Boston College Vs. Maryland Attendance Was Awful (Just How Awful Was It?)
by Brian Favat on Nov 1, 2011 10:30 AM EDT
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PrintThe listed attendance for last Saturday's Boston College-Maryland game was 29,945. The Washington Post's Eric Prisbell wrote that there "appeared to be no more than 10,000 fans at Byrd Stadium." But after looking at these photos from the Nat Enquirer, 10,000 might have been extremely generous.
It's unclear whether the Maryland athletics department counted more than 15,000 snowmen in the final listed attendance total.
This has prompted a round of criticism from Terps writers about the lack of fan support.
"Saturday's abject eyesore, where lower-level tickets at Byrd Stadium were going for a penny on StubHub? That's more than frigid, rotten weather. That's unacceptable."
Snow storm or no, the Terps fan support on Saturday was pathetic, and that is coming from a Boston College fan.
In fact, based on the listed attendance alone, Boston College has played in front of a smaller home crowd just two times in the last 10 seasons -- the 2009 home game against Kent State (25,165) and the 2006 home game against Buffalo played in a monsoon (14,682).
Here are the ten road games more lightly attended than Eagles-Terps over the last ten years (that is, if you believe the listed attendance total from this past Saturday).
10. 2010: at Duke (29,465)
9. 2004: at Wake Forest (29,461)
8. 2006: at Central Michigan (25,418)
7. 2004: at Ball State (23,718)
6. 2006: at Miami (Fla.) (23,308)
5. 2003: at Temple (21,862)
4. 2010: at Wake Forest (21,420)
3. 2002: at Temple (14,278)
2. 2004: at Temple (14,081)
1. 2001: at Rutgers (13,012)
Big East era Temple football FTW.
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MD Athletic Dept can't take a hint
that we want Edsall out. Kevin Anderson (our AD) sent an email after the game
Dear Terrapin Nation,
With our final home game of the season approaching this Saturday, I want to take a few moments today to thank you for your support of our football team throughout this season. Our student-athletes, coaches, and staff truly appreciate your commitment to Maryland Football.
I can tell you that no one associated with our football program is satisfied with our overall record this season. We have had our share of good moments as well as difficult ones, and it is during these difficult times that we need your support and attendance most. For us to elevate this program to where we would all like it to be, we need to all be pulling on the rope in the same direction. As I often tell our staff, we are one band with one sound and you are an integral part of our band.
I encourage you to continue your support by attending Saturday’s game against Virginia. Saturday will be Senior Day for 16 outstanding Terrapins. We are all very proud of the commitment and effort these seniors have given this great University of football program over the past four years. These are student-athletes of character and perseverance, and Saturday’s Senior Day will be one of the moments that will remain with them for many years to come. Please help us show our appreciation for this group of talented young men on Saturday, and let’s give them the support they rightfully deserve for their final home game at Byrd Stadium.
FEAR THE TURTLE!
Kevin B. Anderson
Director of Athletics
Positive Side
At least your AD is taking some responsibility and accepts that his team is tanking. And he is reaching out to the fans. Gene DeFilippo is still mindfully oblivious to how pissed off BC fans are at the outcome of this season. And we haven’t heard a peep out of him about the football team this year.
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At least it's pretty much a given that Spaz is gone at the end of the year
Edsall is guaranteed 12 million over the next 6 years. Buying him out at the end of this year would cost 10 million. End of next year would cost 8 million, etc. Football only makes 1 million a year profit. We’re stuck with him for a while.
That’s the impression I’ve gotten from you guys. Don’t have any info besides what you’ve posted on here so far
What we want, and what GDF will do are two completely different stories.
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Was there
I was at the game. It was about 75 students plus the band plus a few thousand fans at most.
I was planning to go with about 20+ Maryland fans, and only 2 of them could be guilt’d into going by the three northerners who flew down. Then we left at halftime.
Whether they hate bad weather, or just ambivalent toward this Edsall coached team, no one we know there (overall good Maryland supporters) wanted any part of that game.
BC at Maryland games have always been fairly lightly attended. Obviously the teams’ collective records didn’t help much.
2007: 52,827 (BC was ranked #8 in the country)
2009: 35,042
2011: 29,945
ACC expansion FTW!
Also, clearly Maryland has to be counting tickets sold, not the turnstiles.
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Jesus Christ, I'll take Spaz at this point
D1scourse Patrick Stevens
Edsall: “I’m not panicking. I’m not going to change anything we’re doing or anything we’ve done.”
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D1scourse Patrick Stevens
Edsall on O’Brien and expectations: “Maybe I didn’t do a good enough job of minimizing expectations for him.”
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Blasphemy!
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