(08-21-2021 05:54 AM)dawgonit Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 10:04 AM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 09:26 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 08:26 AM)Dusky Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 08:21 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  We were stuck playing ECU on Black Friday. BIG DIFFERENCE in the kickoff times.

Is that confirmed? ECU still shows Saturday the 18th at 6pm.

We always played that weekend. Sometimes Friday sometimes that Saturday. Either way, students were never on campus for the ECU games.

Tech is on the quarter system so any home games played at the end of the season is a wash. It always brings our average down, even when we were playing for conference titles.

This is why I thought playing Southern Miss earlier in the season is much better. It really helps to have a better atmosphere for that game.

Interesting. USM fans were pissed it was no longer at the last game of the season. We liked having it be a significant, rivalry game (LaTech or UAB would work). Instead it's a less meaningful cross division game. Maybe that's why it was done?

(08-21-2021 06:29 AM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(08-21-2021 05:54 AM)dawgonit Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 10:04 AM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 09:26 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 08:26 AM)Dusky Wrote:  Is that confirmed? ECU still shows Saturday the 18th at 6pm.

We always played that weekend. Sometimes Friday sometimes that Saturday. Either way, students were never on campus for the ECU games.

Tech is on the quarter system so any home games played at the end of the season is a wash. It always brings our average down, even when we were playing for conference titles.

This is why I thought playing Southern Miss earlier in the season is much better. It really helps to have a better atmosphere for that game.

Interesting. USM fans were pissed it was no longer at the last game of the season. We liked having it be a significant, rivalry game (LaTech or UAB would work). Instead it's a less meaningful cross division game. Maybe that's why it was done?

I think for Southern Miss it's fantastic for end of the year at their stadium. A good competitive rivalry game that is well attended by visiting fans. I'm just talking about Tech's problem of the quarter system. Any games at the end of the season in our stadium end up with far fewer students at the games due to being out on break. That's the only concern. I think having Southern Miss at the end of the season is perfect otherwise.

(08-20-2021 10:36 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 07:52 AM)BlueRaiderBoy Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 11:44 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 09:40 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 03:57 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  His argument is silly and not based on the facts he stated and nothing your said helps his argument....

"I FEEL" so it must be true and in fact, its just not true, if based on the facts of the 3 statements he made. The fact you are basing everything on "I FEEL" is not only silly but emotional.

If you cant make an argument and back it up with anything but "I FEEL" maybe its best to state the most important fact in your argument isnt the statements....

"I FEEL"

Do you really not see how silly that freaking **** is? To make 3 statements (of fact) and the FACTS goes totally against what you just said? Let me guess..."I FEEL" is the most important part to you. Its an EMOTION not facts. Just silly as hell to make that statement. If that's the case maybe Marshall fans are better off NOT running into alumni of other schools....


"I FEEL"

We had higher average attendance while losing in the previous CUSA than we do now while winning.

Those are some facts for you. Like it or not, our fan base respects those programs more (as a whole) than we do the 3.0 teams.

As for ECU, we have a special connection with them that can never be explained to outsiders.

Why do you keep repeating that lie? Marshall's LISTED attendance is with in 5 to 10% no mater who Marshall is playing or their record. Other than when West Virginia fans put 20 to 25k in the Marshall stands. Here's something that has more of an affect on attendance than probably winning or losing....

I believe 2014 Marshall raised ticket prices but I bet you are one of those "fans" that only watch from your chair, at home. So probably didnt even know that. So any change is most likely due to the cost of a ticket.

Your FEELINGS has nothing to do with the statements I commented on. If his point was based on FEELINGS then that is what he and you and other Marshall fans need to say.

You Marshall fans sure dont seem to understand there's a difference between facts and your....FEELINGS

Since I already listed the Marshall attendance when you made the same comment in another thread. A thread you abandon after I showed Marshall's attendance...

this is where I ask YOU to back up your statement on Marshall's attendance.

