Are USC Trojan fans "bandwagon" fans?

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I found this on another site and thought it was pretty interesting.




"USC's football attendance was 57,339 (ranked 27th) in 2000.

It increased to 57,744 in 2001 (27th) , then to 66,853 in 2002 (22), then to 77,804 in 2003 (16th), and all the way up to 85,229 in 2004 (8th)



Guess what some of the bigger stadiums averaged during those years? Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU, Florida, Texas, Bama, South Carolina and the rest of the Big 12, SEC and Big 10 have been filling to capacity since 1881. They only grow larger with expansions.

Penn State's attendance was ranked 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd and 4th during those years, behind Michigan and Tennessee and Ohio State even when they were losing.


Boy, those USC fans sure do come out in force, don't they?


If that's not what you call bandwagon, I don't know what else is."
 
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I thing about big cities and sports is that there is so much variety. It's really hard to get a great backing. That's why UT has been so successful, they're the only game in town.

Here in Phoenix you have the Coyotes, Suns, Cardinals, D-backs, Mercury(WNBA), Rattlers (arena), Sting (lacrosse), and Sun Devils (men and women). Not to mention U of A just an hour away and MLB spring ball here. It's hard to get so many to come together on one sport.

But to answer your question, yes it seems there are a few extra bandwagon fans.
 
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(utvolpj @ Feb 8 said:
I thing about big cities and sports is that there is so much variety. It's really hard to get a great backing. That's why UT has been so successful, they're the only game in town.

Here in Phoenix you have the Coyotes, Suns, Cardinals, D-backs, Mercury(WNBA), Rattlers (arena), Sting (lacrosse), and Sun Devils (men and women). Not to mention U of A just an hour away and MLB spring ball here. It's hard to get so many to come together on one sport.

But to answer your question, yes it seems there are a few extra bandwagon fans.
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I agree with some of that. But I've never been to a BB game and a football game in the same week.

But, going from less than 60,000 to 85,000 fans is a pretty dramatic climb. Either many of their fans are brand new, or their fans just don't show up when they're not winning. That doesn't happen at alot of places.
 
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In the past couple of years the D-backs and the Suns both made runs at the champ. You couldn't buy a ticket for those teams in their respective seasons. But in the seasons before and after they would basically let you in for cheap. Basically you have to choose where to spend the $$ and it's hard to do more than a couple a year, especially with what the pros charge nowadays.
 
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utvolpj was correct. Los Angeles has many, many sports things to go see. Los Angeles has the Dodgers, Angels and Padres in MLB, Lakers and Clippers in NBA, Chargers in NFL, Kings and Ducks in NHL and the list goes on. I included San Diego because it's an easy day trip... And so are San Francisco and Phoenix for those willing to drive a few more hours.

Southern California is a very, very populated place with much to do and see. It is certainly different from an area such as east Tennessee where there is the Vols and that's it.

That, and on the west coast, college football is just not as big of a deal. I won't ever admit that Pac-10 is small fries stuff, but it is also not worshipped like SEC and Big Ten football. The only place Pac-10 football approximates SEC is with Washington State, because it's in the God-forsaken town of Pullman, Washington where activities include watching weeds grow and throwing rocks at the ground. There's nothing else to do but watch Wazzu sports.
 
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USC's attendance grew because they got big and got bandwagon fans... It happens with any program in the country though. If Tennessee wins the Fiesta Bowl next year, you'll sure see a lot of road crew orange in more place than east Tennessee.
 
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Check out UM's attendance..last time the Gators played in the Orange bowl they had about as many fans there as the Canes! :lol:
 
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Well, it's not like that long of a drive, is it? Right down the freeway? It's understandable.
 
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(milohimself @ Feb 8 said:
Well, it's not like that long of a drive, is it? Right down the freeway? It's understandable.
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THink it's a 5 or 6 hr drive..either way the Canes contend annually for titles, there is no excuse for them not to pack that stadium with their own fans :devilsmoke:
 
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Milo, what's up with the constant "road crew orange" jabs?
 
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I live in CA. right outside of LA. The attendance correpsonds with the immigration increase. There are not too many areas we're people can go and drink and create problems with little risk of punishment. You should see UCLA. It is as getting as bad.
 
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I’m not sure if you guys got the notice, but L.A. used to have two professional football teams both of which left in 1995. Now USC is closest to a pro franchise they have. As to their fans being bandwagon jumpers, maybe, but it has taken a few years for those Ram and Raider fans to switch over to the college game. If you look at the attendance of the much less successful UCLA, their numbers see a rise there to. It is something I wish we had more of in the Bay Area, we get little attention from non alums, and almost none on the mass media, everything goes to the six pro teams that rule our market.
 
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milohimself said:
Well... Here's to year and a half old bumps.
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:clapping:

Since it's been revived, I'll contribute to the discussion. USC did gain a lot of bandwagon fans, and it's not only directly seen through their game attendance. I see people here in the dead center of the country that are wearing USC hats... more than I see Illinois to be honest. I live in the part of the country that has adoring Iowa fans, which I don't get but whatever. Anyways, USC may be the next favored team in this area. Florida is coming close as of lately. I often ask people why they like those teams and most just respond with, "Because they're good." A good reason to like a college team? No. That excuse can fly with NFL, but not NCAA. More factors in liking a team.
 
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Florida bandwagoners are all over Tennessee, the majority of them dont know much about football except "who won last year" or maybe they're just scorned UT fans who jumped ship I dunno.

One thing I do know is nothing can compare to football season in Tennessee...except that year the fans were wearing the bags on their head at the Scar game that was spineless
 
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RockEmSockEm said:
Florida bandwagoners are all over Tennessee, the majority of them dont know much about football except "who won last year" or maybe they're just scorned UT fans who jumped ship I dunno.

One thing I do know is nothing can compare to football season in Tennessee...except that year the fans were wearing the bags on their head at the Scar game that was spineless
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When was that?


Most of the people up here don't know squat about football to begin with.
 
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USC fans are definetly bandwaggon fans. Even the alumns. They are also the most obnoxious fans in the pac-10 though UCLA sometimes takes the cake.
 
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It's how it is through most of the Pac-10 though... Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix. All are pro-sports towns. If the college team is good, then people will go, and if not, then there's better stuff to do.

Except in Pullman.
 
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