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haha pretty cool
 
Students actually waited in line for tickets? What a bunch of morons. You could literally walk up to the ticket booth five minutes before kickoff and get tickets to Reser. To my knowledge, they only sold that thing out once since the expansion, and that was for the Civil War last year when 1/3 of the stadium was Duck fans.

Hell, they couldn't even sell the stadium out for a nationally televised ESPN game against #1 USC last year.
 
It's Dad's Weekend against UW. There should be a good crowd.
 
SodaPopinski said:
Students actually waited in line for tickets? What a bunch of morons. You could literally walk up to the ticket booth five minutes before kickoff and get tickets to Reser. To my knowledge, they only sold that thing out once since the expansion, and that was for the Civil War last year when 1/3 of the stadium was Duck fans.

Hell, they couldn't even sell the stadium out for a nationally televised ESPN game against #1 USC last year.
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I've watched every OSU game on TV this year and I've been very disappointed in the lack of support for the Beavs. I see the top corners of the stadium empty, and it is pathetic.

If I were living up in Oregon, I would be at those games and those OSU alumni that are in Oregon should be ashamed of themselves. With the run OSU has put together over the last 8-10 years, we should be able to sellout 45k seats every game, and at the very least, every Pac-10 game.
 
Soda always so obsessed with Beaver news. Never seen someone get so riled up by another school/fanbase/team without them trying at all - it's like this one Laker fan on Niketalk. Pretty hilarious.
 
SodaPopinski said:
Students actually waited in line for tickets? What a bunch of morons. You could literally walk up to the ticket booth five minutes before kickoff and get tickets to Reser. To my knowledge, they only sold that thing out once since the expansion, and that was for the Civil War last year when 1/3 of the stadium was Duck fans.

Hell, they couldn't even sell the stadium out for a nationally televised ESPN game against #1 USC last year.
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You do know that the sooner you get them, the better the seats, right?
 
blazerboy30 said:
I've watched every OSU game on TV this year and I've been very disappointed in the lack of support for the Beavs. I see the top corners of the stadium empty, and it is pathetic.

If I were living up in Oregon, I would be at those games and those OSU alumni that are in Oregon should be ashamed of themselves. With the run OSU has put together over the last 8-10 years, we should be able to sellout 45k seats every game, and at the very least, every Pac-10 game.
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I live thirty minutes from the stadium. Unless I'm given free tickets or there's room on the party bus, I won't go anywhere near Corvallis on game day. Traffic sucks, parking sucks, walking twenty blocks sucks, and so on.
 
Oregon St. is 2nd in the Pac-10 in terms of avg. % capacity of stadium filled. So, not too worried, especially in this economy.

But thanks for sharing, Soda. Some day you'll admit you're really an OSU fan.
 
yakbladder said:
Oregon St. is 2nd in the Pac-10 in terms of avg. % capacity of stadium filled. So, not too worried, especially in this economy.

But thanks for sharing, Soda. Some day you'll admit you're really an OSU fan.
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interesting. not arguing with your facts.. I would just be interested to see that list looking at all schools.
 
Wheels said:
interesting. not arguing with your facts.. I would just be interested to see that list looking at all schools.
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If you go look at ncaa.org you can see all attendance figures broken down by a variety of factors, including average as a % of capacity.

Yes, Oregon is #1.
 
yakbladder said:
If you go look at ncaa.org you can see all attendance figures broken down by a variety of factors, including average as a % of capacity.

Yes, Oregon is #1.
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cool.. I actually didnt mean it for the Ducks.. but good to hear lol. I just had never heard that stat was kept. Thanks for that. Repped
 
I was talking about the people in line BTW. Handing out free samples is more of a Lewis and Clark Thang.
 
yakbladder said:
Oregon St. is 2nd in the Pac-10 in terms of avg. % capacity of stadium filled. So, not too worried, especially in this economy.

But thanks for sharing, Soda. Some day you'll admit you're really an OSU fan.
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I still don't understand why they expanded that thing when they can't even sell it out. :dunno:

Second smallest stadium in the conference, 60ish miles from Portland, respectful run of success the last 10 years. Should be a recipe for constant sellouts.
 
The Sebastian Express said:
Soda always so obsessed with Beaver news. Never seen someone get so riled up by another school/fanbase/team without them trying at all - it's like this one Laker fan on Niketalk. Pretty hilarious.
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aren't you a regular in just about every Duck thread?

pot meet kettle

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SodaPopinski said:
I still don't understand why they expanded that thing when they can't even sell it out. :dunno:

Second smallest stadium in the conference, 60ish miles from Portland, respectful run of success the last 10 years. Should be a recipe for constant sellouts.
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I do agree, it should be sold out for every game. But you have to keep in mind that the Beavs arent the "sexy" team to root for. The majority of local Duck fans are bandwagon fans who only root for the Ducks because they are the "sexy/cool" team to root for... they have zero affiliation with the university. In fact, this week at work, due to the Stanford loss, I have received many more blanket emails from Ducks fans looking to sell their tix to this weekends game.
 
