Weird thing was that the ESP clubs were so full you couldn't move. Just bizarre. Also apparently no one figured out that "free" food + dinner time game = need for more food. People were eating the condiments by themselves by the end. Hate to think what will heppen when we actually sell more than half these seats.

Phantomfan;841994631 said:

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I got there with 3 minutes left in the 1st.

Wish I had not left work early.

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An extra minute watching cal get blown out is better than an extra minute of work.

Sebastabear;841994908 said:

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Weird thing was that the ESP clubs were so full you couldn't move. Just bizarre. Also apparently no one figured out that "free" food + dinner time game = need for more food. People were eating the condiments by themselves by the end. Hate to think what will heppen when we actually sell more than half these seats.

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Similarly, the concession stand nearest me ran out of hot cocoa before halftime. Tiny crowd, cold night game....that's absolutely inexcusable. Fortunately it wasn't a stadium-wide issue: the next stand down had cocoa.

35,000 -40,000 has been Cal's "basic" attendance figure for non rivalry (non sc/ucla/big game) games for the last 50 years. When I started in the mid 60s it was how many people you expected for most games, and though it goes up when we win, it always returns back down to that same level if we lose consistently. 30-40 k is about how many real fans we have- people who are either from families who've been doing it forever, or who fell in love with it while on campus (especially ex players, band, mic people, daily cal staff, etc) and keep doing it because they love the experience, not just the football. Oregon's a big draw, will bring a bunch of folks, and is on a saturday, so we'll likely see 50,000- 60,000ish for them.

The AD knows darn good and well, though, that those "traditional" numbers just aren't viable anymore- that it can't be allowed to continue. Tedford's gone soon- and here's hoping there will be continued attention to "game day experience" type issues as well - cause it's the people who love that that carry you over the inevitable rough patches.