Attention Jen Cohen
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I hear that you're frustrated with home attendance. Here's an idea for you to try without making wholesale changes until you see that it works (and it will).
Next season have a "Turn Back the Clock" game at Husky Stadium. Don't have any piped in techno or rap music in the stadium. Let the marching band provide 100% of the music on the day. Don't have flashing lights pulsating throughout the stadium. Have the players wear throwback uniforms. Do little things to generate a college football environment instead of the NFL/WWF type of product you have now. You know exactly what I'm talking about because you experienced it too. Bring the soul back to Husky Stadium.
You misspelled "lower the fucking ticket prices"
Christ. You telling me that an area of 4 million people cannot find 72k people willing to shell out $80 to watch a top 10 team?
This is exactly why the entire west coast sucks ass and will never be like the SEC. They will always get the worst TV deal and times because of this shit. That's fine but don't fucking bitch about 7:30 starts. That's what you get and like Herbie says, you are lucky they acknowledge you at all.
I don't think you know how Tyee works
MelloDawg
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Former Husky Band icon and current Husky Band Alumni legend here.
The problem is that you have “gameday advisors,” or whatever the fuck they’re called, telling Cohen this is what people want in the stadium now, specifically anyone under 45. I don’t think the band providing 100% of the music would affect much since UW is not in the Big-10 and still struggles to find a consistent in-stadium atmosphere (fight song after every score). The PAC-12 just doesn’t have iconic bands with the exception of USC and Stanford.
It is the kickoff time and ticket prices that’s really about it. Band helps, but it’s supplementary.
The problem is that you have “gameday advisors,” or whatever the fuck they’re called, telling Cohen this is what people want in the stadium now, specifically anyone under 45. I don’t think the band providing 100% of the music would affect much since UW is not in the Big-10 and still struggles to find a consistent in-stadium atmosphere (fight song after every score). The PAC-12 just doesn’t have iconic bands with the exception of USC and Stanford.
It is the kickoff time and ticket prices that’s really about it. Band helps, but it’s supplementary.
MikeDamone
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I don’t get the “you’re not a real fan unless you stand up all game” bullshit. When the offense has the ball first and 10 from their 25 and run one up the middle why the need to go nuts and act like it’s the play of the year? Plus half of the fucking idiots standing the whole game aren’t even watching the game. Their fucking with their phones and chit chatting most of the time. Fuck them.
I don’t get the “you’re not a real fan unless you stand up all game” bullshit. When the offense has the ball first and 10 from their 25 and run one up the middle why the need to go nuts and act like it’s the play of the year? Plus half of the fucking idiots standing the whole game aren’t even watching the game. Their fucking with their phones and chit chatting most of the time. Fuck them.
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MikeDamone
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Yeah, just what is needed, a bunch of fucking idiot 12s.
MikeDamone
Active poster
I hear that you're frustrated with home attendance. Here's an idea for you to try without making wholesale changes until you see that it works (and it will).
Next season have a "Turn Back the Clock" game at Husky Stadium. Don't have any piped in techno or rap music in the stadium. Let the marching band provide 100% of the music on the day. Don't have flashing lights pulsating throughout the stadium. Have the players wear throwback uniforms. Do little things to generate a college football environment instead of the NFL/WWF type of product you have now. You know exactly what I'm talking about because you experienced it too. Bring the soul back to Husky Stadium.
You misspelled "lower the fucking ticket prices"
Christ. You telling me that an area of 4 million people cannot find 72k people willing to shell out $80 to watch a top 10 team?
This is exactly why the entire west coast sucks ass and will never be like the SEC. They will always get the worst TV deal and times because of this shit. That's fine but don't fucking bitch about 7:30 starts. That's what you get and like Herbie says, you are lucky they acknowledge you at all.
You just summed up in 100 words what "consultants/advisors/experts" want (and probably are) charging the UW AD hundreds of thousand of dollars to lie and tell them if you only do ......... the crowds will come back in droves.
I was part of the "if you win they will come" mantra and couldn't have been more fucking wrong. In the last 35 games we are 29-6 which is 83% and a home game against BYU with really nice weather and a decent start time has 30k people in their seats 15 minutes b4 kick-off, and 35k people when the team runs out of tunnel 5 minutes b4 kick, AND that includes having 5k BYU fans (which is 3k more than the typical Pac-12 team minus SC/UO/WSU brings) and 3k cheer squad kids/parents there.
If you can't get true sell outs (and having 10k empty seats doesn't count UW Public Address Announcer no matter what your telling me) in this environment, your not ever going to and that's the reality of UW football crowd wise and "the greatest setting in college football" LOFL
You fags remind me of the Kim “need more sizzle” posts from a few years ago..
