(09-05-2013 07:10 AM)Burn the Horse Wrote:  We enjoy a similar problem here in Alabama, but Troy has to deal with TWO big-headed SEC programs.

We have Georgia and Georgia Tech, but I see Tech's fanbase similar to our own... the casual fan doesn't really root for Tech unless they have a connection to the school. Either they are an alum, or their dad went there, or their brother, etc. Very similar to Southern (and I'm assuming most other SBC schools). All our in state casual fans are UGA T-shirt alum. And MAN are they obnoxious!! There is a big difference between the guy that went to undergrad, or law school at UGA and the guy drinking natty light and barking like a dog at a bar.

In Texas its lots of tshirt Texas fans. A&M fans have a large presence but most went there or have family that did. They are obnoxious but in a different special kind of way. Then in Houston theres an LSU crowd. Many are grads but the tshirt base is here as well. Post Katrina it got much much worse. LSU and Saint fans are in a league of their own annoying.

(09-05-2013 03:05 PM)slycat Wrote:  In Texas its lots of tshirt Texas fans. A&M fans have a large presence but most went there or have family that did. They are obnoxious but in a different special kind of way. Then in Houston theres an LSU crowd. Many are grads but the tshirt base is here as well. Post Katrina it got much much worse. LSU and Saint fans are in a league of their own annoying.

I visited your campus last year. When classes changed I saw 1 A&M shirt and 1 Baylor shirt and that was it. Very low percentage.

(09-05-2013 03:07 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:05 PM)slycat Wrote:  In Texas its lots of tshirt Texas fans. A&M fans have a large presence but most went there or have family that did. They are obnoxious but in a different special kind of way. Then in Houston theres an LSU crowd. Many are grads but the tshirt base is here as well. Post Katrina it got much much worse. LSU and Saint fans are in a league of their own annoying.

I visited your campus last year. When classes changed I saw 1 A&M shirt and 1 Baylor shirt and that was it. Very low percentage.

When I started in 2003, there were more shirts for other schools. In 2005 or 2006 they had a campaign where if you took another schools shirt to a booth they would exchange it for a Texas St one for free. Since then there haven't been as many other school shirts. I think the name change in 2003 also helped along with the 2005 playoff run and push to FBS. Pride has gone up but now we need to get more students to games and coming back after graduating.

(09-05-2013 03:40 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:07 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:05 PM)slycat Wrote:  In Texas its lots of tshirt Texas fans. A&M fans have a large presence but most went there or have family that did. They are obnoxious but in a different special kind of way. Then in Houston theres an LSU crowd. Many are grads but the tshirt base is here as well. Post Katrina it got much much worse. LSU and Saint fans are in a league of their own annoying.

I visited your campus last year. When classes changed I saw 1 A&M shirt and 1 Baylor shirt and that was it. Very low percentage.

When I started in 2003, there were more shirts for other schools. In 2005 or 2006 they had a campaign where if you took another schools shirt to a booth they would exchange it for a Texas St one for free. Since then there haven't been as many other school shirts. I think the name change in 2003 also helped along with the 2005 playoff run and push to FBS. Pride has gone up but now we need to get more students to games and coming back after graduating.

iv been screaming for ASU to do this for two years! strike while the iron is hot!

(09-05-2013 03:56 PM)stAtecamera13 Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:40 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:07 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:05 PM)slycat Wrote:  In Texas its lots of tshirt Texas fans. A&M fans have a large presence but most went there or have family that did. They are obnoxious but in a different special kind of way. Then in Houston theres an LSU crowd. Many are grads but the tshirt base is here as well. Post Katrina it got much much worse. LSU and Saint fans are in a league of their own annoying.

I visited your campus last year. When classes changed I saw 1 A&M shirt and 1 Baylor shirt and that was it. Very low percentage.

When I started in 2003, there were more shirts for other schools. In 2005 or 2006 they had a campaign where if you took another schools shirt to a booth they would exchange it for a Texas St one for free. Since then there haven't been as many other school shirts. I think the name change in 2003 also helped along with the 2005 playoff run and push to FBS. Pride has gone up but now we need to get more students to games and coming back after graduating.

iv been screaming for ASU to do this for two years! strike while the iron is hot!

I'm all for the idea as long as we burn the shirts as part of the event.

