He means it’s good for fans (a win) to play them.
He means it’s good for fans (a win) to play them.
Are you seeing/hearing this somewhere, or just hopeful? That would be pretty sweet.This game may be played at NRG, which would be awesome for the Houston area fans.
Sam payed an annual game there with SFA. They have a game this year their against AF. They are hoping to have a game there a year.Are you seeing/hearing this somewhere, or just hopeful? That would be pretty sweet.
It’s a win regardless. I’ve heard a ton of students already making plans to pack the Alamodome this September. Keeps us relevant in the corridor until our W/L record can catch up.It’s only a win if we beat them. In my opinion, the loss to then upstart UTSA in 2012 is the worst loss in Bobcat football history. The fact that we haven’t beat them since makes it all that much worse.
Excellent in both 2012 and 2015. I would expect it to be the best attended away game ever for us. We have a massive Houston alumni presence and a history w/ Sammie State.Any idea what our fan turnout has looked like for any of the recent Houston away games?
From a Sam Houston fan here I would fully expect to see 30,000+ at this game. Sam Houston would bring 15-20,000 for the Battle of the Pineywoods at NRG and we view this as a renewed rivalry so you could probably expect similar numbers and maybe more for attendance from us. Not sure how many Texas St alumni are in Houston, but I would imagine y'all will travel better than SFA ever did. Sam Houston would consistently buy up SFA seats because they didn't bother to show up and watch ol Sammy beat up on them for over a decade straight. Very happy this rivalry is being renewed even if we have to pay $500k. There was zero chance we would play this at Bowers with the way it looks currently. It also would not have enough seats to play this game capacity wise.Any ballpark estimates though?
Sam Houston vs SFA usually gets around 20,000-25,000 and that's at the FCS level. Back in our D-II glory days, apparently then SWT played Sam Houston at the Astrodome? I heard that there were 24,000+ for those games. Both schools are substantially bigger in both number of students and alumni. Also keep in mind that this game is more than likely Sam Houston's answer to meet the attendance requirements for FBS, so tickets will probably be cheap and easy to come by. I think that 25,000 would be a very conservative estimate on the low end and upwards of 40,000 on the high end with the true attendance being somewhere in the middle.Any ballpark estimates though?
40,000 would be an awesome showing and could definitely happen. I am curious how we see attendance affected for our normal home games now that we are playing FBS level competition. I am not expecting a huge jump but maybe see the average increase by 1000-1500. We expect to see a bigger jump with the stadium renovations that are supposed to happen. We always show up for rivalry games though.Sam Houston vs SFA usually gets around 20,000-25,000 and that's at the FCS level. Back in our D-II glory days, apparently then SWT played Sam Houston at the Astrodome? I heard that there were 24,000+ for those games. Both schools are substantially bigger in both number of students and alumni. Also keep in mind that this game is more than likely Sam Houston's answer to meet the attendance requirements for FBS, so tickets will probably be cheap and easy to come by. I think that 25,000 would be a very conservative estimate on the low end and upwards of 40,000 on the high end with the true attendance being somewhere in the middle.