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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: Tml Date: August 30, 2019, 8:34 am
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What about non-students? Suffolk County alone has about 1.5
million people. Nassau has another 1.4 million. Even if you
only count the eastern half of Nassau, that is over 2 million
people. If SB football could draw one-half of 1% of that, it
would add an additional 10,000 spectators.
SB should be Suffolk's team for all sports, especially football.
It is absurd that more of the community doesn't attend games.
Reasons? Newsday's vapid coverage, not enough social media
publicity, mediocre community relations. What else? What more
could the Athletics Department do?
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: Hammertime Date: August 30, 2019, 8:35 am
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[quote author=Wolffan link=topic=784.msg27541#msg27541
date=1567168217]
[quote author=ecasadoSBU link=topic=784.msg27539#msg27539
date=1567152466]
[quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=784.msg27537#msg27537
date=1567142997]
[quote author=Hammertime link=topic=784.msg27534#msg27534
date=1567134385]
[quote author=Hammertime link=topic=784.msg27532#msg27532
date=1567133906]
[quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=784.msg27530#msg27530
date=1567122774]
Crowd doesn't look bad, but doesn't look particularly impressive
either. What in the world do we have to do in order to get
people to show up for games here??
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Thursday evening games are rough..
[/quote] 9600 people
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[quote author=Green Baron link=topic=784.msg27536#msg27536
date=1567137824]
9,652 is the most people we’ve got for a non-homecoming game.
Ninth most attended in program history. Sure felt like it to me.
We got to keep it up, though.
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Which as a commuter school is more in line with what I expected
and is honestly fantastic. Especially given the opponent. Fact
is that weekday games aren't as bad for SBU as they would be for
most schools since we have such a large commuter population.
Something to think about should the MAC come calling one day.
I think the fact that the stadium was expanded last year and
everyone is more spread out now makes the attendance seem like
it is less than it is. I really hope we can get 14k out for the
JMU game. It's homecoming against what could very well be the #1
team in the country. If that can't get us ATLEAST 14k then lol.
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Let's keep in mind that Stony Brook isn't really a commuter
school. at least not by definition. It's the largest residential
campus in the SUNY system with over 10,000 residents. The
challenge is keeping the residents on campus on weekends and
engaged in student life
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We do have a good number of actual commuters (day students) and
we have a good number of students who live close enough to
EASILY go home on the weekends. (That is a byproduct of being
near NYC and on a densely populated island. Both of those areas
are chock full of good students who know an excellent school
when they see one.)
That being said, in some ways a Thurs game might pull in more
students than a Friday/ Saturday game. Not saying more fans -
just saying maybe more students.
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Did anybody notice all the Varsity and JV football teams sitting
on the visiting side? My son's team, Ward Melville, Sachem
North, and East teams were at the game. That help to bring up
the attendance of last night game, but next week starts High
School football on Saturdays. The student section was quite
packed, too which helped. As the season goes on and starts
getting cold the student section will drop significantly, as
expected. Most games should average around 6500 to 8000 per
game, which is very good for SB. The Homecoming game this year
aginst JMU will probably be the biggest attended game this
stadium has ever seen. Assuming the weather is nice..
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: Campi47 Date: August 30, 2019, 7:10 pm
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I know we had a bunch HS teams at game last because their season
hadn’t begun yet but SBU should still be able to get teams every
week because there are more HS games being played on Friday
night than ever before so the plan should be to get those teams
to come out to a game on Saturday
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: OldSeawolf Date: August 30, 2019, 8:05 pm
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Unfortunately, I missed game, but glad to see a solid winning
opener. SBU needs to fill seats. I mentioned a few ideas on
another thread, but I’ll re-state a few here: 1) Athletic dept
on game days needs to go around dorms and “drag” students to
games; 2) incentivize students to come to games by offering free
semester tuition (and/or board) to a lucky student every game.
Athletic dept should budget for this; 3) Offer free tickets to
an expanded radius of Long Island middle and high schoolers who
play football; 4) Come up with an online (and print version) of
an SBU Football magazine, which is sent to every middle and high
school football program on Long Island. A combo of these things
will help the program gain visibility and will put some asses in
the seats. Oh yeah, SNY is s huge win, and will help expand the
base.
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: Chrissy D. Date: August 30, 2019, 11:02 pm
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There were a few high school teams in attendance. Sachem, ward
melville, centereach, Stepinac, Sayville. A bunch of youth teams
also. It was a nice crowd for a holiday weekend. There is alot
more people standing now with the new additions.
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: guest369 Date: September 2, 2019, 9:50 am
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The school has wasted no time with the promotions, because Sep.
14 vs Wagner ads are already up on the TVs where the Bryant ones
used to play.
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: ecasadoSBU Date: September 2, 2019, 12:35 pm
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[quote author=Green Baron link=topic=784.msg27553#msg27553
date=1567435839]
The school has wasted no time with the promotions, because Sep.
14 vs Wagner ads are already up on the TVs where the Bryant ones
used to play.
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That is just awesome to hear! Finally, Finally!!!
I would also hope that on gameday they broadcast the SNY feed on
campus TVs. They MUST!
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Re: 2019 G1: HOME OPENER VS. BRYANT - THURS 8/29 7PM
By: Seawolf97 Date: September 2, 2019, 1:41 pm
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I watched the Stanford-Northwestern game this past weekend .
Stanford's stadium was almost empty . Entire sections with no
fans . They didnt have 9600 but probably around 30k if that .
The reason given by the announcers was its a day game and its
almost 90 degrees . It was 89 at kick off and apparently the
students went else where including their dorms which have AC .
So we are not alone . Just a note the Oregon/Auburn game was
not a sellout . Good seats were available at kick off at AT&T
Stadium in Dallas . So everyone is having some problems drawing
fans .
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