Here's a fact for you 2013
Marshall 25,117 vs ECU
Marshall 28,837 vs UTSA
Marshall 20,398 vs S. Miss
Marshall 22,321 vs UAB

2014
vs Middle 30,210
vs FAU 27,236

2015
vs UNT 27,217
vs FIU 26,572

What does the above say to you? Hell, you will never get it so Let me explain it to you since you only understand FEELINGS

in 2013, a year Marshall was 10-4 and played in the CUSA championship game your FEELING dont match the facts...
2013, '14 and '15 there's 5 CUSA 3.0 games that outdrew ECU, S. Miss and UAB....2.0 schools.

"FEELINGS"

VS ECU the school Marshall has a "special" connection no one else could understand
2005 22,408
2007 26,718
2009 26,814
2011 22,456
2013 25,117

Since you almost have to beat a Marshall fan over the head or break it down like you would to a 8 year old. Here's some more facts.

Marshall vs those teams they respect so much

2012
Houston 18,831
UCF 22,563
Memphis 22,041
Tulsa (HC) 27,189

2011
S. Miss 24,247
Rice (HC)27,509
UAB 20,735
ECU 22,456

2010
UCF 23,601
UTEP (HC)24,740
Memphis 25,108
Tulane 19,302

2009 7-6
ECU (HC)26,814
UAB 18,878
S.Miss 21,036
SMU 19,646

2016 Marshall 3-9 and not much difference from the 7-6 season above
FAU 22,839
UNCC 20,904
Middle 20,841
Western (every Marshall fan knew this was going to be a slaughter from the go) 17,397

So, let me get this straight! The largest Home Crowd Marshall has drawn in the last 8 Years was Middle Tennessee in 2014 ? 30,000+ Wow. Guess we are your BIGGEST DRAW which means we are your biggest rival. H'mmmm?

Actually, no you weren't our largest home crowd we've drawn since 2014.

October 11, 2014- MTSU - 30,210
November 15, 2014 - Rice - 30,680
September 6. 2015 - Purdue - 38,791
September 24, 2016 - Louisville - 40,592
September 22, 2018 - NC State - 32,349
September 28, 2019 - Cincinnati - 32,192

None of those other opponent with the exception of RICE is a conference opponent. SO, I guess Rice is your Biggest Rival in Football, right? Nah! I will give ya major credit for getting Purdue, Louisville, and NC State to travel to Huntington. MT is lucky if we can get and FCS squad to come to the Boro.

(08-19-2021 07:44 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-19-2021 06:07 PM)MUther Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 03:57 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 03:47 PM)MUther Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 03:39 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  That is just a silly argument because its really no different than CUSA 2.0

How many alumni of the following schools did you "run into"?
East Carolina (15 and 5 of those 1960-78) (ODU 6)
Memphis (8) (Middle 8)
Tulsa (5) (UTEP 4)
SMU (4) ((UTSA 3)
Houston (4) (Rice 8)
Tulane (4) (UNCC 5)
UCF (12) FAU/FIU (8 each)
Cinn. (6) (Western 7)

The same question for the other two silly points you made
geographically dispersed compared to the above?
such little history with each other? Games played vs that school is between ()

The difference may be as simple as we moved up to be with them and got left behind to be with you. Whatever the reason, and it may not be definable, we share a kinship with USM and ECU that we will never have with 3.0 schools. You cannot use numbers to negate feelings and trying makes you just as silly as those you are calling so.

His argument is silly and not based on the facts he stated and nothing your said helps his argument....

"I FEEL" so it must be true and in fact, its just not true, if based on the facts of the 3 statements he made. The fact you are basing everything on "I FEEL" is not only silly but emotional.

If you cant make an argument and back it up with anything but "I FEEL" maybe its best to state the most important fact in your argument isnt the statements....

"I FEEL"

Do you really not see how silly that freaking **** is? To make 3 statements (of fact) and the FACTS goes totally against what you just said? Let me guess..."I FEEL" is the most important part to you. Its an EMOTION not facts. Just silly as hell to make that statement. If that's the case maybe Marshall fans are better off NOT running into alumni of other schools....


