Nebraska: 54,288
--Florida: 47,500
--Texas: 42,500
--South Carolina: 35,153
--Auburn: 31,757
--Texas A&M: 24,212
--Georgia: 21,407
--Clemson: 20,000
--Oklahoma: 21,020
--Iowa: 19,000
--Tennessee: 17,409
--Ole Miss: 17,000
--BYU: 16,752
--Florida State: 15,000
--Oklahoma State: 15,000
--USC: 15,000
--North Carolina State: 14,800
--LSU: 14,375
--Minnesota: 12,500
--North Carolina: 10,000
--Arizona: 9,500
--Iowa State: 7,000
--Miami: 7,000
--Colorado: 5,800
--Michigan: 5,500
--Arizona State: 5,250
--Mississippi State: 5,000
--Texas Tech: 3,000
--Pittsburgh: 2,103
--Arkansas: 2,000
--West Virginia: 1,000
--Virginia: 1,000

It just goes to show there is little to do in Nebraska, and that we are sometimes way too fanatical about the sport.
BTW, How do your teams handle their spring game? Nebraska used to play Number One Offense and Number Two Defense against Number Two Offense and Number One Defense, now I think it is the Top Team of both units versus the rest of the team, with a few second and third teamers seeing action on both sides. Callahan doesn't coach at all during the game.

I never knew what the squad mix was for the Blue/White game (which is this Saturday). We just made a note of it's always the biggest alumni event of the Spring.

Why does West Virginia have such a low attendance for that game? You'd think more than 1,000 would want to catch two Heisman candidates play for next to nothing, unless they are sitting it out.

--Alabama: 92,138
--Ohio State: 75,301
--Penn State: 71,000
--Nebraska: 54,288
--Notre Dame: 51,852
--Florida: 47,500
--Texas: 42,500
--South Carolina: 35,153
--Auburn: 31,757
--Louisville: 28,000
--Michigan State: 25,000
--Texas A&M: 24,212
--Georgia: 21,407
--Clemson: 20,000
--Oklahoma: 21,020
--Iowa: 19,000
--Wisconsin: 18,020
--Tennessee: 17,409
--Ole Miss: 17,000
--BYU: 16,752
--Kansas State: 16,732
--Florida State: 15,000
--Oklahoma State: 15,000
--USC: 15,000
--North Carolina State: 14,800
--LSU: 14,375
--Minnesota: 12,500
--Illinois: 10,029
--North Carolina: 10,000
--Missouri: “nearly 10,000”
--Arizona: 9,500
--Kansas: 8,200
--Utah: 8,000
--Iowa State: 7,000
--Miami: 7,000
--Colorado: 5,800
--Michigan: 5,500
--Arizona State: 5,250
--Cincinnati: 5,200
--UTEP: 5,000
--Mississippi State: 5,000
--Kentucky: 5,000
--Texas Tech: 3,000
--Pittsburgh: 2,103
--Arkansas: 2,000
--California: 2,000
--Vanderbilt: 2,000
--West Virginia: 1,000
--Washington State: 1,000
--Virginia: 1,000
--Nevada: 500
--Baylor: “A sparse crowd”

Updated after this weekends games. That is a crap ton of people for the beginning of the Nick Saban era at Bama, and Sketch that must be some alumni weekend with those numbers.

we have better things to do here in Oregon

yeah, folks were, uh, EXCITED about Saban:

92,138 attend Alabama spring game

By TONY BARNHART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/22/07


Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Kayla McCoy and her dad, Stephen, arrived at Gate 6 of Bryant-Denny Stadium at 9 a.m.

The gate wouldn't open until 11 a.m.



Alabama officials had to turn away fans from the A-Day game after more than 92,000 arrived.


For a spring football game that wouldn't start until 1:05 p.m.



"We just think that this is going to be a historic day," said Kayla, from Dothan , Ala. "We just wanted to be first in line to see it."

Kayla didn't know how right she was.



Hope is a powerful emotion. So powerful that it brought a crowd of 92,138-plus to Bryant-Denny on one of the most perfect Saturday afternoons you'll ever see. Alabama officials, expecting about 60,000 fans for Nick Saban's much-anticipated first spring game as coach, had to stop them from entering the stuffed stadium in the second quarter.

The NCAA doesn't keep records on such things, but it is believed to be the largest spring-game crowd in college football history. It beat the SEC record of 73,000 set by Tennessee in 1986 and dwarfed school-record Saturday turnouts at Penn State (71,000) and Notre Dame (51,852).

If there was any doubt that Saban, who took over as coach in January, was worth the $4 million Alabama is paying him, well, there's less of it now. You just can't put a price on this kind of excitement.



"People sense that today was a turning of the page, a fresh start for Alabama football," said Eli Gold, the longtime radio voice of the Crimson Tide. "Nick Saban has the credentials to win a national championship. He's done it. The excitement here is really something special. I have never seen anything like this."



