I'd say there were 40K State fans there
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I'd say there were 40K State fans there
This or thereabouts but I'd go at LEAST 45K in maroon. I saw an Ole Miss tent outside LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Jacksondevildog
State side was pretty full from end zone to end zone, and 99% maroon. The announced attendance was 57+, but I imagine there were about 52 or 53K or so butts in seats. Only Rice sections I saw were over by their band - they may have had 3,000 (if that). Subtract them and the other Rice fans sprinkled in, the high school bands, and a few Memphis folks just there for the game, I'd say we had around 45K MSU fans or so.
The Regions Bank guy that was doing some of the events inside the gates like the basketball goal said on the mic something like "boy, you MSU fans really showed up today. Rice fans, well we've got a total of 13 Rice fans so far."
I'd say there were at least 40k Bulldogs there. 90% of the folks there, maybe more, were in maroon & white. There were a few Memphis fans in front of us. One of the guys kept on and on about how annoying the cowbells were. After hearing the guy complain about it, my wife (an OM grad) took my cowbell and rang it in his ear every chance she got until he left at half time. Needless to say, I was quite proud. The guy kept saying how he'd hope we wouldn't score and that Rice would blow us out so he didn't have to hear the bells.
http://i.imgur.com/agv2Mg7.jpg
I snapped a pic of the stands pregame before the band went on the field. The State side continued to fill up after I took the picture (to probably 95-99% full), but the Rice side stayed pretty much the same (I'd guess around 75%). I did notice that we pretty much filled up our side, and spilled over to theirs as well. I'd read somewhere (maybe twitter) that Rice had sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 2600 tix, but that was at least a week before the game.
[QUOTE=DawgHouseUnited;112688]http://i.imgur.com/agv2Mg7.jpg
Can't help but notice the Bama lettermen jacket with the 23498723497 national championship years listed in the right side of that picture (front row). Good grief.
[QUOTE=cubswillwinitonedaydawg;112718
Can't help but notice the Bama lettermen jacket with the 23498723497 national championship years listed in the right side of that picture (front row). Good grief.[/QUOTE]
True that, but he was cheering for us, so he didn't make any enemies while he was there- dude even had a State hat on.
Given that bowls attendance was way down for almost all bowls, one would think we made another strong impression with our fan support. Liberty Bowl must have been happy with us, though bummed about Rice.