Take the whole "Students are a problem" mindset and shove it
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I love how you corrected his spelling...
...While using "increase" instead of "increased" in the same post. Brilliant
...While using "increase" instead of "increased" in the same post. Brilliant
You're fighting a losing battle here
I've been in the stadium most of the games 1 hour+. The student section in any of their various locations were not at 50% capacity. So, "most students" would not be accurate.
Are you paying the tuition or mommy and daddy?
If you're short on cash or time, I would suggest not shelling out tuition and let another student with some 17n school pride take your place in the Bulldog universe.
Oh, by the way, I graduated during the Sherrill years. Starting salary is now considered under the poverty line. I guess they don't teach kids about inflation these days.
I've been in the stadium most of the games 1 hour+. The student section in any of their various locations were not at 50% capacity. So, "most students" would not be accurate.
Are you paying the tuition or mommy and daddy?
If you're short on cash or time, I would suggest not shelling out tuition and let another student with some 17n school pride take your place in the Bulldog universe.
Oh, by the way, I graduated during the Sherrill years. Starting salary is now considered under the poverty line. I guess they don't teach kids about inflation these days.
Can I just be the first to say...
That I would pay whatever tuition is now ($6,672 apparently), $4500 for a ticket, wait in line for however long you ask me to (72 hours? sure.), give up my fall break to have "hot meals and see old friends", and whatever the hell else you asked me to do if I could go back to being a college student watching a "******" product (which by the way, relative to MSU, this isn't "******" at all) on the field. I'm sure I speak for the majority on this board when I say that.
That I would pay whatever tuition is now ($6,672 apparently), $4500 for a ticket, wait in line for however long you ask me to (72 hours? sure.), give up my fall break to have "hot meals and see old friends", and whatever the hell else you asked me to do if I could go back to being a college student watching a "******" product (which by the way, relative to MSU, this isn't "******" at all) on the field. I'm sure I speak for the majority on this board when I say that.
That's not very much nowadays. Vanderbilt is over $50K as I recall. And I paid more than $6672 for a year of my kid's high school tuition almost 20 years agoi.
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A war bwtween the alumni and students won't do any good for MSU
and could potentially hurt us in recruiting. At most every away game I've attended (and there were times when we were someone else's Bowling Green or Troy) the student section was very engaged. If they win, our players still tend to rush towards the student section to celebrate before hitting the lockers. Let's face it--they go to class with them, see them out in the bars, and become friends.
Alienating or diminishing the student section, in my opinion, is an absolutely horrible 17n idea. It's not like with the stadium expansion there won't be enough seats. Give the students ****** ones, and even more will drop out. Ticket money is a drop in the bucket next to TV money and the cameras want students, in case you didn't notice.
Give them cheap tickets; change the stadium music or what's on the Jumbotron--but get them engaged. It's important to the players and the recruits to see students (particularly women) when they visit--not a bunch of old guys. My opinion but we continue to 17 up recruiting and there won't be anybody in the stadium at the beginning of the game much less halftime.
and could potentially hurt us in recruiting. At most every away game I've attended (and there were times when we were someone else's Bowling Green or Troy) the student section was very engaged. If they win, our players still tend to rush towards the student section to celebrate before hitting the lockers. Let's face it--they go to class with them, see them out in the bars, and become friends.
Alienating or diminishing the student section, in my opinion, is an absolutely horrible 17n idea. It's not like with the stadium expansion there won't be enough seats. Give the students ****** ones, and even more will drop out. Ticket money is a drop in the bucket next to TV money and the cameras want students, in case you didn't notice.
Give them cheap tickets; change the stadium music or what's on the Jumbotron--but get them engaged. It's important to the players and the recruits to see students (particularly women) when they visit--not a bunch of old guys. My opinion but we continue to 17 up recruiting and there won't be anybody in the stadium at the beginning of the game much less halftime.
I noticed that you threw a grenade in the room and left
any further comments?
I sort of doubt it...
any further comments?
I sort of doubt it...
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Well there you have it folks. The "it is owed to me" generation rears its ugly head in plain sight.
You pay tuition and expect that this gives you the right to just about anything. News flash: your tuition is your right to work hard for a college degree. You are owed nothing but an environment to succeed in that endeavor. All of the extras you get as a student are the beauty of college.
For 17s sake, Fall Break is a new concept. The idea that you have to rush home for a hot meal after only being in Starkville since mid August is laughable.
