Attendance

[wadesworld]

The students don't suck
The marketing department does suck
The concessions don't suck
The DJ absolutely, positively sucks
Milwaukee is scary

The Badgers unquestionably suck.
The Big Ten unquestionably sucks.

[GoFastAndWin]

Funny,
When I'm around Marquette people, I always have a good time. I also genuinely like 95+% of them.

I will slightly amend Al McGuire's quote about what a good education consists of>>>>

Everyone should get a college degree and then spend four months as a bartender, four months as a cab driver, and four months as a golf caddie. Only then would they be truly be "educated". 

Scoop is like a caddie yard, with a sprinkle of horse track 🏇🏽. Everyone has an opinion, and some are very strong. It's a beautiful tapestry of divergent views on life. We are all basically Damon Runyon characters. People are gonna piss each other off. Sometimes you just have to go about your business, turn the other cheek, and do your job. Let's remember in the end what unites us.

[dgies9156]

Are you people nuts?

No seriously, are you nuts.

I read about all this supposed "crime" in downtown Milwaukee around the FiServ. From what I read in here, every third woman is raped; no one gets out without being mugged and about one or two people a night get a bodily insertion of lead!

C'mon now. No wonder people think we white folk intensely dislike the black folk. When we won't share a good time with our brothers and sisters not like us because we think they'll commit crimes against us, we white folks are the ones who act like as**oles. And, yes, like it or not, this is a racial issue.

Last Thanksgiving, some idiot entered the parking lot at Orlando International Airport, drove around and stole gas from people's cars. Do I avoid airports because of gas pirates? Hint: my car is sitting on the roof of MCO as I write this. My house was broken into years ago by some idiots (probably teenagers). Do I suddenly have burglar bars, a massive collection of weapons and four different alarm systems. Hint: I lived there for 28 years and was burglarized once! The answer is a hearty NO!!!!

I'm old enough to be, in Brother Newsdreams' words, a "geezer" but I lived on the Marquette campus in the mid-to-late 1970s. You take reasonable safety precautions and assume everyone is your brother and sister and I promise you your attitude changes.

Brother TAMU, Knower of Ball, is right: I too choose not to live in fear!

[JakeBarnes]

Are you people nuts?

No seriously, are you nuts.

I read about all this supposed "crime" in downtown Milwaukee around the FiServ. From what I read in here, every third woman is raped; no one gets out without being mugged and about one or two people a night get a bodily insertion of lead!

C'mon now. No wonder people think we white folk intensely dislike the black folk. When we won't share a good time with our brothers and sisters not like us because we think they'll commit crimes against us, we white folks are the ones who act like as**oles. And, yes, like it or not, this is a racial issue.

Last Thanksgiving, some idiot entered the parking lot at Orlando International Airport, drove around and stole gas from people's cars. Do I avoid airports because of gas pirates? Hint: my car is sitting on the roof of MCO as I write this. My house was broken into years ago by some idiots (probably teenagers). Do I suddenly have burglar bars, a massive collection of weapons and four different alarm systems. Hint: I lived there for 28 years and was burglarized once! The answer is a hearty NO!!!!

I'm old enough to be, in Brother Newsdreams' words, a "geezer" but I lived on the Marquette campus in the mid-to-late 1970s. You take reasonable safety precautions and assume everyone is your brother and sister and I promise you your attitude changes.

Brother TAMU, Knower of Ball, is right: I too choose not to live in fear!

FEAR District?

Fun
Entertainment
And
Recreation

[Uncle Rico]

Are you people nuts?

No seriously, are you nuts.

I read about all this supposed "crime" in downtown Milwaukee around the FiServ. From what I read in here, every third woman is raped; no one gets out without being mugged and about one or two people a night get a bodily insertion of lead!

C'mon now. No wonder people think we white folk intensely dislike the black folk. When we won't share a good time with our brothers and sisters not like us because we think they'll commit crimes against us, we white folks are the ones who act like as**oles. And, yes, like it or not, this is a racial issue.

Last Thanksgiving, some idiot entered the parking lot at Orlando International Airport, drove around and stole gas from people's cars. Do I avoid airports because of gas pirates? Hint: my car is sitting on the roof of MCO as I write this. My house was broken into years ago by some idiots (probably teenagers). Do I suddenly have burglar bars, a massive collection of weapons and four different alarm systems. Hint: I lived there for 28 years and was burglarized once! The answer is a hearty NO!!!!

I'm old enough to be, in Brother Newsdreams' words, a "geezer" but I lived on the Marquette campus in the mid-to-late 1970s. You take reasonable safety precautions and assume everyone is your brother and sister and I promise you your attitude changes.

