re: what do ole miss, Miami, and Virginia tech football have in

i was surprised by the numbers- not much else
Va tech was included out of respect for a great program (as was ND)
Ole miss was included to piss them off (they will have a disappointing year this year)
moo st, just for another sec school.

Ohio st had 35k baseball fans in 2008 (vs what 700-800k? football) that was more in line w/ what most people would expect (despite ohio st having many more baseball games.)
college baseball is not on the same level as college football or basketball- but should get mor attention than lacross, woman's basketball, etc.
w/ 400k fans a year, college baseball IS a major sporting team here. (just like college hockey is a big deal in Boston)

and yes 50k is a random number, but I would think any top 50 football program could have stadiums w/ >50 seats. and va tech was loud w/ 65k (having 1000 band members didnt hurt- just ditch the hokie pokie and I have no prob w/ the hokies!)

Miami's attendance numbers haven't correlated with their past success. Weren't they playing in Dolphin stadium which could hold a good bit..

Also, can't help that the box office probably doesn't accept pesos.

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College baseball is not a national sport.

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Would you please enlighten me as to which part of the nation does not play baseball?

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whether its by selling them to 90,000 people 6 times or to 9,000 people 30 times.

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selling 9,000 thirty times is harder IMO. A greater percentage of the 9000 will be repeat customers who have to retain interest throughout the duration.