arch Manning exists. He’s a grandson. He’s Cooper’s kid. If all things go well, completely unpredictable spinal conditions will avoid him at all costs.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
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The Ghost of Jay Cutler says:
Shit, didn’t see your second post.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
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AgRyan04 says:
I saw the texas game on Fox Sports and there is no way there was 42K.
I haven’t seen the A&M game either (it hasn’t been uploaded to the website yet) so I don’t know the legitimacy of that number yet.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
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Ulysses S. McGill says:
Arkansas just made the big time
April 29th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
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sb says:
Why did the Big Redders fail to add into the Florida total the ESPN nationwide television audience? Dammit.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:07 am
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Lynn says:
Yall aren’t the only ones who confuse Ole Miss and Mississippi State-our favorite one is ESPN- they regularly run Ole Miss info commercials during Mississippi State games, hehe. You should see the State message boards after THAT happens. Oh, Ole Miss had home baseball games that weekend-and had over 9,000 fans everyday for those. Hotty Toddy!
April 30th, 2008 at 8:19 am
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TheDeuce says:
Hey Raider Red (#10) I’m assuming you’re a Texas Tech fan…it didn’t seem to stop us from whopping your butts a few years back did it? RTR!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
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john says:
but how many have the stones to charge 10 bucks a head as do we in south bend? yes , i know its for charity but still we got 30k to show and pay! maybe others do as well and cocktails to them and their adult offspring.. just thought i would add to the insanity of spring football
April 30th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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James Woods says:
38. Nebraska charged too. There was even tickets being scalped. So think of another excuse for ND’s overrated fairweather fans. Oh and i cant wait till Hefty goes the way of Bill Callahan for getting great recruits and not developing a single one.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
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klowe says:
john-
Actually, Nebraska charged 10 dollars per seat as well, and sold out months in advance. Tickets were going for $80+ in the week preceding the game.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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DT says:
Why wouldn’t Husker fans think we can win 9 or 10? We have 3 guaranteed out of conference wins, plus automatic wins against Baylor, K-State, Colorado, and Iowa St. That’s 7.
The games in question are Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Virginia Tech. We play Kansas, Missouri, and Virginia Tech at home, so I think 9 wins is very attainable. Hey, the schedule is very much in our favor this season.
May 1st, 2008 at 3:06 am
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Flu says:
WVU had more than 18,000 for their game. There were only 18,000 tickets printed up and they were gone long before the game started and thus many people just paid the money and went in w/o purchasing a ticket. Recent reports are in the 22+ range would would be more accurate, also, students aren’t added to the equation…
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 am