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#61 2017-09-06 18:56:49 - 22,761 - WTF?

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admin wrote:

One 21-0 win at Bama

i actually hooked up with a bama chick after that game. she didn't really care about sports, she just followed hubby... and hubby did not mind sharing lol

met in the hotel bar after the game.

top of the world, man, after that game

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#62 2017-09-07 07:22:13 - 22,761 - WTF?

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AndreWhere wrote:

Did either of y'all go to the 2002 Houston Bowl. Just curious... not judging, Houston isn't exactly a destination people daydream about.

No to Houston Bowl. went to bowl games in 1990(Birmingham),1997(Memphis),1999(Memphis),2000(mobile),2003(Memphis),2004(NOLA),2006(Mobile),2008(NOLA),2009(NOLA), 2016(NOLA).

Been to road games at Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, UAB, Auburn, Tulane, ULL, LSU, Houston and Texas A&M

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#63 2017-09-07 09:08:30 - 22,761 - WTF?

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Cyc46 wrote:

What reason is there to go to a game? Entertainment? The product? everything about USM football from stadium, food, the scoreboard audio is horrible, etc it's em brass if. Winning a CUSA championship is like winning a race at fat camp. There is absolutely nothing about our program that generates a lick of excitement.

This is 100% correct.  There is no reason for excitement anymore.  Winning CUSA is a ho hum event.  Nobody, including USM fans, give a shit about it.   Our conference is made up of "homecoming" opponents and "tune up for bigger games" opponents.   The only "fix" is to get out ASAP.   Then again, I remember in Jeff Bower's 1st or 2nd year, we had 12,000 show up for a home game.   So maybe we have fluctuating years.   The hiring of Jeff Bower was a ho hum event sort of like our current coach.  Likable guy but not an exciting hire....hopefully he'll grow on us.   I actually believe in our current coach....I'm just stating the obvious.  And swapping shitty teams with closer shitty teams won't help a thing.    Hell, we just had an SEC team in our house (VERY RARE) and we had a pathetic turnout.   

Basically this year might end up being a test run.  We could have beaten Kentucky...If we can nail down a solid starting QB with good WR corps and win a bunch of games this year, that could be parlayed into better attendance next season anticipating the return of those players and a good team.   This year, we just had ZERO to look forward to with so many questions at QB etc.   Our last chance for any excitement this year is to make a solid run in this pathetic conference heading into the TENN game.

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#64 2017-09-07 10:29:02 - 22,761 - WTF?

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TheHeadEagle wrote:

Hopefully he'll grow on us.

We might end up.

If we can.

Oh so close


"I don't think being in the 6th best conference is too bad."
"Look for Crickets Robertson to be one of the first 64 players chosen in the draft."
"Went to Starkville and came within one bad throw of taking the series."

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#65 2017-09-07 13:36:00 - 22,761 - WTF?

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Black Diamond Reb wrote:
TheHeadEagle wrote:

Hopefully he'll grow on us.

We might end up.

If we can.

Oh so close

yep, sadly those terms are all thats left

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#66 2017-09-07 13:43:24 - 22,761 - WTF?

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99beers wrote:
TheHeadEagle wrote:
beagle wrote:

I've been clamoring for a new league for about 2 years now. I'd rather play ULL and USA over Charlotte and UNT, but I don't think that gets the average South Mississippian excited.

East: WKU, Marshall, App, MTSU, UAB, Georgia Southern
West: USA, USM, LaTech, ULL, Rice, Arky State


No, it doesn't.  All those teams are interchangeable to me.   Getting back with East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Tulane, SMU is more exciting and should be our SOLE GOAL right now.

Since we are pitifully reactive, that won't happen anytime soon.  After the TV money dries up in the AAC, then anything is possible.  But can we really afford to wait for that to happen?

