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ewth8tr · 08-24-2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

I've been to utah, byu and unlv....

As far as the big schools... I wonder if byu will bring that many more to UCLA than Utah did (Yes I was as the rose bowl)

perhaps funk could share the data on attendance from a Utah on the road perspective?

il Padrino Ute · 08-25-2007, 05:55 AM

BYU is a bigger draw on the road than Utah and other MWC teams. I have no problems acknowledging that. That is the Mormon factor at work, though it is the only reason it happens.

If there were no Mormons outside of Utah, BYU would most likely be the smallest draw at the OOC team stadiums. And if there were no anti-Mormons in this country, BYU would be the smallest draw in the conference.

dallas dan · 08-25-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

You didn't prove anything. You had the same data as funk, he just had a larger data set. BYU improved attendance by 3,500 which was 14% improvement. There does seem to be a BYU factor.

One factor you may not be considering. Concessions sales. Alcohol probably went down 20-25% when BYU comes into town. In addition, BYU fans are notorious for being cheep when it comes to concessions. That being said, I would think traveling fans would be more willing to spend their hard earned disposable income (net of tithing of course.) Just a factor one might consider when analyzing the "BYU factor." (I am not trying to piss you off Santos)

dallas dan · 08-25-2007, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

BYU is a bigger draw on the road than Utah and other MWC teams. I have no problems acknowledging that. That is the Mormon factor at work, though it is the only reason it happens.

If there were no Mormons outside of Utah, BYU would most likely be the smallest draw at the OOC team stadiums. And if there were no anti-Mormons in this country, BYU would be the smallest draw in the conference.

Of course. For the most part, OOS mormons will follow BYU rather than Utah. I will use Dallas as an example. I went to both the Utah and BYU games at TCU. Utah drew ~1000 (probably overstating), while BYU drew ~4000. Plus the utah game started at 5pm local time. Half the people who wanted to go couldn't because of the commute to fort worth. Pretty sure that 4000 wasn't all alumni. Whereas, the Utah crowd was mostly alumni, or another close association. The Mormon factor is definately in play. I still don't think it gives us much of a national following though, as some would argue on here.

As for the anti-mormon factor.... I love it. We went to the UNLV game one year and a whole group of people came decked out in BYU gear. They were partying like rockstars. Had the bear dispenser helmets and everything. They sat right in the middle of the BYU section drinking like fish. A lot of my fellow fans were offended. Personally, I thought it was pretty funny.

dallas dan · 08-25-2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ewth8tr

perhaps funk could share the data on attendance from a Utah on the road perspective?

If we win against AZ, I guarantee it. We had a very good crowd at the USC game, and we had no thoughts of winning that game.

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