Originally Posted by SouthernHawk 
Honestly though, there should be more people in the stands, but you can't blame the fans for not wanting to show up at 8:00 on a week night to watch their team struggle against Northern Colorado, especially when they can watch the game on TV or listen on the radio. When the team gets better, I'm sure that won't be as much of an issue, but if you look around the Big Ten, other teams are having the same problems.
There is no excuse for it. It would be nice to at least see the place half way full...
Why not? We have 7:30 games on weeknights to struggle against teams like Centenary (I know it was a Saturday game, but I'm trying to prove a point) and Northern Iowa, yet we still fill our arena. As far as the attendance getting better at Iowa when the team gets better, that's the point we're making here - the Cyclones were not a good team last year and are not a good team this year and the fans are still showing up to support the team. Iowa fans demanded Alford be gone, got their wish, the team is struggling, and have significantly less attendance than last year. The difference is clear -
ISU fans support their Cyclones through thick and thin, Iowa fans support their Hawkeyes when the teams are winning and it's popular to do so. As much as I'd like to have the kind of numbers the Iowa fan base has, I hope the
ISU fan base never develops this kind of overall apathy.