The truth is people tailgate way more and longer than they did in the 70s,80s, and 90s. The uw game day is pretty much just like it is at other pac12 stadiums. People like to stay at their tailgate and don’t start making their way to the game until it starts. And they don’t give a fuck about music, the band, lights, tunnel run, etc.
backthepack
New Fish
At least they make noise unlike these pussy 70+ yr old alums.
MikeDamone
Active poster
Christ.
MikeDamone
Active poster
Wow. Look at those packed stands in 2000 when UW came out of the tunnel in a huge game vs #4 Miami during the day.
backthepack
New Fish
Most of the people who attend games should be in an old folks home.
backthepack
New Fish
Paul Arnold had the vision of a fucking mole jesus christ.
Sweet!! We need more superiority guys in various fields.
Did you play the flute?
Maple Valley/South South 16-35 demographic is never coming to Husky Stadium.
They don't identify with anything Washington, neither they nor their family members went to the school, and Seattle won a super bowl recently.
It's a waste of time trying to market to them.
The Alumni and educated people living in the area that are transplants or went to a non-rival school will pay for 5-6 tickets plus concession and some merch to take their families to a family-friendly football experience. And that's really who the AD is trying to get anyways. There's a higher ceiling there and it's the image the AD and college wants.
I will say as someone who frequents the Moda Garden for Blazer games, having an in-stadium pub like they do here with Widmer/10 Barrel would bring in the 25-40 crowd even if they wouldn't care about the game itself.
They don't identify with anything Washington, neither they nor their family members went to the school, and Seattle won a super bowl recently.
It's a waste of time trying to market to them.
The Alumni and educated people living in the area that are transplants or went to a non-rival school will pay for 5-6 tickets plus concession and some merch to take their families to a family-friendly football experience. And that's really who the AD is trying to get anyways. There's a higher ceiling there and it's the image the AD and college wants.
I will say as someone who frequents the Moda Garden for Blazer games, having an in-stadium pub like they do here with Widmer/10 Barrel would bring in the 25-40 crowd even if they wouldn't care about the game itself.
MikeDamone
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Skin
Skin.
Skin.
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
The evidence is literally the opposite. Teams with more modern uniforms recruit worse. Moreso after controlling for win percentages.
TommySQC
New Fish
I hear that you're frustrated with home attendance. Here's an idea for you to try without making wholesale changes until you see that it works (and it will).
Next season have a "Turn Back the Clock" game at Husky Stadium. Don't have any piped in techno or rap music in the stadium. Let the marching band provide 100% of the music on the day. Don't have flashing lights pulsating throughout the stadium. Have the players wear throwback uniforms. Do little things to generate a college football environment instead of the NFL/WWF type of product you have now. You know exactly what I'm talking about because you experienced it too. Bring the soul back to Husky Stadium.
You misspelled "lower the fucking ticket prices"
Christ. You telling me that an area of 4 million people cannot find 72k people willing to shell out $80 to watch a top 10 team?
This is exactly why the entire west coast sucks ass and will never be like the SEC. They will always get the worst TV deal and times because of this shit. That's fine but don't fucking bitch about 7:30 starts. That's what you get and like Herbie says, you are lucky they acknowledge you at all.
I don't think you know how Tyee works
Oh Jesus Fucking Christ. Plus Tyee donation.
Is it important to you or not? Don't sit there and tell me you spend all this time here and everywhere else UW related but won't spend the cash. That's your prerogative but then STFU when it comes to how the P12 gets treated by the rest of the country.
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
I hear that you're frustrated with home attendance. Here's an idea for you to try without making wholesale changes until you see that it works (and it will).
Next season have a "Turn Back the Clock" game at Husky Stadium. Don't have any piped in techno or rap music in the stadium. Let the marching band provide 100% of the music on the day. Don't have flashing lights pulsating throughout the stadium. Have the players wear throwback uniforms. Do little things to generate a college football environment instead of the NFL/WWF type of product you have now. You know exactly what I'm talking about because you experienced it too. Bring the soul back to Husky Stadium.
You misspelled "lower the fucking ticket prices"
Christ. You telling me that an area of 4 million people cannot find 72k people willing to shell out $80 to watch a top 10 team?
This is exactly why the entire west coast sucks ass and will never be like the SEC. They will always get the worst TV deal and times because of this shit. That's fine but don't fucking bitch about 7:30 starts. That's what you get and like Herbie says, you are lucky they acknowledge you at all.
If we want people to show up for late games, then fucking make tailgating amazing.
Miley_Cyrus
New Fish
They need to find a way to get people to leave their tailgates on time. Seems like low hanging fruit and would be a good place to start. Maybe some fireworks or something.