Two weeks before the first game and complete radio silence from Chicago's Big Ten Team. Really working overtime to pump up the fan base for the coming season.
Is NU Playing Football This Fall?
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True and also lots of local TV coverage this spring, while building fan enthusiasm by having an open for all scrimmage. Fitz must really be secretly adding lots of trick plays you use against powerhouse Nevada. OH well.
It's Chicago, not Lincoln. You've got Bears' follies and first place Cubs to talk about. I also think the lack of local media coverage is partly a reflection of BTN. If I'm looking for Cats coverage that's where I go.
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As long as there are no more Persastrong style campaigns ...
Huh? They're all over Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram.
Do we have to go over this again? NU had great local TV and newspaper coverage for open practice a week ago Wednesday. They'll get more on game week. This is a PRO sports town first as far as the traditional media which lots of young people don't even follow anymore.
I missed any other time there was significant preseason excitement for Northwestern. This season is no different than any other.
That's certainly a defeatist attitude. Seem to remember crowds of over 50,000 filling Dyche Stadium during the Barnett years, true? Think the Bears were playing in Chicago during those tines and the Cubs also.
What came first, the winning or the outsized crowds?
Oh cmon. 1995 was a once-in-a-lifetime year that got big NATIONAL coverage. And yet, I remember for a Minnesota game in early 1996 (right after a huge win vs. Michigan), a crowd in the low-30s. A game vs. Oklahoma at Soldier Field to open 1997 drew about the same. Oh yeah, and the Cubs were bad back then, too. You gotta do something special (like the hoops team did last March) to get major media attention here. Hope it happens this fall (like a Western Division title!)
Echo the sentiments of social media...they're all over it with hype videos, photos, and highlights from last season.
I wouldn't know if they're on the 5 or 10 o'clock news because I stopped watching that even years before I canceled my cable, which was two years ago.
#newmedia
I wouldn't know if they're on the 5 or 10 o'clock news because I stopped watching that even years before I canceled my cable, which was two years ago.
#newmedia
Maybe one less billboard, and they could pay a Medill intern to stay over the summer and write some human interest stories for the loyal fans to read.......
19 Kenosha photos on FB.
A 1:34 video of QBs tossing the ball around.
A 0:19 video of Godwin asking someone to stand next to him to make him appear taller to scouts
A 3 second GIF of a guy tackling a dummy
Just doesn't quench my thirst for NU football.
In 95, yes ut the novelty wore off rather quickly and by the time Barnett was gone, so were the large crowds
Luckily, they play football in 14 days. My guess is regardless of NU's promotion, the loyal fans are going nowhere, so no need to take their billboard down.
The large crowds ended when Barnett left. They still averaged >40,000 his final futile season.
Here are the data from Hail to Purple:
1995 38,230 NU begins selling out in second half of season
1996 42,310 Best attendance since '64 on heels of Big Ten title
1997 41,868 RYAN FIELD. Stadium renovation and seat reduction have no sig. effect on attendance. Largest season tix base since early '60s
1998 40,907 (Ranked 47th Div IA attendance)
1999 30,890 Walker's first season. (attendance 67th)
2000 34,237 Despite good record, NU only sells out Michigan game (64th.)
2001 33,763 NU ranked for much of first half of season (63rd nationally)
2002 28,032 NU's collapse in the 2nd half of 2001 led to lower attendance in '02
2003 28,763 (73rd)
2004 28,408
2005 32,527 (73rd) Exciting '04 season and strong team led to gains in '05; increased marketing
2006 27,996 (80th) Fitzgerald's first season; began playing Div I-AA home games
2007 24,589 (86th) Big Ten Network launched; all home games televised; none sell out
2008 28,590 (79th) OSU game sells out
2009 24,190 (83rd) No sold out games. Weak non-conf. sched.
2010 36,449 (68th) Includes Wrigley Field game. Huge marketing push; four straight bowl-eligible seasons.
2011 33,442 (70th) Sold out vs. Michigan. But disappointing mid-season performance and Nov. non-conf. game led to drop.
2012 35,697 (65th) Sold out vs. Nebraska. Good non-conf. slate; continued marketing push.
2013 39,307 (60th) Success in 2012, larger season ticket base, and continued marketing push. All non-conf. games over 32K.
2014 38,613 (59th) Season tix base remains high. Strong non-conf. attendance. 2014 attendance higher than Purdue's
2015 33,366 (65th) 1st season without a sellout since 2009. No Nebraska game: Husker season tix at Ryan drop off. No OSU/Mich game.
2016 34,798 No sold out games. Relatively strong non-conf. attendance. Only 30K reported attendance for post-Thanksgiving Illinois game.
http://hailtopurple.com/cde/attendance_annual.html
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They also show highlights of each day's activities...focusing on one position group per day. Yesterday was #SkyTeam day.
You're such a damn hypocrite. You whine about attendance - yet you won't attend the game in Durham which is well within driving distance of your home.
Unfortunately I have a retirement party to attend that night in NYC. But I'm going to Nevada and BGSU. Still calling me a hypocrite?
I've got a few other things to call you...check on the Rock...I'll post them over there.
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