I think it's safe to say that a whole lot people quit going to games these last few years. So what I'm wondering is if we're going to see a spike in attendance now that Helton is gone? Will the fans and alumni who walked away start showing up again? It would be awesome to see the Coliseum full again!
Will Fans/Alumni Return?
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You win when your school wins. People like to win. They like to feel like winners. No one wants to watch the Stanford tree dance in their house. Yuck! Total trash. Give them something like the Reggie Bush show—They’ll fight for tickets.
Hopefully.
I watched or attended every SC game for the past 8 years. Then the past two seasons I have not gone to any and I have only watched about four. Because it was just painful to see how this team played down to competition. And got their *** handed to them anytime they played a team with a pulse.
I watched or attended every SC game for the past 8 years. Then the past two seasons I have not gone to any and I have only watched about four. Because it was just painful to see how this team played down to competition. And got their *** handed to them anytime they played a team with a pulse.
If USC makes the right hire, the fans will return.
I’ve heard that USC has alienated many donors with shenanigans surrounding season tickets and such. It may be more difficult to win those folks back.
I’ve heard that USC has alienated many donors with shenanigans surrounding season tickets and such. It may be more difficult to win those folks back.
This is a very real question. It would make a significant statement if there was a huge turnout for the Oregon State game next week. It doesn't sound as though that will be the case at this point, but the idea of "I won't buy tickets until he's gone" will start to be tested. But how can you possibly blame USC fans who say they still want to wait until they know the true direction of the program? There's a lot of hurt and anger to overcome for many, many USC fans and that switch might not be flipped with just this one decision (no matter how big it is).
60K+ if they team comes home from the Palouse with a solid win.
For this alum? No. That walk was a permanent one in the other direction.
Same with my father. The Helton years played a part, but in the end I think it had more to do with the administration. All those decades....sad.
It's my hope that even if it's just for the OSU game, that Trojans who can make it to the game will do so, to show the players that it was never about them.
If I could be at that game, I would be there without hesitation. Tickets are cheap AF right now, so that excuse should not apply for many.
Many in this fanbase are all about flying banners and talking **** online when there is a coach that they don't like in place. Well, we all got what we wanted and he's gone. Will they now move the goalposts and say they're waiting for the next hire to see if they approve first?
I want to see this fanbase make a positive statement, show solidarity for the team and show everyone else that we're still here and we're still ready to return to the top with them.
Fill up the Coliseum for the players at least once and worry about the next hire after that.
Well, for what it's worth, I can say for myself I've been more active here this week than I have in the past 4 years because I actually have some hope again.
If at the least Sc conducts an exhaustive search, proves to the fans that they gave it their best effort, then a good number of fans will return. But if their best effort falls short then the fans will call for the replacement of the AD. Sc fans are not interested in a coach who is the best of a bad lot whose only quality is that he came cheap .
Well, after going to every home game from 1996 to 2018, I took a stance and let the USC admin know that I, along with many other fans, would no longer financially support the school until Helton was gone. I felt that the only way that change was going to happen was by forcing the school to feel the pain of fans not showing up, both financially and from embarrassment. We finally hit rock bottom (it didn’t have to be this way) and FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY, Helton was fired. I contacted the USC ticket office today and purchased C&G membership and 4 season tickets. It may be that I’m still delirious from a change finally being made, but, I just have a feeling that we’re starting back on the right path to restoring our proper place in college football, and, I want to be there each step of the way. If, however, they do not follow through with the hiring of an experienced, quality head coach, I will be doubly passed off and renew my level of resentment against what our admin have done to the program and to us fans over the last ten years. I sure hope I’m right. Fight On!
It’s not just the football program, it’s the University itself that has turned to crap.
And we know what persuasion caused that , dont we.. same group thats screwing the country up so badly that thereo may be no recovering.
I could see a slight bump for OSU, but in the end, LA is a town that roots for front-runners. You need to be good to draw in the folks. Make the right hire, win, and it will be packed. Make a hire reminiscent of our last three, produce those results, and we'll be moving closer to looking like the crowds at the Rose Bowl.
You’re not kidding anyone remember the home openers 2017 and 2018 USC vs Western Michigan and UNLV? Damm mid day starts 100 degrees and humid. I didn’t make it past the half. I darn near passed out. I’m getting to old for that. I left before half drove to Lowrys for ribs and chugged some beers in the AC and watched the end of the game. We always walkin with the same presentation jersey’ed up sweaty, funky and sunburned looking all dehydrated like a man who walked across the Desert looking for a watering hole.
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It’s a Domino effect. You know the Clay Helton factor didn’t just put the kabash on home attendance. He screwed the local merchants around the area too. I’m form OC we almost always hit a restaurant or bar before or after depending on the start and run up a big tab. Not really a tailgater. We try to hit the book store if possible, the kids love the Museums gotta hit those too. I can’t tell you how many IMAX movies we’ve seen there. We even buy water from the dudes with the portable ice chests around the campus near Figueroa these people are just trying to make a buck. The fruit cart lady, elote corn lady all that. They all get paid. It’s a luxury day for us and we get the opportunity to explore LA while we’re out there. I haven’t paid for a game since 2018. So I haven’t been to LA to spend my money there either.
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