I don't know the answer to that.  I would have laughed at anyone recommending going independent but shit, I suppose it should at least be looked at.   But changing out a set of horrible teams with other horrible teams (even if it's more regional) isn't going to help.  I could buy a piece of shit car from another state or I could buy one local....nothing changes the fact it's a piece of shit car.   who f'n knows.  Like I said before, I remember early in Jeff Bowers career we had 12,000 show at a game.  It was horribly embarrassing.  This isn't something new here.  People want to be entertained.  You have to have an entertaining product to draw people in....and that includes the visitor.

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#67 2017-09-07 13:56:40 - 22,761 - WTF?

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Our athletic department's sales pitch for tickets this year basically amounted to, "Hey SEC fans, we're the hometown team, so come and see us when you're not busy." What do people expect when the AD and Associate AD are running around town letting everyone know it's ok that Southern Miss is on the back burner?

#68 2017-09-07 14:10:11 - 22,761 - WTF?

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TheHeadEagle wrote:

People want to be entertained.  You have to have an entertaining product to draw people in....and that includes the visitor.

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"There was a great deal of character on that field today. They are for real, no doubt about it. This was no fluke." - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

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#69 2017-09-07 14:20:48 - 22,761 - WTF?

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Tanya wrote:

What do people expect when the AD and Associate AD are running around town letting everyone know  Southern Miss is on the back of the bus?

No kidding .. Like we didn't know already.


"I don't think being in the 6th best conference is too bad."
"Look for Crickets Robertson to be one of the first 64 players chosen in the draft."
"Went to Starkville and came within one bad throw of taking the series."

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#70 2017-09-07 16:36:59 - 22,761 - WTF?

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beagle wrote:

Apparently they're not counting "freebies" anymore - students, visiting band, etc.

As someone on another board pointed out, all that does is take us from 1st to 8th in CUSA attendance with the same # of butts in the seats.

https://twitter.com/mattrhinton/status/ … 4878813184

National media picking up on this. This could have been avoided had we counted students like we have for years now. All verified IDs counted instead of just students in attendance. More piss poor leadership from USM. Shooting ourselves in the foot.


"We played 12 SEC games when I was here, and 14 of those were on the road!"

- PW Underwood (RIP)

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#71 2017-09-07 16:54:28 - 22,761 - WTF?

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beagle wrote:
beagle wrote:

Apparently they're not counting "freebies" anymore - students, visiting band, etc.

As someone on another board pointed out, all that does is take us from 1st to 8th in CUSA attendance with the same # of butts in the seats.

https://twitter.com/mattrhinton/status/ … 4878813184

National media picking up on this. This could have been avoided had we counted students like we have for years now. All verified IDs counted instead of just students in attendance. More piss poor leadership from USM. Shooting ourselves in the foot.

I have pictures of the East side 3 minutes before kickoff.  I will post if someone informs me how to do it.

WAAAY less than half full.  It only got worse after that pic.

22k announced is a gift number compared to asses in seats.

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#72 2017-09-08 07:21:00 - 22,761 - WTF?

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tg300 wrote:
beagle wrote:
beagle wrote:

Apparently they're not counting "freebies" anymore - students, visiting band, etc.

As someone on another board pointed out, all that does is take us from 1st to 8th in CUSA attendance with the same # of butts in the seats.

https://twitter.com/mattrhinton/status/ … 4878813184

National media picking up on this. This could have been avoided had we counted students like we have for years now. All verified IDs counted instead of just students in attendance. More piss poor leadership from USM. Shooting ourselves in the foot.

I have pictures of the East side 3 minutes before kickoff.  I will post if someone informs me how to do it.

WAAAY less than half full.  It only got worse after that pic.

22k announced is a gift number compared to asses in seats.

Yeah, I couldn't make it to the game due to my daughter getting sick.  But on TV it looked horribly embarrassing.   Already assuming we wouldn't have a good turnout, even I was surprised at how piss poor it actually was.  Hell, the weather had to of been the best for an opening game in years.  Usually its 1 million degress and a 1000 percent humidity.   Saturday was actually very nice.....so can't blame weather which we've tried to do in the past.