"I FEEL"

I didn't defend his argument. Didn't even really mention it. I don't need facts to tell me that these schools belong together and would prefer to be together. I simply stated it and that none of your facts and numbers change that even if it is only my point of view. And a feeling can be a truth even if it is non-quantifiable, or do you just send your wife a pie chart when you want to tell her you love her. *******.

I for certain do not "FEEL" any loss in the prospect of possibly never playing WKU or any other team in CUSA, except for USM and UAB. I did "FEEL" great loss at losing ECU and UCF as conference mates. Didn't really care about the rest and UCF was just a fun rivalry. Despite not being able to explain exactly why, those schools mattered to me more than any of you all do and I know from at least Marshall and USM fans' perspectives that I am not alone in this "FEELING." This obviously hurts your "FEELINGS" or you would not be trying so hard to disprove it.

Whatever the other guy said about why this is so was just trying to pinpoint why is was so. That is why I said it might not be definable. But that also does not make it not so. You simply can't comprehend that we enjoyed being in a conference with teams that we feel we have more in common with, enjoyed traveling to, liked playing more, liked beating more, hated losing to more, and generally respect more. No statistic you can manufacture will change that or make it less true. There is no other argument that needs to be made.

Comprehension seems to be your problem not mine. Your feelings is yours even if you are acting like a female. Tell me did you tell your wife (I believe you are divorce?) you FEEL she's wrong and get away with that? But isnt that what the lady usually says..."I FEEL" But the post you jumped your ass into had nothing to do with feelings.

The guy made 3 statements stating them as facts and none of them were true going by the facts. Then you want to jump inti something and change the meaning...COMPERHENSON to suit you.

Who you want Marshall to play doesnt mean **** to me but again going by7 the facts (attendance) your feelings dont seem to care over to most Marshall fans. If they did your games vs ECU would have numbers lower than freaking UTSA or FIU or vs Middle or the other two CUSA 3.0 schools.

You can want in one hand and **** in the other and no matter how you feel...

those other school left Marshall behind. They did not value playing Marshall and thats the facts. So you keep on with the "I FEEL" bull**** and I will keep pointing out the fact when some stupid ass Marshall fan want to make stupid ass statements about the conference.

The facts are 2.0 was nothing special and was just as spread out as 3.0 and there's just as many teams with longer histories of playing each other in 3.0 as 2.0. No matter who many time you say "I FEEL" it wont change those facts.

I feel like you are talking out of your ass and cant comprehend a damn thing about the post you jumped your ass into. So you change it "I FEEL"

Now without your FEELINGS tell me what the bold part (first post quoted) has to do with you feeling? Or are the statements of fact? Like I said you have the comprehension problem .

"I FEEL"

I am not divorced. I am happily married. I have simply said that we would rather be associated with ECU and USM than any of the rest of the current CUSA, sans UAB. And I've said that you can't provide a numbers based factual reason why that is not the case though you keep trying. My point was that there are truths that cannot be proven like love. You can show that you love someone but you cannot prove it. I can tell you that we respect and enjoy ECU and USM rivalries more than the other schools, but I can't prove it. And I don't need to. You keep trying to tell me it isn't true and why when I know that it is. Again I didn't say the other Marshall poster was right. I said the reasons may be undefinable. It's intangible. It has a lot to do with nostalgia and some great games that were played between us. Many went down to overtime or were very close wins and losses. Some weren't. Now you can go post numbers saying the exact scores of games and how many were close or OT but it doesn't matter. That's the way I remember those times and part of the reason I prefer to continue those rivalries over all else, even if I'm completely 100% wrong and every game was a 40 point blowout.

I understand what you wrote. I'm simply telling you that it's irrelevant. All your statistics can't change the fact that I'd 100 times rather be in a conference with ECU and USM together, again, than any other configuration. I honestly think you're butthurt that I don't give two sh!its about the WKU/Marshall rivalry. I don't respect your flash in the pan team that had a good couple years and then moved into obscurity after you ran your mouth plenty about how you would always dominate CUSA, while we told you you were one bad hire away from being nobody. Welcome to reality, Mr. Nobody. Now stfu up and move on, since you're trying to make this personal. No matter what you say you can't change the way I FEEL about those schools and yours. And you look stupid trying.

