USM about to kick off

[57stratdawg]

Should be a good one against Washington in Dallas.

 

[bulldognation]

10s of fans in attendance

Are there really that many fans there? The TV audio makes it sound like there are WAY more than in the photo below...
https://twitter.com/patrick_magee/status/680824905135460352

 

[wpmusm]

Can't tackle for ****.

 

[wpmusm]

Are there really that many fans there? The TV audio makes it sound like there are WAY more than in the photo below...
https://twitter.com/patrick_magee/status/680824905135460352

Don't know. We probably brought 3x as many as UW did though.

 

[bulldognation]

so UW brought 3?

 

[wpmusm]

so UW brought 3?

Funny. Judging by the photos I'd say we brought around 4K. (Magee's tweet was 30 minutes before kickoff)

 

[Hump4Hoops]

My goodness that's horrible attendance.

Saw a field level replay that showed an entire endzone and there were 0 people in the stands. Not a single fan, even the first row.

 

[wpmusm]

Saw a field level replay that showed an entire endzone and there were 0 people in the stands. Not a single fan, even the first row.

I mean, who really gives a ****? It's a 1 o clock kickoff the day after Christmas between 2 teams that are a good distance away from DFW. As long as we win (not looking good now), I could care less if it's in front of 10 fans or 100,000 fans.

 

[bulldognation]

Just sad that a team that's done what USM has done his year has to continually suffer with abysmal fan support. As victory-starved as USM has been in recent years, for them to be in any bowl this year, you'd think more folks would make the drive. I mean, it's not like it's in Hawaii.

 

[wpmusm]

We led the conference in attendance. 60-70k aren't showing up for CUSA football. We're not drawing as much as State/OM, but we're doing better than our peers. Top 20% among non-P5 programs.

 

[jack daniels dog]

I mean, who really gives a ****? It's a 1 o clock kickoff the day after Christmas between 2 teams that are a good distance away from DFW. As long as we win (not looking good now), I could care less if it's in front of 10 fans or 100,000 fans.

Obviously you give enough of a **** to be on a State message board arguing with State fans about it....

 

[wpmusm]

My thing is that most bowls do very poorly in terms of attendance. There's going to be some empty seats, especially in a 92k seat stadium.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

There's poor attendance, and then there's Hawaii Bowl attendance.

This game is in Dallas - not super far for USM fans, although a bit tougher for Washington. Still, it looks worse than an average spring game in terms of attendance.

 

[11thEagleFan]

A buddy of mine who's at the game (actually a State alum who lives I'm the Dallas area) texted me that he estimates between 7-8K USM fans, with Washington bringing... Considerably less. If that's true, I'm fine with it. Happy with the team's performance so far against the PAC-12's #1 defense. Monken and team have not embarrassed themselves thus far.

 

[bulldognation]

Barring a miracle, Monken and his team are about to get embarrassed by a 6-6 team.

 

[wpmusm]

Washington isn't terrific, but they're probably a little better than their record suggests. Almost top 25 in the Sagarin ratings. (this is my best attempt to spin this performance)

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Southern was getting 8.5, so being down 10 late in the fourth isn't even close to being embarrassing.

 

[bulldognation]

Well, IMHO when Washington is up 10 with less than a minute to play, knocking on the goal line and opts not to take the knee... Yeah that's embarrassing an opponent. They could have run out the clock, but chose to hang more points on the board.

 

[campshelbydog842003]

A buddy of mine who's at the game (actually a State alum who lives I'm the Dallas area) texted me that he estimates between 7-8K USM fans, with Washington bringing... Considerably less. If that's true, I'm fine with it. Happy with the team's performance so far against the PAC-12's #1 defense. Monken and team have not embarrassed themselves thus far.

ha! There weren't 5 thousand people in that entire damn stadium to include concession workers. . It was a total embarrassment

 

[wpmusm]

ha! There weren't 5 thousand people in that entire damn stadium to include concession workers. . It was a total embarrassment

Ok? Not sure why you guys are so hung up on this.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Makes some of us feel better to look down our noses at little brother I guess. Not a big deal to me. Most bowl games so far have had crappy attendance.

 

[bulldognation]

Not sure why you're here on a State message board defending your sisters honor.

 

[wpmusm]

I'm just saying that bowl attendnace is typically very bad, except in the NY6/playoff games. Would have been great if we had 30k in Dallas, but we didn't. Thought it was a good rebound season for USM, we need to beat some decent teams though.

 

[The Peeper]

Just heard the speaker at one of the McDonalds drive throughs in Dallas was broken and there were 3 car loads of USM fans that were delayed so that should account for the rest of them.
That said, USM fans, you suck. After the craptastic seasons you've had lately, this team deserved much better. USM fans should have shown up big for a game that close to MS and you failed.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I wish that we would have won today, but we didn't. Look at Washington's results on the year and you'll see that they're not a typical 6-6 team. They were honestly the worst draw we could have gotten out of the PAC-12. With that said, USM was a decent team this year, but not a great team. We hung around with the good Power 5 teams we played, but couldn't get over the hump. Losing a couple of terrific playmakers in Jalen Richard and Mike Thomas, but I really think we will be better next year. More depth across the board and a senior QB. Looking forward to what Monken can do next year. Good luck to State in the bowl game. I expect Dak to have a great swan song in Charlotte.

 

[campshelbydog842003]

Ok? Not sure why you guys are so hung up on this.

Im Not hung up on anything. I just have eye balls and when people say stupid **** like "there were 7 or 8 thousand usm fans in the stands" it makes me laugh.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I didn't say that there was. I was passing along secondhand information from a guy who's not even a USM fan. And it's hard for me to confirm or deny it when the ESPN cameras spent most of their time on UW's fan section, who everyone agrees was the smaller of the fan bases. No need to be an *** about it.

 

[bulldognation]

It's also highly entertaining that USM fans can't find enough life on their own message boards to even find other fans to share in the misery. The dial-up must be down in H-town.
I did see one lonely USM fan tweet a reply to a message about the tornado warning in Dallas. His response? SMTTT!

 

[wpmusm]

Southern Miss To The Tornado!

 

[campshelbydog842003]

Well I'm
Passing along first hand info from what I saw on the television. There were more people at the last jones junior college football game than that bowl game.

I didn't say that there was. I was passing along secondhand information from a guy who's not even a USM fan. And it's hard for me to confirm or deny it when the ESPN cameras spent most of their time on UW's fan section, who everyone agrees was the smaller of the fan bases. No need to be an *** about it.

 

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

A buddy of mine who's at the game (actually a State alum who lives I'm the Dallas area) texted me that he estimates between 7-8K USM fans.

I hope this guy you speak of was an A&S major and not an accounting or engineering major. There weren't 8k USM fans there if you counted all of them twice.

 

[11thEagleFan]

Official attendance announced as 20,229. Take it for what it's worth. Keep in mind how huge the Cotton Bowl is. Also, by all accounts USM had more fans there than Washington.

 

[leghumper1]

Not sure if I would want to leave on Christmas for a bowl

If I am posting correctly, this photo shows more than I would expect.