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Attendance was the worst that we can remember for a homecoming game since who knows when. 'announced' was 7,400. I'd say 6,000 maybe. What will it ever take to get the fan support that our guys feed off of? Weather was fine......Bears are in the hunt for post-season play......Volleyball and basketball played earlier. Someone explain this to me.

Halloween probably took most of the crowd...forecast for rain all day early
in the week also led to people making other plans I would imagine.

we have discussed this problem at length for years.
UCA Alumns just don't support the program like they should
The students who do make it in the game usually leave at halftime.
The football program gets absolutely ZERO coverage from the state media,
and Conway is just minutes from Little Rock.

And the list goes on and on.

The main reason in my opinion is most people consider the FCS level to be
not worthy of attention especially in the state of Arkansas even though the
Bears have kids from the state playing also. The worst part of it is that
a large number of those people are UCA grads who have turned their back
on the program to give their support to the U of A. It's a sad, sad , sad
representation of todays society. Im sure it stirs their emotions to hear
the U of A alma mater even though they didn't attend school there.

I wish I knew how to get them to return to University of Central Arkansas
where they belong, but I don't know how.


I was very proud of the effort by the Bears vs. SELA last night. Both QBs
banged up and still managed to win against a good team.
It's just to bad that a lot of people missed it.

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My Mom is Alum. Lives in NWA and is elderly so no way she could come.
My Dad is Alum. Lives in Conway, in perfect health. He never goes, but always says he will.
My Brother is Alum. Lives in Conway. Absolutely refuses to go, but goes to every freakin` Hog home game.
My sister-in-laws brother is a big-wig with the City of Conway, and talks a big political game but RARELY attends. He is also a Graduate of UCA.
My Sister is Alum. Never even mentions it.
My Brother-in-law is Alum. Loves the Hogs. Forgot where he received his degree I think.
My Niece is Alum and so is her husband. He attends maybe one game a year.
Another niece who isn't Alum but her husband is. He attends a few.
I know absolutely scores of Alum who never ever even consider it, most live in central AR, and most support UAF religiously.

It`s a sad situation guys. It really is.

I came through Conway today headed back to dump central, and a buddy of mine asked why I had UCA stuff plastered all over my truck. I said I have to do my part to offset all the HOG crap I see all over Memphis! LOL

I would also like to see the Athletics dept develop a better (individual) ticket program for each UCA football player Alumni, heck they would probably come by themselves anyway, but even more of them need to be showing up.

by the way. I am NOT UCA Alum. Wish I was.

Maybe it's because they have such a winning tradition against SEC teams.

I understand their alumni support, guess the rest of their adopted fans just want to pull for "winner".

Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage Streak First Last
Alabama 8 18 0 .308 Lost 9 1962 2015
Auburn 11 13 1 .460 Won 1 1984 2015
Florida 1 9 0 .100 Lost 9 1982 2013
Georgia 4 10 0 .286 Lost 1 1969 2014
Kentucky 3 4 0 .429 Won 1 1998 2012
LSU 21 37 2 .367 Won 1 1901 2014
Mississippi State 15 9 1 .620 Lost 3 1916 2014
Missouri 2 4 0 .333 Lost 2 1906 2014
Ole Miss 32 28 1 .533 Won 1 1908 2014
South Carolina 13 9 0 .591 Lost 2 1992 2013
Tennessee 5 13 0 .278 Won 2 1907 2015
Texas A&M 41 28 3 .590 Lost 4 1903 2015
Vanderbilt 7 2 0 .778 Won 3 1949 2011
Totals 163 184 8 .470

Seriously, our lack of alumni support is shameful.

There is pretty much a generation that is gone and never coming back..........at best they see us playing junior football........nonsense of course and ignorance of the sport...........we are trying to have a more effective alumni assocaition but it has to start when you are in school and you get connected.........ADG covers Great American games pretty well..........almost always poor coverage of UCA (and often poor coverage of A-State)...........draw your own conclusions............we can moan and complain or do something about it..............Purple and Gray all the way........

I agree with everything that has been posted...I was a student here in the late 1970's and have been smitten with the school athletics ever since.

I have made many of the same statements that were posted earlier....I do not know what the answer is.

I use to the think that the Alumni Association should/could be an asset. It is basically no existent.

yes,yes,yes with all of these replies. I have thought for years now, I'd be better off to quit trying to get people in Estes. Simply enjoy and cheer for our bears. Oh I should say that my first game here was 1973 vs Southern State College

The main problem with attendance for this game was forecast/Halloween. I would have loved to be there, but with a 6 year old, 4 year old, and 18-month old and it being Halloween and the game STARTING at 7 and me living in Searcy, it just couldn't work. I think if the game had been at 3 we would have seen a bigger crowd.
However, everyone's comments about the lack of support is completely true. My group of core friends from my UCA days (all class of 2005) are all avid hog fans and couldn't even tell you when the next UCA game is or probably even what conference we play in. We are all in a group text, and on hog game days they all text back and forth about how horribly they are playing and crap, but on UCA game days...crickets.

I will agree with you to an extent about the AA. However, I feel that is about to change. This past year our old AA director retired, and we hired Jesse Thill from the U of Florida (he is a UALR alum). He has been doing a great job of building up the AA and really making an effort to connect alumni again. This is going to take a long time and right the ship from years of inactivity, but I really feel he is setting the ship right and will get things going again.

If you are on twitter, follow him (and the AA and all other UCA-related twitter accounts): Jesse Thill on Twitter

This is out AA director, tweeting about the piggies ? And we wonder why our alumni are more concerned about the piggies than the bears

Jesse Thill ‏@jtthill · 12h12 hours ago  Conway, AR
So #Arkansas can still make it to Atlanta and it's not as far fetched as you might think via @seccountry https://www.seccountry.com/arkansas/wil ... Bk.twitter …

IMHO, this is NOT acceptable.....enough said.

Don't forget a few things, he used to work at Florida so he has ties to the SEC. Also, this is is personal Twitter account and can post what he wants. Lastly, despite what many believe, being a fan of two teams is not mutually exclusive (we are not at the same level or in same conference).
Just my two-cents.

I disagree that he can post what he wants, when he has UCA Alumni Association director on his home page. How can he get UCA alumni thinking about UCA when he is tweeting about the piggies or If he is concerned about SEC and not the Southland conference. I just can't imagine the administration is happy to see their director of the AA tweeting about the piggies and SEC. I know in theory UCA and UAF are mutually exclusive but in reality they are not. I would be willing to bet there are very few UCA alumni that support UAF that also support UCA.

I agree with Beau...not acceptable. I promise you the director of Alumni
at the U of A isn't tweeting out anything about the Bears chances of winning
the Southland and making the playoffs. They should not be on his radar screen
and this goes both directions. He was hired by UCA, Period.
Maybe President Courtway will have a talk with him.

This is the exact culture we have to change. People who are employed by
the university need to support UCA with their words and actions.
Alumni of UCA need to do some soul searching and decide what they stand for.
I am proud to be a UCA graduate. I am a BEAR. What about you?

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BLEED PURPLE - SWEAT GRAY