Done.

(08-20-2021 10:04 AM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 09:26 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 08:26 AM)Dusky Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 08:21 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  We were stuck playing ECU on Black Friday. BIG DIFFERENCE in the kickoff times.

Is that confirmed? ECU still shows Saturday the 18th at 6pm.

We always played that weekend. Sometimes Friday sometimes that Saturday. Either way, students were never on campus for the ECU games.

Tech is on the quarter system so any home games played at the end of the season is a wash. It always brings our average down, even when we were playing for conference titles.

Perhaps you should charge more for season tickets.

(08-21-2021 10:20 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(08-19-2021 07:44 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-19-2021 06:07 PM)MUther Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 03:57 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-18-2021 03:47 PM)MUther Wrote:  The difference may be as simple as we moved up to be with them and got left behind to be with you. Whatever the reason, and it may not be definable, we share a kinship with USM and ECU that we will never have with 3.0 schools. You cannot use numbers to negate feelings and trying makes you just as silly as those you are calling so.

His argument is silly and not based on the facts he stated and nothing your said helps his argument....

"I FEEL" so it must be true and in fact, its just not true, if based on the facts of the 3 statements he made. The fact you are basing everything on "I FEEL" is not only silly but emotional.

If you cant make an argument and back it up with anything but "I FEEL" maybe its best to state the most important fact in your argument isnt the statements....

"I FEEL"

Do you really not see how silly that freaking **** is? To make 3 statements (of fact) and the FACTS goes totally against what you just said? Let me guess..."I FEEL" is the most important part to you. Its an EMOTION not facts. Just silly as hell to make that statement. If that's the case maybe Marshall fans are better off NOT running into alumni of other schools....


"I FEEL"

I didn't defend his argument. Didn't even really mention it. I don't need facts to tell me that these schools belong together and would prefer to be together. I simply stated it and that none of your facts and numbers change that even if it is only my point of view. And a feeling can be a truth even if it is non-quantifiable, or do you just send your wife a pie chart when you want to tell her you love her. *******.

I for certain do not "FEEL" any loss in the prospect of possibly never playing WKU or any other team in CUSA, except for USM and UAB. I did "FEEL" great loss at losing ECU and UCF as conference mates. Didn't really care about the rest and UCF was just a fun rivalry. Despite not being able to explain exactly why, those schools mattered to me more than any of you all do and I know from at least Marshall and USM fans' perspectives that I am not alone in this "FEELING." This obviously hurts your "FEELINGS" or you would not be trying so hard to disprove it.

Whatever the other guy said about why this is so was just trying to pinpoint why is was so. That is why I said it might not be definable. But that also does not make it not so. You simply can't comprehend that we enjoyed being in a conference with teams that we feel we have more in common with, enjoyed traveling to, liked playing more, liked beating more, hated losing to more, and generally respect more. No statistic you can manufacture will change that or make it less true. There is no other argument that needs to be made.

Comprehension seems to be your problem not mine. Your feelings is yours even if you are acting like a female. Tell me did you tell your wife (I believe you are divorce?) you FEEL she's wrong and get away with that? But isnt that what the lady usually says..."I FEEL" But the post you jumped your ass into had nothing to do with feelings.

The guy made 3 statements stating them as facts and none of them were true going by the facts. Then you want to jump inti something and change the meaning...COMPERHENSON to suit you.

Who you want Marshall to play doesnt mean **** to me but again going by7 the facts (attendance) your feelings dont seem to care over to most Marshall fans. If they did your games vs ECU would have numbers lower than freaking UTSA or FIU or vs Middle or the other two CUSA 3.0 schools.

You can want in one hand and **** in the other and no matter how you feel...

those other school left Marshall behind. They did not value playing Marshall and thats the facts. So you keep on with the "I FEEL" bull**** and I will keep pointing out the fact when some stupid ass Marshall fan want to make stupid ass statements about the conference.

