FB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[Patrick Coleman]

Obviously a lot of this hinges on who wins conference titles and who the NCAA awards at large bids to- some teams may not receive at large bids. The obvious choice would be to send one of us North, whoever wins the conference. We went to John Carroll last year and its 455 miles from Ashland to Cleveland.All of the teams I mentioned above are in that 600 mile ARC the NCAA uses.

500 miles.

[y_jack_lok]

RMC 41, Roanoke 7. This is as dominant a performance as the Jackets have had this season. It was 34-0 at halftime and the final score could have been much more lopsided if Coach Arruza had opted to play starters longer in the second half. RB Devin Bryant put up 113 of the Jackets' 350 rushing yards.

Averett gets a home win over Guilford, 21-14.

W&L ekes past Shenandoah, 17-14.

H-SC has no problem with Bridgewater 54-0.

All the marbles up for grabs next week in THE Game in Farmville.

[Tigerfan]

The weather forecast for THE Game is looking good.  A look back at box scores for games with much less juice than this one show attendance of 10K - 12K.  Should be a big number for this one.  Its going to be quite a scene.  I assume the Richmond, Lynchburg & maybe Roanoke TV stations will have some people covering it.  Macon folks love filling their chartered buses for the trip out to H-S. 

[thescottharris]

The weather forecast for THE Game is looking good.  A look back at box scores for games with much less juice than this one show attendance of 10K - 12K.  Should be a big number for this one.  Its going to be quite a scene.  I assume the Richmond, Lynchburg & maybe Roanoke TV stations will have some people covering it.  Macon folks love filling their chartered buses for the trip out to H-S. 

As someone that used to actually "calculate" those attendance numbers, you can probably trust the Nigerian prince emailing you for money more than you can trust those attendance numbers.

[Patrick Coleman]

That's a shame, because games at St. John's and UW-Whitewater have people with actual clickers counting people through the gates.

[Ralph Turner]

The weather forecast for THE Game is looking good.  A look back at box scores for games with much less juice than this one show attendance of 10K - 12K.  Should be a big number for this one.  Its going to be quite a scene.  I assume the Richmond, Lynchburg & maybe Roanoke TV stations will have some people covering it.  Macon folks love filling their chartered buses for the trip out to H-S. 

As someone that used to actually "calculate" those attendance numbers, you can probably trust the Nigerian prince emailing you for money more than you can trust those attendance numbers.

Use a drone to get the attendance numbers, probably to the nearest 100.

[Tigerfan]

No tickets and no gates and the majority of people are not in the stands.  It is a rather pleasant environment.  No precise count?



TBH, many attendees will see very little, if any, of the game, but will have a great time. 

[y_jack_lok]

Just let the drone count everyone within a mile of the playing field.

[jknezek]

When I was at W&L I remember going to the Foxfield Races in Charlottesville every year. I never saw a horse, a jockey, or a race. Occasionally I heard the crowd from some part of the field I never seemed to find. I'm sure I was counted in the attendance though. Had a great time each year. Or at least I think I did. Not too sure about my junior year to be honest. I remember going, no idea how I got back to Lexington.

[Ralph Turner]

When I was at W&L I remember going to the Foxfield Races in Charlottesville every year. I never saw a horse, a jockey, or a race. Occasionally I heard the crowd from some part of the field I never seemed to find. I'm sure I was counted in the attendance though. Had a great time each year. Or at least I think I did. Not too sure about my junior year to be honest. I remember going, no idea how I got back to Lexington.

Don't worry.
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[jknezek]

When I was at W&L I remember going to the Foxfield Races in Charlottesville every year. I never saw a horse, a jockey, or a race. Occasionally I heard the crowd from some part of the field I never seemed to find. I'm sure I was counted in the attendance though. Had a great time each year. Or at least I think I did. Not too sure about my junior year to be honest. I remember going, no idea how I got back to Lexington.

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When you go for Senate confirmation, we will have deleted this post. 

No thanks. I like waking up and being able to look in a mirror without wanting to punch myself, or worse...

[rmc1982]

HSC is unique because they charge BY THE CARLOAD TO PARK!! There's no ticket like we have, but even at  our place it's difficult because the Brock Center  " Tailgate" lot is more of a big outdoor cocktail party than anything else like jknezek says, none of a lot of those people even see the game!! I have seen crowds probably in excess of 8000 but 10-12k may be a stretch! Gonna be a BIG GAME any way you slice it!

[thescottharris]

That's a shame, because games at St. John's and UW-Whitewater have people with actual clickers counting people through the gates.

It's basically impossible with the way the stadium is setup unless you require every single person that walks within a certain radius of the field to buy a ticket. So the only time you ever got a real count was if it was an NCAA Tournament game.

But then charging every single person for a ticket significantly drives down attendance compared to regular season games where students/faculty/staff got in free and I assume the visiting team had a pass list to avoid having to pay for a parking pass. Happened at Lynchburg for every NCAA Tournament game they hosted when I worked there and happened at H-SC for football too. I think the only time where I didn't see a decrease in attendance for an NCAA Tournament game that I worked was H-SC Basketball in 2013. That team hadn't made the tournament in six years and was probably the best team they have had since the 2003 team made the Final Four. People were thirsting for big postseason basketball success.

I think if the football team were to have a home tournament game this year then attendance for that will be much higher than the last time they had a home tournament game in 2013. This team hasn't been relevant on a national or postseason scale in over a decade. Beat Macon then make the tournament with a home game and people are going to be insanely hyped. I don't know if a home game is even a reasonable expectation at this point if they beat Macon because I haven't really been paying attention to anything outside of the ODAC though.