Last night's announced crowd was just over 18k but the actual attendance appeared to be far short of that. Disappointing but probably not unexpected for a holiday weekend.
There are 3 significant holiday periods during football season: Labor Day, Fall Break and Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Tulsa has home games on each of these 3 weekends. Throw in a Friday game and an FCS game and we only have one home game against an FBS opponent on a non-holiday Saturday (ECU on 11/5). That's 5 of the 6 games with a built-in excuse for the casual fan not to come.
This doesn't look good.
There are 3 significant holiday periods during football season: Labor Day, Fall Break and Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Tulsa has home games on each of these 3 weekends. Throw in a Friday game and an FCS game and we only have one home game against an FBS opponent on a non-holiday Saturday (ECU on 11/5). That's 5 of the 6 games with a built-in excuse for the casual fan not to come.
This doesn't look good.