(04-14-2017 12:20 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 12:00 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 11:41 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 11:12 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 08:45 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  20k? Do what?

Yes, the fans always showed up for this away game. It was an excuse to go to New Orleans.

Even that weren't an exaggeration(it is), you do know they only seat 30k now, right?

10k would be a great showing.

Yes, I know their new stadium only holds 30k. I am basing my numbers off when we played them in the Super Dome and we brought tons of fans. They only had a few of their own fans. These games will be sold out with roughly 60% stadium having Southern Miss fans.

You're the only USM fan who seems to think so, another one said that's more than you took to the New Orleans Bowl.

Again, 10k would be impressive.

There are so many alumni in New Orleans. 10k would not be any problem, especially if our rebuild back to USM football continues.

(04-14-2017 12:27 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I guess we will just have to wait and see. The students were out for Christmas break for the Bowl game. These games will be during the regular term.

I went to three bowl games as a student, all on Christmas break, all considerably further from Murfreesboro(Detroit, NOLA, Mobile) than New Orleans is from Hattiesburg.

(04-14-2017 02:18 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 12:27 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I guess we will just have to wait and see. The students were out for Christmas break for the Bowl game. These games will be during the regular term.

I went to three bowl games as a student, all on Christmas break, all considerably further from Murfreesboro(Detroit, NOLA, Mobile) than New Orleans is from Hattiesburg.

Same here, but I had to travel alone for two of them. Couldn't get anyone to go with me to the Armed Forces Bowl because it was two days before Christmas. So yes people like us would go, but the bulk of the students didn't.

(04-14-2017 02:18 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 12:27 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I guess we will just have to wait and see. The students were out for Christmas break for the Bowl game. These games will be during the regular term.

I went to three bowl games as a student, all on Christmas break, all considerably further from Murfreesboro(Detroit, NOLA, Mobile) than New Orleans is from Hattiesburg.

That is great! I wish there were more like you. Sadly, we are in the minority.

(04-14-2017 12:29 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  Not sure how being on campus will affect our crowd. In the days of the dome we would get many "fans" who wont come to a game on our campus because it was in nola.

Agreed the casual USM fan always tried to make this away game for an excuse to go to New Orleans. I remember talking to people years back that didn't even go to our home games, but went to the Tulane away game when we played them. Good point about the stadium being on campus now vs. the Super Dome being walkable from the French Quarter.

(04-14-2017 06:29 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Tulane's OOC football schedule includes:

2017 @FIU
2018 @UAB
2019 FIU
2021 UAB
2022 USM
2023 @USM
2026 USM
2027 @USM

Looks like Tulane is scheduling for wins.

(04-15-2017 08:36 AM)dahbeed Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 06:29 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Tulane's OOC football schedule includes:

2017 @FIU
2018 @UAB
2019 FIU
2021 UAB
2022 USM
2023 @USM
2026 USM
2027 @USM

Looks like Tulane is scheduling for wins.

Only if they can stop punting on 3rd down

(04-14-2017 12:20 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 12:00 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 11:41 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 11:12 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 08:45 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  20k? Do what?

Yes, the fans always showed up for this away game. It was an excuse to go to New Orleans.

Even that weren't an exaggeration(it is), you do know they only seat 30k now, right?

10k would be a great showing.

Yes, I know their new stadium only holds 30k. I am basing my numbers off when we played them in the Super Dome and we brought tons of fans. They only had a few of their own fans. These games will be sold out with roughly 60% stadium having Southern Miss fans.

You're the only USM fan who seems to think so, another one said that's more than you took to the New Orleans Bowl.

Again, 10k would be impressive.

In a good year we could easily take 15k to Tulane. 20k is possible if we were having a really great year. Tulane fans don't count. There are only 8 of them. So if we had 20k that would make 20,008 in a 30,000 stadium. We had 15k at the N O bowl with a 6-6 record and all the Negative Nancy's running it down. Great time.

(04-16-2017 04:21 PM)JBeagle Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 12:20 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 12:00 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 11:41 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-13-2017 11:12 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Yes, the fans always showed up for this away game. It was an excuse to go to New Orleans.

Even that weren't an exaggeration(it is), you do know they only seat 30k now, right?

10k would be a great showing.

Yes, I know their new stadium only holds 30k. I am basing my numbers off when we played them in the Super Dome and we brought tons of fans. They only had a few of their own fans. These games will be sold out with roughly 60% stadium having Southern Miss fans.

You're the only USM fan who seems to think so, another one said that's more than you took to the New Orleans Bowl.

Again, 10k would be impressive.

In a good year we could easily take 15k to Tulane. 20k is possible if we were having a really great year. Tulane fans don't count. There are only 8 of them. So if we had 20k that would make 20,008 in a 30,000 stadium. We had 15k at the N O bowl with a 6-6 record and all the Negative Nancy's running it down. Great time.

Getting people to a bowl game is different from a true road game. If we brought as many people to UNT as we did the HOD/AF Bowls, it would have been standing room only.

Not saying you won't take a nice crowd, just don't expect bowl game numbers.

USM claims of taking 20k to Tulane remind me of this guy.

(04-14-2017 01:09 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I hope we get you on a future schedule for some games.

so do many of us....it's retarded we don't have you guys and MEM on some form of rotating schedule....

I've SMH'd my head too many times it hurts thinking about it at this point....

(04-16-2017 05:20 PM)dahbeed Wrote:  USM claims of taking 20k to Tulane remind me of this guy.

I just put this look on my face when I hear those "numbers"....

In other news, MT is going to receive $1.7 mil for their 2018 game with UGA;
https://twitter.com/FBSchedules/status/8...6707505156

(04-18-2017 01:31 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  In other news, MT is going to receive $1.7 mil for their 2018 game with UGA;
https://twitter.com/FBSchedules/status/8...6707505156

If mtsu's cost of attendance index is similar to usm's, that will fill in the hole created by the loss of tv money plus the coa expense. We were able to do that with games at bama and auburn.

You know, attendance smack coming from a fan of WKU is priceless...

(04-18-2017 01:43 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  You know, attendance smack coming from a fan of WKU is priceless...

I'm not sure laughing at the idea of 20k traveling fans for a regular season G5 game in a 30k seat stadium qualifies as "attendance smack", especially when most USM fans in the thread agree that that is extremely optimistic at best...

(04-18-2017 01:36 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 01:31 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  In other news, MT is going to receive $1.7 mil for their 2018 game with UGA;
https://twitter.com/FBSchedules/status/8...6707505156

If mtsu's cost of attendance index is similar to usm's, that will fill in the hole created by the loss of tv money plus the coa expense. We were able to do that with games at bama and auburn.

it's a necessary evil......and to top it off, they might win the dayum game!

once upon, we did that on occasion....

I don't see how any lower tier program doesn't sell a one year game for USD every single freakin' year.....

(04-18-2017 01:47 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-18-2017 01:43 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  You know, attendance smack coming from a fan of WKU is priceless...

I'm not sure laughing at the idea of 20k traveling fans for a regular season G5 game in a 30k seat stadium qualifies as "attendance smack", especially when most USM fans in the thread agree that that is extremely optimistic at best...

Its not far fetched to think we wont have 20k in NOLA on that day. Getting more than 12 of them to buy a ticket and go to yuleman is the trick. Most will stay on bourbon st.

(04-18-2017 01:43 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  You know, attendance smack coming from a fan of WKU is priceless...

Especially when they can't get 20K AT HOME!