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Originally posted by Maximus View Posthmm 2003...I wonder if there was something happening that would make BYU less of a draw for both BYU fans and non BYU fans. I remember something about that year, can't quite remember what though.Last edited by LA Ute; 05-24-2011, 10:38 AM.“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
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Originally posted by LA Ute View PostI could be wrong but I think it's been a long time since the Coliseum sold out. When BYU played there in 2003 the attendance was 75,315. By comparison, UCLA drew 93,172 to the Coliseum that year. The BYU game was the 4th-highest Coliseum crowd for USC that season. Average home attendance was 77,804.
EDIT: I made an error. It was the 3rd-highest crowd, behind UCLA and Washington State. The home game attendance in 2003:
BYU 75,315
Hawaii 73,654
Stanford 68,341
Washington State 82,478
UCLA 93,172
Oregon State 73,864
Football capacity at the Coliseum is 93,607.“Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
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Originally posted by LA Ute View PostI was just responding to the notion that USC wants to schedule BYU at the Coliseum because the game will be a sellout. The 2003 game is the only evidence we have of how well BYU draws in the Coliseum, and it wasn't a sellout. Turns out that in 2003 the Cougars drew about as well as all the Trojans' other opponents except UCLA, who drew 20,000 more people."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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Originally posted by Pelado View PostIf I remember correctly, that game was held before school started. When compared to other non-conference games held at that time of year in other seasons, BYU drew much better. Sellout? No. Increased revenue? Yes.Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
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“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Originally posted by LA Ute View PostIt was the 3rd-highest crowd, behind UCLA and Washington State.
But in defense of BYU, I remember that game. Wazzu was hot. They were a top 10 team & fresh off a Rose Bowl appearance. USC was quite good, too. Didn't they pick up a National Championship that year?
Still disappointing that BYU couldn't get a better turnout. Even in Wazzu's best years, they're not Notre Dame.
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Poster On CB with apparent sources says that deals with Penn State, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma State are done deals."Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."
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Originally posted by Maximus View Posthow many times have we heard "poster on CB with sources says we are close to deals with X, Y, and Z"Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
pelagius
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