You pay tuition and expect that this gives you the right to just about anything. News flash: your tuition is your right to work hard for a college degree. You are owed nothing but an environment to succeed in that endeavor. All of the extras you get as a student are the beauty of college.
For 17s sake, Fall Break is a new concept. The idea that you have to rush home for a hot meal after only being in Starkville since mid August is laughable.
Wow. What a *****. I could only imagine how you would have felt from 03-06...you and your classmates can eat a dick.
And how much good do the prima donna self absorbed students that bail out early every week do us? As for hurting recruiting, you think recruits don't see the students bailing on their visits? That's going to be seen by more recruits than this message board. And by the way sonof34, I've been paying tuition, books, rent, etc there for my kid for the last 3 years and got another one headed that way in 2 years and write my checks for Bulldog Club and tickets. I'll ***** at you and the likes of msuforlife freely w/ no regrets anytime I feel the urge
Since you like to play grammar police you dumb 17, please tell me when the Regan administration was? Is he any kin to Ronald Reagan?
Well...
In case you didnt know Vanderbilt is a private institution and to pay that much for you to send your kids away from the African Americans is just ridiculous.
In case you didnt know Vanderbilt is a private institution and to pay that much for you to send your kids away from the African Americans is just ridiculous.
I have no idea what the hell you are talking about especially since that post was directed at someone else that is not you.
So Vandy parents send their kids to Vandy...
....to get away from black people? Not for the education? Good God you are an idiot
....to get away from black people? Not for the education? Good God you are an idiot
I agree that seeing empty student sections hurts with recruiting--so give them something to stay for. And I don't necessarily mean on the field- do something with the music, Jumbotron. Do something like the bears to with the pre-game "celebrity" Hotty Toddy. Engage them. We need them in the stands more than they need us if the goal is to have a great gameday experience. If we don't turn recruiting around, The Junction will be the only place that anyone "wins."
Preach it Corso!! I sat through every game of that miserable season(Tech and 10)
and every Felker game after that. The reason Jackie reached King status with so many alumni is that he came after the horrendous years of Felker. These punks today think they have seen bad football....They wouldn't even go get their student tickets if they endured one game of that miserable period of MSU football. That was the pinnacle of bad teams....yes, even worse than the Croom era.
and every Felker game after that. The reason Jackie reached King status with so many alumni is that he came after the horrendous years of Felker. These punks today think they have seen bad football....They wouldn't even go get their student tickets if they endured one game of that miserable period of MSU football. That was the pinnacle of bad teams....yes, even worse than the Croom era.
Damn, I got old.
We unfortunately looked like Klansmen.
This was the ONLY game we won. (Tech and 10)
I guess this should go here.
http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2013/10/university_of_alabama_reviewin.html#incart_2box
http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2013/10/university_of_alabama_reviewin.html#incart_2box
I guess this should go here.
http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2013/10/university_of_alabama_reviewin.html#incart_2box
That really emphasizes that the millennials have the attention span of a cricket.
I saw some damn good football and some damn bad football in my days at State. My philosophy was if we're beating the **** out of a non-SEC team, I leave with 5 minutes left in the 4th. If we're getting the **** beat out of us by any team, I leave with 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter.
Never leave a close game or an SEC game that we're winning early. Savor that **** while you can because you never know when 0-8 may come around.
I cannot fathom how you guys left the Bowling Green game early. Teams like Bowling Green come in throwing haymakers because it would be a huge win for them to knock off any SEC team. Staying there and being loud in the 4th quarter is how you support your team.
It is not just the students though. Fans in my section sit on their 17ing hands and seem annoyed if the group I'm with stands up to yell on an opponent's 3rd down. I just don't get it. If you don't want to stay through the games, you're a waste of a ticket. If you don't want to cheer the team on, watch the game on tv in silence at home.
Never leave a close game or an SEC game that we're winning early. Savor that **** while you can because you never know when 0-8 may come around.
I cannot fathom how you guys left the Bowling Green game early. Teams like Bowling Green come in throwing haymakers because it would be a huge win for them to knock off any SEC team. Staying there and being loud in the 4th quarter is how you support your team.
It is not just the students though. Fans in my section sit on their 17ing hands and seem annoyed if the group I'm with stands up to yell on an opponent's 3rd down. I just don't get it. If you don't want to stay through the games, you're a waste of a ticket. If you don't want to cheer the team on, watch the game on tv in silence at home.