Only 1,697 entered Day 1C today. That's slightly more than I projected, and brings the three-day total to 3,686. If 3,000 entered tomorrow (the maximum) the total would be 6,686. So we're guaranteed a decrease from 2008 and likely a decrease from 2007. Anyway, here are the numbers:

Day 1A: 1,287 (2007) vs. 1,297 (2008) vs. 1,116 (2009)
Day 1B: 1,541 (2007) vs. 1,158 (2008) vs. 873 (2009)
Day 1C: 1,743 (2007) vs. 1,928 (2008) vs. 1,697 (2009)
Day 1D: 1,787 (2007) vs. 2,461 (2008) vs. ?,??? (2009)

Total: 2007: 6,358 vs. 2008: 6,844 vs. 2009 ?,???.

I originally projected 6,300. Based on the current slippage the number now projects to 5,852. They'll have to do better than last year to reach my original projection.