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Originally Posted by
BB30
It's simple, more fans in seats regardless of the outcomes of games and more money donated if we want to be competitive. Selmon isn't the problem, it is in large part on our fans.
I remember the Mullen years many posters ragging on the students for poor attendance or leaving early. Now the only part of our stadium that looks full is the student section. If you have other interests that are more important than going to games that is understandable and fine. That being said, don't bitch/complain when we aren't competitive. Our stadium looks like USM's on Saturdays and our program is looking more like USM and less like an SEC team. We will be USM lite in 10 years if nothing changes within our fanbase.
Want better players put butts in the stands so when they are here on recruiting weekends it looks and feels like an SEC program. Nothing about the game felt like SEC football saturday, I know we were playing Toledo but everything just feels second rate including the fanbase.
It comes down to the fact that everyone is not rowing in the same direction. We have one subset of fans, and not enough, that know what it takes to be competitive so they give what they can and let the NIL folks and recruiting folks do the work. There is another subset that is vehemently against NIL so they very proudly proclaim they are not giving but bitch and complain every time we lose and say we do not have enough talent or our talent sucks. The last subset are folks who do not even know what the Bulldog Initiative is. They come for the tailgate and the social aspect of things. We have a factioned and fractured fan base. You have more people that care about a damn logo from the 90s than NIL.
That is the difference between us and The School Up North. They get it. They understand this is the new way of college athletics. They are not waiting for the NCAA to do something or waiting for their big boosters to do something. They are all giving. They are all rowing in the same direction. It is not an administration issue. It?s a mindset issue. They are operating like SMU in the 80s and we are operating like TCU.
Last edited by StarkVegasSteve; 09-17-2024 at 09:53 AM.
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