Folks in Louisiana, Alabama and Kentucky who never attended those schools I mentioned seem to pull for those team sports and most have no knowledge of the players are Coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
Look at Bama and all the flags and stickers on their cars and trucks. I can't say that about any other teams.
That's because he works for ESPN so they're going to push him as much as possible (until he gets fired somewhere down the line, like they do everybody else).Quote:
Originally Posted by blacklistedbully
And when you consider that until 20-25 years ago, Starkville only had two or three hotels so there was no place to stay when you went there, the attendance figures are even more astounding. Now they're doing much, much better in that regard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Louisiana is only about 50% larger than Mississippi.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
It's not about who has won the most titles. It's all about having passion for the sport. To say no other SEC team can even match them for their passion for the game is idiotic, IMO. As Confucious correctly mentioned, it's about fans having a passion, irregardless of titles or trophies. The fact that LSU fans are passionate BECAUSE they started winning is beside the point. There is no fanbase in all of college baseball that is more passionate about their baseball program than MSU fans...period.
If you don't realize this, I simply don't know what to tell you, other than you are wrong, and mistaking "which program has had more success" instead of "which programs have at least as much passion.
LSU has an enrollment that is approximately 60% greater than ours, yet their average attendance is about 40% higher, Even more telling is the fact that LSU's official seating capacity is about 40% greater than ours. When it comes to regionals & supers, the NCAA only let's you count "turnstyle" attendance, so Alex Box is always going to show quite a bit more attendance than we do, as we have approximately 3,000 fewer seats to sell.
Bottom line, there is no fanbase more passionate about their baseball program than ours, yet Pawwwl made it sound like LSU has that hands down.
Ya'll give ole Pawl too much credit by even getting worked up. He sold out a long time ago! Might as well put a mic in front of Yancy as they're about on the same level.
+1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh
Why watch that moron?
I agree. Let LSU have their moment. I hope Florida ruins it. Let them actually have a heartbreaking loss for a change and we'll see how passionate they really are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh
Based on my experience it's hyperbole for the most part.
Tell it Black! You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to blacklistedbully again.Quote:
Originally Posted by blacklistedbully
Hell Todd, let us win a couple of natty's and we'll have that LSU attitude! C'mon Man!Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I'd say they're about equal. I've never seen anything like our fans when we went to Omaha in 13. The whole stadium was maroon. LSU aint doing that
Can't pull for O'Sullivan.
I live in Starkville for 6 years and BR for the last 10. I mean to take nothing away from MSU, but Finebomb is right. Weighted by population, school size... MSU by a mile.
Like Ive said before, we don't need to have anybody associated with MSU to be doing anymore interviews on his shit show. He goes out of his way to censure and discredit our sports programs and fanbase. It's not that he's just a media whore, he has a real beef, and acts like we're just here to complete everyone else's schedule.
Lol, that last line describes him perfectlyQuote:
Originally Posted by blacklistedbully
Looks like Papierski's Dad has replaced Kramer's mom. Haa. Baton Rouge North, my ass. Was Ravy not at TD AM in 2013??
Pretty easy to be passionate with the success they've had. Kind of like Bama fans over the past 10 years of Saban. I would say we ARE more passionate because we care about baseball just as much even though we don't own a national title and have only played for one and only have one SEC title since 1989. If we had half the national success that they've had we would probably have 15K+ crowds EVERY weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I meant 150% the population of Mississippi.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I think the attitudes for both schools came from Polk and Bertman. Bertman was more about winning at all costs. Polk was more about being classy and having a good college experience. LSU probably had the same attitude before 1991. I think we need to do a little bit better as a fanbase of encouraging our juniors to come back for their senior year is really all.Quote:
Originally Posted by msbulldog
Absolutely. If we have a NC or two we would pass them as a fanbase probably pretty easily. I have a feeling that some of the crowd they get in Omaha are locals from Nebraska that just "like LSU" and they want a team to pull for since Nebraska is rarely in it. So they go with the guys that give them alcohol and crawfish.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
I thought it was interesting that they have to have season tickets "willed" to get them. Which means that they likely have some kind of a system in place to get people who aren't season ticket holders on gameday. MSU needs to explore that system.