Football practice on SECN+

[Cooterpoot]

We break crowds yes. Due to sat crowd, But it's rained all day.... and what else is going on any other weekend around town?? Hell I live here, I'd love to know?!? And last night was 12k plus. At night on a Friday. Maybe Easter isn't the best time. But the evidence you're using is faulty. At best.

Thursday night was not a huge crowd by SBW standards. More people would be in town tonight for the game had it been a full weekend, rain or not. That's not hard to understand or faulty. Imagine last weekend as SBW.

[Cooterpoot]

We break crowds yes. Due to sat crowd, But it's rained all day.... and what else is going on any other weekend around town?? Hell I live here, I'd love to know?!? And last night was 12k plus. At night on a Friday. Maybe Easter isn't the best time. But the evidence you're using is faulty. At best.

Thursday night was not a huge crowd by SBW standards. More people would be in town tonight for the game had it been a full weekend, rain or not. That's not hard to understand or faulty. Imagine last weekend as SBW. Hell, students aren't even on campus this weekend.

[LC Dawg]

We don't need SBW to draw baseball crowds. In past years there would be thousands in town that didn't plan to see baseball. My daughter and I decided to grab dinner last night and Humble Taco was closed at 8:45 so we went to Bulldog Burger and there was no wait. I don't venture into the Cotton District on regular weekend nights and last night it was almost deserted. The only students in town were at the ballgame. It's a failure to call this weekend SBW. It's actually less than a normal baseball weekend because all the students are at home.

[starkvegasdawg]

He is risen

He is risen indeed.

[AROB44]

Cohen is Jewish....doesn't believe that Jesus is the Son of God...still waiting for the king to come along.

So.....Is there a religious test to being the AD at MSU?

[Leeshouldveflanked]

So.....Is there a religious test to being the AD at MSU?

There should be a competency and qualification test to being a MSU AD.

[AROB44]

There should be a competency and qualification test to being a MSU AD.

Can't disagree with that....

[BrunswickDawg]

First - weren't the only school doing their spring game Saturday. Bama, Arky, UF, UGA, USC, Vandy, and us. Bama and UF are the only 2 of those who didn't have home baseball doubt their fans even noticed). Second, Leach is a coach with a schedule and his own way of doing things, so he probably starts spring practice at roughly the same point every year - especially since we still have another week of practices and an open scrimmage next Saturday. I've got feeling our spring game date was dictated by ESPN/SECN. And the choice was TV or SBW without a home baseball series and we chose to preserve some semblance of SBW

[Hot Rock]

So, bad weather weekend. Stuff gets canceled and people mad at John Cohen. This is the dumbest fan base in the world.

[DawgFromOxford]

I've got feeling our spring game date was dictated by ESPN/SECN.

Bingo. Easter weekend wasn't the optimal weekend for fans, but it was the optimal weekend for TV money.

Considering it's a glorified practice that's free to attend and maybe 10k people show up. You take the TV money and make the rest of the scheduling of SBW work the best it can.

[Jarius]

Thursday night was not a huge crowd by SBW standards. More people would be in town tonight for the game had it been a full weekend, rain or not. That's not hard to understand or faulty. Imagine last weekend as SBW.

The reason it was done on Easter is because otherwise, Easter would be a very small crowd comparatively for the entire weekend. Every other baseball weekend was going to be packed anyway, so they tried to do SBW on Easter so they could eliminate the one weekend that wasn’t going to be packed. It was a decision to help out the city of Starkville add another big revenue weekend during the spring. Not saying I agree with the decision but that was the reason it was done. Same reason they did the big fall concert weekend during a road football weekend.

[sleepy dawg]

They can't not be mad about something.

[BrunswickDawg]

The reason it was done on Easter is because otherwise, Easter would be a very small crowd comparatively for the entire weekend. Every other baseball weekend was going to be packed anyway, so they tried to do SBW on Easter so they could eliminate the one weekend that wasn’t going to be packed. It was a decision to help out the city of Starkville add another big revenue weekend during the spring. Not saying I agree with the decision but that was the reason it was done. Same reason they did the big fall concert weekend during a road football weekend.

I had friends from here who rolled into Starkville the Friday of the LSU series for a funeral. They texted me wanting to know what was going on because the whole town was packed, long waits at restaurants, and they had a hard time finding hotel rooms at the last minute. They couldn't believe it when I said it's a normal baseball weekend. It stands to reason that after COVID for 2 years they would try to spread weekends out and get a little more cash in the coffers.