They moved them up to offer better seating to students.
And in 2018-2019, the stadium was much louder and rocking. The students werenât entitled by walking up to the separator line either.
Speaking of for those that asked when they added another row: nothing has hurt the student section so far.
Cheapest tickets at Baylor is $220 but about $30 in the larger OU arena. Smaller arena makes your season tickets worth more and keeps out opposing fans.
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This is such BS. Iâm UH through and through and I had two kids go to Baylor and one go to UT. I exposed them to UH, but Iâm not going to make them go to UH. What parent would do that? Itâs very hard to get into Texas and my oldest was smart to go there. It was perfect for her and she still lives in Austin. The other two wanted a smaller town, and they loved Waco. Great programs for their majors. Itâs their dream, not mine, and has nothing to do with how much of a UH fan I am. Same with Matt Thomas.
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Encouraging our children to attend UH is the easiest way and low lying fruit to building a generational fanbase.
We are not telling you to force your kids to UH but to set the path to build a generational pipeline which will increase attendance for football and basketball.
How did UT and A&M build their fanbase the past 50 years?
The alums and fans encouraged their children to attend by any means necessary.
I know plenty of Aggies and Horns who laid the map for their kids to do the transfer route by going to Blinn to A&M or UTSA/UT-Arlington to UT.
People are having less children now than in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
It is very crucial to get our enrollment and graduation numbers similar to the 55,000+ at UT and A&M.
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My kids heard me talk about UH while they grew up, taking them to some games. I had UH stuff throughout the house. They toured UH. They toured other schools in Texas and wanted to go elsewhere. I did as much encouraging as I could without pushing them to go there. Itâs their life, not mine. This is all such nonsense.
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I did all I could to get relatives to attend UH.
But at least I got 5 of them to attend.
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Need more Greek to make it cool. Otherwise being like UTD is fine. UH May have lowest Greek percentage among all P4.
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This is the Universityâs fault for not pushing greek life. they hate it. trust me. They made Bayou Oaks hell for Greek Life when I was living there in 07-08. There is also like 20 fraternities and like 5 sororities now. Students are eager and interested to join greek life, but when it is time to pay dues, a lot of these students cant afford it. Greek life and Coog crew were the only ones I would see at basketball games at Hoff when I was around.
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None would MAKE them do that.
Itâs a reflection that they didnât WANT to attend.
Thatâs just not the case fro Longhorn or Aggie families they are extremely PROUD to be Longhorns or Aggies.
They drape their newborn babies in UT and TAMU colors.
They DREAM of attending those schools.
And guess whatâŠyouâre talking to someone who has had FOUR family members attend the University of HoustonâŠFOUR! My dad, me , my uncle and my cousinâŠI am the ONLY one who is passionate about the University of Houston.
The rest could not careâŠdonât even own a single t-shirt or cap.
Get off your High HorseâŠyou were extremely proud your children went to UT/ Baylor for XYZ reasons and they were NOT CRUSHED they couldnât attend UH. Truth hurtsâŠdoesnât it. Your Alma mater probably didnât even make their short listâŠTHATâs THE BIG PROBLEM IâM TALKING ABOUT!
In an Aggie and LonghornâŠand LSU and Oklahoma and etc. etc. familiesâŠthey develop LEGACIES. WE DO NOT!
WE have people like you defend your childrenâs decision. AGAINâŠnot saying MAKE them attend UHâŠIâm saying make it a culture THEY WANT to be a part of.
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tcoogâŠtheyâll never get it.
Most are probably first generation college grads who got plush jobs and moved to the suburbs and thought âtheir childrenâ deserved something better than that lowly inner city school their meager parent attended.
they are sending the students WE DESPERATELY NEED (Traditional legacy students WANTING a college atmosphere) to other schools.
We canât even get them to attend games for our top 5 basketball programâŠlook at students at other schools!!! They camp out 24 hours in advance to SUPPORT their school and go crazy if allowed into the game.
Proof is in the pudding!
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The UH right now in the 2020s is not the same UH we all went to from 1960s to 2010.
Our academics are stronger
Our acceptance rate is lower
We are Tier One
We are in the Big 12
We want all our fans with high school kids to heavily consider UH as a primary destination and not a fall back choice.
