(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)Doots4Dawgs Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:35 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-26-2017 12:17 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  

Okay....I give. Who is that that Tech plays on Sept 30th???

South Alabama

Good lord.

(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)Doots4Dawgs Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:35 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-26-2017 12:17 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  

Okay....I give. Who is that that Tech plays on Sept 30th???

South Alabama

Good lord.

Aka USA. I feel like that should be our military appreciation game lol

(01-27-2017 12:43 AM)techdawg28 Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)Doots4Dawgs Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:35 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-26-2017 12:17 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  

Okay....I give. Who is that that Tech plays on Sept 30th???

South Alabama

Good lord.

Aka USA. I feel like that should be our military appreciation game lol

Yeah but it would look bad beating the "USA" on military appreciation day.

(01-27-2017 08:00 AM)benny_t Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:43 AM)techdawg28 Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:37 AM)Doots4Dawgs Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:35 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  Okay....I give. Who is that that Tech plays on Sept 30th???

South Alabama

Good lord.

Aka USA. I feel like that should be our military appreciation game lol

Yeah but it would look bad beating the "USA" on military appreciation day.

I mean we already beat "Navy" at the "Armed Forces" Bowl and "USA" lost to "Air Force" so what's new?

Who do you guys think will have the biggest attendance game? We got some P5 and military teams at home. At the very least, I think the conference attendance will be up in 2017.

FAU - Navy
MTSU - Vanderbilt
ODU - UNC [if ODU had a bigger stadium, this would be a contender. But...]
La Tech - MSU [I think La Tech stadium capacity will keep them from being a contendor]
UNT - Army
Rice - Stanford
Rice - Army
USM - Kentucky
UTEP - Arizona

Sometimes an in-state rival can draw big crowds.

MTSU and USM have their big games on week 1, so people will be ready to see some football. I think it is a tossup between these two games, but I'll give the edge to USM because MTSU's stadium capacity is <31K.

(01-27-2017 08:54 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  Who do you guys think will have the biggest attendance game? We got some P5 and military teams at home. At the very least, I think the conference attendance will be up in 2017.

FAU - Navy
MTSU - Vanderbilt
ODU - UNC [if ODU had a bigger stadium, this would be a contender. But...]
La Tech - MSU [I think La Tech stadium capacity will keep them from being a contendor]
UNT - Army
Rice - Stanford
Rice - Army
USM - Kentucky
UTSA - Arizona

Sometimes an in-state rival can draw big crowds.

MTSU and USM have their big games on week 1, so people will be ready to see some football. I think it is a tossup between these two games, but I'll give the edge to USM because MTSU's stadium capacity is <31K.

It'll be USM or UTSA

(01-26-2017 01:24 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  WKU and MT are not only good but they both have byes before playing UTEP. Also, WKU not only has the bye before coming to the Sun Bowl but UTEP will have played in NY the week before. Not good.

You think you're mad? WKU and MTSU have their Bye weeks wasted on UTEP!

(01-26-2017 02:16 PM)Rojogrande Wrote:  And while it has been good games between us and La Tech. I want So Miss on the schedule for a couple years. We have only played them in the CUSA title game since joining the conference.

Yeah, I feel the same way from our side. We enjoy playing Marshall, but surely eventually we'll play WKU in the regular season?

(01-27-2017 08:54 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  Who do you guys think will have the biggest attendance game? We got some P5 and military teams at home. At the very least, I think the conference attendance will be up in 2017.

FAU - Navy
MTSU - Vanderbilt
ODU - UNC [if ODU had a bigger stadium, this would be a contender. But...]
La Tech - MSU [I think La Tech stadium capacity will keep them from being a contendor]
UNT - Army
Rice - Stanford
Rice - Army
USM - Kentucky
UTSA - Arizona

Sometimes an in-state rival can draw big crowds.

MTSU and USM have their big games on week 1, so people will be ready to see some football. I think it is a tossup between these two games, but I'll give the edge to USM because MTSU's stadium capacity is <31K.

