Washington Huskies Insider - Spring crowd a fraction of others nationally

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Spring crowd a fraction of others nationally

Posted by Don Ruiz @ 04:04:46 pm

Washington's crowd for the spring game on Saturday was estimated at about 9,000, a nice enough crowd for a clear spring day.

However, it was just a drop in the bucket compared to some of the other spring game crowds around the country (most in the South, not surprisingly).

Here's this spring's Top 10 attendance figures for spring football games played through last weekend: Nebraska - 80,149
Alabama - 78,200
Ohio State - 76,346
Penn State - 73,000
Florida - 61,000
Texas - 43,000
Auburn - 35,000
LSU - 33,624
Texas A&M - 32,000
South Carolina - 31,125.

Categories: Huskies • 4 comments

COMMENTS:

Comment by Houston_Dawg @ 14:58 - Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I guess lossing records 5 years in a row has that kind of impact on your fan base... Also, spring in Seattle is a little chilly compared to alot of the places mentioned above.

GO DAWGS!!

Comment by Husky4ever @ 10:07 - Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The spring game did not draw well when the team was winning either.

Comment by davidbritton @ 18:46 - Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Actually, Houston, the weather was quite nice last Saturday - which may be the real point. There's too much else to do on a sunny spring Saturday in Seattle.

That being said, I highly recommend the spring game, especially if you have boys - Coach Willingham has instituted some neat activities (run by the players) for kids prior to the game.

Comment by Houston_Dawg @ 14:11 - Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Good point DB. When it's nice it's beautiful up there. I left the area in my early 30's. But I also remember in a 48 hour span you could have rain, sun & freezing temps.

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