I honestly think the conference situation, when it applies to football attendance, is over stated. When the team was winning they'd get near sell outs against the likes of Hofstra and Rhode Island... heck we actually did worse attendance wise against some league opponents than some non-conference dogs. If the team wins more than it losses I bet you'd see 95% capacity for most games... even in this conference.
True, but those games would typically be end of August, first week of September in great weather at night. Even if we start winning I don't see people sitting through freezing temps for most of the teams in this conference.