The average attendance in four home games last season was 11,823. So far this season, the average is 11,387. It was embarrassing that most of those fans at the game left once the Homecoming queen and king were announced, and even more embarrassing that most of the students who tailgated did not go inside the stadium. This kind of apathy is not acceptable. It s ridiculous students don t have enough school pride to attend football games on a regular basis.
Home teams win sporting events across the country because of a home-field advantage.
The Cameron Crazies have turned Duke University s Cameron Indoor Stadium into one of the most difficult places in which to win a college basketball game. The University of Florida rarely loses a home football game because The Swamp is perhaps the loudest venue in all of college sports. It s not, however, just winning teams that get the fan support. The University of South Carolina lost 21 football games in a row prior to this season yet still boasted the nation s fourth-largest home attendance mark last season. No one should expect fans to cheer when the Eagles trail by 28 points in the fourth quarter, but it s expected that fans support the team by going to the games.