Goes to show if you win, they will come....Lose......
Much as some insist on not buying into this reality, it is a reality. I was watching the first quarter of the Florida vs FSU game yesterday. Played in Gainesville. Florida, huge national perennial powerhouse, multiple National Champion winner, big time alumni base and Gator Nation following. How could a program like that have huge sections empty. Distance shots made 50 yard line sections look full, close up shots showed reality of half the seats empty in even the most dense areas.
Why would a national powerhouse, playing their biggest in state rival have such a pitiful fan showing..........4-8. Florida is the perfect example of how winning and losing either makes for packed houses or casual fans staying home. It is how it is. If what we saw on Friday is what we can expect the rest of the year and next year, we will have the kind of respectable crowds we have been wanting to see.