Husky fans and the lack of passion people have talked about (compared to the 1990s)
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Great, great point.Alexis said:
Not to mention the UW demographic has changed. The kids like myself who grew up 30 minutes away, grew up playing sports. Went to games as kids. Got decent grades and grow up to have businesses in the area arent the ones that are the main student body any more.whuggy said:
It's not the mix that's the problem. Young kids who used to play football and want to go to Husky games now play soccer and want to go to the Sounders. There's no new era out there. It's the over 40's and the millenials who played football who are carrying the crowd these days.RoadDawg55 said:It’s a mix of blue hairs who attend the games for an outing to see old friends and millennials who really don’t give a fuck. The passion is gone and it will stay that way until the blue hairs that remember the 80’s and 90’s are gone and a new era of Husky Football begins. Right now, there is too much of a mix.
The 90’s aren’t coming back. I accepted that a long time ago.
The UW decided long ago that out of state and out of country tuition brought in more money, and the local ones who can get in are the nerds who are there to play school. Those students grow up, and move away, or if they hang around, they are too busy hanging out at Starbucks on Saturday.
My kid who went to games with me since he was 5 is now in Tempe rooting for the Bitchforks. -
Prices are up there. 110 face value on mine.LebamDawg said:prices of tickets sure as hell has something to do with it - what were the face value on the USC game? Season tickets are a ripoff, priced way too high.
And try recovering from the Gilby and Ty fiascoes - how many fans were lost with 12 years of crap football? I still don't trust the coaches/admin and am quick to lose faith in the UW.
Better prices, more competitive big name visitors, winning, and exciting football will bring crowds back.
Oh yeah - empty student section for the first 4 games - glad they are in the end zone. -
I'd also add in a liberal area like Seattle football at recess is probably discouraged at recess. I grew up playing "smear the queer". Best part of the school day. That game is probably still a staple down South.Alexis said:
Not to mention the UW demographic has changed. The kids like myself who grew up 30 minutes away, grew up playing sports. Went to games as kids. Got decent grades and grow up to have businesses in the area arent the ones that are the main student body any more.whuggy said:
It's not the mix that's the problem. Young kids who used to play football and want to go to Husky games now play soccer and want to go to the Sounders. There's no new era out there. It's the over 40's and the millenials who played football who are carrying the crowd these days.RoadDawg55 said:It’s a mix of blue hairs who attend the games for an outing to see old friends and millennials who really don’t give a fuck. The passion is gone and it will stay that way until the blue hairs that remember the 80’s and 90’s are gone and a new era of Husky Football begins. Right now, there is too much of a mix.
The 90’s aren’t coming back. I accepted that a long time ago.
The UW decided long ago that out of state and out of country tuition brought in more money, and the local ones who can get in are the nerds who are there to play school. Those students grow up, and move away, or if they hang around, they are too busy hanging out at Starbucks on Saturday.
My kid who went to games with me since he was 5 is now in Tempe rooting for the Bitchforks. -
Football is dying.
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People need to understand Seattle pro sports were complete shit from the 1970s until the 2000s.
Okay the sonics won in 1979 and had some good teams in the 80s and 90s but the Seahawks and Mariners sucked for so long. Hell the Kingdome (and its urinals) were rocking in 1983, 1984 with the Seahawks because the town was so hungry.
But only the Huskies repeatedly challenged for any kind of championship. The early 1990s were filled with rage for winning and crushing opponents.
It's a bunch of factors but the softening demographics of Seattles and the gayness of the Mariners and the success of the Seahawks have cut into the unbridled passion for the Huskies. That and TV, the Huskies sucking for a decade... -
Newsflash, even in the 1990s most undergrads at UW didn't care about football. I was there.
Even in Wisconsin, the stadium is packed and just about 100% of undergrads are crazy about the Badgers. It's never been like that in Seattle. So don't worry about it.
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Maybe people who are passionate about husky football and live with Skagit, Snohomish, Kitsap, King, Pierce, Kititas, and Thurston Counties should actually put money where their mouth is and attend the games, show up on time, make noise on defense. It's literally 6-7 days out of the year you can plan on. Figure it out.
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The late games don’t exactly help out with that.huskyhooligan said:Maybe people who are passionate about husky football and live with Skagit, Snohomish, Kitsap, King, Pierce, Kititas, and Thurston Counties should actually put money where their mouth is and attend the games, show up on time, make noise on defense. It's literally 6-7 days out of the year you can plan on. Figure it out.
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Old boomer types are some of the biggest pieces of shit with their phones...Beno4Life said:The 2016 Stanford game was pretty close to Miami 2000. Doesn’t get much better than that—primetime game, national audience, big opponent, perfect weather, dominant performance.
Also, I’d quit blaming the millennials. The blue hairs either don’t stand and yell and/or they’re on the their phones just as much if not more than the kids.
Crowd was solid yesterday. Not amazing but pretty damn good. No one can complain about anything—start time, weather, opponent, Gameday experience, etc. Aside from Pete/Bush brainlock offense, horrible LB play, and a botched Adidas launch party, yesterday was as close to the ’90s as you could get.
If you go to a multi family party or get-together with age ranges from @backthepack to @RaceBannon (6-95) there is a higher than 81% chance that if someone is staring at their phone they are either some awkward high schooler or someone from my two dads generation sitting on a couch flipping through their phone or playing some mind-melting clicky addiction game.
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Can someone explain to me why UW cant just charge $5-$10 more per ticket for the lower seats and then give anyone who enters the stadium at least 30 mins before the game starts a free beer or pretzel voucher?
guarantee people would show up and be in their seats for the game start just for the free beer or pretzel and it would cost UW barely anything.
