Free tickets to Friday night's game?
Nah, you can keep 'em.
Most New Mexico State fans apparently had somewhere better to be last night, as only 12,268 showed up to watch their Aggies lose a tight one to Nevada.
NMSU has been drawing an average of 15,000 or so fans this season, which is pretty lame when considering WAC rival Louisiana Tech has consistently sold closer to 20,000 tickets a game.
But Friday night, the ESPN cameras had to search long and hard for sections of fans concentrated in one place. Based on the cameras that panned the crowd, I would say 12,000 plus was a liberal estimate.
Front row seats, 50 yard line, wherever; once you were in the stadium, the best seats in the house were yours for the taking. The fans that did show up, however, were rewarded with a close one; the Aggies missed a field goal attempt for the win in the closing moments.
At least, that's what we think happened. We haven't been able to locate any witnesses to verify the game story.
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I was there.
There are numerous reasons for the lack of support. The main one is that we have been inconsistent this season. This is compounded by the fact that we have 40 years of bad history hanging over our heads.
Also all three local High Schools had games in the area Friday night. I was not surprised by the lack of support, but it is embarrassing.
Thanks for confirming that the game did, in fact, take place. :-) Feel free to check back in here any time you like.
Hey...I played my highschool games in that stadium..and I think we had that many fans a couple times...and uh..there isnt anything else to do in the big L.C. But at least your talking about it.
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