(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

I dislike the content, not your comment.

 

I will put up a fresh OGT for tomorrow night's game..

 

No worries that’s how I took it I don’t like it either lol

 

Oh 100% just keeping y’all in the loop from what I’m seeing in case others aren’t paying attention. SC and Arkansas pitching are not great.

 

Really? How many students do you actually see attend softball - very few unless it’s a boyfriend of a player. Record or go on demand to any of our televised games and you will see 10-25 empty seats in the TV camera view. You never see that at FSU or Bama or Auburn, too many old season ticket holders who don’t attend games and either have no idea how to sell their tickets or can’t be bothered to sell them.

This is why I hope they monetize softball like they did gymnastics and then people who buy seats behind the plate will sit in the seats or will know how to sell them.

As to the line around the corner- they were giving away Gator friendship bracelets to the first 1000 fans and they lined up to get primo berm seating.

 

Well, the only thing I would disagree with that....FSU cut down their seating with that absurd platform stuff on the third base line. I always see a ton of empty seats at Auburn. Granted, not so much at Bama.

 

Yes, this is way off-topic. Sue me. Todd Golden is the next Billy D. I have been saying it for two years.

 

I fully agree we need more butts in the seats and I would like to see a better mix of younger fans, although I don't think it is terrible. When you pan the crowd past behind home plate there is a pretty decent mix. 2500 for the first game is on par with what A&M drew for our series there and is not far off from what Oklahoma drew for the USC series. Oklahoma's numbers from last year were an aberration due to the incentive for the new stadium. And, btw, although I would have to be there to observe the real effect of the stadium and the amenities, I'm not simply blown away by OU's new stadium. Main seating is not that dissimilar from ours. They pack the outfield stands. But it looks compact and a definite home field advantage. Texas' stadium sucks. I think it holds something like 1500 and is a glorified high school stadium.

 

I gave Texas too much credit for their capacity. Opening in 1998 at a cost of $4.5 million, the stadium seats 1,254 and is named after university benefactor Red McCombs and his wife Charline. It features a clay infield and a grass outfield.[2] Texas later added a 4,400-square foot training facility along the left-field line, completed in 2009.[3].

 

Statistics say whatever you want them to say. Our "average" attendance is lower than several others. But it is a reflection of how many crap games we play in February with 1100 in the stands. Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and many others simply don't play that many games like that. Our weather is a plus and a curse.
It kills our average but is not a reflection of how close we are to most everyone else once the real games begin.