And you are obviously an unbiased expert in the field of counting stadium attendees by simply looking at the stadium, I assume?
Look, that's not so much an attack at you as it is a comment on how ludicrous this whole spring game smack stuff has become. All that matters is whether there were no people there (you guys, last year), a lot of people there (both schools this year), or a ludicrous number of people there (see Alabama's spring game last year).
A lot of people showed for both our games. Our stadiums aren't shaped the same, so there is no apples-to-apples comparison on how much of the stadium was filled, and I doubt any reliable counting procedures were in place at either school. I walked in with a group of friends who merely showed our IDs. There was no ticket given, no clicker clicked and no wrist-band given to the entrants. I would assume that since yours was free as well, the farce of 'tickets' was avoided entirely. Without having stubs to count, its ridiculous to pretend that we can tell how many people attended.
I would hazard that both schools' numbers were overestimated. All that's important is that both schools had a lot of fans interested, and that's a good thing for the programs involved. It means people are interested in the team and will come to the games next year. Outside of that, arguing over estimations for a SPRING GAME.... for a football practice... is just plain puerile.
