Okie State's crowd

**BryceC** · 11-02-2008, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by cyman1189

and btw Okie's mascot is HORRRRRRRRRRRRRIBLE

I think the head on the cowboy looks like a Team America puppet.

**brucoh** · 11-02-2008, 04:51 PM

Normally Pistol Pete (the mascot) wears a cowboy outfit. Yesterday for some reason he wore a camo jumpsuit which looked really odd with his head. But yeah, he does look a Team America puppet.

**theshadow** · 11-02-2008, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by chuckd4735

I bet if their was an attendance to wins ratio, Iowa State would be number 1.

Someone did this research several years ago. At that time, South Carolina was #1 and Iowa State was #2. This was in the late 90s when the Gamecocks were in the midst of a 1-21 stretch and ISU was hoping for 4 wins in a season.

**4429 mcc** · 11-02-2008, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by brucoh

It's the ticket prices. Our AD thinks it's a great idea to charge $85 a piece for the cheap tickets. He's totally pricing out the normal walk-up crowd. Since this game was on TV many people said screw it. I knew it was going to be bad as I walked up to the stadium and there was about half the amount of people milling around outside that there normally is. I was hoping that many were already in their seats. Pretty damn embarrassing, a top 10 team on a beautiful day with huge empty spots in the stadium. It made our program look small time for the TV audience.

The ongoing construction didn't have anything to do with it because except for the west endzone suites, all other areas are open for people to sit in. And the OU game is the only game that you can't buy walk-up tickets for.

Unreal

**Al_4_State** · 11-02-2008, 08:38 PM

I too was surprised by such a sparse crowd for a top 10 team, and wondered if they had just "over-built" their stadium. I had forgotten about the ridiculous ticket prices they have...

**keepngoal** · 11-02-2008, 09:59 PM

between ALL of those empty seats and Iowa losing..... it made the day... .bearable, barely.

-keep

**Lenny25** · 11-02-2008, 10:18 PM

Did anyone notice hot hot OSU's female fan base is overall. If you have ever been to Stillwater, you know what I mean.

**joefrog** · 11-02-2008, 10:20 PM

Really surprised actually. I know nothing beats gameday in Ames on a fall day, especially with how great or weather has been. If ISU ever gets in the top 10 again, I guarantee we will be looking at 50k plus crowds easy. Yes I know our listed cap. is around 47k.

**ISUAlum2002** · 11-02-2008, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by joefrog

Really surprised actually. I know nothing beats gameday in Ames on a fall day, especially with how great or weather has been. If ISU ever gets in the top 10 again, I guarantee we will be looking at 50k plus crowds easy. Yes I know our listed cap. is around 47k.

If ticket prices were increased to $85 for the cheap seats, we would have the same problems filling our stadium as OSU does, no matter how good the team is.

That is a classic example of setting prices higher than the market will bear.

**keepngoal** · 11-02-2008, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by ISUAlum2002

If ticket prices were increased to $85 for the cheap seats, we would have the same problems filling our stadium as OSU does, no matter how good the team is.

That is a classic example of setting prices higher than the market will bear.

I think you are wrong.

OSU has one donor.. .THAT has alienated the fan base.

-keep

**ISUAlum2002** · 11-02-2008, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by keepngoal

I think you are wrong.

OSU has one donor.. .THAT has alienated the fan base.

-keep

So, you think that all those people who are paying only $20-30 for hillside seats would continue buying tickets if they had to pay $85 for them instead?

I don't think so.

**Flag Guy** · 11-02-2008, 10:44 PM

Going to have to go with ISUAlum on this one...

I mean there were other factors that kept me away from OSU this year, but given that it will be 4 years before we play at OSU again, and Superfan and I are working on hitting all 12 stadiums, you'd think we'd make an effort.

Saw $85 for a ticket and decided to hit other games insted... and I mean we're willing to pay a bit more for a weekend of football than the average Joe that would be buying the cheap tickets (given how far we'd be traveling to go there...)

**MontyBurns** · 11-02-2008, 10:45 PM

We raised prices this year and have about 10% less attendance than we did in 2007.

**farmerbrent** · 11-02-2008, 11:02 PM

They need all the money they can get. Turns out , all that money that T. Boone "gave" them ($165million or so) was reinvested in his company and is now worthless. OK State will not be building much unless the stock price goes up a little bit. Most unbelievable thing I've heard in a long time. I think they are trying to keep it on the "down low."