ACC Roundup Dec. 21st/ State Attendance
I was reading through the Roundup and the blurb about State's attendance struck me wrong. Apparently the writer attended the State game and was baffled by the horrid attendance and lackluster crowd, and criticized it for stupid trivia, a quick dance routine, and not signing a big man yet.
And then the experience apparently is representative of, "generally speaking" State games. The writer doesn't seem to acknowledge the fact that this is a Christmas Break game. Sure, 10,000 for a home game is poor attendance, but for a Break game without students against Lipscomb coming off a last place season...well, that puts it in perspective a little more. Is that game representative of non UNC/Duke games at State? Would Duke or UNC (or other schools?) fare as well attendance-wise and spirit-wise, under these same conditions?
State has put up consistently respectable attendance numbers for the past 5 years despite, generally speaking, having mediocre seasons.
http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.db...ATCLID=1472621
It is especially ironic that the writer blasts State's attendance and passion considering the recent downtrending in those same areas in Cameron.
DBR usually has well-written articles that give a good update on the state of various programs, but this one just seemed overly critical and personal.
