Sunday, February 10, 2013

Numbers, We Have Numbers

Interesting attendance numbers out of the NCAA:

Ivy League home attendance

1. Yale 12,453
2. Harvard 11, 520
3. Penn 10,114
4. Princeton 7,984
5. Brown 6,872
6. Cornell 6,420
7. Dartmouth 6,402
8. Columbia 5,600

Percentage of stadium filled
1. Dartmouth 42.68
2. Harvard 37.28
3. Brown 34.36
4. Columbia 32.94
5. Princeton 26.61
6. Cornell 25.08
7. Yale 19.38
8. Penn 19.08

Patriot League home attendance
1. Lafayette 8,826
2. Lehigh 7,206
3. Holy Cross 7,671
4. Fordham 4,463
5. Colgate 3,704
6. Bucknell 3,135
7. Georgetown 2,410

Percentage of stadium filled
1. Georgetown 100.40
2. Lafayette 64.19
3. Fordham 63.75
4. Lehigh 45.04
5. Holy Cross 32.64
6. Colgate 36.24
7. Bucknell 23.93

Opponents of interest

Butler 2,960
Sacred Heart 2,294
New Hampshire 7,746 (119.16 percent of  capacity)

FCS attendance Leaders

1. Appalachian State 26,358

2. Montana 25,236

3. James Madison 22,783

4. Old Dominion 20,037

5. Delaware 18,542

Division III attendance leaders
1. St. John's (Minn.) 7,948
2. Wisconsin - Whitewater 7,552
3. Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 6,723
4. Wabash (Ind.) 4,873
5. Concordia - Moorhead (Minn.) 4,839
Scheduling has become more difficult for the Ivy League and it might only get more difficult with the Patriot League going scholarship. Let's just hope it never gets to this. Here's a posting on the Football Scoop site:
Wagner College (FCS): Wagner College is looking for a game on one of the following dates 9/7, 10/5, or 10/19. Looking for FCS, Division II, or Division III opponent.
An update on the height and weight of Dartmouth defensive back recruit Darius George of Cardinal Gibbons HS in Florida. The ESPN site had his freshman specs. He should be listed at 6-foot-2, 190 pounds.