UCLA (non Nico) observation

[Wahoooo]

Admit I watched the UCLA game, even just a few minutes.

I was stunned by the UCLA crowd (or lack of it) as most in attendance appeared to be Utah fans.

It did make more sense to me when I heard one commentator say something about UCLA having pre season training outside of LA in the desert somewhere. I suppose they were preparing for the home crowd noise.

 

[WillisWG]

Tennessee Vols Football forum

 

[IndianaVol]

Tennessee Vols Football forum

I LOLd

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

But I was told that UCLA had a higher cost of attendance than a Tennessee game.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Admit I watched the UCLA game, even just a few minutes.

I was stunned by the UCLA crowd (or lack of it) as most in attendance appeared to be Utah fans.

It did make more sense to me when I heard one commentator say something about UCLA having pre season training outside of LA in the desert somewhere. I suppose they were preparing for the home crowd noise.

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

 

[IndianaVol]

Their last home sellout was November 2022 when USC came to the Rose Bowl.

Little known fact, the Rose Bowl is configured to seat about 91K for football, but UCLA puts up tarps over about 20K seats.

Average attendance the last few seasons has been about 45K.

LA fans have struggled with college football since the Pete Caroll days at USC...heck they've struggled with football in general. I was blown away they made the investment in SoFi to get the Rams that they made.

 

[Volfan76]

Admit I watched the UCLA game, even just a few minutes.

I was stunned by the UCLA crowd (or lack of it) as most in attendance appeared to be Utah fans.

It did make more sense to me when I heard one commentator say something about UCLA having pre season training outside of LA in the desert somewhere. I suppose they were preparing for the home crowd noise.

Capacity is 91,000. ESPN had attendance at 35,000. It almost seems like a bad idea to hire a running backs coach with limited experience and make him the head coach of a power 5 football team.

 

[give_him 6]

I think someone pointed out on Saturday night in the thread that the Rose Bowl is 26 miles away from campus. Certainly not the only reason but might be a bit of a factor for some of the attendance.

 

[dobre_shunka]

Think attendance is bad at the Rose Bowl? It may be worse than you imagined

Official attendance has been adjusted down to 27,785

 

[Godfatha]

Think attendance is bad at the Rose Bowl? It may be worse than you imagined

Attendance has been adjusted down to 27,785

Considering probably 3000 of those are Nico's family, and Utah had a lot of fans there, that's pretty bad.

 

[05_never_again]

I think someone pointed out on Saturday night in the thread that the Rose Bowl is 26 miles away from campus. Certainly not the only reason but might be a bit of a factor for some of the attendance.

That, plus they also just aren't good and that area doesn't live and breathe college football. Even when USC was good, I think many of their fans saw going to the games mostly as some kind of fashionable social event.

Don't get me wrong - there are big football schools where the games are seen as fashionable social events, but those people also care about the game.

 

[dobre_shunka]

UCLA is on quarters not semesters so students aren't back from summer break yet. But still this was the dawning of new era of UCLA football with the local superstar now starting at QB.

That opening game blowout isn't going to help attendance for the remainder of the season even when students are on campus.

 

[mprock]

UCLA draws worse than VANDY

 

[Pennheel]

Its not really surprising coming from a big city which most care about their pro teams a lot more. College sports just aren't a top priority.

 

[jmacvols1]