How Much Longer is Our Administration Going To Allow The CFB Trailer Home To Exist?

I'm reading articles & listening to Cohen on the radio talk about how everything else seems to be a priority on campus other than doing something with the South Endzone & frankly I think it's ludicrous that it's not the #1 priority.

Currently, we have college football's version of a trailer home sitting in the South Endzone & the powers that be appear to be just OK with that.

College football in particular is the front porch to your school. It's what everyone sees. We're talking millions of people every Saturday form their opinion of Mississippi State University based on what they see on TV.

Do you know the opinion that many people form when they see the trailer home in the South Endzone? Cheap. They think we are poor & cheap.

Do you know what recruits who are trying to decide between us, Bama, LSU, Auburn, A&M think when they walk into our stadium? Cheap. They aren't at the same status as those other places. They sell family because they have too.

Looks matter people! Getting the correct logo on the helmet & getting rid of the Wal-Mart logo MATTERS!

We can be the greatest university in the world & have the greatest family atmosphere known to man, but the pool of people that will want to be a part of this great university will never be what it could be until we get the appearance right.

Just sick & tired of people in the bubble not seeing it. Please for goodness sakes fix the eye sores that millions of people see on TV each & every week.

We can disagree about what should be done in that endzone, but we should all agree that something has to be done. It's way past time.

Get the priorities straight!

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lol... we have 2 big games today, and you mad about this bright and early

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Originally Posted by msstate7

lol... we have 2 big games today, and you mad about this bright and early

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I get mad about it every day. It's mind boggling that the administration, who's done a great job lately, keeps missing the forests for the trees on this.

They keep letting individual coaches influence them instead of doing what's in the best interest of MSU

I get it, but the Hump is probably the worse basketball facility in the SEC. It's hard to justify putting that off any longer.

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Originally Posted by Dawg2003

I get it, but the Hump is probably the worse basketball facility in the SEC. It's hard to justify putting that off any longer.

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Far less people see the Hump or develop their opinion of Mississippi State off the Hump than the do DWS.

Honestly, both projects have been put off way too long.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

Far less people see the Hump or develop their opinion of Mississippi State off the Hump than the do DWS.

Honestly, both projects have been put off way too long.

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Wheres your checkbook?

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Originally Posted by calidawg

Wheres your checkbook?

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LOL. There's always one.

Our soon to be $130 million dollar athletic budget gives you the middle finger

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

I get mad about it every day. It's mind boggling that the administration, who's done a great job lately, keeps missing the forests for the trees on this.

They keep letting individual coaches influence them instead of doing what's in the best interest of MSU

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Wrong again

I have talked with a few people and we are pursuing getting approval for our athletic department to hire you as a consultant for our sports' facilities and sports' program management. Cohen is ecstatic concerning this turn of events.***

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Originally Posted by yjnkdawg

I have talked with a few people and we are pursuing getting approval for our athletic department to hire you as a consultant for our sports' facilities and sports' program management. Cohen is ecstatic concerning this turn of events.***

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Why so angry about people having their own ideas?

Do you think we should all just kiss the administration’s ring and shut up?

We have a cheap eye sore at the center piece of the front porch of the school and correcting it doesn’t seem to be a priority. Makes no sense.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

LOL. There's always one.

Our soon to be $130 million dollar athletic budget gives you the middle finger

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"Soon to be" - CBS's contract runs thru the 2023 football season. Three more years, which means that payday is in 2025 - after we have completed the 2024 season.

Should we be planning for improvements, yes. But, if we have already said the Hump is the next project it's easy to understand why they are focusing on that with the money we have.

Y’all give Shotgun a break..... he’s running out of things to start new threads about.

Has to be bitching about something at all times.

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Originally Posted by Dawg2003

I get it, but the Hump is probably the worse [sic] basketball facility in the SEC. It's hard to justify putting that off any longer.

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I've only been in one other SEC facility (Georgia), and it's bigger, but the quality seems to be about the same as the Hump. It's getting a facelift pretty soon anyway.

This was years ago but I remember talking to someone from MSU (may have been Greg Byrne but honestly can't remember) and this was while we were building/planning to enclose the South endzone of Davis Wade but anyway...

They said that the fact that our stadium wasn't enclosed affected perception in recruiting because it made us "look like" a smaller school. The person said we should have enclosed the stadium instead of adding an upper deck to the East side at that time because it would have been overall more beneficial.

So, there is something to what Shotgun is saying even if people don't want to hear it.

We don't even have the worst stadium in the SEC west or east.

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

We don't even have the worst stadium in the SEC west or east.

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Yeah. I've been to them all. Davis Wade is pretty nice as far as football stadiums go. And I haven't really been in our premium areas before. Renovating under the stadium was the right decision to make.

But if we close in the south endzone we won't be able to afford the roof.

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Originally Posted by Hambone

Y’all give Shotgun a break..... he’s running out of things to start new threads about.

Has to be bitching about something at all times.

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Some people just don't get it.

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

We don't even have the worst stadium in the SEC west or east.

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On TV we do. In person means very little compared to perception on TV. 60K compared to 3 mil

Only Vandy's looks worse on TV

I think this is the 12th thread you've made about this since I joined.

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Originally Posted by msu15

I think this is the 12th thread you've made about this since I joined.

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Until it's done, I may make another 20.

Let's put some fake deer and a car on cinder blocks in your front yard and let's see how quickly your wife demands change.

Lighten up on Shotgun....he needs professional help

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

Until it's done, I may make another 20.

Let's put some fake deer and a car on cinder blocks in your front yard and let's see how quickly your wife demands change.

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Haha I hear ya bud

I saw a thread the other day on SECrant that was about what the worst sec football stadium is. It was several pages long the last time I looked.