SARCASM ALERT!

Maybe by the time UNC gets to Norfolk, the NCAA will finally get around to punishing them for the, you know, whole fake academic thing. Oh, that's right....they sanctioned the women's basketball team.

Never mind.

(01-27-2017 08:54 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  Who do you guys think will have the biggest attendance game? We got some P5 and military teams at home. At the very least, I think the conference attendance will be up in 2017.

FAU - Navy
MTSU - Vanderbilt
ODU - UNC [if ODU had a bigger stadium, this would be a contender. But...]
La Tech - MSU [I think La Tech stadium capacity will keep them from being a contendor]
UNT - Army
Rice - Stanford
Rice - Army
USM - Kentucky
UTSA - Arizona

Sometimes an in-state rival can draw big crowds.

MTSU and USM have their big games on week 1, so people will be ready to see some football. I think it is a tossup between these two games, but I'll give the edge to USM because MTSU's stadium capacity is <31K.

I'd imagine we'll have a pretty big crowd for our opener against Alabama A&M.

Ah, the return of the Planters Bowl!! Plus, the games against VT and UNC will be electric also! Time to invade Blacksburg....

Hotels already sold out! We're looking now.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

(01-27-2017 11:23 AM)bit_9 Wrote:  Hotels already sold out! We're looking now.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

Oh for real? My brother-in-law went to Tech and we are planning on going. Maybe we can find the floor of a frat house to crash on instead

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:23 AM)bit_9 Wrote:  Hotels already sold out! We're looking now.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

Oh for real? My brother-in-law went to Tech and we are planning on going. Maybe we can find the floor of a frat house to crash on instead

You could always try Radford too.

(01-27-2017 08:54 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  Who do you guys think will have the biggest attendance game? We got some P5 and military teams at home. At the very least, I think the conference attendance will be up in 2017.

FAU - Navy
MTSU - Vanderbilt
ODU - UNC [if ODU had a bigger stadium, this would be a contender. But...]
La Tech - MSU [I think La Tech stadium capacity will keep them from being a contendor]
UNT - Army
Rice - Stanford
Rice - Army
USM - Kentucky
UTSA - Arizona

Sometimes an in-state rival can draw big crowds.

MTSU and USM have their big games on week 1, so people will be ready to see some football. I think it is a tossup between these two games, but I'll give the edge to USM because MTSU's stadium capacity is <31K.

Considering the amount of talk recently on how Vanderbilt fans don't travel I don't see MT having a sellout. I think USM or UTSA will have the biggest crowds with them hosting Kentucky and Houston respectively.

(01-27-2017 11:31 AM)benny_t Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:23 AM)bit_9 Wrote:  Hotels already sold out! We're looking now.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

Oh for real? My brother-in-law went to Tech and we are planning on going. Maybe we can find the floor of a frat house to crash on instead

You could always try Radford too.

AirBNB or other rental may be your best bet if you don't want to have to drive to far away after the game.

(01-27-2017 08:54 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  Who do you guys think will have the biggest attendance game? We got some P5 and military teams at home. At the very least, I think the conference attendance will be up in 2017.

Rice - Stanford
Rice - Army

Not sure how attendance gets credited if Rice moves the Stanford game to Sidney, but the 2016 game between Cal and Hawaii drew 61,247 in Australia.

We only had 24,409 against Army the last time Rice hosted them in 2015, but that game was played in a day long tropical downpour.

(01-27-2017 11:31 AM)benny_t Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:23 AM)bit_9 Wrote:  Hotels already sold out! We're looking now.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

Oh for real? My brother-in-law went to Tech and we are planning on going. Maybe we can find the floor of a frat house to crash on instead

You could always try Radford too.

Roanoke isn't a bad drive to Blacksburg. Plenty of hotels in Roanoke.

Dose anyone know if Navy brings cadets to regular away games?

It would be cool if they brought a few hundred and it would really add to the atmosphere.