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COLUMN: Attendance story a reflection of CMU football, not student participation

Head coach John Bonamego said it best — the Central Michigan football team needs to give fans something to watch.

Last weekend, I filed a story in Central Michigan Life that included photos showing the amount of fans in attendance at the game against rival Western Michigan. The photos, some taken before the severe weather evacuation and some take after, showed empty stands although the athletics department reported that attendance for the game was 10,097 people.

Reactions to that story were mixed. Some readers felt the story was a shot at the fans for not showing up to the Western game.