Well we will not be largest football crowd in America tomorrow

[Michlady]

With the Tennessee game

Once again Tennessee feeling they have to beat us at something.

 

[Monster]

I'm skeptical about them getting 150k but we still have them beat regardless of the count. They needed to go outside of their checkerboard stadium pass us. I don't count this.

 

[Michchamp]

their game is being held at a NASCAR track in the middle of nowhere.

We'll be the largest college football crowd that isn't all white trash.

Then next week go back to being the largest crowd, period.

 

[Michchamp]

we should hire a skywriter to write "You're trash" over the Tenn-VaTech game.

if Dave Brandon were still AD, he'd do it.

 

[Michlady]

Yeah I said to a friend we will still be In a college stadium

 

[michdad1]

I'm skeptical about them getting 150k but we still have them beat regardless of the count. They needed to go outside of their checkerboard stadium pass us. I don't count this.

I agree!

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

The crowd in the end zones will need binoculars. They are really far out.

 

[Michchamp]

officially the crowd was 156,000 or so.

the big winners are the Bristol, TN local fleabag motel owners and beer salesmen... who raked in the cash. expect meth and oxy sales to skyrocket in the area this week as they spend their hard-earned winnings.

 

[Michchamp]

after getting down 14-0, Tennessee took advantage of five (5) VaTech fumbles to win 45-24. That's all you really need to know about this one... yet from reading the write-ups, you might be lead to believe this was a greatest game in college football history. You also might feel the urge to puke after reading the write ups. Don't. I'm having trouble finishing my coffee now *ugh*

 

[TheVictors]

Game looked awful for the fans.

The Bama game in Dallas was like watching a game take place two city blocks over, I can't imagine how horrible about 60% of those seats were. Crowd noise was not a factor

We've had to clarify in the past that ours is a real crowd and not some publicity stunt but if rednecks need to cling to something, cling away.

TN looks like an average team

 

[Gulo Blue]

This is fine. After all the Dave Brandon crap, I'm fine if we shut up about attendance for a while. I wish we'd stop announcing how many consecutive games we have over 100k.

I'm so happy to have good football to watch again. That's what matters.

 

[TheVictors]

That and the whole 'largest crowd' nonsense with TN from 98 where for one year they had more folks at one game in Knoxville ...

Michigan responded by repainting the seat #s closer together, thereby accommodating more people and recapturing the record and creating one of basic complaints for the #GetOffMyLawn fanbase

 

[rumseyhouse77]

I'd be pretty pissed to pay to watch a game under those conditions. If Michigan added seats to the big house they would be filled week after week, easily!

 

[Gulo Blue]

People in the front row were looking up to watch on the screen. Not some of them, the overwhelming majority.

https://gigapixel.panoramas.com/battleatbristol/2016/

 

[thewolverines24]

I finally went through the pictures of this nonsense. I just don't get it. You're a mile away from the field. It's dumb.

Maybe Houston can sell tickets for a few fans to watch their next game from a space station. Ground breaking....

 

[Michchamp]

I finally went through the pictures of this nonsense. I just don't get it. You're a mile away from the field. It's dumb.

Maybe Houston can sell tickets for a few fans to watch their next game from a space station. Ground breaking....

naw, here they'd hold it at a rodeo ground named for a local oil company (or as they prefer "energy company") that no one outside of Houston has heard of, but around here they speak of in reverent tones. "Oh, BF Energy Arena... such a great company. We're so blessed they exist."

 

[thewolverines24]

naw, here they'd hold it at a rodeo ground named for a local oil company (or as they prefer "energy company") that no one outside of Houston has heard of, but around here they speak of in reverent tones. "Oh, BF Energy Arena... such a great company. We're so blessed they exist."

Realistically, that is more likely. I was just trying to find a way to figure out what team could set their fans up with an even worse view. I figured Houston/NASA and the space station work nicely.

Although, they may have something on board where they have a better view of the field than what the fans got at Bristol.

 

[Michchamp]

Realistically, that is more likely. I was just trying to find a way to figure out what team could set their fans up with an even worse view. I figured Houston/NASA and the space station work nicely.

Although, they may have something on board where they have a better view of the field than what the fans got at Bristol.

It is a little ridiculous. at what point is someone actually attending a game, regardless of whether they bought a ticket.

kinda reminds me of the Cowboys deal where they sell tickets to a standing room only part of the Stadium where you can watch the game on a jumbotron, but have no direct view of the field. And the tickets weren't exactly cheap either. What kind of idiot would pay for that?

 

[thewolverines24]

It is a little ridiculous. at what point is someone actually attending a game, regardless of whether they bought a ticket.

kinda reminds me of the Cowboys deal where they sell tickets to a standing room only part of the Stadium where you can watch the game on a jumbotron, but have no direct view of the field. And the tickets weren't exactly cheap either. What kind of idiot would pay for that?

Southerners seem to be the target market.

 

[Gulo Blue]

It is a little ridiculous. at what point is someone actually attending a game, regardless of whether they bought a ticket.

kinda reminds me of the Cowboys deal where they sell tickets to a standing room only part of the Stadium where you can watch the game on a jumbotron, but have no direct view of the field. And the tickets weren't exactly cheap either. What kind of idiot would pay for that?

Now that they're testing VR game broadcasts, this is a great question. If watching on a screen can count as tickets sold, how long before they put together a technologically enhanced pay-per-view experience that comes with every ticket? If you don't have to count the actual butts-in-seat, you could over sell the standing room knowing that some percentage of people won't physically show up. Fast forward a couple years and pay-per-view = tickets sold.