BleedGopher
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per Pete:
To be a Minnesota Vikings fan is to enter each fall bloated with high expectations, only to watch them deflate by the time the snow begins to fly in earnest. To be a University of Minnesota Gophers fan is just the opposite.
The school last won a Big 10 football title in 1967. The subsequent half-century brought occasional moments in the sun, interspersed with elongated expanses of misery. Success was measured in bowl games named after oil change and tire shops, played in places like El Paso and Detroit.
This leaves Gophers fans knowing how to prepare: Start with basement expectations, realizing even those may be too high.
Yet this sentiment now appears embedded in the fan base. Last season brought the lowest attendance since 1992. Factor in no-shows, and the average was less than 23,000 a game – not even half of TCF Bank Stadium’s capacity. The program is tied for the biggest drop in major college attendance over the past three years.
Prospects appear poor again this season. Go to a map of the available seats, and nearly every section of the stadium is brimming with vacancies.
http://www.citypages.com/news/with-...to-halt-the-exodus-of-football-fans/557204971
Go Gophers!!
To be a Minnesota Vikings fan is to enter each fall bloated with high expectations, only to watch them deflate by the time the snow begins to fly in earnest. To be a University of Minnesota Gophers fan is just the opposite.
The school last won a Big 10 football title in 1967. The subsequent half-century brought occasional moments in the sun, interspersed with elongated expanses of misery. Success was measured in bowl games named after oil change and tire shops, played in places like El Paso and Detroit.
This leaves Gophers fans knowing how to prepare: Start with basement expectations, realizing even those may be too high.
Yet this sentiment now appears embedded in the fan base. Last season brought the lowest attendance since 1992. Factor in no-shows, and the average was less than 23,000 a game – not even half of TCF Bank Stadium’s capacity. The program is tied for the biggest drop in major college attendance over the past three years.
Prospects appear poor again this season. Go to a map of the available seats, and nearly every section of the stadium is brimming with vacancies.
http://www.citypages.com/news/with-...to-halt-the-exodus-of-football-fans/557204971
Go Gophers!!