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Cougs Have Some Catching Up To Do

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by Jared Frank, KHQ.com/SWXRightNow.com - email
A mere 4,000 fans showed up at Spokane's Joe Albi Stadium this spring to watch the annual Crimson & Gray game (Photo: SWX) A mere 4,000 fans showed up at Spokane's Joe Albi Stadium this spring to watch the annual Crimson & Gray game (Photo: SWX)

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One thing is certain about Washington State, their fans and the their alum: once a Coug, always a Coug. It's somewhat surprising, then, to see today's blog post on ESPN about spring football game attendance in the Pac-10.

Sure, the Pac-10 - soon to be the Pac-12 - is not the SEC. But 4,000 fans at a spring scrimmage while Oregon shows off in front of 43,000? Check out the attendance this year as reported by Ted Miller of ESPN:

  1. Oregon - 43,468 (Pac-10 record)
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  3. Colorado - 15,655
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  8. UCLA - 6,400
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  10. Arizona - 4,500
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Both Utah and Colorado outshined the Cougars this spring, and it's just their first year in the conference!

 

 

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