SodaPopinski said:
I still don't understand why they expanded that thing when they can't even sell it out. :dunno:

Second smallest stadium in the conference, 60ish miles from Portland, respectful run of success the last 10 years. Should be a recipe for constant sellouts.
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I would argue that:

A) Oregon does a better job with their marketing. We've had some good campaigns at OSU but for many years there was nothing.
B) Being the primary engineering school I know from personal experience that many of the eng alum just aren't that into football...at least college football.
C) Strictly in terms of football you have to remember that we've only had relative success in a recent period of history. All those kids who went to OSU during most of the 70's and most of the 80's probably have very few fond memories of going to the game. Yes, I know, it's more about the environment/enjoyment than the win/loss, but sometimes a win can make things better. I would suspect in another 5-10 years we'll see some decent "returns" from students who were here during the winning seasons.
 
BeerBoy said:
I do agree, it should be sold out for every game. But you have to keep in mind that the Beavs arent the "sexy" team to root for. The majority of local Duck fans are bandwagon fans who only root for the Ducks because they are the "sexy/cool" team to root for... they have zero affiliation with the university. In fact, this week at work, due to the Stanford loss, I have received many more blanket emails from Ducks fans looking to sell their tix to this weekends game.
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ticket availability may have more to do with the opponent this week. The Sun Devils aren't very sexy or cool at 4-5 and they're going with a freshman QB making his first start.

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STOMP said:
ticket availability may have more to do with the opponent this week. The Sun Devils aren't very sexy or cool at 4-5 and they're going with a freshman QB making his first start.

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I didnt receive any emails from people selling their tix the week before the WSU game. We all know that WSU is much worse than ASU.
 
BeerBoy said:
The majority of local Duck fans are bandwagon fans who only root for the Ducks because they are the "sexy/cool" team to root for... they have zero affiliation with the university.
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I'm sorry but I completely disagree and I don't know what you're basing that on. Are SOME fans bandwagon fans? Certainly. Hell I even know a few who I'd consider bandwagon Duck fans. But "majority" is not even close to being true. I'd say that 90% of the Duck fans I've met either went there and/or have close friends/relatives who went there (or are currently going there).
 
BeerBoy said:
I didnt receive any emails from people selling their tix the week before the WSU game. We all know that WSU is much worse than ASU.
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apples and oranges

that was early in the season and the forecast wasn't for a steady drizzle. I'm sure Duck fans can come up with their own guesses as to why you're coming to such negative conclusions.

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TehChad said:
I'm sorry but I completely disagree and I don't know what you're basing that on. Are SOME fans bandwagon fans? Certainly. Hell I even know a few who I'd consider bandwagon Duck fans. But "majority" is not even close to being true. I'd say that 90% of the Duck fans I've met either went there and/or have close friends/relatives who went there (or are currently going there).
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Based on my friends, family, and co-workers (tons of sports fans at my work). I'd say that 80% of them root for the Ducks, 10% root for the Beavs, and 10% dont care or root for other teams. Of that 80% that are Duck fans, only about 15% of them attended U of O or have family who graduated from there. You'd need a campus 10 times the size of what it is currently if the majority of local Duck fans did in fact go to school there etc.
 
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BeerBoy said:
Based on my friends, family, and co-workers (tons of sports fans at my work). I'd say that 80% of them root for the Ducks, 10% root for the Beavs, and 10% dont care or root for other teams. Of that 80% that are Duck fans, only about 15% of them attended U of O or have family who graduated from there.
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what fraction of a single percentage point do you figure those people you're siting make up of the overall Duck fanbase?

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STOMP said:
what fraction of a single percentage point do you figure those people you're siting make up of the overall Duck fanbase?

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You'd need a campus 10 times the size of what it is currently if the majority of local Duck fans did in fact go to school there etc.

Start a poll... ask every Duck fan you see if they went to school at U of O. Dare ya! :devilwink:
 
My only point was that there are far more Duck fans than Beaver fans... for various reasons. The most obvious to me is because the Ducks are the "cool" team to root for.
 
Let's face it, in the Portland market, you've essentially got the Blazers, Ducks and Beavers as sports teams that are relevant nationally. So it's no surprise that football fans in the area, regardless of where they went to school, identify with one or both of the teams.

Same shit happens down in Los Angeles. They don't have a NFL team, so a bunch of the fans that watch USC games didn't go to school there. It's just their local version of a significant football team in the Los Angeles area.

You can run down the list of some of the most recognizable college football teams, and I guarantee you a large part of their attendance is based on people who are just fans of the team and not necessarily alums. LSU, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Tennessee, Penn State, etc. You think they are selling out 70,000-100,000 seat stadiums based on alumni?

But I certainly wouldn't paint these fans with a broad brush as "bandwagon."
 
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