Just curious what you think.
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Just curious what you think.
Already planned on spending the weekend busting doves and catching the game from the living room. But, I don?t expect it to weaken attendance.
Yes. I would not expected Fitz's girlfriend or family to be there, thus shrinking the attendance by 5 or so people
Shirley it'll be a hard sellout... New coach, new excitement, really good team, first game of the year.....
no?
I don't think Fitz not playing will affect attendance. I don't expect a good crowd though. We are lucky it's a 6:30 kickoff because if it were a day game attendance would be embarrassingly low.
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Originally Posted by LC Dawg
Why would it be an embarrasingly low attedance?
What evidence do you have to make that statement?
Based on recent non-conference games against weak opponents when it was hot as hell and combining that info with it being the opening day of dove season.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Is our attendance really effected by the start of dove season?Quote:
Originally Posted by LC Dawg
That seems absurd to me. Do people look more forward to dove season than college football season? I don't know any of those people.
If so, that's not exactly the type of commitment that helps programs get over the hump IMO
You'd be surprised. It's a big event for a bunch of folks - the night game gives us a chance to make it decent because you can do a morning and early afternoon hunt and still maybe make the game. It's still going to put a small dent in attendance though. The cooler weather at night helps out a ton as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Only 602 tickets on stubhub, which is a good sign
Yes, our attendance is affected by dove season. I don't dove hunt so it doesn't affect me. Day game attendance suffers a lot more than night games. Some people close enough will hunt and still make the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
I don't expect to have a good tailgating crowd Saturday because of the heat and dove hunting but I hope the game crowd is good.
I personally think its unacceptable to not have a sellout for the #18 team in the nation with the excitement of a new coach but actual sellouts have been rare, especially for non-conference.
Saturday's weather looks to be a high of 91 & a low of 69 with a 40% chance of rain.
So looks to be in the mid to upper 80s & possibly humid.
Not horrible
That's kinda what I was thinkin' 'Gun...Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Yeah Tusk. Until our fan base stops stepping on their dick it'll be tough to really take another step.Quote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
This type of thing would never happen at Bama. It's pretty sad IMO
I should admit that I haven't looked at the forecast for Saturday but I was in Starkville this past weekend and it was miserably humid. We ate lunch outside Saturday and were discussing tailgating and dreading the heat. If the humidity will drop some it may not be that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Those are some long dicks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
You're en fuego, today, DevilDawg....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
It won't be a big crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Well there are tickets available at every outlet including the MSU ticket office....stubhub has hundreds for $6..
Last I checked, there were more tickets available for Bama-Ole Miss than SFA-MSU....
That's a sad commentary on the OM fan base... I'd guess it'll sell out even if it takes 30,000 Bammers to do so... We did set the VHS attendance record last trip there (I think)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeshouldveflanked
Last year I think all of our OOC games were at 11 AM if I'm not mistaken. That hurt attendance a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by LC Dawg
Any early football game in the south would suffer despite who's playing. As any bammer fan would say, "It'll be hotter than a sheep's titty." Lucky for us it's at night.
I don't think it'll hurt opening day attendance at all.
I remember opening day being a cool one. Cool for September.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
2 of the 3 were and I agree that hurts attendance but I think other things affect it just as much. It takes a significant financial investment and a time investment to attend a game. Some people don't want to make that commitment for a glorified scrimmage when they can watch it at home for free and have more time to do other things. Mullen didn't help when it seemed that he put almost no effort in OOC games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
My wife and I love music and have wanted to go to the Piney Woods Picnic the last couple of years but it has fallen on a home game weekend. I love their lineup this year but I will be at the ULL game because I feel I'm committed to go because I bought season tickets and I'm a member of a tailgate group. I also love Mississippi State and feel like our team deserves my support even though I think I would enjoy the Piney Woods Picnic more than what should be a thrashing of ULL.
I was curious ... you can find almost anything on the internet. What I found was for Jackson, MS, so Starkville may have been a little cooler. The high was 88 and low was 64. The game with Charleston Southern was at 3:00 p.m. I seem to remember that last summer was pretty brutal, so yeah, that would have felt "cool", or at least tolerable. I can't even remember if we went to that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
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Originally Posted by Todd4State
According to hailstate, our opening game with Charleston Southern last year was at 3:00 in the afternoon.
I may get flamed for this, but I think it’s imperative to fill up the joint (at least on opening day with a new coach) regardless of “tee time” & other external factors in order to send a message that you are “knocking on the door”...
But I do understand that ticket prices, convenience, TV, etc have a mitigating effect on attendance...
Attendance will not be effected in the least bit. Stop getting your hair all up over this. We have good fans. Taking the bait and getting bent out shape makes you look stupid.
Cmon dude...I know a lot of folks who miss the first game for Dove season and the Arkansas game at home for the first day of deer season depending on the time for both.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Our ability to go over the hump has 0 to do with fans not going to a game when they want to go hunting. Lighten up
It won't be a big crowd. Crappy opponent. Holiday weekend. Lot's of people and students going out of town. Oh, and it's pretty easy to get a hotel room:
https://www.kayak.com/hotels/Starkvi...ts?sort=rank_a
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Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
You are right there. It wouldn't be that big of a crowd no matter who is at QB. I'm just glad it's at night. That will help some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hail State
I will be surprised if it's a big crowd. Dove season probably doesn't hurt that much though, because the MSU dove hunters I know would be watching this game on TV either way. Labor day, TV and the anticipation of a poor opponent hurts. I'd love to see 52ish, but I doubt we get there.
45-50K is going to be a hell of a lot different than the crowds JoMo was used to in Happy Valley. You could put DWS on one side plus half endzone in that place.
Sounds to me your the one getting hair all up. I just asked a simple question and I have yet gotten bent out of shape or taking bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hail State
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Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
He always takes things to the infinite level. Like calling out our fanbase saying we don't have what it takes to take our program to the next level because attendance MIGHT be bad Saturday.
It will be packed Saturday. He gets all dramatic and makes a problem where there ain't one.
I wasn't sure who you were replying to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hail State