(09-05-2013 04:24 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:56 PM)stAtecamera13 Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:40 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:07 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 03:05 PM)slycat Wrote:  In Texas its lots of tshirt Texas fans. A&M fans have a large presence but most went there or have family that did. They are obnoxious but in a different special kind of way. Then in Houston theres an LSU crowd. Many are grads but the tshirt base is here as well. Post Katrina it got much much worse. LSU and Saint fans are in a league of their own annoying.

I visited your campus last year. When classes changed I saw 1 A&M shirt and 1 Baylor shirt and that was it. Very low percentage.

When I started in 2003, there were more shirts for other schools. In 2005 or 2006 they had a campaign where if you took another schools shirt to a booth they would exchange it for a Texas St one for free. Since then there haven't been as many other school shirts. I think the name change in 2003 also helped along with the 2005 playoff run and push to FBS. Pride has gone up but now we need to get more students to games and coming back after graduating.

iv been screaming for ASU to do this for two years! strike while the iron is hot!

I'm all for the idea as long as we burn the shirts as part of the event.

even better! only thing that might alienate a lot of people would be that we are burning hog gear. and that would become the focal point. but the shirts could be donated to some place in africa like they do with the losing Super Bowl team shirts every year.

(09-05-2013 04:57 PM)stAtecamera13 Wrote:  even better! only thing that might alienate a lot of people would be that we are burning hog gear. and that would become the focal point. but the shirts could be donated to some place in africa like they do with the losing Super Bowl team shirts every year.

Nah...

I'd rather burn them.

Someone needs to abduct that guy a tattoo "stAte" on his forehead.

(09-05-2013 12:46 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  “Arkansas is united behind the Razorbacks,” Long said. “You hear that from every new person who comes into the state…

“Thats the thing that impresses us the most, that everybody is a Razorback. Whether you went to Henderson State, or ASU or Conway, you know, you’re a Razorback fan. That’s what gives us a chance to compete [in the SEC].

http://www.sportinglifearkansas.com/jeff...azorbacks/

I have to admit, I give Jeff Long credit. In the past year his mouth has united Red Wolves fans against the Razorbacks more than I have ever seen before. What an idiot. Time to go roast him on Twitter again.

That guy is such a douche

Things are going poorly for the Hogs right now. They want to move out of Little Rock but they will create a lot of ire if they do it, but the truth is they struggle to fill War Memorial. They still haven't sold out this week's game with Samford.

The press is irked that all their little fan boy jock sniffer "reporters" are basically denied access to anything other than the weekly press-conference and the post-game press conference. Most of the access they had is now reserved for IMG who sells it on the web.

The guy who wrote Long's speech that got such high regard on the Petrino dismissal has been fired because he was raising questions about the management of funds and apparently has said that the school has not only not fully complied with document releases under FOI but has lied directly to the press on some matters.

So its time to wag the dog and rally the troops with a rousing One State One Team speech.

(09-05-2013 06:48 PM)TARDledo Wrote:  Someone needs to abduct that guy a tattoo "stAte" on his forehead.

He'd probably think it was a logo of the University of Arkansas.

(09-05-2013 06:21 PM)asuwon Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 04:57 PM)stAtecamera13 Wrote:  even better! only thing that might alienate a lot of people would be that we are burning hog gear. and that would become the focal point. but the shirts could be donated to some place in africa like they do with the losing Super Bowl team shirts every year.

Nah...

I'd rather burn them.

I agree, burn them, and notify the state media so that they'll talk about it.

we get that in Ohio all the time too. Ohio State actually sued Ohio University when Ohio tried to trademark their own name. Ohio State's argument was the same as this nonsense from the Arkansas AD- OSU represents all of the state of Ohio, not just the OSU students and alums, so they should own the naming rights of Ohio, even over the school that is actually named Ohio and was founded 66 years before their school.

Ever noticed how Ohio State's stadium is named Ohio Stadium, their band is known for performing "script Ohio", their most popular cheer is "OH!"-"IO!", etc.? And yet they pretend to get angry when Brady Hoke calls them Ohio.

Here's a picture of Jesse Owens when he was on the track team at Ohio State. That's Ohio STATE. Nice uniform. Ohio State commonly had just "Ohio", no "State" on various uniforms up until they lost the lawsuit in the 1990s. The balls it takes for these "big time" schools to think that they represent the entire state is just unbelievable.




