[NU Sports] FW: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002 Season

[Chris and Lori Patterson]

Here's one email from 2002. Don't ask me why I saved it. I suppose because I
found it interesting.

Maybe it's time to add to the stats. And after the season, we need to get on
and help the marketing department. Big Ten football regardless of the team
should fill stadiums.

Chris
Go CATS!

It's been a good year. Go for TWO more wins. Keep the Sweet Sioux!

-----Original Message-----
From: charles.herron at exeloncorp.com [mailto:charles.herron at exeloncorp.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:11 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002 Season

It seems Mr. Rick Taylor left out one statistic from his 'vote of
confidence' e-mail on RW.

Year     Coach     Avg attendance
92        Barnett          32,989
93                            30,965
94                            34,382
95                            38,230
96                            42,310
97                            41,868
98                            40,907
99        Walker          30,845
00                            33,498
01                            33,763
02                            28,611   through 5 games

It's anybody's guess how many fans will show up for the Illinois game - two
3-win teams, lousy weather, a few days before thanksgiving.  

Barnett      37,379 average
Walker      31,679 average  (DOWN 15%)

I will bet that Mr. Rick Taylor is very acquainted with this statistic,
though.  We will probably finish with our worst attendance since the Francis
Peay era.  And at $35 a ticket, we're down about $200,000 per game...down
$1.2 million per season...a deficit of $4.8 million rung up during the RW
era.  That can't be making Mr. Taylor very happy.  It can't be making
big-money guys like Pat Ryan very happy either.  And on the heels of a 3-win
season, will we see more erosion in the season-ticket base ?

Chuck Herron   Tech '85





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