Davis Wade had not even been mentioned as one of the worst. People mentioning it put it in the middle of the pack. (The consensus was vandy was the worst with ole miss the second worst). The other fanbases thar watch our games on TV do not agree with shotguns take.

Shotgun is over reacting. I am not a fan of the end zone, but it is hardly any embarrassment.

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Originally Posted by deadheaddawg

I saw a thread the other day on SECrant that was about what the worst sec football stadium is. It was several pages long the last time I looked.

Davis Wade had not even been mentioned as one of the worst. People mentioning it put it in the middle of the pack. (The consensus was vandy was the worst with ole miss the second worst). The other fanbases thar watch our games on TV do not agree with shotguns take.

Shotgun is over reacting. I am not a fan of the end zone, but it is hardly any embarrassment.

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I agree that Vandy has the worst. I'd say Mizzou is worse than Ole Miss but I would put Ole Miss solidly in at 12 so I'm not far off in opinion.

What's wrong with a trailer home? Shag carpet will be back in style, you just watch...

I'm surprised Tusk hasn't been offended by this thread**

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Originally Posted by Cowbell

I'm surprised Tusk hasn't been offended by this thread**

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gimmie a second....

The stadium is fine. You are going to die on this hill alone. We will have one of the best homefield atmospheres in the nation again now that some responsibility has been brought back to the program.

We have bigger issues. An IPF is literally the only thing we are missing from being on par with the best of the best

Say what you will about OMs ..... but you can get in the gate there and get actual service at the concession stand. ...and they have a wider variety of food options.

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Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****

The stadium is fine. You are going to die on this hill alone.

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I disagree

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Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen

Say what you will about OMs ..... but you can get in the gate there and get actual service at the concession stand. ...and they have a wider variety of food options.

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For now. I would be really surprised if Cohen doesn't upgrade that this offseason just based on things he has done since December. Heck- he pretty much called out Aramark after the USM game on Twitter.

At the very least the food trucks that have been coming to Dudy-Noble. It would probably be pretty easy to park them at Davis Wade in certain spots where they have been selling MSU merchandise and memorabilia on the West side. I assume the East side has some areas that could work for food trucks as well.

The only thing gameday related that I have little confidence in is the traffic flow. Every year game one it looks like some smartass comes up with some "great new plan" that they think will work better only to go back to the plan that has been working for years after their great idea turns into a royal cluster****. Doesn't really matter who the AD is. Happened under LT, Byrne, Stricklin, and Cohen.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

I disagree

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Well, at this point I do agree that they should just take out the renaissance fair tents and it would be an improvement. I can't imagine that MSU makes a ton of money off of them anyway. It looks like we're going to have a jousting tournament in the end zone after the game or something.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

On TV we do. In person means very little compared to perception on TV. 60K compared to 3 mil

Only Vandy's looks worse on TV

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On TV, who cares about in person. Next he will be bitching about low attendance.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

For now. I would be really surprised if Cohen doesn't upgrade that this offseason just based on things he has done since December. Heck- he pretty much called out Aramark after the USM game on Twitter.

At the very least the food trucks that have been coming to Dudy-Noble. It would probably be pretty easy to park them at Davis Wade in certain spots where they have been selling MSU merchandise and memorabilia on the West side. I assume the East side has some areas that could work for food trucks as well.

The only thing gameday related that I have little confidence in is the traffic flow. Every year game one it looks like some smartass comes up with some "great new plan" that they think will work better only to go back to the plan that has been working for years after their great idea turns into a royal cluster****. Doesn't really matter who the AD is. Happened under LT, Byrne, Stricklin, and Cohen.

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The traffic problem is a good one to have and really has no solution. You have 60,000 people, 90% of whom come by car, on a campus that usually has less than half that number on it. You don't build a road net on a campus to handle events that only happen 6-7 a year. If you look at the long term plan for campus that is only going to get worse.

This is blown so far out of proportion. Our stadium looks pretty darn good, and if anything, the endzone currently as least makes us unique, which can sometimes stand out more than one that looks pretty much like everybody else.

And look around at other stadiums; it's not like everybody even in the SEC looks like Bama or Tennessee. I actually like the way our endzone looks more than Oklahoma or Clemson. Even Ohio State's can look a little janky.

Our football stadium is just fine. Would it look better to find a nice way to bowl in the whole thing? Yeah, probably. Should it be at the very top of the administration's priorities? Not a chance.

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This is blown so far out of proportion. Our stadium looks pretty darn good, and if anything, the endzone currently as least makes us unique, which can sometimes stand out more than one that looks pretty much like everybody else.

And look around at other stadiums; it's not like everybody even in the SEC looks like Bama or Tennessee. I actually like the way our endzone looks more than Oklahoma or Clemson. Even Ohio State's can look a little janky.

Our football stadium is just fine. Would it look better to find a nice way to bowl in the whole thing? Yeah, probably. Should it be at the very top of the administration's priorities? Not a chance.

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Pretty much disagree with every point you made here. The endzone looks like crap & is a misrepresentation of our university. Forms a perception that isn't real

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

Pretty much disagree with every point you made here. The endzone looks like crap & is a misrepresentation of our university. Forms a perception that isn't real

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Obviously you disagree. And it's pretty clear that essentially no one else on here agrees with you. So why keep talking about it? We're all well aware of where you stand.

That perception seems to only be in your mind.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

Pretty much disagree with every point you made here. The endzone looks like crap & is a misrepresentation of our university. Forms a perception that isn't real

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I disagree with you.

Does anyone hang out with Shotgun regularly in person? I would like to know if he is always like this or just on the message board?