This ardent Wake Forest fan warmly welcomed the IU fans today with some southern hospitality!
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Wake Forest Welcoming Committee
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It may have been ufo33 or VanHoosier dressed up as a Wake fan and sitting in Section 16.
It was homecoming today at Wake Forest and I would be absolutely shocked if there were more than 20,000 people at the game.
Now, granted, Wake Forest is a school of 7,500 total students. However, the main alumni section was absolutely vacant. I thought IU was bad but this was just sparse today. According to Wake fans, they didn't even sell out when they won the ACC title.
Overall, good fans. No taunting with the exception of a few that were really keyed in on the locker room material and were yelling at Wilson throughout the game.
It was homecoming today at Wake Forest and I would be absolutely shocked if there were more than 20,000 people at the game.
Now, granted, Wake Forest is a school of 7,500 total students. However, the main alumni section was absolutely vacant. I thought IU was bad but this was just sparse today. According to Wake fans, they didn't even sell out when they won the ACC title.
Overall, good fans. No taunting with the exception of a few that were really keyed in on the locker room material and were yelling at Wilson throughout the game.
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Here's a shot of the main alumni section below press box...and it was like this the entire game.
The black part in the middle is empty black seats with backs.
https://flic.kr/p/z8yV4a
The black part in the middle is empty black seats with backs.
https://flic.kr/p/z8yV4a
A crowd of 20,000 would have meant the stadium was basically 2/3 full. It wasn't close to that. Based on multiple crowd shots, there were probably 10,000 to 12,000 there.
Just tying to help you with basic counting . . . 20,000? Not remotely close.
Duke and UNC are about 40 miles away from Winston-Salem.
Both Duke and UNC also had home games yesterday (although
I don't know when their games started).
Also, Wake Forest has a smaller and less rabid alumni base
to attend their football games.
Both Duke and UNC also had home games yesterday (although
I don't know when their games started).
Also, Wake Forest has a smaller and less rabid alumni base
to attend their football games.
I know it was raining some. Was it cold? Not an excuse for attendance that poor, but would explain some of it.
The weather kept a lot of people away.....it was spitting and drizzling most of the game but it never really "rained." And it wasn't exactly cold, chilly was more like it. Made you want to take a warm shower first thing.
It's more like 80-90 miles to Duke, UNC and don't forget NC St. But I don't think it's so much that as it's just a small private school that struggles to keep pace in a big time conference in football. Which is worse: Wake getting 20,000 fans given that they are a small private school (7500 students sounds right) with a couple large state schools nearby, or IU which has hovered around 30K attendance for large chunks of many seasons with 35,000+ students and being the dominant state school? Let's not throw stones on this, our glass house already has a few broken panes.
You're correct. I must have been thinking of the east side of Greensboro to Chapel Hill/Durham being 40 miles
Forget about the SEZ project.....how about a new press box for MS? Long ass road trip, glad you saw a "w".
How much of the Wake venom was due to Coach Wilson being a North Carolina
grad?