The facts are 2.0 was nothing special and was just as spread out as 3.0 and there's just as many teams with longer histories of playing each other in 3.0 as 2.0. No matter who many time you say "I FEEL" it wont change those facts.

I feel like you are talking out of your ass and cant comprehend a damn thing about the post you jumped your ass into. So you change it "I FEEL"

Now without your FEELINGS tell me what the bold part (first post quoted) has to do with you feeling? Or are the statements of fact? Like I said you have the comprehension problem .

"I FEEL"

I am not divorced. I am happily married. I have simply said that we would rather be associated with ECU and USM than any of the rest of the current CUSA, sans UAB. And I've said that you can't provide a numbers based factual reason why that is not the case though you keep trying. My point was that there are truths that cannot be proven like love. You can show that you love someone but you cannot prove it. I can tell you that we respect and enjoy ECU and USM rivalries more than the other schools, but I can't prove it. And I don't need to. You keep trying to tell me it isn't true and why when I know that it is. Again I didn't say the other Marshall poster was right. I said the reasons may be undefinable. It's intangible. It has a lot to do with nostalgia and some great games that were played between us. Many went down to overtime or were very close wins and losses. Some weren't. Now you can go post numbers saying the exact scores of games and how many were close or OT but it doesn't matter. That's the way I remember those times and part of the reason I prefer to continue those rivalries over all else, even if I'm completely 100% wrong and every game was a 40 point blowout.

I understand what you wrote. I'm simply telling you that it's irrelevant. All your statistics can't change the fact that I'd 100 times rather be in a conference with ECU and USM together, again, than any other configuration. I honestly think you're butthurt that I don't give two sh!its about the WKU/Marshall rivalry. I don't respect your flash in the pan team that had a good couple years and then moved into obscurity after you ran your mouth plenty about how you would always dominate CUSA, while we told you you were one bad hire away from being nobody. Welcome to reality, Mr. Nobody. Now stfu up and move on, since you're trying to make this personal. No matter what you say you can't change the way I FEEL about those schools and yours. And you look stupid trying.

Done.

My favorite rivalries will always be...
ECU - 15 games
SoMiss - 14 games
Appy State - 23 games
Georgia Southern - 6 games
VPI - 13 games
Ohio - 60 games - Muck the FAC!
Louisville - 29 games

(08-20-2021 10:34 PM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 09:45 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 01:44 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  I'm not voting for either school over the other. They both have had their shining moments in CUSA and I'm happy that ODU is affiliated with both.

USM will give you a Cinnabon gift certificate if you vote for them. And Marshall will give you a set of radial tires with 10,000 miles left in them.

No we'll give you a 10 pack of Hotdogs with Sauce and Slaw.

I'm listening

I’d prefer. CUSA East split. Don’t care who they merge with or add. Just want a more regional conf and not have to travel to Texas unless it’s a non-conf road game or bowl game etc.

(08-25-2021 11:06 AM)MU ATO Wrote:  I’d prefer. CUSA East split. Don’t care who they merge with or add. Just want a more regional conf and not have to travel to Texas unless it’s a non-conf road game or bowl game etc.

IF we did split and couldn't get App and GS, we would have:

ODU
Marshall
Western
Charlotte
Middle
FAU
FIU

Would USM and UAB come along? If they do, do we add JMU to get to 10 and call it a day?

If USM and UAB stay put, do we add JMU and bite the bullet and add Liberty and stop at 9?

(08-26-2021 11:42 AM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(08-25-2021 11:06 AM)MU ATO Wrote:  I’d prefer. CUSA East split. Don’t care who they merge with or add. Just want a more regional conf and not have to travel to Texas unless it’s a non-conf road game or bowl game etc.

IF we did split and couldn't get App and GS, we would have:

ODU
Marshall
Western
Charlotte
Middle
FAU
FIU

Would USM and UAB come along? If they do, do we add JMU to get to 10 and call it a day?

If USM and UAB stay put, do we add JMU and bite the bullet and add Liberty and stop at 9?

USM and UAB would come unless UAB goes to AAC. IF so replace UAB with JMU and stop there. Hell I wouldn't be opposed to adding Delaware or Villanova over Liberty.