Brother TAMU, Knower of Ball, is right: I too choose not to live in fear!

There's a select few posters terrified of downtown and urban settings.  Most of us aren't dentists, however

[Galway Eagle]

Are you people nuts?

No seriously, are you nuts.

I read about all this supposed "crime" in downtown Milwaukee around the FiServ. From what I read in here, every third woman is raped; no one gets out without being mugged and about one or two people a night get a bodily insertion of lead!

C'mon now. No wonder people think we white folk intensely dislike the black folk. When we won't share a good time with our brothers and sisters not like us because we think they'll commit crimes against us, we white folks are the ones who act like as**oles. And, yes, like it or not, this is a racial issue.

Last Thanksgiving, some idiot entered the parking lot at Orlando International Airport, drove around and stole gas from people's cars. Do I avoid airports because of gas pirates? Hint: my car is sitting on the roof of MCO as I write this. My house was broken into years ago by some idiots (probably teenagers). Do I suddenly have burglar bars, a massive collection of weapons and four different alarm systems. Hint: I lived there for 28 years and was burglarized once! The answer is a hearty NO!!!!

I'm old enough to be, in Brother Newsdreams' words, a "geezer" but I lived on the Marquette campus in the mid-to-late 1970s. You take reasonable safety precautions and assume everyone is your brother and sister and I promise you your attitude changes.

Brother TAMU, Knower of Ball, is right: I too choose not to live in fear!

Usually I enjoy picking apart your longer posts to find something i disagree with. Today I just want to slow clap like the end of cool Runnings.

[JakeBarnes]

Usually I enjoy picking apart your longer posts to find something i disagree with. Today I just want to slow clap like the end of cool Runnings.

Sanka, you dead?

[The Sultan]

To opine on this matter, MU would be trivin' right now had they moved to the campus Concordia now has. When Concordia was essentially on 33rd and State St., it was dyin' on the vine. At present it has not only added enrollment, but added  programs as well (i.e. PA, Pharmacy).
For the record, urban campuses had their run 15 years ago. Not so popular now unless you're a highly selective university like UChicago, UPenn, Yale, etc., hey?

Also, to be clear, Concordia is a big success story. As you mentioned, it was about to close when it was in an even worse location than Marquette. 

But it is a very different school than Marquette. A lot of non-traditional, part time programs. A much lower academic profile. Their success should be celebrated because it takes all types of schools.

But if you think Marquette would have been better off moving up there in the 1980s?  Highly doubtful.

[tower912]

Brother dgies, I could not agree with you more.   

[warriorchick]

Maybe nows the time to talk about the piss poor public transit options in Milwaukee relative to cities its size. I was able to take the L to the wintrust on Saturday, why can't someone do that from Tosa or West Allis or Bayview?

MKE leaned wayyy too hard into car infrastructure and now people are mad about what happens.

They can take the bus.

How many cities the size of Milwaukee have subway/light rail service?

[Spencer Pratt]

Why does Creighton draw better than Marquette?  I know there's nothing to do in Omaha but there's more people in Milwaukee and Marquette is a bigger school with a bigger basketball tradition.

Creighton was drawing 3k per game up until the late 90's.  Not much history at all.  They have just done a much better job marketing the product to the casual fan in the city / state the last 10 years than Marquette.  And postseason success is not the main reason...they have only made one Sweet 16 in their history. 

[YaBlueIt]

Are you people nuts?

No seriously, are you nuts.

I read about all this supposed "crime" in downtown Milwaukee around the FiServ. From what I read in here, every third woman is raped; no one gets out without being mugged and about one or two people a night get a bodily insertion of lead!

C'mon now. No wonder people think we white folk intensely dislike the black folk. When we won't share a good time with our brothers and sisters not like us because we think they'll commit crimes against us, we white folks are the ones who act like as**oles. And, yes, like it or not, this is a racial issue.

Last Thanksgiving, some idiot entered the parking lot at Orlando International Airport, drove around and stole gas from people's cars. Do I avoid airports because of gas pirates? Hint: my car is sitting on the roof of MCO as I write this. My house was broken into years ago by some idiots (probably teenagers). Do I suddenly have burglar bars, a massive collection of weapons and four different alarm systems. Hint: I lived there for 28 years and was burglarized once! The answer is a hearty NO!!!!

I'm old enough to be, in Brother Newsdreams' words, a "geezer" but I lived on the Marquette campus in the mid-to-late 1970s. You take reasonable safety precautions and assume everyone is your brother and sister and I promise you your attitude changes.

Brother TAMU, Knower of Ball, is right: I too choose not to live in fear!

The same people who say crime levels downtown are affecting game attendance are the ones who thought that crime around campus would hurt the size of incoming classes. Shocker.

