[NU Sports] Attendance

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Chuck is right.  Barnett had a talk show, Walker didn't want one, or at least was blocked from having one.  Fitzgerald would be terrific on one and should have his own talk show.  The Big Ten Network would probably pick it up too.

John DeGroat
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From: CHerron604 at aol.com
>  
> In a message dated 11/19/2007 3:31:51 PM Central Standard Time,  
> rstetson at capps-assoc.com writes:
> 
> Philly  and New York don't have Div I teams
> 
> 
> What about Temple ?  Oops, maybe Roy is right...
>  
> Everyone in northern Illinois receives their Bear fandom (as well as their  
> toddler-sized Urlacher jerseys) at birth, we can never hope to match that level 
>  of passion.
>  
> I will echo some earlier comments about horrible concessions, easily the  
> 11th best in the league.
>  
> Traffic is an endless nightmare - McCormick Blvd has been torn up for a  long 
> time, the Edens Expressway is (and will be) torn up for a long time, the  
> Tri-State Tollway has been torn up for a long time (ironically, to put in  
> high-speed oper road toll stations).  
>  
> As someone who has been to a lot of our games at Michigan, I marvel at how  
> easily they can park and seat 106,000 people, and how hard it is for us to park 
>  and seat 42,000.  And leaving the Michigan parking lots is almost always a  
> good experience (including the many streets converted to one-way traffic  
> only).
>  
> Another factor might be our visibility - I like hearing what PF has to say,  
> but I generally only hear him for a few minutes before the game with Dave 
> Eanet,  and a few minutes after the game with Ted Albrecht.  Ron Zook, on the 
> other  hand, seems to be everywhere on Chicago sports talk radio, once or twice 
> a  
> week.  And he was talking to those stations during the lean years, as well  
> as now.  He is definitely (as his recruiting would indicate) a great  salesman 
> for Illinois.
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
> 
> 
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