Small market team, fair weather fans...

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

So, just to waste some time before the season kicks off, I went through the attendance stats for last season. What I was most curious over was which team could fill stadiums the best out of our division.

For the NFCS home games, the break-down goes like this:

1. Carolina - 99.3%

2. New Orleans - 96.1%

3. Tampa Bay - 96.0%

4. Atlanta - 95.7%

Ranking by away games, it goes like this:

1. Carolina - 98.9%

2. Atlanta - 98.2%

3. Tampa Bay - 95.9%

4. New Orleans - 95.1%

And overall, its:

1. Carolina - 99.1%

2. Atlanta - 97%

3. Tampa Bay - 95.9%

4. New Orleans - 95.6%

Now, I was willing to chalk it all up to scheduling differences, but then I went back a couple of years. We've been number one in all three of those metrics since 2006 (last year ESPN has full league stats for) with the exception of 2008 when Atlanta was a better road draw than us. I guess I could try and figure out PSL holders and actual attendance counts per game, but I'm just not that interested at the moment.

Point is, there is no better draw in the NFCS than the Panthers. Not too shabby for a small obscure market full of wine-and-cheese fairweather fans.

And to back up my claims, play around with this:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/attendance/_/year/2009/sort/homePct

Ok. Games almost on. Time successfully killed.

[PhillyB]

gotta be the fight song

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

gotta be the fight song

Don't neglect the credit to Zod's timeless "Crackerjack" chant.

[Lumps]

very interesting thanks for the info...

[Jangler]

Just think, if the logo was in the center of the field? It'd be like double the attendance or somethin'

[Dpantherman]

Just think, if the logo was in the center of the field? It'd be like double the attendance or somethin'

or if we had black uniforms

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

or if we had black uniforms

or if fans could raise as much hell in the stands as they wanted

[neverlosethefeeling]

Petition!

[Kettle]

Just think, if the logo was in the center of the field? It'd be like double the attendance or somethin'

what about black endzones too? i just got these a couple weeks ago, and it looks great.

[Jangler]

Is that a portable glory hole?

[Kettle]

yup. and it has a bag on the bag for holding bags.

[CatMan72]

We're the biggest draw in the best division in football, NICE!

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Someone want to explain to me again why Charlotte can't host a Superbowl?

[Chaos]

Someone want to explain to me again why Charlotte can't host a Superbowl?

Hotel space, weather concerns, JR won't suck Roger Goodell's dick, you know, all the typical stuff.