BornonRockyTop
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This is hilarious, Kentucky and even UGA making this list! 5 most one-dimensional college sports fan bases | Great American Sports Network
I disagree with UK. Yes, bball is and always will be #1 there but they show up bout as well as you could expext for football given the history of the program. They've made renovations/expansions to Commonwealth Stadium unlike programs like Duke and Vandy so the support is there financially as well.
They shouldn't be on the list. They bring minimum 40k to every bowl game they play in. As someone who actually lives in Lexington, I can tell you how popular football is here.
Kentucky was the only other team to experience a drop of greater than 3 percent from 2013-14. The Wildcats drew exactly 1,900 fewer fans per game than they did in 2013, even though the team won five games this season compared to just two a season ago.
Its worth noting Kentucky is scaling back Commonwealth Stadium to provide fans with a more intimate, raucous environment for games in the future, and that project will likely continue to hurt UKs attendance numbers at the expense of improving the atmosphere at home games.
I disagree with UK. Yes, bball is and always will be #1 there but they show up bout as well as you could expext for football given the history of the program. They've made renovations/expansions to Commonwealth Stadium unlike programs like Duke and Vandy so the support is there financially as well.
I totally expected Duke to be on the list. However, they won't be on there forever with the recent commitment to the football program. It's amazing the transformation that has taken place under Coach Cut. Not that you would probably know, but there is actually a massive renovation taking place at Wallace Wade stadium. Much needed in my opinion. It's going to be a 2 year renovation, costing around $100 Million. Duke football is finally starting to get the financial backing it needs to be competitive with other schools facilities. Since Coach Cut has come to Duke, they have added a small indoor facility and then a full 120 yard facility. The fans are showing up in greater numbers, just slowly.
WW is definitely in need of updating. My dad worked in Raleigh for almost a year on a contract basis and we went and visited campus one day and got a kick out of the concession stands. They were stand alone "lemonade stands" that would make Little League facilities blush.