When you look at the crowd today...

[golfingomez]

I think you all are forgetting that the Rangers played tonight... so that probably drew everyone away too

[meangreen24]

Was a fun game to be at, and when the sun went down it was actually pretty nice. Was a scorcher until it went down though. Brutal. Hopefully more show up for Ball State.

Edited September 1, 2013 by meangreen24

[JRock]

Be happy for the win. We will get there with attendance.

[FirefightnRick]

This was what my truck was reading at about 45 minutes till kickoff.

My opinion on attendance today. With as few wins as we've had, plus playing a team from another time zone(although they brought more fans than I thought they would) and the lack of promotions...and of course the extreme heat,...I think our attendance was better than I thought it would be.

To all you boys and girls who sat on the student side,... and stayed at least till halftime...you pass FirefightnRick's "Tougher-Than-A-2-Dollar-Steak" exam.

As an Apogee fun fact for this time of year and for future reference,...the opponents' entire sideline is shaded at exactly 6:30 pm.,... And the sun hits right at the top of the wall just below the first row on the east side.

Rick

[UNT90]

21,975 for the Idaho game

So 22k was pretty dead on.

I wonder if one person on here is very, very, very surprised.

[ColoradoEagle]

I was hoping for 28k, but the heat was even worse than advertised. I can guarantee that if I was still a student, I would've been seeking out seats on the alumni side. Huge respect to everyone in the east side stands, even the Vandal fans.

[FirefightnRick]

even the Vandal fans.

It was funny watching their reactions out in the parking lot as they climbed out of their rental cars.

One dude who said he lived in Arizona couldn't believe it.

Rick

[ColoradoEagle]

Who knew the hottest day of the summer would just happen to land on the last day of August. On the way up from FW, my temp gauge got up to 120. Haven't seen that since 2011.

[foutsrouts]

Did the afternoon heat cause the Aggie/Rice game to be half full too?

[UNT Mean Green]

Wasn't it 96 in College Station at game time?

[SAGreenFan]

Did the afternoon heat cause the Aggie/Rice game to be half full too?

That's a ridiculous comparison.

Edited September 1, 2013 by SAGreenFan

[foutsrouts]

Wasn't it 96 in College Station at game time?

Close to 100 in the second half, and I hear that the humidity was suffocating by mid-afternoon.

[foutsrouts]

That's a ridiculous comparison.

Sorry you missed the sarcasm.

[Christopher Walker]

I guess we should have come up with that french fry promotion after all. Nice win regardless. In all honesty, I hope we get a large parking garage near the stadium ASAP, because there truly are a lot of wimps and older (and fatter) people who just aren't willing to do the long heat walk that they could avoid when we were at Fouts. We're losing out on some of our marginal fans until we either win like Hell, or the walk is more comfortable for those types.

This will not happen.

[tylermeangreen]

We win our opener 40-6 and I end up reading a thread full of complaints. Unfreakin' believable. Can't you all enjoy a win, DT playing extremely well etc...

Lifer: You really can't say that the complaints were unexpected given the posting history of the complainers!

On the long drive home last night I thought to myself that I would read the board today and the usual suspects would be bitching and moaning.

40 to friggin' 6 and those people can only bitch and moan - Absolutely asinine!

[KingDL1]

Denton airport hit 104°at 14:53 with 21% Humidity, still better for attendance than rain.

[ColoradoEagle]

Earlier today they had Mississippi Valley State @ Florida A&M on ESPN or ESPNU. They took the temperature on the field just before kickoff and it was 121. Took the same temperature at about halftime and it was 140.

The official high reported today for Orlando was 91.

[Green P1]

If an opening day crowd of about 18k is something fans of this program should feel bad about talking about then we're truly screwed.

Heat or no heat that was f-ing sad.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Green P1

[meangreener]

If an opening day crowd of about 18k is something fans of this program should feel about talking about then we're truly screwed.

Heat or no heat that was f-ing sad.

Too bad it wasn't 18.

[KingDL1]

Too bad it wasn't 18.

Yeah it was less, likely 16,000

It is a symptom of losing for a decade

[meangreener]

Yeah it was less, likely 16,000

It is a symptom of losing for a decade

LMFAO

[Green P1]

Announced vs Actual They're different.

[Dr. Seuss]

The reason why we only had 22k thousand is not because of heat or any other excuses. The reason why is because of priorties, if people wanted to go to the game they would go. No other reason, so no need to think of reasons.

[oldguystudent]

Remember when we were complaining that the new stadium didn't have a higher capacity of around 50,000?

[KingDL1]

Remember when we were complaining that the new stadium didn't have a higher capacity of around 50,000?

I agree they should have built it at 50,000.

I don't get your point for the 18 years we have had a horrible winning percentage, we have a student body growing at around 36,000+ now.

If the school is going to take football seriously we should get back to days of old when we had a winning percentage in the mid 60s+. if we start winning we will develop fans.

But fans don't just materialize, we need lots of winning and against teams that the general public have heard of, if the school is not committed to this why are any of us even on this board?