True all above - if capitalized on (and a big time sdsu basketball run only keeps the program in the spot light) attendance could be monstrous.
Someone, I think on the last board, had a list of every year's official attendance listed, and it was clear the uptake was the year after a winning season/bowl game. Looking forward to next year for a different reason this time.
Year/Record/AVG/Biggest Game...
1969 11 0 0 41,139 48,817 vs. North Texas State
1970 9 2 0 33,835 46,294 vs. Fresno State
1971 6 5 0 26,047 39,464 vs. Pacific
1972 10 1 0 30,816 39,048 vs. Iowa State
1973 9 1 1 30,201 38,627 vs. Iowa State
1974 8 2 1 28,691 35,344 vs. Fresno State
1975 8 3 0 42,040 53,611 vs. Arizona
1976 10 1 0 34,861 41,756 vs. Brigham Young
1977 10 1 0 38,153 50,453 vs. (13) Florida State
1978 4 7 0 35,809 42,424 vs. Fresno State (so)
1979 8 3 0 39,978 46,121 vs. Brigham Young
1980 4 8 0 24,450 28,212 vs. UNLV
1981 6 5 0 34,366 45,750 vs. Iowa State (so)
1982 7 5 0 20,452 24,938 vs. Long Beach State
1983 2 9 1 17,949 25,232 vs. Long Beach State
1984 4 7 1 23,378 49,220 vs. (4) UCLA (so)
1985 5 6 1 19,485 30,886 vs. Long Beach State (so)
1986 8 4 0 35,687 59,473 vs. (16) Iowa (HB)
1987 5 7 0 22,911 28,645 vs. Utah (so)
1988 3 8 0 22,398 27,142 vs. Hawai’i
1989 6 5 1 20,462 31,639 vs. UCLA
1990 6 5 0 22,061 34,201 vs. Miami
1991 8 4 1 33,241 56,737 vs. Brigham Young
1992 5 5 1 46,766 53,611 vs. Southern California (HC)
1993 6 6 0 38,477 44,669 vs. UCLA
1994 4 7 0 31,879 40,922 vs. California
1995 8 4 0 30,769 41,603 vs. Colorado State
1996 8 3 0 28,416 34,812 vs. Oklahoma
1997 5 7 0 26,022 29,869 vs. San Jose State
1998 7 5 0 25,864 37,471 vs. Wisconsin (so)
1999 5 6 0 29,880 40,836 vs. Brigham Young
2000 3 8 0 23,449 30,931 vs. Arizona State (so)
2001 3 8 0 22,518 30,064 vs. Brigham Young
2002 4 9 0 25,263 33,610 vs. UCLA
2003 6 6 0 22,626 32,137 vs. Brigham Young
2004 4 7 0 35,995 57,216 vs. Idaho State (so) (FW)
2005 5 7 0 36,223 55,868 vs. San Jose State (FW)
2006 3 9 0 29,227 53,794 vs. Utah (FW)
2007 4 8 0 27,940 53,110 vs. Portland State (FW)
2008 2 10 0 24,376 43,630 vs. Air Force (FW)
2009 4 8 0 24,464 42,137 vs. Southern Utah (FW)