I keep saying to abandon our 3rd, 4th, 5th option as a regional school strategy and go after suburb kids IN OTHER REGIONS who A) want to go away to Texas for college and B) WANT a college atmosphere.
What we are doing is not workingâŠjust look at the student sections at these other Big 12 games.
they wouldnât miss a game for the worldâŠthey literally are having a blast⊠we have to beg UH students to attend.
We are going after the WRONG type of student.
Surely, our leaders knew that a P5 designation is about student involvement as much as it is about athletics.
we are lastâŠDEAD LAST in student fan support.
UCF, a school 40 years younger than UH, found a wayâŠthey found a way!
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Exactly lol
I can probably do a breakdown of what type of students attended in each decade and see the difference in demographics.
1970s and 1980s:
Students using their GI Bill or the ones going to UH part time taking night classes.
But at least both football and basketball teams are good.
1990s:
Students who are first generation college students from families who immigrated to the US or the typical working class Houstonian trying to better themselves.
Or the ones who went to UH as a fall back or 3rd option.
The break up of the SWC and joining C-USA was a downgrade.
2000s:
Millennials who only went to UH as a fall back plan or was the most affordable option as the recession hit.
Briles did put football back on the map.
2010s:
Millennials who stayed local to Houston or first generation college students.
People who transferred in from another state due to the booming Houston population but never cared about UH athletics.
Academics did improve to Tier One though.
Social media did help raise awareness for athletics with success with Herman and Sampson.
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Parents also play a huge role in this.
Sending your children to UT or TAMU or LSU or Oklahoma or Arkansas is a status symbolâŠMY CHILD landed a spot into a top state flagship school! Parents gloat about this.
Sending them to Baylor âŠor TCUâŠor SMUâŠor TulaneâŠis an even bigger status symbol. Parents brag about this. I paid for a PRIVATE SCHOOL investment.
Texas TechâŠis a mixed bag. Yes it has more of a college vibe but it is for UT/TAMU rejects and so far OUT of the Texas Triangle. It is not perceived as great of a thing but most parents still view it higher than the tiers below.
Texas State. etc. is for average students who want to enjoy college life but couldnât get into any of the premiere public schools.
Then there is the University of Houston, which for parents, their children fit into these categories:
- Their child is a first generation college student so they have extremely little knowledge about the college hierarchy.
- The parents have no influence- the student is an older non-traditional student and has ZERO intentions of contributing to/ or taking advantage of college life.
- Students buck the trend and have a specific reason for attending UH. I fit into this category. I grew up in a Houston suburb and universally, none of my classmates target UH as a destination college.
- International students. Their main , and sometimes only focus, is getting a degree.
Going to UH is actually a lesser STATUS SYMBOL for the parents. Thatâs why we have so many defensive UH alum parents responding to this thread. They thought their children deserved better and so of course they are going to yellâŠwell, it was their choiceâŠmy school sucked
Also, letâs not forget the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOMâŠone of the hidden reasons is an unofficial University Caste System.
More so in the past, but not totally abandoned, parents send their children to schools that THEY FEEL match the values/culture of other students attending said University.
You heard about MRS. degreesâŠthat wasnât by accident. Parents were hoping their child would match with a mate from a similar background/status levels. Universities has always, since day 1, been a way to filter this out.
Tilmanâs children didnât attend UHâŠno way they were ever going here.
Matt Thomas â kids didnât go to UHâŠhe literally brags about them going elsewhere,
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I met parents who went to universities outside of Texas but moved to Houston for work and raise a family and they hold UH in a higher reputation than some of our own UH graduates who encourage their kids to go somewhere else.
Fortunately the people who went to out of state universities and moved to Houston donât know about the Coog High or fall back reputation.
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This thread is going bonkers. !
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Those who deny there is a stigma around attending UH have their heads in the sand.
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What happened to moving the band. 
It turned into a bigger conversation why a 50,000 student 100 year old public university in the second most populous state has such a negative stigma and how that translates to student apathy.
Part the funnest part of watching UH in the Big 12 this season is watching how passionate the students are in supporting THEIR school.
We are begging ours to attend the game and our student section is a fraction of the size of most in the big 12.
I think we all just want that and what weâve been doing is NOT attracting the type of P4 student we need.
WE didnât sign up for this OUR LEADERS DID!
Things have to improve.
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