[GoFastAndWin]

Creighton was drawing 3k per game up until the late 90's.  Not much history at all.  They have just done a much better job marketing the product to the casual fan in the city / state the last 10 years than Marquette.  And postseason success is not the main reason...they have only made one Sweet 16 in their history.

Yes. Creighton has a rabid fan base with relatively little program accomplishments, somewhat similar to ABD. The similarities end at their respective towns, however. While neither city has pro sports, there is much more to do in Omaha than in Dayton. Any way MU could make a push to hire away someone(s) from one of those two marketing departments?

[Galway Eagle]

They can take the bus.

How many cities the size of Milwaukee have subway/light rail service?

First, let's establish that the MKE light rail might be the most pointless transit system in the country and doesn't really help anyone who would otherwise drive get into the city. Now of the top of my head Kansas City, Cincinnati, Austin, Hartford/New Haven don't but at least have a fast connecting line that runs consistently and would bring near people to the city.

Next busses don't move the needle because 1 they aren't reliable on their schedule due to traffic pattern changes, 2 they've been known to skip stops. So for a 5:30 tip no chance someone from tosa is about to hop on a bus, they may however take a rapid transit line.

[Uncle Rico]

Creighton was drawing 3k per game up until the late 90's.  Not much history at all.  They have just done a much better job marketing the product to the casual fan in the city / state the last 10 years than Marquette.  And postseason success is not the main reason...they have only made one Sweet 16 in their history.

Dana Altman did a lot of great work at Creighton.  They were one of the best teams in The Valley when The Valley was at its best.  He had a string of good players, including some Milwaukee kids in Rodney Buford and Ben Walker.  That sustained success, albeit not necessarily in deep March runs, built a strong fanbase.  Arch Madness crowds were almost always overwhelmed with Jays fans

Gregg McDermott has done a fantastic job continuing and building on what Dana Altman began.

It should be noted Eddie Sutton started his career at Creighton, too.  There's history, just not the kind of history other Big East schools have had.

[dgies9156]

They can take the bus.

How many cities the size of Milwaukee have subway/light rail service?

St. Louis

[The Sultan]

I think if Milwaukee didn't have the Bucks, Marquette's attendance would be A LOT better. I think Creighton benefits from a lot of the corporate dollars that go to the Bucks here.

[Heisenberg]

Why is anyone surprised at the flagging attendance? It is a pain to attend any/all sporting events.

Everyone would rather sit on the couch and watch it in 70 inch 4K.

And no one seems particularly excercised when most of the 2020/2021 season was played in front of zero fans.

But if you really want fans, cancel the fox contract with big East.


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PS many years ago on the board was this fossil callled MUavenue that would complain that MU was not on "national tv." By that he meant traditional networks, like CBS and ABC.

He was mocked for being out of touch.

Don't be that way about attendance.

[MUBBau]

I think if Milwaukee didn't have the Bucks, Marquette's attendance would be A LOT better. I think Creighton benefits from a lot of the corporate dollars that go to the Bucks here.

I think if Milwaukee didn't have the Bucks, Marquette would average 3,700 fans per game. 

[Skatastrophy]

I think if Milwaukee didn't have the Bucks, Marquette would average 3,700 fans per game. 

Is that how big the Al is? Cause then this is a good joke.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Like this email I just received?

[Hards Alumni]

They can take the bus.

How many cities the size of Milwaukee have subway/light rail service?

The problem with the bus is it doesn't have dedicated lanes and the routes generally suck and transfer points are outdoors.

[BrewCity83]

Why is anyone surprised at the flagging attendance? It is a pain to attend any/all sporting events.

Everyone would rather sit on the couch and watch it in 70 inch 4K.

I wouldn't.  It's ten times better watching in person.  Granted, I have good seats (season tickets), but being there is a whole different, and greater, experience than TV.

Now, if we're talking about the last 10 rows of the upper levels, then yes, you have a point.

[GoldenEagles03]

I wouldn't.  It's ten times better watching in person.  Granted, I have good seats (season tickets), but being there is a whole different, and greater, experience than TV.

Now, if we're talking about the last 10 rows of the upper levels, then yes, you have a point.

I'd have season tickets if I didn't live 2 hours away.

I go to all the weekend games I can.

[Heisenberg]

I wouldn't.  It's ten times better watching in person.  Granted, I have good seats (season tickets), but being there is a whole different, and greater, experience than TV.

Now, if we're talking about the last 10 rows of the upper levels, then yes, you have a point.

Seems like you made the point that the last 4,000 seats are unsaleable and those complaining that are not sold are just part of the out of touch swearer vest crowd.

They probably also subscribe to cable too