***Offical ISU vs Northern Arizona Gameday Thread***

[tejasclone]

That Stinson-Blalock-Clark play was absolutely filthy. I strained a shoulder from jumping around after that one.

[Clones21]

I see a very fast paced game, as both teams are going to want to run.

What's the ticket situation? How many still available?

When i orderd mine there was about 1,000 left.

[CycloneErik]

Let's do this!!!!

Man, I can't wait to hear the noise, the ovation for Fred, the "Celebrate" from the Pep Band, the asking for $ after I order the Walking Taco. Oh, man.........

[Cy Hard]

Taking my 8 yr old son with me so he can finally experience TRUE HILTON MAGIC! Can't wait for Fred's first official game at the helm.

[cyrevkah]

Let's do this!!!!

Man, I can't wait to hear the noise, the ovation for Fred, the "Celebrate" from the Pep Band, the asking for $ after I order the Walking Taco. Oh, man.........

I thought it was free taco night


I can't wait! This will be really fun!!!!!

[Clones21]

CYCLONE!

[ca4cy]

When i orderd mine there was about 1,000 left.

I hope this is closer to the truth than last week. Supposedly there was only 1400 tickets left the night before the Dubuque game, but there couldn't have been more than 6-7000 people at that one. Hopefully Fred and Company get a big, loud crowd for his first official game.

[Chitowncy]

I hope this is closer to the truth than last week. Supposedly there was only 1400 tickets left the night before the Dubuque game, but there couldn't have been more than 6-7000 people at that one. Hopefully Fred and Company get a big, loud crowd for his first official game.

My guess is that the athletic department will report 13,300 (or something in the 13,000s), but there will only be between 10,000 and 11,000 in attendance.

Most probably haven't tracked this as closely as I have, but the reason our attendance has stayed strong in the Jamie Pollard era is that we changed our attendance reporting from actual attendance (i.e. butts in the seats) to tickets sold. The Athletic Dept. counts all those empty and unused student tickets which leave vast spaces of emptiness behind the baskets. However, interestingly, they only do this for non-conference games. Once conference season rolls around the attendance drops to actual attendance (my guess is that the Big XII has a policy requiring actual attendance, but that's just my best guess).

P.S. I'm a fan of Pollard and think he's done a good job. Just wanted to point out the change in attendance policy since he took over from Van de Velde.

[EddieISU]

1st win of many to come for Coach Hoiberg tonight!

[PGreen ISU '92]

1,330 tickets still remain via cyclones.com ( Iowa State Cyclones - Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA tickets. Directions, seating chart, events. Official Ticketmaster site. )

Time to Fan-up!!! Buy a ticket; show-up; and cheer loud!!!

Go Cyclones!!!

[cyrevkah]

JUST A FEW MORE HOURS!!!!!

I want my taco now! :P

[cyrevkah]

CYCLONE!

POWER!!!!

[alarson]

My guess is that the athletic department will report 13,300 (or something in the 13,000s), but there will only be between 10,000 and 11,000 in attendance.

Most probably haven't tracked this as closely as I have, but the reason our attendance has stayed strong in the Jamie Pollard era is that we changed our attendance reporting from actual attendance (i.e. butts in the seats) to tickets sold. The Athletic Dept. counts all those empty and unused student tickets which leave vast spaces of emptiness behind the baskets. However, interestingly, they only do this for non-conference games. Once conference season rolls around the attendance drops to actual attendance (my guess is that the Big XII has a policy requiring actual attendance, but that's just my best guess).

P.S. I'm a fan of Pollard and think he's done a good job. Just wanted to point out the change in attendance policy since he took over from Van de Velde.

Actually, a huge part of it is the fact that pollard has increased the number of season tickets sold by quite a bit, so that those do count towards 'tickets sold'.

Almost everyone counts attendance by tickets sold + 'free' tickets (band, officials, etc) nowadays.

[gwoodclone]

Can't wait! These next to hours need to go by faster.

I'm so glad I got to be a student here for both the start of the Rhoads era and the Hoiberg era. I have a feeling that these guys are going to be here a long time, and have a lot of success.

Go State!

[CycloneErik]

two more hours!!!!

I've got my celebratory "The Mayor. The Magic. Together Again" T-shirt on. I am sooooo ready for exciting, winning Cyclone basketball!!!!