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Added by Gregg Snyder on October 4, 2010.
What happened to the Rutgers football program? For all the improvement and excitement that had been generated since head coach Greg Schiano stepped on campus, the program seems to be losing it’s fan interest.
Big time college football programs sell out their stadiums, much bigger ones, regardless of their teams’ record. The attendance this past Saturday at Rutgers Stadium was extremely disappointing. Attendance was nowhere near a sell out.
Now, I am not saying every single game should be sold out, although that would be nice. This past Saturday was a gorgeous afternoon. Perfect weather to enjoy an afternoon outside watching football.
Not to mention it was Homecoming Weekend.
Looking around the stadium, you could see tons and tons of empty seats. The student section did not get crowded until the second quarter.
I understand everyone loves to tailgate and hang out with their friends and family before the game, but get in the stadium by kickoff. As an athlete, the sound of the crowd does have an effect on you.
Don’t you think it would be nice to hear a packed house shaking the stadium as the players leave the locker room and head out of the tunnel and onto the field? That’s up to the fans.
Sure, the team has struggled this season. Sure, the team has been hard to watch most of the time this year. Are Rutgers fans giving up?
We can’t expect the team to fight and have pride when the fans are not showing up. True fans support their team at all times, win or lose.
How do you think it looks when a recruit sees a scarce attendance on Homecoming? Think that will help the program at all? Not a chance.
Don’t give up on this team or this program. The fans need to start showing up. Not once this season has Rutgers Stadium truly been loud.
It’s a shame!
Now, with that said, the team also needs to do it’s part and produce on the field. Winning is the ultimate solution to attendance problems. I just think the fans could try a little harder.
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jeff
October 4, 2010 at 9:23 pm
As a Rutgers fan, it would be great to see sellouts for every game but nobody should be calling out the fans in this case;
The economy sucks, the product (Norfolk, watered- down NC, and Tulane) sucks, and the fans deserve better from Rutgers.
Also: No writer should ever call out anyone if the he gets comped for tickets, parking and food.
Double G Sports
October 4, 2010 at 9:28 pm
I do not get comped any tickets. I pay for my season tickets, parking, and food.
Endzone
October 4, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Hey, I agree with you calling out the fans because we as RU fans suck and I dont know why we think we are Florida or Alabama. I agree that in order for us to take it up to the next level, RU will have to spend money they dont have on the staff. Schiano has to go out and get at least a grade Bplus O.C. and put out an exciting product on the field and the fans will show up. I know why people don’t show. It is very horrible to watch. Very horrible but i have faith that it will turn around. Sigh
Dave Koch
October 4, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Fire the two rotten offensive coordinators and hire one good one, and save the benefit’s cost. Offense has sucked for the 3 yeaars they have had these clowns. It is really hard to watch. and for goodness sake, it will give the great defense a break from trying to make up for the terrible coaching of the offense.
Schiano does a great job in every other phase of his program, but suck it up and can these clowns.
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tom51
October 20, 2010 at 1:45 pm
To Jeff,
True RU fans never look at a schedule and use that for an excuse on why not to attend games.If RU is your team,get out and support them always,no excuses.The “watered down” schedule? All major teams have some”softies” which do occasionally knock off the “bigger” teams.Never a reason for not coming out and supporting the team you so called fans say you back.53 years of RU football for me.Never missed a game because the opponet wasn’t a great team.Enjoy the ride while you can folks!Life is very short.RU will grow under Schanio,hopefully the “FANS” will continue to improve too!