(08-26-2021 11:42 AM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(08-25-2021 11:06 AM)MU ATO Wrote:  I’d prefer. CUSA East split. Don’t care who they merge with or add. Just want a more regional conf and not have to travel to Texas unless it’s a non-conf road game or bowl game etc.

IF we did split and couldn't get App and GS, we would have:

ODU
Marshall
Western
Charlotte
Middle
FAU
FIU

Would USM and UAB come along? If they do, do we add JMU to get to 10 and call it a day?

If USM and UAB stay put, do we add JMU and bite the bullet and add Liberty and stop at 9?

I like that core and any of UAB, App St, GSU, JMU, GaSo and if possible ECU. SoMiss seems a bit far, and if you take them, you may as well take La Tech too. Seems to me like a fair trade to the belt is SoMiss for App St.

(08-26-2021 11:51 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 11:42 AM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(08-25-2021 11:06 AM)MU ATO Wrote:  I’d prefer. CUSA East split. Don’t care who they merge with or add. Just want a more regional conf and not have to travel to Texas unless it’s a non-conf road game or bowl game etc.

IF we did split and couldn't get App and GS, we would have:

ODU
Marshall
Western
Charlotte
Middle
FAU
FIU

Would USM and UAB come along? If they do, do we add JMU to get to 10 and call it a day?

If USM and UAB stay put, do we add JMU and bite the bullet and add Liberty and stop at 9?

USM and UAB would come unless UAB goes to AAC. IF so replace UAB with JMU and stop there. Hell I wouldn't be opposed to adding Delaware or Villanova over Liberty.

I wouldnt take Villanova because they would be football only. Delaware as an all sports entry is intriguing. But they need to upgrade facilities for sure. JMU is a no brainer if an eastern conference happens, but do they have the money to make it happen? Their own alumnus screwed them when the Gen Assembly passed a petty law to make it difficult for ODU in FBS that would now apply to them too.

(08-26-2021 11:53 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 11:42 AM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(08-25-2021 11:06 AM)MU ATO Wrote:  I’d prefer. CUSA East split. Don’t care who they merge with or add. Just want a more regional conf and not have to travel to Texas unless it’s a non-conf road game or bowl game etc.

IF we did split and couldn't get App and GS, we would have:

ODU
Marshall
Western
Charlotte
Middle
FAU
FIU

Would USM and UAB come along? If they do, do we add JMU to get to 10 and call it a day?

If USM and UAB stay put, do we add JMU and bite the bullet and add Liberty and stop at 9?

I like that core and any of UAB, App St, GSU, JMU, GaSo and if possible ECU. SoMiss seems a bit far, and if you take them, you may as well take La Tech too. Seems to me like a fair trade to the belt is SoMiss for App St.

I believe that's called...................Conference USA.

(08-21-2021 08:39 AM)dawgonit Wrote:  

(08-21-2021 06:29 AM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(08-21-2021 05:54 AM)dawgonit Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 10:04 AM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(08-20-2021 09:26 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  We always played that weekend. Sometimes Friday sometimes that Saturday. Either way, students were never on campus for the ECU games.

Tech is on the quarter system so any home games played at the end of the season is a wash. It always brings our average down, even when we were playing for conference titles.

This is why I thought playing Southern Miss earlier in the season is much better. It really helps to have a better atmosphere for that game.

Interesting. USM fans were pissed it was no longer at the last game of the season. We liked having it be a significant, rivalry game (LaTech or UAB would work). Instead it's a less meaningful cross division game. Maybe that's why it was done?

I think for Southern Miss it's fantastic for end of the year at their stadium. A good competitive rivalry game that is well attended by visiting fans. I'm just talking about Tech's problem of the quarter system. Any games at the end of the season in our stadium end up with far fewer students at the games due to being out on break. That's the only concern. I think having Southern Miss at the end of the season is perfect otherwise.

I would love to have "Rivalry in Dixie" at the end of the season every year. It would go a long way in boosting attendance during a dead week. If it were more traditional students and fans alike would be more apt to make the trek to Ruston.