I feel your pain Arkansas State.

(09-05-2013 07:00 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Things are going poorly for the Hogs right now. They want to move out of Little Rock but they will create a lot of ire if they do it, but the truth is they struggle to fill War Memorial. They still haven't sold out this week's game with Samford.

The press is irked that all their little fan boy jock sniffer "reporters" are basically denied access to anything other than the weekly press-conference and the post-game press conference. Most of the access they had is now reserved for IMG who sells it on the web.

The guy who wrote Long's speech that got such high regard on the Petrino dismissal has been fired because he was raising questions about the management of funds and apparently has said that the school has not only not fully complied with document releases under FOI but has lied directly to the press on some matters.

So its time to wag the dog and rally the troops with a rousing One State One Team speech.

But...but...but...they have the new Fred Smith Center and have lockers bigger than NFL lockers and have new head hog Bielema who has a perfect record and will win a SEC championship and...and things couldn't be better

(09-05-2013 09:12 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  we get that in Ohio all the time too. Ohio State actually sued Ohio University when Ohio tried to trademark their own name. Ohio State's argument was the same as this nonsense from the Arkansas AD- OSU represents all of the state of Ohio, not just the OSU students and alums, so they should own the naming rights of Ohio, even over the school that is actually named Ohio and was founded 66 years before their school.

Ever noticed how Ohio State's stadium is named Ohio Stadium, their band is known for performing "script Ohio", their most popular cheer is "OH!"-"IO!", etc.? And yet they pretend to get angry when Brady Hoke calls them Ohio.

Here's a picture of Jesse Owens when he was on the track team at Ohio State. That's Ohio STATE. Nice uniform. Ohio State commonly had just "Ohio", no "State" on various uniforms up until they lost the lawsuit in the 1990s. The balls it takes for these "big time" schools to think that they represent the entire state is just unbelievable.

I feel your pain Arkansas State.

Wow.
Yeah.....you know what it's like. They feel so entitled....to everything.

(09-05-2013 09:30 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 09:12 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  we get that in Ohio all the time too. Ohio State actually sued Ohio University when Ohio tried to trademark their own name. Ohio State's argument was the same as this nonsense from the Arkansas AD- OSU represents all of the state of Ohio, not just the OSU students and alums, so they should own the naming rights of Ohio, even over the school that is actually named Ohio and was founded 66 years before their school.

Ever noticed how Ohio State's stadium is named Ohio Stadium, their band is known for performing "script Ohio", their most popular cheer is "OH!"-"IO!", etc.? And yet they pretend to get angry when Brady Hoke calls them Ohio.

Here's a picture of Jesse Owens when he was on the track team at Ohio State. That's Ohio STATE. Nice uniform. Ohio State commonly had just "Ohio", no "State" on various uniforms up until they lost the lawsuit in the 1990s. The balls it takes for these "big time" schools to think that they represent the entire state is just unbelievable.

I feel your pain Arkansas State.

Wow.
Yeah.....you know what it's like. They feel so entitled....to everything.

oh man...I guess all have heard the UL screw job by LSU.....nothing else compares to the 1984 grads from The University of Louisiana...official name at the time.

Pompous ass.

And the worst thing about it is he probably actually believes it. These people tell themselves how could anyone like any other school than (insert SEC, ACC, B1G, etc. school here).

But take heart ASU fans, because attempting to publicly marginalize is a clear sign that Arkansas is feeling threatened by your ascension.

MSU played W Michigan Michigan played CMU nothing to gain for the big boys. Except helping a
State school out . I believe I read that MSU was suppose to play at some of the Michigan MAC schools or at Ford Field.

(09-05-2013 06:21 PM)asuwon Wrote:  

(09-05-2013 04:57 PM)stAtecamera13 Wrote:  even better! only thing that might alienate a lot of people would be that we are burning hog gear. and that would become the focal point. but the shirts could be donated to some place in africa like they do with the losing Super Bowl team shirts every year.

Nah...

I'd rather burn them.

The initial rumors were that we would do something like that, but too many people threw a fit.

Being this close to Austin, we had people call it insensitive to destroy the clothing when there are economically depressed individuals who could use it.

Instead, I believe they are donated to homeless shelters