Request to Warhawk football fans. Show up at the Perk on Saturday!

The  UW-Whitewater football team is once again in the NCAA III Playoffs. Will the Warhawks be able to capture a third consecutive national title, and seventh in the last eight years this year? A game at a time, right?

My question today is - can we get more than 1100 to Perkins Stadium on Saturday for the Hawks 1^st round game vs. St. Norbert?

For a program that averaged 7500 per game two years ago and 10,000 per game last year, I am left scratching my head at Whitewater’s paltry playoff attendance.

I’ve heard all the excuses a million times!

-         Students have to pay in the Tournament where they don’t in the regular season.

-         It will be a rout over an easy opponent in 1st round

-         The game can be watched on live TV

-         Weather 

-         Deer hunting (later on the Road to Salem

A couple of thoughts… 

-         Students required to pay in an NCAA rule.     

-         Remember this an NCAA event, not a Whitewater event. No cannon allowed!?!

-         Students have been offered hundreds of free (donated) playoff tickets over the years and few students show up at the “Perk”

-         Games can be seen “live” on UWW TV

-         Deer hunting (later on the Road to Salem

-         Why do adult fans stay away in droves?

     -  Weak competition in first round? 3791 of you showed   

         up to watch the Hawks play Eau Claire on Oct. 31. It was                             

         a team that hadn’t won a game in two years 

      -  Weather? More of you show up to playoff games with

         wind chills below zero than a 1st round game with 

         temperatures in the 30s or 40s 

      - The game can be watched on live TV

Correct me if I’m wrong, but we consider ourselves among the best NCAA Division III fans in the nation. Here’s your chance to prove it!