Saban, wearing a coat and tie despite the warm weather, stalked the middle of the field paying attention to every detail for both teams. But he knew what was happening in the stands was more important-than what took place on the field (the White team beat the Crimson 20-13) as he begins the task of getting Alabama back to college football's elite.



"When our fans do things like they did today, it enhances our chances of being successful here," said Saban, who replaced Mike Shula as coach. "That sends a message to everybody out there that we're recruiting that there is a lot of positive enthusiasm here. It certainly makes me feel good being here as the coach."



Even the Tide players, used to playing in front of packed houses all fall, were overwhelmed.

"When we first came out, it was about half full and we thought that was pretty good," quarterback John Parker Wilson said. "Then we looked up and the place was full. It was incredible."

The excitement was everywhere you looked. All but two of the 130 luxury boxes were filled; 35 were occupied for this game a year ago. Fans who couldn't get a seat stood for four quarters. They came wearing T-shirts like "Just in the NICK of time," "Never fear, SABAN's here" and other creative messages:



Front: "Got Nick?"

Back: "We do and we are ready to ROLL. This is Alabama Football!"

Front: "Member of the SabanNation since 2007."

Back: "First we'll take back the State! Then the Nation!"

Front: "The Bear's looking down from Above."

Back: "And he STILL hates Tennessee ."



The celebration started early and is sure to continue through Sept. 1, when the Saban era officially kicks off, against Western Carolina .



At 7:15 a.m. Saturday, almost two hours before it was scheduled to open, a crowd had gathered outside the Paul W. Bryant Museum on Paul W. Bryant Drive . The building opened an hour early. By 10 a.m., more than 2,000 fans had passed through the doors, with hundreds of others waiting to get in.

Former Alabama players were seated under a tent signing autographs for a $1 donation to the museum.



"It's really been something. It's really been busier than a normal game," said Ken Gaddy, the museum's director. "The Alabama people are really excited by the change."

An hour before kickoff, one of the most cherished traditions in SEC football took place on the walkway surrounding Denny Chimes. Last year's co-captains, Juwan Simpson and Le'Ron McClain, placed their handprints in wet cement to honor their service to Alabama football.

Among those watching, wearing a hound's tooth cap in honor of Bryant, was David Faulkner from Athens , Ala.



"The people are here because of the aura that Nick Saban now brings to Alabama football," Faulkner said. "We haven't had this kind of aura since Gene Stallings was here [from 1990-96]. There is no doubt who is charge and where the discipline is going to come from."

The turnout was the largest for an A-Day game — by 40,000-plus. The previous high attendance: 51,117, set 19 years earlier at Birmingham 's Legion Field.



"I'm here to see Nick Saban," Tide fan Wesley Garner of Mobile said. "I want to see him on the sidelines and see what he can do. He is the man who is going to bring us another championship. At least I hope he does.

"We certainly paid enough to get him."

Edit: Double Post

Also, these sorry ass Bama fans WISH they had Mark Richt.

When you get lynched in Birmingham, I will know why.
If comments like that get made public, you might end up with your head in a vice.

They know they overpaid for Saban, that is why they are all so curious to see him. The "Tide" will turn in week 4, when UGA waltzes into Tuscaloosa and hangs a 50-0 beating on em.

Will all those points be scored by the Dawgs defense? I don't think UGA will be an offensive juggernaut and Bama's Defense is usually pretty stout.
I'd expect a game like that Georgia-Colorado game last year.

Bama's defense should be pretty pedestrain this year.

I've never heard of this spring game thing before.

AKA The day Loog gets divorced


THE BEAR AIN'T EVER COMIN BACK!


Promethium, UGA will be loaded on offense this year. It's our D that will be the big question. We have talent but we need guys to step up and lead.


92,000 is completely insane though. I can't wait to hear the Saban lovers tune when they go 7-5 this year and lose to Auburn AGAIN.

You doubt the playmaking capabilities of MaSta?!?!?

Don't forget LSU drumming them by at least 30 in Tuscaloosa.

I went to the NC State spring game, and almost 15k is a fairly big deal for the program. Basicaly, everyone came out to see Tom O'Brien and his new staff.

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Promethium, UGA will be loaded on offense this year. It's our D that will be the big question. We have talent but we need guys to step up and lead.


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So the Dawgs are in the same boat Nebraska is in. The Huskers are going to put up huge numbers offensively with Sam Keller of Arizona State playing QB this year, but we lost at least four NFL caliber players from the Defensive front 7 and our Defensive backfield is terrible. I was hoping they would have canned the DB's coach during the off season, but he and Callahan are real close.

As I said, it's easily the biggest alumni weekend in the spring. More people showed up than planned due to the nice weather, and apparently it was a mess logistically. Still looks good on your list, though, so I won't complain.

You hear about Penn State's tribute to Va Tech at their spring game? Pretty cool

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sto ... 07aaq.html

I hadn't. That is very cool. Thanks for that, tommy.

How is this not stickied?

Looks like Billz thought better of his response

Just found a photo from the PSU game:

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