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#73 2017-09-08 08:24:49 - 22,761 - WTF?

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Current AD's seat should be getting HOT over this.  Bet it's not though. Nobody cares.

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#74 2017-09-08 08:29:58 - 22,761 - WTF?

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"...we're not the most important thing in town". Gilbert.


We still suck bigtime.
There's a big difference between optimism and an altered state of reality.
Not another dime, not another mile, not another minute.
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#75 2017-09-08 15:53:58 - 22,761 - WTF?

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tg300 wrote:
beagle wrote:
beagle wrote:

Apparently they're not counting "freebies" anymore - students, visiting band, etc.

As someone on another board pointed out, all that does is take us from 1st to 8th in CUSA attendance with the same # of butts in the seats.

https://twitter.com/mattrhinton/status/ … 4878813184

National media picking up on this. This could have been avoided had we counted students like we have for years now. All verified IDs counted instead of just students in attendance. More piss poor leadership from USM. Shooting ourselves in the foot.

I have pictures of the East side 3 minutes before kickoff.  I will post if someone informs me how to do it.

WAAAY less than half full.  It only got worse after that pic.

22k announced is a gift number compared to asses in seats.

You're welcome to email me any image your want posted (stanleyjohnproctor@gmail.com) and I'll post it. If you want to do it yourself, you need to do the following:

1) First, host the image somewhere on the web. Imgur is very easy to use.

2) Paste the URL for your image into the "Message" text box.

3) Highlight the URL inside the "Message" text box.

4) Click the correct icon in the "Message" tool bar. It looks like a framed picture of a tree. It's near the middle of the bar.

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Bring back Reed V. "Pie" TurkPalmer Eustachy.

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#76 2017-09-08 18:07:24 - 22,761 - WTF?

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AndreWhere wrote:
tg300 wrote:
beagle wrote:

https://twitter.com/mattrhinton/status/ … 4878813184

National media picking up on this. This could have been avoided had we counted students like we have for years now. All verified IDs counted instead of just students in attendance. More piss poor leadership from USM. Shooting ourselves in the foot.

I have pictures of the East side 3 minutes before kickoff.  I will post if someone informs me how to do it.

WAAAY less than half full.  It only got worse after that pic.

22k announced is a gift number compared to asses in seats.

You're welcome to email me any image your want posted (stanleyjohnproctor@gmail.com) and I'll post it. If you want to do it yourself, you need to do the following:

1) First, host the image somewhere on the web. Imgur is very easy to use.

2) Paste the URL for your image into the "Message" text box.

3) Highlight the URL inside the "Message" text box.

4) Click the correct icon in the "Message" tool bar. It looks like a framed picture of a tree. It's near the middle of the bar.

Can you repeat this in English? Or redneck, whichever

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#77 2017-09-08 18:12:00 - 22,761 - WTF?

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TheChosenOne wrote:

Can you repeat this in English? Or redneck, whichever

For you, sir, I'll extend this once-in-a-lifetime offer: just e-mail it to me and I'll post it. If I don't post it, remind me here on the board. I don't always my check e-mail, but the site will always be up, even in hurricanes and shit.


Bring back Reed V. "Pie" TurkPalmer Eustachy.

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#78 2017-09-09 21:34:20 - 22,761 - WTF?

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24,000 for game #2.   awesome

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#79 2017-09-09 21:37:54 - 22,761 - WTF?

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Reggie Favre wrote:

24,000 for game #2.   awesome

They're messing with the numbers. The stadium looked more full than that.


Bring back Reed V. "Pie" TurkPalmer Eustachy.

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#80 2017-09-09 23:24:49 - 22,761 - WTF?

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It was much more full today, much more. I still think last weeks numbers were inflated by 5K and this weeks deflated by 3-4K.


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